Lamentations 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
1ΑΛΕΦ. Ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν, ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ ἐμέ.
2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
2Παρέλαβέ με καὶ ἀπήγαγέ με εἰς σκότος, καὶ οὐ φῶς.
3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
3Πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψε χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,
4He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
4ἐπαλαίωσε σάρκα μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν.
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
5ΒΗΘ. Ἀνῳκοδόμησε κατʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐκύκλωσε κεφαλήν μου, καὶ ἐμόχθησεν·
6He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
6ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέ με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος.
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
7Ἀνῳκοδόμησε κατʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι, ἐβάρυνε χαλκόν μου.
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
8ΓΙΜΕΛ. Καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξε προσευχήν μου.
9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
9ΔΑΛΕΘ. Ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξε τρίβους μου,
10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
10ἐτάραξεν ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα, αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις,
11He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
11κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα, καὶ κατέπαυσέ με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην.
12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12Η. Ἐνέτεινε τόξον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐστήλωσέ με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος.
13He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
13Εἰσήγαγεν ἐν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ.
14I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
14Ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου, ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
15He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
15ΟΥΑΥ. Ἐχόρτασέ με πικρίας, ἐμέθυσέ με χολῆς,
16He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
16καὶ ἐξέβαλε ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου· ἐψώμισέ με σποδὸν,
17You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
17καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου· ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθά.
18I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”
18Καὶ ἀπώλετο νῖκός μου, καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου.
19Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
19ΖΑΙΝ. Ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου, καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ πικρία καὶ χολή μου μνησθήσεται,
20My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
20καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου.
21This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
21Ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, διατοῦτο ὑπομενῶ. ΗΘ. Τὰ ἐλέη Κυρίου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐξέλιπέ με, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθησαν οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ· μῆνας εἰς τὰς πρωΐας ἐλέησον Κύριε, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθημεν, ὅτι οὐ συνετελέσθησαν οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ αὐτοῦ. Καινὰ εἰς τὰς πρωΐας, πολλὴ ἡ πίστις σου. Μερίς μου Κύριος, εἶπεν ἡ ψυχή μου· διατοῦτο ὑπομενῶ αὐτῷ·
22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
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23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
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24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
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25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
25ΤΗΘ. Ἀγαθὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτὸν, ψυχὴ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν, ἀγαθόν·
26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
26καὶ ὑπομενεῖ, καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον Κυρίου.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27ΤΗΘ. Ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ, ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ,
28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
28καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας, καὶ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι ᾖρεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ.
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
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30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
30ΙΩΔ. Δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα, χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν·
31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
31Ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται Κύριος.
32For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
32ΧΑΦ. Ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτειρήσει, καὶ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ,
33For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
33οὐκ ἀπεκριθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός.
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
34ΛΑΜΕΔ. Τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς,
35to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
35τοῦ ἐκκλίναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου ὑψίστου,
36to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
36καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν, Κύριος οὐκ εἶπε.
37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
37Τίς οὕτως εἶπε, καὶ ἐγενήθη; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο.
38Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
38Ἐκ στόματος ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν.
39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
39ΜΗΜ. Τί γογγύσει ἄνθρωπος ζῶν, ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ;
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
40ΝΟΥΝ. Ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη, καὶ ἐπιστρέψομεν ἕως Κυρίου.
41Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
41Ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ.
42“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
42Ἡμαρτήσαμεν, ἠσεβήσαμεν, καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης.
43“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
43ΣΑΜΕΧ. Ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν ʼθυμῷ, καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς, ἀπέκτεινας, οὐκ ἐφείσω.
44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
44Ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ ἕινεκεν προσευχῆς,
45You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
45καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι. ΑΙΝ. Ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν.
46“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
46Διήνοιξαν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν.
47Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
47Φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν, ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή.
48My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48Ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.
49My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
49ΦΗ. Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη, καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν,
50until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.
50ἕως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ.
51My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
51Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως.
52They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
52ΤΣΑΔΗ. Θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον· πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεὰν
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
53ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.
54Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
54Ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου· εἶπα, ἄπωσμαι.
55I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.
55ΚΩΦ. Ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου·
56You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
56Φωνήν μου ἤκουσας· μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὦτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου·
57You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
57Εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας· ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ ἐπεκαλεσάμην σε εἶπάς μοι, μὴ φοβοῦ.
58Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
58ΡΗΧΣ. Ἐδίκασας, Κύριε, τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου, ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου.
59LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
59Ἴδες, Κύριε, τὰς ταραχάς μου, ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου.
60You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
60Εἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν, εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί.
61You have heard their reproach, LORD, and all their plans against me,
61ΧΣΕΝ. Ἤκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν, πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατʼ ἐμοῦ,
62the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
62χείλη ἐπανισταμένων μοι, καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατʼ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,
63You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
63καθέδραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν· ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν.
64You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.
64Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα, Κύριε, κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.
65You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
65ΘΑΥ. Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν, καρδίας μου μόχθον.
66You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
66Σὺ αὐτοὺς καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ, καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Κύριε.
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