Lamentations 4
1 [Previously our people were like] [MET] pure gold, but now they are worthless. [Like] [MET] the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered, [our young men have been scattered].
Πως ημαυρώθη το χρυσίον, ηλλοιώθη το χρυσίον το καθαρώτατον, οι λίθοι του αγιαστηρίου διεσπάρησαν εις τα άκρα πασών των οδών.
2 The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as [MET] large amounts of gold, but now people consider that they are as worthless as [ordinary] clay pots.
Οι ένδοξοι υιοί της Σιών, οι εκτιμώμενοι ως το καθαρόν χρυσίον, πως ελογίσθησαν ως αγγεία πήλινα, έργον χειρός κεραμέως.
3 Even the [female] jackals/wolves feed their pups, but my people act cruelly [toward their children]; they are like [SIM] ostriches in the desert [that abandon their eggs].
Έτι και τα κήτη προσφέρουσι μαστούς και θηλάζουσι τα τέκνα αυτών· η δε θυγάτηρ του λαού μου εσκληρύνθη ως αι στρουθοκάμηλοι εν ερήμω.
4 [My people’s] infants’ tongues cling to the roofs/tops of their mouths because they are [extremely] thirsty; the children plead for some food, but no one gives them [any].
Η γλώσσα του θηλάζοντος εκολλήθη εις τον ουρανίσκον αυτού υπό της δίψης· τα παιδία εζήτησαν άρτον και δεν υπάρχει ο κόπτων εις αυτά.
5 People who [previously] ate fine food are [now] starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously [MTY] [now] paw/dig through rubbish heaps [to find some food].
Οι τρώγοντες φαγητά τρυφερά κοίτονται εν ταις οδοίς ηφανισμένοι· οι ανατεθραμμένοι εν πορφύρα ενηγκαλίσθησαν την κοπρίαν.
6 [The people of] Sodom were struck with a disaster very suddenly, and there was no one to rescue them; but my people have been punished more severely than [the people of] Sodom were punished.
Και η ποινή της ανομίας της θυγατρός του λαού μου έγεινε μεγαλητέρα παρά την ποινήν της αμαρτίας των Σοδόμων, τα οποία κατεστράφησαν ως εν ριπή, και δεν ενήργησαν επ' αυτών χείρες.
7 Our leaders’ [behavior] was [previously] very pure, whiter [and brighter] than snow and milk; their bodies were redder than [red] coral/stones; they were very strong and healthy [MET].
Οι Ναζηραίοι αυτής ήσαν καθαρώτεροι χιόνος, λευκότεροι γάλακτος, ερυθρότεροι την όψιν υπέρ τους πολυτίμους λίθους, στιλπνοί ως ο σάπφειρος·
8 But now their faces are blacker than soot, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden [stick].
Η όψις αυτών κατημαυρώθη υπέρ την ασβόλην· δεν εγνωρίζοντο εν ταις οδοίς· το δέρμα αυτών εκολλήθη επί των οστέων αυτών· εξηράνθη, έγεινεν ως ξύλον.
9 It is better to die in a battle [MTY] than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died.
Ευτυχέστεροι εστάθησαν οι θανατωθέντες υπό της ρομφαίας, παρά οι θανατωθέντες υπό της πείνης· διότι ούτοι κατατήκονται, τετραυματισμένοι δι' έλλειψιν γεννημάτων του αγρού.
10 Women who [usually/previously] were very kind have [killed and] cooked their own children; they ate them [when there was no other food], when Jerusalem was surrounded [by enemy soldiers].
Αι χείρες των ευσπλάγχνων γυναικών έψησαν τα τέκνα αυτών· έγειναν εις αυτάς τροφή εν τω συντριμμώ της θυγατρός του λαού μου.
11 Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; [it is as though] he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.
Ο Κύριος συνετέλεσε τον θυμόν αυτού, εξέχεε την φλόγα της οργής αυτού, και εξήψε πυρ εν Σιών, το οποίον κατέφαγε τα θεμέλια αυτής.
12 None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Δεν επίστευον οι βασιλείς της γης και πάντες οι κατοικούντες την οικουμένην, ότι ήθελεν εισέλθει εχθρός και πολέμιος εις τας πύλας της Ιερουσαλήμ.
13 [But that is what happened]; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests [also] sinned by causing innocent people to be executed [MTY].
Τούτο έγεινε διά τας αμαρτίας των προφητών αυτής και τας ανομίας των ιερέων αυτής, οίτινες έχυνον το αίμα των δικαίων εν μέσω αυτής.
14 The prophets and priests wandered through the streets [as though they were] blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood [of people who had been killed].
Περιεπλανήθησαν ως τυφλοί εν ταις οδοίς, εμολύνθησαν εν τω αίματι, ώστε οι άνθρωποι δεν ηδύναντο να εγγίσωσι τα ενδύματα αυτών.
15 The people [who were alive] shouted, “Stay away [from us] [DOU]! You are defiled/untouchable! Do not touch us!” So the prophets and priests fled [from Israel], and they wandered around from one country to another, because people [in each country] kept saying to them, “You cannot stay here!”
Απόστητε, ακάθαρτοι, έκραζον προς αυτούς· απόστητε, απόστητε, μη εγγίσητε· ενώ έφευγον και περιεπλανώντο, ελέγετο μεταξύ των εθνών, Δεν θέλουσι παροικεί πλέον μεθ' ημών.
16 It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
Το πρόσωπον του Κυρίου διεμέρισεν αυτούς, δεν θέλει πλέον επιβλέπει επ' αυτούς· πρόσωπον ιερέων δεν εσεβάσθησαν, γέροντας δεν ηλέησαν.
17 We [SYN] continued to look for someone to help [us], but it was useless. We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us, but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help [us].
Ενώ έτι υπήρχομεν, οι οφθαλμοί ημών απέκαμον, προσμένοντες την ματαίαν βοήθειαν ημών· απεβλέψαμεν κεχηνότες προς έθνος μη δυνάμενον να σώζη.
18 [Our] enemies were hunting for us, so we could not [even] walk in our streets [lest they seize us]. We were about to be captured; it was time for us to be killed.
Παραμονεύουσι τα ίχνη ημών, διά να μη περιπατώμεν εν ταις πλατείαις ημών· επλησίασε το τέλος ημών, αι ημέραι ημών επληρώθησαν, διότι ήλθε το τέλος ημών.
19 Those who pursued us were faster than eagles [flying] in the sky. Even if we fled to the mountains or hid in the desert, they [went there ahead of us and] waited [to attack] us.
Οι καταδιώκοντες ημάς έγειναν ελαφρότεροι των αετών του ουρανού· εκυνήγησαν ημάς επί τα όρη, ενήδρευσαν ημάς εν τη ερήμω.
20 [Our king, ] whom Yahweh appointed, was the one who enabled us to remain alive [MTY]; he was the one whom we trusted to protect us [IDM] from [the armies of] other nations. But he was [captured] [like animals are] [MET] caught in a pit.
Η πνοή των μυκτήρων ημών, ο χριστός του Κυρίου, επιάσθη εν ταις παγίσιν αυτών, υπό την σκιάν του οποίου, ελέγομεν, θέλομεν ζη μεταξύ των εθνών.
21 You people of [IDM] Edom and Uz, [you may] be happy [about what is happening to us now], but [Yahweh] will be punishing [MTY] you [also]. You will become drunk and will be ashamed [because your enemies] will have stripped off your clothes.
Χαίρε και ευφραίνου, θυγάτηρ Εδώμ, η κατοικούσα εν γη Ούζ· έτι και προς σε θέλει περάσει το ποτήριον· θέλεις μεθυσθή και θέλεις γυμνωθή.
22 You [people of] [APO] Jerusalem, the time of your being punished will end; Yahweh will not allow you to continue to live in (exile/foreign countries). But [you people of] [APO] Edom, Yahweh will punish [you]; he will reveal the wicked things that you have done.
Ετελείωσεν η ποινή της ανομίας σου, θυγάτηρ Σιών· δεν θέλει σε φέρει πλέον εις αιχμαλωσίαν· θέλει επισκεφθή την ανομίαν σου, θυγάτηρ Εδώμ· θέλει αποκαλύψει τα αμαρτήματά σου.
