Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
μνήσθητι κύριε ὅ τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἰδὲ τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν
2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
κληρονομία ἡμῶν μετεστράφη ἀλλοτρίοις οἱ οἶκοι ἡμῶν ξένοις
3 Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
ὀρφανοὶ ἐγενήθημεν οὐχ ὑπάρχει πατήρ μητέρες ἡμῶν ὡς αἱ χῆραι
4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἡμῶν ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν ἐδιώχθημεν ἐκοπιάσαμεν οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
Αἴγυπτος ἔδωκεν χεῖρα Ασσουρ εἰς πλησμονὴν αὐτῶν
7 Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν
8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
δοῦλοι ἐκυρίευσαν ἡμῶν λυτρούμενος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν εἰσοίσομεν ἄρτον ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ῥομφαίας τῆς ἐρήμου
10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
τὸ δέρμα ἡμῶν ὡς κλίβανος ἐπελειώθη συνεσπάσθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου καταιγίδων λιμοῦ
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
γυναῖκας ἐν Σιων ἐταπείνωσαν παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ιουδα
12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν
13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
ἐκλεκτοὶ κλαυθμὸν ἀνέλαβον καὶ νεανίσκοι ἐν ξύλῳ ἠσθένησαν
14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
καὶ πρεσβῦται ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
κατέλυσεν χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν
16 Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
ἔπεσεν ὁ στέφανος τῆς κεφαλῆς ἡμῶν οὐαὶ δὴ ἡμῖν ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν
17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
περὶ τούτου ἐγενήθη ὀδυνηρὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου ἐσκότασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν
18 For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
ἐπ’ ὄρος Σιων ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ
19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
σὺ δέ κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικήσεις ὁ θρόνος σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν
20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
ἵνα τί εἰς νεῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν
21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς κύριε πρὸς σέ καὶ ἐπιστραφησόμεθα καὶ ἀνακαίνισον ἡμέρας ἡμῶν καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν
22 For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
ὅτι ἀπωθούμενος ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς ὠργίσθης ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἕως σφόδρα
