Θρῆνοι 3
1 ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμέ
I am the man that hath seen affliction under the rod of His wrath;
2 παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς
He hath led me and brought me into darkness, and not into light;
3 πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
Yea, against me doth he again and again turn his hand all the day long.
4 ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκας μου καὶ δέρμα μου ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν κεφαλήν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν
He hath builded against me, and encompassed me with bitterness and woe.
6 ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέν με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος
He hath set me in dark places, as those that have long been dead.
7 ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου
He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
8 καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου
Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου ἐτάραξεν
He blocketh up my way with hewn stone; he maketh my paths crooked.
10 ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις
A bear lying in wait hath he been to me, a lion in lurking-places.
11 κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην
He hath turned aside my ways, and torn me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12 ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 εἰσήγαγεν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ
He hath caused the sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.
14 ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
I have been a laughing-stock to all my people, their song all the day.
15 ἐχόρτασέν με πικρίας ἐμέθυσέν με χολῆς
He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
16 καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones; He hath covered me with ashes.
17 καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθὰ
Yea, thou hast removed my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.
18 καὶ εἶπα ἀπώλετο νεῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ κυρίου
And I say, “My confidence and my hope in Jehovah are gone!”
19 ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ μου πικρίας καὶ χολῆς μου
Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall!
20 μνησθήσεται καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου
Yea, thou wilt remember them, for my soul sinketh within me!
21 ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ
This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope;
It is of the mercy of Jehovah that we are not consumed; yea, his compassion faileth not;
It is new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul, therefore do I hope in him.
25 ἀγαθὸς κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτόν ψυχῇ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν
Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 καὶ ὑπομενεῖ καὶ ἡσυχάσει εἰς τὸ σωτήριον κυρίου
It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.
27 ἀγαθὸν ἀνδρὶ ὅταν ἄρῃ ζυγὸν ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth;
28 καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται ὅτι ἦρεν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ
That he sit alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;
That he put his mouth in the dust, [[saying to himself, ]] “Perhaps there may be hope!”
30 δώσει τῷ παίοντι αὐτὸν σιαγόνα χορτασθήσεται ὀνειδισμῶν
That he offer his cheek to the smiter; that he be filled with reproach.
31 ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπώσεται κύριος
For the Lord will not cast off forever;
32 ὅτι ὁ ταπεινώσας οἰκτιρήσει κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ
For though he cause grief, yet doth he have compassion according to his great mercy;
33 ὅτι οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν υἱοὺς ἀνδρός
For he doth not willingly afflict and grieve the children of men.
34 τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ πάντας δεσμίους γῆς
Doth one trample under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν ἀνδρὸς κατέναντι προσώπου ὑψίστου
Doth he bend the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 καταδικάσαι ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸν κύριος οὐκ εἶπεν
Doth he subvert a man in his cause, and shall not the Lord behold it?
37 τίς οὕτως εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθη κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not commanded?
38 ἐκ στόματος ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν
Cometh not evil, as well as good, from the mouth of the Most High?
39 τί γογγύσει ἄνθρωπος ζῶν ἀνὴρ περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ
Wherefore then murmureth the living man? Let him murmur at his own sin!
40 ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη καὶ ἐπιστρέψωμεν ἕως κυρίου
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah!
41 ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ
Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens!
42 ἡμαρτήσαμεν ἠσεβήσαμεν καὶ οὐχ ἱλάσθης
We have transgressed; we have rebelled; thou hast not forgiven!
43 ἐπεσκέπασας ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ἀπεδίωξας ἡμᾶς ἀπέκτεινας οὐκ ἐφείσω
Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;
44 ἐπεσκέπασας νεφέλην σεαυτῷ εἵνεκεν προσευχῆς
Thou hast hidden thyself in a cloud, that our prayer may not pass through;
45 καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν
Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the nations.
46 διήνοιξαν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροὶ ἡμῶν
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us;
47 φόβος καὶ θυμὸς ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔπαρσις καὶ συντριβή
Terror and the pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction;
48 ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν
Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50 ἕως οὗ διακύψῃ καὶ ἴδῃ κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
Until Jehovah look down and behold from heaven.
51 ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως
Mine eye is painful to me on account of all the daughters of my city.
52 θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν
They that are my enemies without cause hunt me down like a bird;
53 ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπ’ ἐμοί
They take away my life in the dungeon; they cast a stone upon me;
54 ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ κεφαλήν μου εἶπα ἀπῶσμαι
Waters flow over my head; I say, “I am undone!”
55 ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου κύριε ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου
I call upon thy name, O Jehovah, from the deep dungeon;
56 φωνήν μου ἤκουσας μὴ κρύψῃς τὰ ὦτά σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου
Hear thou my voice! hide not thine ear from my cry for relief!
57 εἰς τὴν βοήθειάν μου ἤγγισας ἐν ᾗ σε ἡμέρᾳ ἐπεκαλεσάμην εἶπάς μοι μὴ φοβοῦ
Be near to me, when I call upon thee! Say, “Fear not!”
58 ἐδίκασας κύριε τὰς δίκας τῆς ψυχῆς μου ἐλυτρώσω τὴν ζωήν μου
Thou maintainest my cause, O Lord; thou redeemest my life!
59 εἶδες κύριε τὰς ταραχάς μου ἔκρινας τὴν κρίσιν μου
Thou, O Jehovah, seest the wrong done to me; Maintain thou my cause!
60 εἶδες πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν εἰς πάντας διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ἐμοί
Thou seest all their vengeance, all their devices against me.
61 ἤκουσας τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ
Thou hearest their reproach, O Jehovah, all their devices against me,
62 χείλη ἐπανιστανομένων μοι καὶ μελέτας αὐτῶν κατ’ ἐμοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
The words of my adversaries, and their machinations against me all the day long!
63 καθέδραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν
Behold their sitting down and their rising up! I am their song.
64 ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ἀνταπόδομα κύριε κατὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν
Render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands!
65 ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν καρδίας μόχθον σου αὐτοῖς
Give them blindness of mind! thy curse be upon them!
66 καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κύριε
Pursue them in thine anger, and destroy them from under Jehovah's heaven!
