Θρῆνοι 2
1 Πως περιεκάλυψεν ο Κύριος με νέφος την θυγατέρα Σιών εν τη οργή αυτού, κατέρριψεν από του ουρανού εις την γην την δόξαν του Ισραήλ, και δεν ενεθυμήθη εν τη ημέρα της οργής αυτού το υποπόδιον των ποδών αυτού
Yahweh was extremely angry [with us]; as a result, [it was as though] [MET] he covered Jerusalem with a dark cloud. Previously it was a beautiful/glorious city, but he has caused it to become a ruins. At the time he punished [MET] Israel, he [even] abandoned his temple [MET] [in Jerusalem].
2 Ο Κύριος κατεπόντισε πάσας τας κατοικίας του Ιακώβ και δεν εφείσθη· κατέστρεψεν εν τω θυμώ αυτού τα οχυρώματα της θυγατρός Ιούδα· κατηδάφισεν αυτά· εβεβήλωσε το βασίλειον και τους άρχοντας αυτού.
Yahweh destroyed the homes of [the people of] [PRS] Judah; he did not act mercifully. Because he was very angry, he broke down the fortresses of Judah. He has caused our kingdom and our rulers to become disgraced, and he has gotten rid of them.
3 Συνέθλασεν εν τη εξάψει του θυμού αυτού παν το κέρας του Ισραήλ· έστρεψεν οπίσω την δεξιάν αυτού απ' έμπροσθεν του εχθρού· και εξήφθη κατά του Ιακώβ ως πυρ φλογερόν, κατατρώγον τα πέριξ.
Because he was extremely angry, he has caused Israel to not be powerful [MET] any more. He has refused to assist us when our enemies attacked us. He has destroyed Israel like [SIM] a raging fire destroys everything.
4 Ενέτεινε το τόξον αυτού ως εχθρός, έστησε την δεξιάν αυτού ως υπεναντίος, και εφόνευσε παν το αρεστόν εις τους οφθαλμούς εν τη σκηνή της θυγατρός Σιών· εξέχεεν ως πυρ τον θυμόν αυτού.
He bent his bow [to prepare to shoot us, his people], as though we were his enemies. He [prepared to] kill the people whom we love the most [MET], members of our own families. He is extremely angry [MTY] with us people of Jerusalem; his anger is like [SIM] a fire.
5 Ο Κύριος έγεινεν ως εχθρός, κατεπόντισε τον Ισραήλ· κατεπόντισε πάντα τα παλάτια αυτού· ηφάνισε τα οχυρώματα αυτού· και επλήθυνεν εις την θυγατέρα Ιούδα το πένθος και την θλίψιν.
Yahweh has become like an enemy to [us] Israelis; he has destroyed our palaces and caused our fortresses to become ruins. He has gotten rid of many people in Jerusalem, and caused us to mourn and weep [for those who were killed].
6 Και εξέσπασε την σκηνήν αυτού ως καλύβην κήπου· κατηφάνισε τον τόπον των συνάξεων αυτού· ο Κύριος έκαμε να λησμονηθή εν Σιών η εορτή και το σάββατον, και εν τη αγανακτήσει της οργής αυτού απέρριψε βασιλέα και ιερέα.
He has caused his temple to be smashed [as easily] as [SIM] if it was a shelter in a garden. He has caused [us, his people], to forget all our sacred festivals and Sabbath days. He has caused [our] kings and priests to be rejected because he was extremely angry with them.
7 Ο Κύριος απέβαλε το θυσιαστήριον αυτού, εβδελύχθη το αγιαστήριον αυτού· συνέκλεισεν εν τη χειρί των εχθρών τα τείχη των παλατίων αυτής· ηλάλαξαν εν τω οίκω του Κυρίου ως εν ημέρα εορτής.
Yahweh has rejected his own altar and abandoned his temple. He has allowed [our] enemies to tear down the walls of [our temple and] our palaces. They shout [victoriously] in the temple of Yahweh, like we [previously shouted] during our sacred festivals.
8 Ο Κύριος εβουλεύθη να αφανίση το τείχος της θυγατρός Σιών· εξέτεινε την στάθμην, δεν απέστρεψε την χείρα αυτού από του να καταποντίζη, και έκαμε να πενθήση το περιτείχισμα και το τείχος· τα πάντα ητόνησαν ομού.
Yahweh was determined to cause the walls of our city [MTY] to be torn down. [It was as though] he measured the walls and [then he completely] destroyed [MTY] them. [It was as though] he caused the towers and walls to lament/weep, [because they were now ruins].
9 Αι πύλαι αυτής ενεπήχθησαν εις την γήν· ηφάνισε και κατεσύντριψε τους μοχλούς αυτής· ο βασιλεύς αυτής και οι άρχοντες αυτής είναι εν τοις έθνεσι· νόμος δεν υπάρχει· ουδέ οι προφήται αυτής ευρίσκουσιν όρασιν παρά Κυρίου.
The city gates have collapsed; the bars that fastened the gates shut have been smashed. The king and his officials have [been forced to] go to other countries. No longer does anyone teach the people the laws [that God gave to Moses]. The prophets do not receive any visions [because] Yahweh does not give them any.
10 Οι πρεσβύτεροι της θυγατρός Σιών, κάθηνται κατά γης, σιωπώντες· ανεβίβασαν χώμα επί την κεφαλήν αυτών, εζώσθησαν σάκκους· αι παρθένοι της Ιερουσαλήμ κατεβίβασαν τας κεφαλάς αυτών προς την γην.
The old men of Jerusalem [MTY] sit on the ground, and they say nothing. They wear rough sackcloth and throw dust on their heads [to show that they are sad]. The young girls of Jerusalem bow down [sorrowfully], their faces touching the ground.
11 Οι οφθαλμοί μου εμαράνθησαν υπό των δακρύων, τα εντόσθιά μου ταράττονται, η χολή μου εξεχύθη εις την γην, διά τον συντριμμόν της θυγατρός του λαού μου, επειδή τα νήπια και τα θηλάζοντα ελιποψύχουν εν ταις πλατείαις της πόλεως.
My eyes are very tired because of my tears; I am very grieved in my soul. Because [very many of] my people have been killed, I grieve and am exhausted. [Even] children and babies are fainting [and dying] in the streets [because they have no food].
12 Είπον προς τας μητέρας αυτών, Που είναι σίτος και οίνος; Οπότε ελιποθύμουν εν ταις πλατείαις της πόλεως ως ο τραυματίας, οπότε η ψυχή αυτών εξεχέετο εις τον κόλπον των μητέρων αυτών.
They cry out to their mothers, “We need [RHQ] something to eat and drink!” They faint like wounded men in the streets of the city. They slowly die in the arms of their mothers.
13 Τίνα να λάβω μάρτυρα εις σε; με τι να σε συγκρίνω, θυγάτηρ της Ιερουσαλήμ; Με ποίον να σε εξομοιώσω διά να σε παρηγορήσω, παρθένε, θυγάτηρ Σιών; Διότι ο συντριμμός σου είναι μέγας ως η θάλασσα· τις δύναται να σε ιατρεύση;
You people of Jerusalem [MTY, DOU], (what can I/there is nothing that I can) say [to help you]. No people have [RHQ] suffered like you are suffering; I do not know what I can do to comfort you. The disaster [MET] that you have experienced is as great as the ocean is deep; there is no one [RHQ] who can restore your [city].
14 Οι προφήταί σου είδον περί σου μάταια και αφροσύνην, και δεν εφανέρωσαν την ανομίαν σου, διά να αποστρέψωσι την αιχμαλωσίαν σου· αλλ' είδον περί σου φορτία μάταια και πρόξενα εξώσεως.
The prophets among you claimed that they had seen visions [from Yahweh], but what they said was false and worthless. They did not save you from being (exiled/forced to go to other countries), because they did not proclaim that you had sinned. Instead, the messages that they gave you deceived you [because] they were not true.
15 Πάντες οι διαβαίνοντες την οδόν εκρότησαν επί σε χείρας· εσύριξαν και έσεισαν τας κεφαλάς αυτών εις την θυγατέρα της Ιερουσαλήμ, λέγοντες, Αύτη είναι η πόλις, περί της οποίας ελέγετο, Η εντέλεια της ώραιότητος, η χαρά πάσης της γης;
All those who pass by you make fun of [IDM] you; they shake their heads and they hiss/sneer at you. [They say], “Is this that great city of Jerusalem? Is it the city that was the most beautiful city in the world, the city that caused all [the people on] the earth to be joyful?”
16 Πάντες οι εχθροί σου ήνοιξαν επί σε το στόμα αυτών· εσύριξαν και έτριξαν τους οδόντας λέγοντες, Κατεπίομεν αυτήν· αύτη τωόντι είναι η ημέρα, την οποίαν περιεμένομεν· εύρομεν, είδομεν.
[Now] all our enemies scoff [IDM] at you; they hiss/sneer [at you] and gnash their teeth [to show that they hate you]. They say, “We have destroyed them! This is what we longed/waited for, and now it has happened!”
17 Ο Κύριος έκαμεν ό, τι εβουλεύθη· εξεπλήρωσε τον λόγον αυτού, τον οποίον διώρισεν από ημερών αρχαίων· Κατέστρεψε και δεν εφείσθη, και εύφρανεν επί σε τον εχθρόν· ύψωσε το κέρας των εναντίων σου.
Yahweh has done what he planned; long ago he threatened to destroy you, and [now] he has done it. He has destroyed [your city] without acting mercifully [toward you]; he has enabled your enemies to he happy about defeating you; he has enabled your enemies to [continually] become stronger.
18 Η καρδία αυτών εβόησε προς τον Κύριον, Τείχος της θυγατρός Σιών, καταβίβαζε ως χείμαρρον δάκρυα ημέραν και νύκτα· μη δώσης παύσιν εις σεαυτόν· ας μη σιωπήση η κόρη των οφθαλμών σου.
I wish/desire that the walls of Jerusalem [APO] would cry out to Yahweh! You people of Jerusalem [MET], Cry day and night! Let your tears flow like rivers. Do not stop grieving; do not stop crying.
19 Σηκώθητι, βόησον την νύκτα, όταν αρχίζωσιν αι φυλακαί· έκχεον την καρδίαν σου ως ύδωρ έμπροσθεν του προσώπου του Κυρίου· ύψωσον προς αυτόν τας χείρας σου, διά την ζωήν των νηπίων σου, τα οποία λιποθυμούσιν από της πείνης επί των άκρων πασών των οδών.
Get up [every] night and cry out; tell Yahweh what you are feeling. Raise your arms to plead to him to act mercifully to prevent our children from dying; they are fainting on the street corners because they have no food to eat.
20 Ιδέ, Κύριε, και επίβλεψον, εις τίνα ποτέ έκαμες ούτω; Να φάγωσιν αι γυναίκες τον καρπόν της κοιλίας αυτών, τα νήπια εν τοις σπαργάνοις αυτών; Να φονευθώσιν εν τω αγιαστηρίω του Κυρίου ιερεύς και προφήτης;
Yahweh, look, and think [about it]! Have you ever [RHQ] caused people to suffer like this before? [It is certainly not right that] [RHQ] women are eating the flesh of their own children, the children whom they have always taken care of! [It is not right that] [RHQ] priests and prophets are being killed in your own temple!
21 Το παιδίον και ο γέρων κοίτονται κατά γης εν ταις οδοίς· αι παρθένοι μου και οι νεανίσκοι μου έπεσον εν μαχαίρα· εφόνευσας εν τη ημέρα της οργής σου, κατέσφαξας, δεν εφείσθης.
[The corpses of] people of all ages lie in the streets; [there are even corpses of] young men and young women who have been killed by [our enemies’] swords. Because you were very angry, you caused them to be killed; you have slaughtered them without pitying them [at all].
22 Προσεκάλεσας πανταχόθεν, ως εν ημέρα πανηγύρεως, τους τρόμους μου, και ουδείς εσώθη ουδέ υπελείφθη εν τη ημέρα της οργής του Κυρίου· εκείνους, τους οποίους εσπαργάνωσα και ηύξησα, ο εχθρός μου συνετέλεσεν αυτούς.
You summoned our enemies to attack us from every direction, as though you were calling/inviting them to come to a feast. At that time when [you showed that] you were very angry, no one escaped. Our enemies murdered [our little children, ] ones whom we took care of and reared/brought up.
