Lamentationes 3
1 ALEPH. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis eius.
I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
2 ALEPH. Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, et non in lucem.
[obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
3 ALEPH. Tantum in me vertit, et convertit manum suam tota die.
surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
4 BETH. Vetustam fecit pellem meam, et carnem meam, contrivit ossa mea.
to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
5 BETH. Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me felle, et labore.
to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
6 BETH. In tenebrosis collocavit me, quasi mortuos sempiternos.
in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
7 GHIMEL. Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar: aggravavit compedem meum.
to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
8 GHIMEL. Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.
also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
9 GHIMEL. Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris, semitas meas subvertit.
to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
10 DALETH. Ursus insidians factus est mihi: leo in absconditis.
bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding
11 DALETH. Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me: posuit me desolatam.
way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
12 DALETH. Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.
to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
13 HE. Misit in renibus meis filias pharetræ suæ.
to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
14 HE. Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.
to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
15 HE. Replevit me amaritudinibus, inebriavit me absynthio.
to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
16 VAU. Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos, cibavit me cinere.
and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
17 VAU. Et repulsa est a pace anima mea, oblitus sum bonorum.
and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
18 VAU. Et dixi: Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino.
and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
19 ZAIN. Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ, absinthii, et fellis.
to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
20 ZAIN. Memoria memor ero, et tabescet in me anima mea.
to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my
21 ZAIN. Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.
this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
22 HETH. Misericordiæ Domini quia non sumus consumpti: quia non defecerunt miserationes eius.
kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
23 HETH. Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.
new to/for morning many faithfulness your
24 HETH. Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea: propterea expectabo eum.
portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
25 TETH. Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.
pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him
26 TETH. Bonum est præstolari cum silentio salutare Dei.
pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
27 TETH. Bonum est viro, cum portaverit iugum ab adolescentia sua.
pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
28 IOD. Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit: quia levavit super se.
to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
29 IOD. Ponet in pulvere os suum, si forte sit spes.
to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
30 IOD. Dabit percutienti se maxillam, saturabitur opprobriis.
to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
31 CAPH. Quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus.
for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
32 CAPH. Quia si abiecit, et miserebitur secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.
that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)
33 CAPH. Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo, et abiecit filios hominum,
for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man
34 LAMED. Ut conteret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terræ,
to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
35 LAMED. Ut declinaret iudicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi.
to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
36 LAMED. Ut perverteret hominem in iudicio suo, Dominus ignoravit.
to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
37 MEM. Quis est iste, qui dixit ut fieret, Domino non iubente?
who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
38 MEM. Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona?
from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
39 MEM. Quid murmuravit homo vivens, vir pro peccatis suis?
what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)
40 NUN. Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.
to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
41 NUN. Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos.
to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
42 NUN. Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus: idcirco tu inexorabilis es.
we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
43 SAMECH. Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos: occidisti, nec pepercisti.
to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
44 SAMECH. Opposuisti nubem tibi, ne transeat oratio.
to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
45 SAMECH. Eradicationem, et abiectionem posuisti me in medio populorum.
offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
46 PHE. Aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici.
to open upon us lip their all enemy our
47 PHE. Formido, et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio, et contritio.
dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
48 PHE. Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, in contritione filiæ populi mei.
stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
49 AIN. Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit, eo quod non esset requies,
eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
50 AIN. Donec respiceret et videret Dominus de cælis.
till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
51 AIN. Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ.
eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
52 SADE. Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis.
to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
53 SADE. Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me.
to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
54 SADE. Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum: dixi: Perii.
to flow water upon head my to say to cut
55 COPH. Invocavi nomen tuum Domine de lacu novissimo.
to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
56 COPH. Vocem meam audisti: ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo, et clamoribus.
voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
57 COPH. Appropinquasti in die, quando invocavi te: dixisti: Ne timeas.
to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
58 RES. Iudicasti Domine causam animæ meæ, Redemptor vitæ meæ.
to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
59 RES. Vidisti Domine iniquitatem illorum adversum me: iudica iudicium meum.
to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
60 RES. Vidisti omnem furorem, universas cogitationes eorum adversum me.
to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
61 SIN. Audisti opprobrium eorum Domine, omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me:
to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
62 SIN. Labia insurgentium mihi; et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die.
lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
63 SIN. Sessionem eorum, et resurrectionem eorum vide, ego sum psalmus eorum.
seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
64 THAU. Redes eis vicem Domine iuxta opera manuum suarum.
to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
65 THAU. Dabis eis scutum cordis laborem tuum.
to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
66 THAU. Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos sub cælis Domine.
to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
