Lamentations 5 — parallel

5:1

μνήσθητι κύριε ὅ τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἰδὲ τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

5:2

κληρονομία ἡμῶν μετεστράφη ἀλλοτρίοις οἱ οἶκοι ἡμῶν ξένοις

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

5:3

ὀρφανοὶ ἐγενήθημεν οὐχ ὑπάρχει πατήρ μητέρες ἡμῶν ὡς αἱ χῆραι

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

5:4

ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἡμῶν ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν

We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

5:5

ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν ἐδιώχθημεν ἐκοπιάσαμεν οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

5:6

Αἴγυπτος ἔδωκεν χεῖρα Ασσουρ εἰς πλησμονὴν αὐτῶν

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

5:7

οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν

Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

5:8

δοῦλοι ἐκυρίευσαν ἡμῶν λυτρούμενος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν

Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

5:9

ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν εἰσοίσομεν ἄρτον ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ῥομφαίας τῆς ἐρήμου

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

5:10

τὸ δέρμα ἡμῶν ὡς κλίβανος ἐπελειώθη συνεσπάσθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου καταιγίδων λιμοῦ

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

5:11

γυναῖκας ἐν Σιων ἐταπείνωσαν παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ιουδα

Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

5:12

ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν

Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

5:13

ἐκλεκτοὶ κλαυθμὸν ἀνέλαβον καὶ νεανίσκοι ἐν ξύλῳ ἠσθένησαν

Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

5:14

καὶ πρεσβῦται ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν

The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

5:15

κατέλυσεν χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

5:16

ἔπεσεν ὁ στέφανος τῆς κεφαλῆς ἡμῶν οὐαὶ δὴ ἡμῖν ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν

The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

5:17

περὶ τούτου ἐγενήθη ὀδυνηρὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου ἐσκότασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

5:18

ἐπ᾿ ὄρος Σιων ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

5:19

σὺ δέ κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικήσεις ὁ θρόνος σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

5:20

ἵνα τί εἰς νεῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

5:21

ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς κύριε πρὸς σέ καὶ ἐπιστραφησόμεθα καὶ ἀνακαίνισον ἡμέρας ἡμῶν καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

5:22

ὅτι ἀπωθούμενος ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς ὠργίσθης ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ἕως σφόδρα

unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.