Lamentations 2

1'How did the Lord darken The daughter of Zion in His wrath? He cast down the glory of Israel From heaven to earth, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His wrath.

πῶς ἐγνόφωσεν ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ κύριος τὴν θυγατέρα Σιων κατέρριψεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εἰς γῆν δόξασμα Ισραηλ καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθη ὑποποδίου ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ

2'The Lord has swallowed up and not spared All the beauty of Jacob. In His anger, He brought down the strongholds Of the daughter of Judah. He brought them down to the ground; He desecrated her king and its princes.

κατεπόντισεν κύριος οὐ φεισάμενος πάντα τὰ ὡραῖα Ιακωβ καθεῖλεν ἐν θυμῷ αὐτοῦ τὰ ὀχυρώματα τῆς θυγατρὸς Ιουδα ἐκόλλησεν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐβεβήλωσεν βασιλέα αὐτῆς καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτῆς

3'In fierce anger, He broke off every horn of Israel And drew back His right hand From the face of the enemy. He blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire, And it devoured every thing all around.

συνέκλασεν ἐν ὀργῇ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ πᾶν κέρας Ισραηλ ἀπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ καὶ ἀνῆψεν ἐν Ιακωβ ὡς πῦρ φλόγα καὶ κατέφαγεν πάντα τὰ κύκλῳ

4'He bent His bow like an enemy And strengthened His right hand like an adversary. He put to death all the objects of my desire, And poured out His anger like a fire On the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion.

ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐχθρός ἐστερέωσεν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ὡς ὑπεναντίος καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν πάντα τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἐν σκηνῇ θυγατρὸς Σιων ἐξέχεεν ὡς πῦρ τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ

5'The Lord became like an enemy And swallowed up Israel. He brought down all his palaces, Destroyed his strongholds, And multiplied shame and humiliation In the daughter of Judah.

ἐγενήθη κύριος ὡς ἐχθρός κατεπόντισεν Ισραηλ κατεπόντισεν πάσας τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς διέφθειρεν τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπλήθυνεν τῇ θυγατρὶ Ιουδα ταπεινουμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην

6'He opened and spread out His tabernacle like a vine And destroyed His feast. The Lord forgot His festivals and the Sabbath Which He appointed in Zion, And in the fury of His wrath He provoked king, priest, and prince.

καὶ διεπέτασεν ὡς ἄμπελον τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ διέφθειρεν ἑορτὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπελάθετο κύριος ὃ ἐποίησεν ἐν Σιων ἑορτῆς καὶ σαββάτου καὶ παρώξυνεν ἐμβριμήματι ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλέα καὶ ἱερέα καὶ ἄρχοντα

7'The Lord rejected His altar And abandoned His sanctuary. By the hand of the enemy, He broke in pieces the wall of her palaces. They uttered their voice in the house of the Lord As on a feast day.

ἀπώσατο κύριος θυσιαστήριον αὐτοῦ ἀπετίναξεν ἁγίασμα αὐτοῦ συνέτριψεν ἐν χειρὶ ἐχθροῦ τεῖχος βάρεων αὐτῆς φωνὴν ἔδωκαν ἐν οἴκῳ κυρίου ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς

8'The Lord turned to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line And has not turned back His hand from trampling her. Therefore the bulwark mourned, And the wall weakened with it.

καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν κύριος τοῦ διαφθεῖραι τεῖχος θυγατρὸς Σιων ἐξέτεινεν μέτρον οὐκ ἀπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ καταπατήματος καὶ ἐπένθησεν τὸ προτείχισμα καὶ τεῖχος ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἠσθένησεν

9'Her gates sank into the ground, And He destroyed and broke her bars. Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles, And the Law is no more; And indeed, her prophets see no vision from the Lord.

ἐνεπάγησαν εἰς γῆν πύλαι αὐτῆς ἀπώλεσεν καὶ συνέτριψεν μοχλοὺς αὐτῆς βασιλέα αὐτῆς καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος καί γε προφῆται αὐτῆς οὐκ εἶδον ὅρασιν παρὰ κυρίου

10'The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence. They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth.

ἐκάθισαν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐσιώπησαν πρεσβύτεροι θυγατρὸς Σιων ἀνεβίβασαν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν περιεζώσαντο σάκκους κατήγαγον εἰς γῆν ἀρχηγοὺς παρθένους ἐν Ιερουσαλημ

11They have brought down to the ground The leading virgins in Jerusalem. 'My eyes fail with tears, And my heart is troubled. My glory is poured out upon the ground At the destruction of the daughter of my people, While the child and the nursing infants Faint in streets of the city.

ἐξέλιπον ἐν δάκρυσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐξεχύθη εἰς γῆν ἡ δόξα μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐν τῷ ἐκλιπεῖν νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως

12'They say to their mothers, 'Where is the wheat and wine?' While they faint like the wounded In the streets of the city, While their lives are being poured out In their mothers' bosom.

ταῖς μητράσιν αὐτῶν εἶπαν ποῦ σῖτος καὶ οἶνος ἐν τῷ ἐκλύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ὡς τραυματίας ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως ἐν τῷ ἐκχεῖσθαι ψυχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς κόλπον μητέρων αὐτῶν

13'What shall I testify to you, Or what shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? Who will save and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For the cup of your destruction is great; Who shall heal you?

τί μαρτυρήσω σοι ἢ τί ὁμοιώσω σοι θύγατερ Ιερουσαλημ τίς σώσει σε καὶ παρακαλέσει σε παρθένος θύγατερ Σιων ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ποτήριον συντριβῆς σου τίς ἰάσεταί σε

14'Your prophets have seen foolishness And worthless things for you, But they did not reveal your wrongdoing So as to turn back your captivity. Instead, they saw worthless burdens And banishment for you.

προφῆταί σου εἴδοσάν σοι μάταια καὶ ἀφροσύνην καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀδικίαν σου τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι αἰχμαλωσίαν σου καὶ εἴδοσάν σοι λήμματα μάταια καὶ ἐξώσματα

15'All who pass by clap their hands at you, And they hiss and shake their head At the daughter of Jerusalem. 'Is this the city they call The crown of glory, The joy of all the earth?'

ἐκρότησαν ἐπὶ σὲ χεῖρας πάντες οἱ παραπορευόμενοι ὁδόν ἐσύρισαν καὶ ἐκίνησαν τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θυγατέρα Ιερουσαλημ ἦ αὕτη ἡ πόλις ἣν ἐροῦσιν στέφανος δόξης εὐφροσύνη πάσης τῆς γῆς

16'All your enemies have opened their mouths against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth.

διήνοιξαν ἐπὶ σὲ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἐσύρισαν καὶ ἔβρυξαν ὀδόντας εἶπαν κατεπίομεν αὐτήν πλὴν αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν προσεδοκῶμεν εὕρομεν αὐτήν εἴδομεν

17They say, 'We have swallowed her up! Besides, this is the day we have looked for; We have found it; we have seen it.' 'The Lord has done what He purposed; He has carried out His words Which He commanded in days of old. He pulled down, and has not spared, And has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of those who oppress you.

ἐποίησεν κύριος ἃ ἐνεθυμήθη συνετέλεσεν ῥήματα αὐτοῦ ἃ ἐνετείλατο ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων καθεῖλεν καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσατο καὶ ηὔφρανεν ἐπὶ σὲ ἐχθρόν ὕψωσεν κέρας θλίβοντός σε

18Their heart cried out to the Lord, 'O wall of Zion, Pour down tears like torrents, day and night; Give yourself no relief; May your eyes have no rest, O daughter.

ἐβόησεν καρδία αὐτῶν πρὸς κύριον τείχη Σιων καταγάγετε ὡς χειμάρρους δάκρυα ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός μὴ δῷς ἔκνηψιν σεαυτῇ μὴ σιωπήσαιτο θύγατερ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου

19'Arise, rejoice in the night, At the beginning of your watch. Pour out your heart like water Before the face of the Lord, And lift your hands up to Him For the life of your infants, Who grow weak in hunger On the corner of every street.'

ἀνάστα ἀγαλλίασαι ἐν νυκτὶ εἰς ἀρχὰς φυλακῆς σου ἔκχεον ὡς ὕδωρ καρδίαν σου ἀπέναντι προσώπου κυρίου ἆρον πρὸς αὐτὸν χεῖράς σου περὶ ψυχῆς νηπίων σου τῶν ἐκλυομένων λιμῷ ἐπ᾿ ἀρχῆς πασῶν ἐξόδων

20'Behold, O Lord, and look For whom You have gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? The cook has made a gleaning; Shall the infants who nurse the breasts be put to death? Will you kill priest and prophet In the sanctuary of the Lord?

ἰδέ κύριε καὶ ἐπίβλεψον τίνι ἐπεφύλλισας οὕτως εἰ φάγονται γυναῖκες καρπὸν κοιλίας αὐτῶν ἐπιφυλλίδα ἐποίησεν μάγειρος φονευθήσονται νήπια θηλάζοντα μαστούς ἀποκτενεῖς ἐν ἁγιάσματι κυρίου ἱερέα καὶ προφήτην

21'The child and the old man Sleep in the street. My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity. You killed them with sword and famine In the day of Your wrath; You massacred and have not spared.

ἐκοιμήθησαν εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον παιδάριον καὶ πρεσβύτης παρθένοι μου καὶ νεανίσκοι μου ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἀπέκτεινας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς σου ἐμαγείρευσας οὐκ ἐφείσω

22'He called my sojourner round about me to a feast day. There was no one who escaped, or were left In the day of the Lord's wrath, As I strengthened and multiplied All my enemies.'

ἐκάλεσεν ἡμέραν ἑορτῆς παροικίας μου κυκλόθεν καὶ οὐκ ἐγένοντο ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς κυρίου ἀνασῳζόμενος καὶ καταλελειμμένος ὡς ἐπεκράτησα καὶ ἐπλήθυνα ἐχθρούς μου πάντας