Lamentations 1

1 Jerusalem was [once] full of people, but now it is deserted. [Once] it was honored by people all over the world, but now it is [grieving/abandoned] like [SIM] a widow. [Once] it was [honored like] [MET] a princess [is honored] among the nations, but now [we who live here] have become slaves.

Πως εκάθησε μόνη η πόλις η πεπληθυμμένη λαών. Κατέστη ως χήρα η πεπληθυμμένη εν έθνεσιν, η άρχουσα εν ταις επαρχίαις· έγεινεν υποτελής.

2 We [PRS] weep bitterly [all] night long, with tears flowing down our cheeks. Among [the people in] all [the nations] that loved Jerusalem there are none that comfort us [now]. All [the rulers of those nations that were previously] our allies have betrayed us, and they are all now enemies [of the people of Jerusalem].

Ακαταπαύστως κλαίει την νύκτα και τα δάκρυα αυτής καταρρέουσιν επί τας σιαγόνας αυτής· εκ πάντων των αγαπώντων αυτήν δεν υπάρχει ο παρηγορών αυτήν· πάντες οι φίλοι αυτής εφέρθησαν προς αυτήν απίστως· εχθροί έγειναν εις αυτήν.

3 [The people of] Judah have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries) and caused to suffer greatly as slaves. They live in [other] nations where they do not have peace/safety. Their enemies seized them, and there was no way for them to escape.

Ηχμαλωτίσθη ο Ιούδας υπό θλίψεως και υπό βαρείας δουλείας· κάθηται εν τοις έθνεσι· δεν ευρίσκει ανάπαυσιν· πάντες οι διώκται αυτού κατέλαβον αυτόν εν μέσω των στενών.

4 The roads to Zion [Hill] are empty [PRS] because no one comes [here] to [celebrate] the sacred festivals. The city gates are deserted, and the priests groan. The young women [of Jerusalem] cry [because] they are suffering greatly.

Αι οδοί της Σιών πενθούσι, διότι ουδείς έρχεται εις τας εορτάς· πάσαι αι πύλαι αυτής είναι έρημοι οι ιερείς αυτής αναστενάζουσιν· αι παρθένοι αυτής είναι περίλυποι και αυτή πλήρης πικρίας.

5 Our enemies have conquered the city, and [now] they prosper. Yahweh has punished [the people of] Jerusalem because of all the sins that they have committed. The children [of Jerusalem] have been captured and taken [to other countries].

Οι εναντίοι αυτής έγειναν κεφαλή, οι εχθροί αυτής ευημερούσι· διότι ο Κύριος κατέθλιψεν αυτήν διά το πλήθος των ανομιών αυτής· τα νήπια αυτής επορεύθησαν εις αιχμαλωσίαν έμπροσθεν του εχθρού.

6 Jerusalem was a beautiful city, but it is not beautiful now. The leaders [of the city] are like [SIM] deer that are starving because of being unable to find any grass [to eat]. They are very weak, with the result that they are unable to run from their enemies.

Και έφυγεν από της θυγατρός Σιών πάσα η δόξα αυτής· οι άρχοντες αυτής έγειναν ως έλαφοι μη ευρίσκουσαι βοσκήν, και εβάδιζον χωρίς δυνάμεως έμπροσθεν του διώκοντος.

7 [The people of] Jerusalem are sad and scattered, and they think about the previous greatness of the city. [But now] our enemies have captured the city, and there is no one to help the people. Our enemies destroyed the city and laughed while they were doing that.

Ενεθυμήθη η Ιερουσαλήμ εν ταις ημέραις της θλίψεως αυτής και της εξώσεως αυτής πάντα τα επιθυμητά αυτής, τα οποία είχεν από χρόνων αρχαίων, ότε έπεσεν ο λαός αυτής εις την χείρα του εχθρού και δεν υπήρχεν ο βοηθών αυτήν· είδον αυτήν οι εχθροί, εγέλασαν επί τη καταπαύσει αυτής.

8 [The people of] [PRS] Jerusalem have sinned very much; [it is as though] [MET] the city has become [like] a filthy [rag]. All those who [previously] honored the city [now] despise it, because they see that it has become very disgraced [MET]. Now [the people of] the city groan, and they cover their faces [because they are very ashamed].

Αμαρτίαν ημάρτησεν η Ιερουσαλήμ· διά τούτο έγεινεν ως ακάθαρτος· πάντες οι δοξάζοντες αυτήν κατεφρόνησαν αυτήν, διότι είδον την ασχημοσύνην αυτής· αυτή δε ανεστέναζε και απεστράφη εις τα οπίσω.

9 The city has become filthy because of [PRS] the sins that the people have committed; they did not think about what could happen to the city. [Now] the city has been destroyed, and there is no one to comfort [the people]. [The people cry out saying], “Yahweh, look at how we are suffering because our enemies have defeated us!”

Η ακαθαρσία αυτής ήτο εις τα κράσπεδα αυτής· δεν ενεθυμήθη τα τέλη αυτής· όθεν εταπεινώθη εξαισίως· δεν υπήρχεν ο παρηγορών αυτήν. Ιδέ, Κύριε, την θλίψιν μου, διότι εμεγαλύνθη ο εχθρός.

10 Our enemies have taken away all our treasures, all the valuable things that we owned. We have seen [soldiers from other] nations, [men who do not worship Yahweh], enter our sacred temple, [the place] where foreigners/non-Israelis were (forbidden/not allowed) to enter.

Ο εχθρός εξήπλωσε την χείρα αυτού επί πάντα τα επιθυμητά αυτής· διότι αυτή είδε τα έθνη εισερχόμενα εις το αγιαστήριον αυτής, τα οποία προσέταξας να μη εισέλθωσιν εις την συναγωγήν σου.

11 The people of the city groan while they search for food; they have given their treasures to get food [to eat] to remain alive. [They say], “Yahweh, look [at us], and see that we are despised!”

Πας ο λαός αυτής καταστενάζει, ζητών άρτον· έδωκαν τα επιθυμητά αυτών αντί τροφής, διά να επανέλθη η ψυχή αυτών. Ιδέ, Κύριε, και επίβλεψον· διότι έγεινα εξουθενημένη.

12 You people who pass by, you do not [RHQ] seem to care at all [about what has happened to us]. Look around and see that there are no other [RHQ] people who are suffering like we are. Yahweh has caused us to suffer because he was extremely angry [with us].

Ω, προς υμάς, πάντες οι διαβαίνοντες την οδόν· επιβλέψατε και ιδέτε, αν ήναι πόνος κατά τον πόνον μου, όστις έγεινεν εις εμέ, με τον οποίον με έθλιψεν ο Κύριος εν τη ημέρα της οργής του θυμού αυτού.

13 [It is as though] he sent a fire from heaven [MTY] that burned in our bones; [it is as though] [MET] he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable [every day], all day long.

Εξαπέστειλεν εξ ύψους πυρ επί τα οστά μου και κατεκράτησεν αυτά· ήπλωσε δίκτυον εις τους πόδας μου· με έστρεψεν εις τα οπίσω· με κατέστησεν ηφανισμένην, όλην την ημέραν οδυνωμένην.

14 He caused the sins that we have committed to be [like] a heavy load for us to carry; [it is as though] [MET] he tied them around our necks. Previously we were strong, but he has caused us to become weak. He has allowed our enemies to capture us, and we were not able to do anything to resist them.

Ο ζυγός των ασεβημάτων μου συνεσφίγχθη διά της χειρός αυτού· περιεπλέχθησαν, ανέβησαν επί τον τράχηλόν μου, κατέλυσε την δύναμίν μου· ο Κύριος με παρέδωκεν εις χείρας, εξ ων δεν δύναμαι να εγερθώ.

15 Yahweh looked at our mighty soldiers and laughed at them. He has summoned a great army to [come and] crush our young soldiers. [It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has trampled on [us] people of Judah like [SIM] [people trample] on grapes in a pit [to make wine].

Ο Κύριος κατέστρωσε πάντας τους δυνατούς μου εν τω μέσω μου· εκάλεσεν επ' εμέ ωρισμένον καιρόν διά να συντρίψη τους εκλεκτούς μου· ο Κύριος επάτησεν εν ληνώ την παρθένον, την θυγατέρα Ιούδα.

16 I weep because of [all] those things; my eyes are filled with tears. There is no one to comfort me; those who could encourage me are far away. Our enemies have conquered [us], so our children have nothing good to (hope for/expect to happen).

Διά ταύτα εγώ θρηνώ· οι οφθαλμοί μου, οι οφθαλμοί μου καταρρέουσιν ύδατα· διότι απεμακρύνθη απ' εμού ο παρηγορητής ο αναζωοποιών την ψυχήν μου· οι υιοί μου ηφανίσθησαν, διότι υπερίσχυσεν ο εχθρός.

17 [We people of] [PRS] Jerusalem reach out our hands [to get help], but there is no one to comfort us. Yahweh has decided concerning [us descendants of] Jacob that the people in nearby nations will become our enemies; so they consider that Jerusalem has become [like] [MET] a filthy rag.

Η Σιών εκτείνει τας χείρας αυτής, δεν υπάρχει ο παρηγορών αυτήν· ο Κύριος προσέταξε περί του Ιακώβ· οι εχθροί αυτού περιεκύκλωσαν αυτόν· η Ιερουσαλήμ έγεινε μεταξύ αυτών ως ακάθαρτος.

18 But what Yahweh has done [to us] is fair, because we have rebelled against obeying the commands that he gave [us]. You people everywhere, listen [to us]; [look and] see that we are suffering [greatly]. We had [many] sons and daughters, but they have been captured and forced to go to distant countries.

Δίκαιος είναι ο Κύριος διότι απεστάτησα από του λόγου αυτού. Ακούσατε, παρακαλώ, πάντες οι λαοί, και ιδέτε τον πόνον μου· αι παρθένοι μου και οι νεανίσκοι μου επορεύθησαν εις αιχμαλωσίαν.

19 We pleaded with our allies [to help us], but they [all] refused. Our priests and our leaders have died [from hunger] in the city while they were searching for food [to eat] to remain alive.

Εκάλεσα τους αγαπώντάς με, αλλ' αυτοί με ηπάτησαν· οι ιερείς μου και οι πρεσβύτεροί μου εξέπνευσαν εν τη πόλει, διότι εζήτησαν τροφήν υπέρ εαυτών διά να επανέλθη η ψυχή αυτών.

20 Yahweh, see that we are suffering very much. [It is as though] our inner beings are tormented. We are sad [SYN] because we have rebelled [against you]. Our enemies kill people in the streets with their swords; people are dying [because they have no food to eat].

Ιδέ, Κύριε, διότι θλίβομαι· τα εντόσθιά μου ταράττονται, η καρδία μου αναστρέφεται εντός μου, διότι μεγάλως απεστάτησα· έξωθεν ητέκνωσεν η μάχαιρα· εν τω οίκω ο θάνατος.

21 People have heard us while we groaned, but no one [came to] comfort us. [Yahweh, ] you caused us to experience this [disaster], and our enemies are happy to see what you have done [to us]. But cause it soon to be the time that you have promised, when our enemies will suffer like we have suffered!

Ήκουσαν, διότι στενάζω· δεν υπάρχει ο παρηγορών με· πάντες οι εχθροί μου ήκουσαν την συμφοράν μου· εχάρησαν ότι συ έκαμες τούτο · όταν φέρης την ημέραν, την οποίαν εκάλεσας, αυτοί θέλουσι γείνει ως εγώ.

22 [Yahweh, ] see all the evil things that they have done and punish them! [Punish them] like you have punished us for all the sins that we committed! [We say this to you] because we suffer and groan very much, and we (faint/are very sad).

Ας έλθη ενώπιόν σου πάσα η κακία αυτών· και κάμε εις αυτούς ως έκαμες εις εμέ διά πάντα τα αμαρτήματά μου· διότι πολλοί είναι οι στεναγμοί μου και η καρδία μου εξέλιπε.