§2.1Ἄλεφ.
Aleph.
Πῶς ἐγνόφωσεν ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ Κύριος τὴν θυγατέρα Σειών·
How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger!
κατερριψεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εἰς γῆν δόξασμα Ἰσραήλ,
καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθη ὑποποδίου ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.
He has cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.
§2.2Βήθ.
Beth.
Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ¹κατεπόντισεν Κύριος, οὐ φεισάμενος· πάντα τὰ ὡραῖα Ἰακὼβ καθεῖλεν ἐν θυμῷ αὐτοῦ,
τὰ ὀχυρώματα τῆς θυγατρὸς Ἰούδα ἐκόλλησεν εἰς τὴν γῆν,
ἐβεβήλωσεν βασιλέας αὐτῆς καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτῆς.
In the day of his anger the Lord swallowed up, sparing not; he has thrown down in his wrath all the beautiful places of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has profaned her kings and her princes.
§2.3Γίμελ
Συνεκάλεσεν ἐν ὀργῇ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ πᾶν κέρας Ἰσραήλ,
ἀπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐχθροῦ,
καὶ ἀνῆψεν ἐν Ἰακὼβ ὡς πῦρ φλόγα, καὶ κατέφαγεν πάντα
τὰ κύκλῳ.
Gimel. He has gathered in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.
§2.4Δάλεθ.
Daleth.
Ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐχθρὸς ὑπεναντίος,
ἐστερέωσεν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ὁὡς ὑπεναντίος,
καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν πάντα τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα ὀφθαλμῶν μου ἐν σκηνῇ
θυγατρὸς Σειών,
ἐξέχεεν ὡς πῦρ τὸν θυμὸν αὐτοῦ.
He has bent his bow like an enemy, he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion; he poured out his fury like fire.
§2.5H
ʼἘγενήθη Κύριος ὡς ἐχθρός, κατεπόντισεν Ἰσραήλ· κατεπόντισεν τὰς βάρεις αὐτῆς, διέφθειρεν τὰ ὀχυράματα
αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐπλήθυνεν τῇ θυγατρὶ Ἰούδα ταπεινουμένην καὶ
τεταπειναομένην.
He. The Lord was as an enemy; he swallowed up Israel, he swallowed up all her palaces, he destroyed his strongholds, and increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
§2.6Οὐαό.
Waw.
Καὶ διεπέτασεν ὡς ἄμπελον τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ, διέφθειρεν
ἑορτὴν αὐτοῦ· ἐπελάθετο Κύριος ἃ ἐποίησεν ἐν Σειὼν ἑορτῆς καὶ σαββάτου,
καὶ παρώξυνεν ἐνβριμήματι ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλέα καὶ ἱερέα
καὶ ἄρχοντα.
And he has violently destroyed his tabernacle, as if it were a vine; he has destroyed his places of assembly; the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and in the indignation of his anger has despised the king, the priest, and the prince.
§2.7Ζάιν.
Zayin.
Ἀπώσατο Κύριος θυσιαστήριον αὐτοῦ, ἀπετίναξεν ἁγίασμα
αὐτοῦ,
συνέτριψεν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τεῖχος βάρεων αὐτῆς· φωνὴν ἔδωκαν ἐν οἴκῳ ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἑορτῆς.
The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary, he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
§2.8‟Ηθ.
Heth.
Καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν διαφθεῖραι τεῖχος θυγατρὸς Σειών· ἐξέτεινεν μέτρον, οὐκ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ καταπατήματος,
καὶ ἐπένθησεν τὸ προτείχισμα, καὶ τεῖχος ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἡσθένησεν.
The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament, they languished together.
§2.9Tήθ.
Teth.
Ἐνεπάγησαν εἰς γῆν πύλαι αὐτῆς· ἀπώλεσεν καὶ συνέτριψεν
μοχλοὺς αὐτῆς,
βασιλέα αὐτῆς καὶ ἄρχοντας αὐτῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, καί γε προφῆτι αὐτῆς οὐκ εἶδον ὄρασιν
παρὰ Κυρίου.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gentiles; the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
§2.10Ἰώδ.
Yod.
Ἐκάθισαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐσιώπησαν πρεσβύτεροι θυγατρὸς Σειών,
ἀνεβίβδασαν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, περιεζώσαντο
σάκκους,
κατήγαγον εἰς γῆν ἀρχηγοὺς παρθένους ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence; they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
§2.11Χάφ.
Kaph.
Ἐξέλειπον ἐν δάκρυσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία
ἐξεχύθη εἰς τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα μου, ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς
λαοῦ μου,
ἐν τῷ ἐκλιπεῖν νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως.
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
§2.12Λάβδ.
Lamed.
Ταῖς μητράσιν αὐτῶν εἶπαν Ιοῦ σῖτος καὶ οἶνος; ἐν τῷ ἐκλύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ὡς τραυματίας ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως,
ἐν τῷ ἐκχεῖσθαι ψυχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς κόλπον μητέρων αὐτῶν.
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
§2.13Μήμ.
Mem.
Γί μαρτυρήσω σοι ἡ τί ὁμοιώσω σοι, θύγατερ Ἰερουσαλήμ; τίς σώσει καὶ παρακαλέσει σε, παρθένος θύγατερ Σειών; ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ποτήριον συντριβῆς σου· τίς ἰάσεταί σε;
What shall I testify for thee, or what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for the cup of thy ruin is great; who can heal thee?
§2.14Nοόν.
Nun.
ΓΙροφῆταί σου εἰδοσάν σοι μάταια καὶ ἀφροσύνην,
καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκάλυψαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀδικίαν σου τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι
αἰχμαλωσίαν σου,
καὶ εἶδοσάν σοι λήμματα μάταια καὶ ἐξώσματα.
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee vain burdens and causes of banishment.
§2.15Σάμχ
Ἐκρότησαν ἐπὶ σέ χεῖρας πάντες οἱ παραπορευόμενοι ὁδόν,
ἐσύρισαν καὶ ἐκίνησαν τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θυγατέρα
Ἰερουσαλήμ· αὕτη ἡ πόλις, ἐροῦσιν, στέφανος εὐφροσύνης πάσης τῆς γῆς.
Samekh. All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city, they will say, the crown of joy of all the earth?
§2.16Ἄιν.
Ayin.
Διήνοιξαν ἐπὶ σέ στόμα αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου,
ἐσύρισαν καὶ ἔβρυξαν ὀδόντας, καὶ εἶπαν Κατεπίομεν αὐτήν· πλὴν αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα ἣν προσεδοκῶμεν, είρομεν αὐτήν, ἴδομεν.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; they hiss and gnash their teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.
§2.17Φή.
Pe.
Ἐποίησεν Κύριος ἃ ἐνεθυμήθη,
συνετέλεσεν ὀήματα αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐνετείλατο ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἀρχαίων· καθεῖλεν καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσατο,
καὶ ηὔφρανεν ἐπὶ σέ ἐχθρόν, ὕψωσεν κέρας θλίλκδοντός σε.
The Lord has done that which he had devised; he has fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old; he has thrown down, and has not pitied; and he has caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he has set up the horn of thine adversaries.
§2.18Τιαδή.
Tsade.
Ἐβόησεν καρδία αὐτῶν πρὸς Κύριον
Γείχη Σειών, καταγάγετε ὡς χειμάρρους δάκρυα ἡμέρας καὶ
υυκτός· μὴ δῷς ἔκνηψιν σεαυτῇ, μὴ σιωπήσαιτο, θυγάτηρ, ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου.
Their heart cried unto the Lord; O wall of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; give thyself no rest, let not the apple of thine eye cease.
§2.19Κώφ.
Qoph.
Ἀνάστα ἀγαλλίασαι ἐν νυκτὶ εἰς ἀρχὰς φυλακῆς σου,
ἕκχεον ὡς ὕδωρ καρδίαν σου ἀπέναντι προσώπου Κυρίου,
ἄρον πρὸς αὐτὸν χεῖράς σου περὶ ψυχῆς νηπίων τῶν ἐκλυομένων λιμῷ ἐπʼ ἀρχῆς πασῶν ἐξόδων.
Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
§2.20'Ρήχς.
Resh.
Ἴδε, Κύριε, καὶ ἐπίcβλεψον τίνι ἐπεφύλλισας οὕτως
εἰ φάγονται γυναίκες καρπὸν κοιλίας αὐτῶν
ἐπιφυλλίδα ἐποίησεν μάγειρος·
"Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat the fruit of their own womb, the infants slaughtered by the cook?
φονευθήσονται νήπιι θηλάζοντα μαστούς;
Shall the infants who suck the breasts be slain?
ἀποκτενεῖς ἐν ἁγιάσματι Κυρίου ἱερέα καὶ προφήτην; ¶ §2.21Κσέν.
Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?" Shin.
Ἐκοιμήθησαν εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον παιδάριον καὶ πρεσβύτης· παρθένοι μου καὶ νεανίσκοι μου ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αίχμαλωσία· ἐν όομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἀπέκτεινας, ἐν ἡμἐρᾳ ὀργῆς σου
ἐμαγείρευσας, οὐκ ἐφείσω. §2.22Φαύ.
"The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity; thou hast slain them by the sword and by famine; in the day of thy anger thou hast slaughtered, and not pitied." Taw.
Ἐκάλεσεν ἡμέραν ἑορτῆς παροικίας μου κυκλόθεν,
καὶ οὐκ ἐγένοντο ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀργῆς Κυρίου ἀνασωζόμενος καὶ
καταλελειμμένος,
ὁὡς ἐπεκράτησα καὶ ἐπλήθυνα ἐχθρούς μου πάντας.
"Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained; those that I have swaddled and brought up has mine enemy consumed."