Lamentations


Chapter 1
⁰kai egeneto meta to aicmalwtisqhnai ton israhl kai ierousalhm erhmwqhnai ekaqisen ieremias klaiwn kai eqrhnhsen ton qrhnon touton epi ierousalhm kai eipen¹pws ekaqisen monh h polis h peplhqummenh lawn egenhqh ws chra peplhqummenh en eqnesin arcousa en cwrais egenhqh eis foron²klaiousa eklausen en nukti kai ta dakrua auths epi twn siagonwn auths kai ouc uparcei o parakalwn authn apo pantwn twn agapwntwn authn pantes oi filountes authn hqethsan en auth egenonto auth eis ecqrous³metwkisqh h ioudaia apo tapeinwsews auths kai apo plhqous douleias auths ekaqisen en eqnesin ouc euren anapausin pantes oi katadiwkontes authn katelabon authn ana meson twn qlibontwn⁴odoi siwn penqousin para to mh einai ercomenous en eorth pasai ai pulai auths hfanismenai oi iereis auths anastenazousin ai parqenoi auths agomenai kai auth pikrainomenh en eauth⁵egenonto oi qlibontes authn eis kefalhn kai oi ecqroi auths euqhnousan oti kurios etapeinwsen authn epi to plhqos twn asebeiwn auths ta nhpia auths eporeuqhsan en aicmalwsia kata proswpon qlibontos⁶kai exhlqen ek qugatros siwn pasa h euprepeia auths egenonto oi arcontes auths ws krioi ouc euriskontes nomhn kai eporeuonto en ouk iscui kata proswpon diwkontos⁷emnhsqh ierousalhm hmerwn tapeinwsews auths kai apwsmwn auths panta ta epiqumhmata auths osa hn ex hmerwn arcaiwn en tw pesein ton laon auths eis ceiras qlibontos kai ouk hn o bohqwn auth idontes oi ecqroi auths egelasan epi metoikesia auths⁸amartian hmarten ierousalhm dia touto eis salon egeneto pantes oi doxazontes authn etapeinwsan authn eidon gar thn aschmosunhn auths kai ge auth stenazousa kai apestrafh opisw⁹akaqarsia auths pros podwn auths ouk emnhsqh escata auths kai katebibasen uperogka ouk estin o parakalwn authn ide kurie thn tapeinwsin mou oti emegalunqh ecqros¹⁰ceira autou exepetasen qlibwn epi panta ta epiqumhmata auths eiden gar eqnh eiselqonta eis to agiasma auths a eneteilw mh eiselqein auta eis ekklhsian sou¹¹pas o laos auths katastenazontes zhtountes arton edwkan ta epiqumhmata auths en brwsei tou epistreyai yuchn ide kurie kai epibleyon oti egenhqhn htimwmenh¹²ou pros umas pantes oi paraporeuomenoi odon epistreyate kai idete ei estin algos kata to algos mou o egenhqh fqegxamenos en emoi etapeinwsen me kurios en hmera orghs qumou autou¹³ex uyous autou apesteilen pur en tois osteois mou kathgagen auto diepetasen diktuon tois posin mou apestreyen me eis ta opisw edwken me hfanismenhn olhn thn hmeran odunwmenhn¹⁴egrhgorhqh epi ta asebhmata mou en cersin mou suneplakhsan anebhsan epi ton trachlon mou hsqenhsen h iscus mou oti edwken kurios en cersin mou odunas ou dunhsomai sthnai¹⁵exhren pantas tous iscurous mou o kurios ek mesou mou ekalesen ep� eme kairon tou suntriyai eklektous mou lhnon epathsen kurios parqenw qugatri iouda epi toutois egw klaiw¹⁶o ofqalmos mou kathgagen udwr oti emakrunqh ap� emou o parakalwn me o epistrefwn yuchn mou egenonto oi uioi mou hfanismenoi oti ekrataiwqh o ecqros¹⁷diepetasen siwn ceiras auths ouk estin o parakalwn authn eneteilato kurios tw iakwb kuklw autou oi qlibontes auton egenhqh ierousalhm eis apokaqhmenhn ana meson autwn¹⁸dikaios estin kurios oti to stoma autou parepikrana akousate dh pantes oi laoi kai idete to algos mou parqenoi mou kai neaniskoi mou eporeuqhsan en aicmalwsia¹⁹ekalesa tous erastas mou autoi de parelogisanto me oi iereis mou kai oi presbuteroi mou en th polei exelipon oti ezhthsan brwsin autois ina epistreywsin yucas autwn kai ouc euron²⁰ide kurie oti qlibomai h koilia mou etaracqh kai h kardia mou estrafh en emoi oti parapikrainousa parepikrana exwqen hteknwsen me macaira wsper qanatos en oikw²¹akousate dh oti stenazw egw ouk estin o parakalwn me pantes oi ecqroi mou hkousan ta kaka mou kai ecarhsan oti su epoihsas ephgages hmeran ekalesas kairon kai egenonto omoioi emoi²²eiselqoi pasa h kakia autwn kata proswpon sou kai epifullison autois on tropon epoihsan epifullida peri pantwn twn amarthmatwn mou oti polloi oi stenagmoi mou kai h kardia mou lupeitai

Chapter 2
¹pws egnofwsen en orgh autou kurios thn qugatera siwn katerriyen ex ouranou eis ghn doxasma israhl kai ouk emnhsqh upopodiou podwn autou en hmera orghs autou²katepontisen kurios ou feisamenos panta ta wraia iakwb kaqeilen en qumw autou ta ocurwmata ths qugatros iouda ekollhsen eis thn ghn ebebhlwsen basilea auths kai arcontas auths³suneklasen en orgh qumou autou pan keras israhl apestreyen opisw dexian autou apo proswpou ecqrou kai anhyen en iakwb ws pur floga kai katefagen panta ta kuklw⁴eneteinen toxon autou ws ecqros esterewsen dexian autou ws upenantios kai apekteinen panta ta epiqumhmata ofqalmwn mou en skhnh qugatros siwn execeen ws pur ton qumon autou⁵egenhqh kurios ws ecqros katepontisen israhl katepontisen pasas tas bareis auths diefqeiren ta ocurwmata autou kai eplhqunen th qugatri iouda tapeinoumenhn kai tetapeinwmenhn⁶kai diepetasen ws ampelon to skhnwma autou diefqeiren eorthn autou epelaqeto kurios o epoihsen en siwn eorths kai sabbatou kai parwxunen embrimhmati orghs autou basilea kai ierea kai arconta⁷apwsato kurios qusiasthrion autou apetinaxen agiasma autou sunetriyen en ceiri ecqrou teicos barewn auths fwnhn edwkan en oikw kuriou ws en hmera eorths⁸kai epestreyen kurios tou diafqeirai teicos qugatros siwn exeteinen metron ouk apestreyen ceira autou apo katapathmatos kai epenqhsen to proteicisma kai teicos omoqumadon hsqenhsen⁹enepaghsan eis ghn pulai auths apwlesen kai sunetriyen moclous auths basilea auths kai arcontas auths en tois eqnesin ouk estin nomos kai ge profhtai auths ouk eidon orasin para kuriou¹⁰ekaqisan eis thn ghn esiwphsan presbuteroi qugatros siwn anebibasan coun epi thn kefalhn autwn periezwsanto sakkous kathgagon eis ghn archgous parqenous en ierousalhm¹¹exelipon en dakrusin oi ofqalmoi mou etaracqh h kardia mou execuqh eis ghn h doxa mou epi to suntrimma ths qugatros tou laou mou en tw eklipein nhpion kai qhlazonta en plateiais polews¹²tais mhtrasin autwn eipan pou sitos kai oinos en tw ekluesqai autous ws traumatias en plateiais polews en tw ekceisqai yucas autwn eis kolpon mhterwn autwn¹³ti marturhsw soi h ti omoiwsw soi qugater ierousalhm tis swsei se kai parakalesei se parqenos qugater siwn oti emegalunqh pothrion suntribhs sou tis iasetai se¹⁴profhtai sou eidosan soi mataia kai afrosunhn kai ouk apekaluyan epi thn adikian sou tou epistreyai aicmalwsian sou kai eidosan soi lhmmata mataia kai exwsmata¹⁵ekrothsan epi se ceiras pantes oi paraporeuomenoi odon esurisan kai ekinhsan thn kefalhn autwn epi thn qugatera ierousalhm h auth h polis hn erousin stefanos doxhs eufrosunh pashs ths ghs¹⁶dihnoixan epi se stoma autwn pantes oi ecqroi sou esurisan kai ebruxan odontas eipan katepiomen authn plhn auth h hmera hn prosedokwmen euromen authn eidomen¹⁷epoihsen kurios a enequmhqh sunetelesen rhmata autou a eneteilato ex hmerwn arcaiwn kaqeilen kai ouk efeisato kai hufranen epi se ecqron uywsen keras qlibontos se¹⁸ebohsen kardia autwn pros kurion teich siwn katagagete ws ceimarrous dakrua hmeras kai nuktos mh dws eknhyin seauth mh siwphsaito qugater o ofqalmos sou¹⁹anasta agalliasai en nukti eis arcas fulakhs sou ekceon ws udwr kardian sou apenanti proswpou kuriou aron pros auton ceiras sou peri yuchs nhpiwn sou twn ekluomenwn limw ep� archs paswn exodwn²⁰ide kurie kai epibleyon tini epefullisas outws ei fagontai gunaikes karpon koilias autwn epifullida epoihsen mageiros foneuqhsontai nhpia qhlazonta mastous apokteneis en agiasmati kuriou ierea kai profhthn²¹ekoimhqhsan eis thn exodon paidarion kai presbuths parqenoi mou kai neaniskoi mou eporeuqhsan en aicmalwsia en romfaia kai en limw apekteinas en hmera orghs sou emageireusas ouk efeisw²²ekalesen hmeran eorths paroikias mou kukloqen kai ouk egenonto en hmera orghs kuriou anaswzomenos kai kataleleimmenos ws epekrathsa kai eplhquna ecqrous mou pantas

Chapter 3
¹egw anhr o blepwn ptwceian en rabdw qumou autou ep� eme²parelaben me kai aphgagen eis skotos kai ou fws³plhn en emoi epestreyen ceira autou olhn thn hmeran⁴epalaiwsen sarkas mou kai derma mou ostea mou sunetriyen⁵anwkodomhsen kat� emou kai ekuklwsen kefalhn mou kai emocqhsen⁶en skoteinois ekaqisen me ws nekrous aiwnos⁷anwkodomhsen kat� emou kai ouk exeleusomai ebarunen calkon mou⁸kai ge kekraxomai kai bohsw apefraxen proseuchn mou⁹anwkodomhsen odous mou enefraxen tribous mou etaraxen¹⁰arkos enedreuousa autos moi lewn en krufaiois¹¹katediwxen afesthkota kai katepausen me eqeto me hfanismenhn¹²eneteinen toxon autou kai esthlwsen me ws skopon eis belos¹³eishgagen tois nefrois mou ious faretras autou¹⁴egenhqhn gelws panti law mou yalmos autwn olhn thn hmeran¹⁵ecortasen me pikrias emequsen me colhs¹⁶kai exebalen yhfw odontas mou eywmisen me spodon¹⁷kai apwsato ex eirhnhs yuchn mou epelaqomhn agaqa¹⁸kai eipa apwleto neikos mou kai h elpis mou apo kuriou¹⁹emnhsqhn apo ptwceias mou kai ek diwgmou mou pikrias kai colhs mou²⁰mnhsqhsetai kai katadoleschsei ep� eme h yuch mou²¹tauthn taxw eis thn kardian mou dia touto upomenw²⁵agaqos kurios tois upomenousin auton yuch h zhthsei auton agaqon²⁶kai upomenei kai hsucasei eis to swthrion kuriou²⁷agaqon andri otan arh zugon en neothti autou²⁸kaqhsetai kata monas kai siwphsetai oti hren ef� eautw³⁰dwsei tw paionti auton siagona cortasqhsetai oneidismwn³¹oti ouk eis ton aiwna apwsetai kurios³²oti o tapeinwsas oiktirhsei kata to plhqos tou eleous autou³³oti ouk apekriqh apo kardias autou kai etapeinwsen uious andros³⁴tou tapeinwsai upo tous podas autou pantas desmious ghs³⁵tou ekklinai krisin andros katenanti proswpou uyistou³⁶katadikasai anqrwpon en tw krinesqai auton kurios ouk eipen³⁷tis outws eipen kai egenhqh kurios ouk eneteilato³⁸ek stomatos uyistou ouk exeleusetai ta kaka kai to agaqon³⁹ti goggusei anqrwpos zwn anhr peri ths amartias autou⁴⁰exhreunhqh h odos hmwn kai htasqh kai epistreywmen ews kuriou⁴¹analabwmen kardias hmwn epi ceirwn pros uyhlon en ouranw⁴²hmarthsamen hsebhsamen kai ouc ilasqhs⁴³epeskepasas en qumw kai apediwxas hmas apekteinas ouk efeisw⁴⁴epeskepasas nefelhn seautw eineken proseuchs⁴⁵kammusai me kai apwsqhnai eqhkas hmas en mesw twn lawn⁴⁶dihnoixan ef� hmas to stoma autwn pantes oi ecqroi hmwn⁴⁷fobos kai qumos egenhqh hmin eparsis kai suntribh⁴⁸afeseis udatwn kataxei o ofqalmos mou epi to suntrimma ths qugatros tou laou mou⁴⁹o ofqalmos mou katepoqh kai ou sighsomai tou mh einai eknhyin⁵⁰ews ou diakuyh kai idh kurios ex ouranou⁵¹o ofqalmos mou epifulliei epi thn yuchn mou para pasas qugateras polews⁵²qhreuontes eqhreusan me ws strouqion oi ecqroi mou dwrean⁵³eqanatwsan en lakkw zwhn mou kai epeqhkan liqon ep� emoi⁵⁴uperecuqh udwr epi kefalhn mou eipa apwsmai⁵⁵epekalesamhn to onoma sou kurie ek lakkou katwtatou⁵⁶fwnhn mou hkousas mh kruyhs ta wta sou eis thn dehsin mou⁵⁷eis thn bohqeian mou hggisas en h se hmera epekalesamhn eipas moi mh fobou⁵⁸edikasas kurie tas dikas ths yuchs mou elutrwsw thn zwhn mou⁵⁹eides kurie tas taracas mou ekrinas thn krisin mou⁶⁰eides pasan thn ekdikhsin autwn eis pantas dialogismous autwn en emoi⁶¹hkousas ton oneidismon autwn pantas tous dialogismous autwn kat� emou⁶²ceilh epanistanomenwn moi kai meletas autwn kat� emou olhn thn hmeran⁶³kaqedran autwn kai anastasin autwn epibleyon epi tous ofqalmous autwn⁶⁴apodwseis autois antapodoma kurie kata ta erga twn ceirwn autwn⁶⁵apodwseis autois uperaspismon kardias mocqon sou autois⁶⁶katadiwxeis en orgh kai exanalwseis autous upokatw tou ouranou kurie

Chapter 4
¹pws amaurwqhsetai crusion alloiwqhsetai to argurion to agaqon execuqhsan liqoi agioi ep� archs paswn exodwn²uioi siwn oi timioi oi ephrmenoi en crusiw pws elogisqhsan eis aggeia ostrakina erga ceirwn keramews³kai ge drakontes exedusan mastous eqhlasan skumnoi autwn qugateres laou mou eis aniaton ws strouqion en erhmw⁴ekollhqh h glwssa qhlazontos pros ton farugga autou en diyei nhpia hthsan arton o diaklwn ouk estin autois⁵oi esqontes tas trufas hfanisqhsan en tais exodois oi tiqhnoumenoi epi kokkwn periebalonto koprias⁶kai emegalunqh anomia qugatros laou mou uper anomias sodomwn ths katestrammenhs wsper spoudh kai ouk eponesan en auth ceiras⁷ekaqariwqhsan naziraioi auths uper ciona elamyan uper gala epurrwqhsan uper liqous sapfeirou to apospasma autwn⁸eskotasen uper asbolhn to eidos autwn ouk epegnwsqhsan en tais exodois epagh derma autwn epi ta ostea autwn exhranqhsan egenhqhsan wsper xulon⁹kaloi hsan oi traumatiai romfaias h oi traumatiai limou eporeuqhsan ekkekenthmenoi apo genhmatwn agrwn¹⁰ceires gunaikwn oiktirmonwn hyhsan ta paidia autwn egenhqhsan eis brwsin autais en tw suntrimmati ths qugatros laou mou¹¹sunetelesen kurios qumon autou execeen qumon orghs autou kai anhyen pur en siwn kai katefagen ta qemelia auths¹²ouk episteusan basileis ghs pantes oi katoikountes thn oikoumenhn oti eiseleusetai ecqros kai ekqlibwn dia twn pulwn ierousalhm¹³ex amartiwn profhtwn auths adikiwn ierewn auths twn ekceontwn aima dikaion en mesw auths¹⁴esaleuqhsan egrhgoroi auths en tais exodois emolunqhsan en aimati en tw mh dunasqai autous hyanto endumatwn autwn¹⁵aposthte akaqartwn kalesate autous aposthte aposthte mh aptesqe oti anhfqhsan kai ge esaleuqhsan eipate en tois eqnesin ou mh prosqwsin tou paroikein¹⁶proswpon kuriou meris autwn ou prosqhsei epibleyai autois proswpon ierewn ouk elabon presbutas ouk hlehsan¹⁷eti ontwn hmwn exelipon oi ofqalmoi hmwn eis thn bohqeian hmwn mataia aposkopeuontwn hmwn apeskopeusamen eis eqnos ou swzon¹⁸eqhreusamen mikrous hmwn tou mh poreuesqai en tais plateiais hmwn hggiken o kairos hmwn eplhrwqhsan ai hmerai hmwn parestin o kairos hmwn¹⁹koufoi egenonto oi diwkontes hmas uper aetous ouranou epi twn orewn exhfqhsan en erhmw enhdreusan hmas²⁰pneuma proswpou hmwn cristos kuriou sunelhmfqh en tais diafqorais autwn ou eipamen en th skia autou zhsomeqa en tois eqnesin²¹caire kai eufrainou qugater idoumaias h katoikousa epi ghs kai ge epi se dieleusetai to pothrion kuriou kai mequsqhsh kai apoceeis²²exelipen h anomia sou qugater siwn ou prosqhsei eti apoikisai se epeskeyato anomias sou qugater edwm apekaluyen epi ta asebhmata sou

Chapter 5
¹mnhsqhti kurie o ti egenhqh hmin epibleyon kai ide ton oneidismon hmwn²klhronomia hmwn metestrafh allotriois oi oikoi hmwn xenois³orfanoi egenhqhmen ouc uparcei pathr mhteres hmwn ws ai chrai⁴ex hmerwn hmwn xula hmwn en allagmati hlqen⁵epi ton trachlon hmwn ediwcqhmen ekopiasamen ouk anepauqhmen⁶aiguptos edwken ceira assour eis plhsmonhn autwn⁷oi pateres hmwn hmarton ouc uparcousin hmeis ta anomhmata autwn upescomen⁸douloi ekurieusan hmwn lutroumenos ouk estin ek ths ceiros autwn⁹en tais yucais hmwn eisoisomen arton hmwn apo proswpou romfaias ths erhmou¹⁰to derma hmwn ws klibanos epeleiwqh sunespasqhsan apo proswpou kataigidwn limou¹¹gunaikas en siwn etapeinwsan parqenous en polesin iouda¹²arcontes en cersin autwn ekremasqhsan presbuteroi ouk edoxasqhsan¹³eklektoi klauqmon anelabon kai neaniskoi en xulw hsqenhsan¹⁴kai presbutai apo pulhs katepausan eklektoi ek yalmwn autwn katepausan¹⁵katelusen cara kardias hmwn estrafh eis penqos o coros hmwn¹⁶epesen o stefanos ths kefalhs hmwn ouai dh hmin oti hmartomen¹⁷peri toutou egenhqh odunhra h kardia hmwn peri toutou eskotasan oi ofqalmoi hmwn¹⁸ep� oros siwn oti hfanisqh alwpekes dihlqon en auth¹⁹su de kurie eis ton aiwna katoikhseis o qronos sou eis genean kai genean²⁰ina ti eis neikos epilhsh hmwn kataleiyeis hmas eis makrothta hmerwn²¹epistreyon hmas kurie pros se kai epistrafhsomeqa kai anakainison hmeras hmwn kaqws emprosqen²²oti apwqoumenos apwsw hmas wrgisqhs ef� hmas ews sfodra