Lamentations


Chapter 1
0 kai egeneto meta to aicmalwtisqhnai ton israhl kai ierousalhm erhmwqhnai ekaqisen ieremias klaiwn kai eqrhnhsen ton qrhnon touton epi ierousalhm kai eipen 1 pws ekaqisen monh h polis h peplhqummenh lawn egenhqh ws chra peplhqummenh en eqnesin arcousa en cwrais egenhqh eis foron 2 klaiousa 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 ecqrous 3 metwkisqh 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 qlibontwn 4 odoi 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 eauth 5 egenonto 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 qlibontos 6 kai exhlqen ek qugatros siwn pasa h euprepeia auths egenonto oi arcontes auths ws krioi ouc euriskontes nomhn kai eporeuonto en ouk iscui kata proswpon diwkontos 7 emnhsqh 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 auths 8 amartian hmarten ierousalhm dia touto eis salon egeneto pantes oi doxazontes authn etapeinwsan authn eidon gar thn aschmosunhn auths kai ge auth stenazousa kai apestrafh opisw 9 akaqarsia auths pros podwn auths ouk emnhsqh escata auths kai katebibasen uperogka ouk estin o parakalwn authn ide kurie thn tapeinwsin mou oti emegalunqh ecqros 10 ceira autou exepetasen qlibwn epi panta ta epiqumhmata auths eiden gar eqnh eiselqonta eis to agiasma auths a eneteilw mh eiselqein auta eis ekklhsian sou 11 pas o laos auths katastenazontes zhtountes arton edwkan ta epiqumhmata auths en brwsei tou epistreyai yuchn ide kurie kai epibleyon oti egenhqhn htimwmenh 12 ou 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 autou 13 ex 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 odunwmenhn 14 egrhgorhqh 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 sthnai 15 exhren 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 klaiw 16 o ofqalmos mou kathgagen udwr oti emakrunqh ap� emou o parakalwn me o epistrefwn yuchn mou egenonto oi uioi mou hfanismenoi oti ekrataiwqh o ecqros 17 diepetasen siwn ceiras auths ouk estin o parakalwn authn eneteilato kurios tw iakwb kuklw autou oi qlibontes auton egenhqh ierousalhm eis apokaqhmenhn ana meson autwn 18 dikaios estin kurios oti to stoma autou parepikrana akousate dh pantes oi laoi kai idete to algos mou parqenoi mou kai neaniskoi mou eporeuqhsan en aicmalwsia 19 ekalesa 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 euron 20 ide kurie oti qlibomai h koilia mou etaracqh kai h kardia mou estrafh en emoi oti parapikrainousa parepikrana exwqen hteknwsen me macaira wsper qanatos en oikw 21 akousate 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 emoi 22 eiselqoi 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
1 pws egnofwsen en orgh autou kurios thn qugatera siwn katerriyen ex ouranou eis ghn doxasma israhl kai ouk emnhsqh upopodiou podwn autou en hmera orghs autou 2 katepontisen 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 auths 3 suneklasen 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 kuklw 4 eneteinen 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 autou 5 egenhqh kurios ws ecqros katepontisen israhl katepontisen pasas tas bareis auths diefqeiren ta ocurwmata autou kai eplhqunen th qugatri iouda tapeinoumenhn kai tetapeinwmenhn 6 kai 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 arconta 7 apwsato kurios qusiasthrion autou apetinaxen agiasma autou sunetriyen en ceiri ecqrou teicos barewn auths fwnhn edwkan en oikw kuriou ws en hmera eorths 8 kai epestreyen kurios tou diafqeirai teicos qugatros siwn exeteinen metron ouk apestreyen ceira autou apo katapathmatos kai epenqhsen to proteicisma kai teicos omoqumadon hsqenhsen 9 enepaghsan 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 kuriou 10 ekaqisan eis thn ghn esiwphsan presbuteroi qugatros siwn anebibasan coun epi thn kefalhn autwn periezwsanto sakkous kathgagon eis ghn archgous parqenous en ierousalhm 11 exelipon 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 polews 12 tais mhtrasin autwn eipan pou sitos kai oinos en tw ekluesqai autous ws traumatias en plateiais polews en tw ekceisqai yucas autwn eis kolpon mhterwn autwn 13 ti marturhsw soi h ti omoiwsw soi qugater ierousalhm tis swsei se kai parakalesei se parqenos qugater siwn oti emegalunqh pothrion suntribhs sou tis iasetai se 14 profhtai sou eidosan soi mataia kai afrosunhn kai ouk apekaluyan epi thn adikian sou tou epistreyai aicmalwsian sou kai eidosan soi lhmmata mataia kai exwsmata 15 ekrothsan 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 ghs 16 dihnoixan epi se stoma autwn pantes oi ecqroi sou esurisan kai ebruxan odontas eipan katepiomen authn plhn auth h hmera hn prosedokwmen euromen authn eidomen 17 epoihsen kurios a enequmhqh sunetelesen rhmata autou a eneteilato ex hmerwn arcaiwn kaqeilen kai ouk efeisato kai hufranen epi se ecqron uywsen keras qlibontos se 18 ebohsen kardia autwn pros kurion teich siwn katagagete ws ceimarrous dakrua hmeras kai nuktos mh dws eknhyin seauth mh siwphsaito qugater o ofqalmos sou 19 anasta 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 exodwn 20 ide 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 profhthn 21 ekoimhqhsan 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 efeisw 22 ekalesen hmeran eorths paroikias mou kukloqen kai ouk egenonto en hmera orghs kuriou anaswzomenos kai kataleleimmenos ws epekrathsa kai eplhquna ecqrous mou pantas

Chapter 3
1 egw anhr o blepwn ptwceian en rabdw qumou autou ep� eme 2 parelaben me kai aphgagen eis skotos kai ou fws 3 plhn en emoi epestreyen ceira autou olhn thn hmeran 4 epalaiwsen sarkas mou kai derma mou ostea mou sunetriyen 5 anwkodomhsen kat� emou kai ekuklwsen kefalhn mou kai emocqhsen 6 en skoteinois ekaqisen me ws nekrous aiwnos 7 anwkodomhsen kat� emou kai ouk exeleusomai ebarunen calkon mou 8 kai ge kekraxomai kai bohsw apefraxen proseuchn mou 9 anwkodomhsen odous mou enefraxen tribous mou etaraxen 10 arkos enedreuousa autos moi lewn en krufaiois 11 katediwxen afesthkota kai katepausen me eqeto me hfanismenhn 12 eneteinen toxon autou kai esthlwsen me ws skopon eis belos 13 eishgagen tois nefrois mou ious faretras autou 14 egenhqhn gelws panti law mou yalmos autwn olhn thn hmeran 15 ecortasen me pikrias emequsen me colhs 16 kai exebalen yhfw odontas mou eywmisen me spodon 17 kai apwsato ex eirhnhs yuchn mou epelaqomhn agaqa 18 kai eipa apwleto neikos mou kai h elpis mou apo kuriou 19 emnhsqhn apo ptwceias mou kai ek diwgmou mou pikrias kai colhs mou 20 mnhsqhsetai kai katadoleschsei ep� eme h yuch mou 21 tauthn taxw eis thn kardian mou dia touto upomenw 25 agaqos kurios tois upomenousin auton yuch h zhthsei auton agaqon 26 kai upomenei kai hsucasei eis to swthrion kuriou 27 agaqon andri otan arh zugon en neothti autou 28 kaqhsetai kata monas kai siwphsetai oti hren ef� eautw 30 dwsei tw paionti auton siagona cortasqhsetai oneidismwn 31 oti ouk eis ton aiwna apwsetai kurios 32 oti o tapeinwsas oiktirhsei kata to plhqos tou eleous autou 33 oti ouk apekriqh apo kardias autou kai etapeinwsen uious andros 34 tou tapeinwsai upo tous podas autou pantas desmious ghs 35 tou ekklinai krisin andros katenanti proswpou uyistou 36 katadikasai anqrwpon en tw krinesqai auton kurios ouk eipen 37 tis outws eipen kai egenhqh kurios ouk eneteilato 38 ek stomatos uyistou ouk exeleusetai ta kaka kai to agaqon 39 ti goggusei anqrwpos zwn anhr peri ths amartias autou 40 exhreunhqh h odos hmwn kai htasqh kai epistreywmen ews kuriou 41 analabwmen kardias hmwn epi ceirwn pros uyhlon en ouranw 42 hmarthsamen hsebhsamen kai ouc ilasqhs 43 epeskepasas en qumw kai apediwxas hmas apekteinas ouk efeisw 44 epeskepasas nefelhn seautw eineken proseuchs 45 kammusai me kai apwsqhnai eqhkas hmas en mesw twn lawn 46 dihnoixan ef� hmas to stoma autwn pantes oi ecqroi hmwn 47 fobos kai qumos egenhqh hmin eparsis kai suntribh 48 afeseis udatwn kataxei o ofqalmos mou epi to suntrimma ths qugatros tou laou mou 49 o ofqalmos mou katepoqh kai ou sighsomai tou mh einai eknhyin 50 ews ou diakuyh kai idh kurios ex ouranou 51 o ofqalmos mou epifulliei epi thn yuchn mou para pasas qugateras polews 52 qhreuontes eqhreusan me ws strouqion oi ecqroi mou dwrean 53 eqanatwsan en lakkw zwhn mou kai epeqhkan liqon ep� emoi 54 uperecuqh udwr epi kefalhn mou eipa apwsmai 55 epekalesamhn to onoma sou kurie ek lakkou katwtatou 56 fwnhn mou hkousas mh kruyhs ta wta sou eis thn dehsin mou 57 eis thn bohqeian mou hggisas en h se hmera epekalesamhn eipas moi mh fobou 58 edikasas kurie tas dikas ths yuchs mou elutrwsw thn zwhn mou 59 eides kurie tas taracas mou ekrinas thn krisin mou 60 eides pasan thn ekdikhsin autwn eis pantas dialogismous autwn en emoi 61 hkousas ton oneidismon autwn pantas tous dialogismous autwn kat� emou 62 ceilh epanistanomenwn moi kai meletas autwn kat� emou olhn thn hmeran 63 kaqedran autwn kai anastasin autwn epibleyon epi tous ofqalmous autwn 64 apodwseis autois antapodoma kurie kata ta erga twn ceirwn autwn 65 apodwseis autois uperaspismon kardias mocqon sou autois 66 katadiwxeis en orgh kai exanalwseis autous upokatw tou ouranou kurie

Chapter 4
1 pws amaurwqhsetai crusion alloiwqhsetai to argurion to agaqon execuqhsan liqoi agioi ep� archs paswn exodwn 2 uioi siwn oi timioi oi ephrmenoi en crusiw pws elogisqhsan eis aggeia ostrakina erga ceirwn keramews 3 kai ge drakontes exedusan mastous eqhlasan skumnoi autwn qugateres laou mou eis aniaton ws strouqion en erhmw 4 ekollhqh h glwssa qhlazontos pros ton farugga autou en diyei nhpia hthsan arton o diaklwn ouk estin autois 5 oi esqontes tas trufas hfanisqhsan en tais exodois oi tiqhnoumenoi epi kokkwn periebalonto koprias 6 kai emegalunqh anomia qugatros laou mou uper anomias sodomwn ths katestrammenhs wsper spoudh kai ouk eponesan en auth ceiras 7 ekaqariwqhsan naziraioi auths uper ciona elamyan uper gala epurrwqhsan uper liqous sapfeirou to apospasma autwn 8 eskotasen uper asbolhn to eidos autwn ouk epegnwsqhsan en tais exodois epagh derma autwn epi ta ostea autwn exhranqhsan egenhqhsan wsper xulon 9 kaloi hsan oi traumatiai romfaias h oi traumatiai limou eporeuqhsan ekkekenthmenoi apo genhmatwn agrwn 10 ceires gunaikwn oiktirmonwn hyhsan ta paidia autwn egenhqhsan eis brwsin autais en tw suntrimmati ths qugatros laou mou 11 sunetelesen kurios qumon autou execeen qumon orghs autou kai anhyen pur en siwn kai katefagen ta qemelia auths 12 ouk episteusan basileis ghs pantes oi katoikountes thn oikoumenhn oti eiseleusetai ecqros kai ekqlibwn dia twn pulwn ierousalhm 13 ex amartiwn profhtwn auths adikiwn ierewn auths twn ekceontwn aima dikaion en mesw auths 14 esaleuqhsan egrhgoroi auths en tais exodois emolunqhsan en aimati en tw mh dunasqai autous hyanto endumatwn autwn 15 aposthte akaqartwn kalesate autous aposthte aposthte mh aptesqe oti anhfqhsan kai ge esaleuqhsan eipate en tois eqnesin ou mh prosqwsin tou paroikein 16 proswpon kuriou meris autwn ou prosqhsei epibleyai autois proswpon ierewn ouk elabon presbutas ouk hlehsan 17 eti ontwn hmwn exelipon oi ofqalmoi hmwn eis thn bohqeian hmwn mataia aposkopeuontwn hmwn apeskopeusamen eis eqnos ou swzon 18 eqhreusamen mikrous hmwn tou mh poreuesqai en tais plateiais hmwn hggiken o kairos hmwn eplhrwqhsan ai hmerai hmwn parestin o kairos hmwn 19 koufoi egenonto oi diwkontes hmas uper aetous ouranou epi twn orewn exhfqhsan en erhmw enhdreusan hmas 20 pneuma proswpou hmwn cristos kuriou sunelhmfqh en tais diafqorais autwn ou eipamen en th skia autou zhsomeqa en tois eqnesin 21 caire kai eufrainou qugater idoumaias h katoikousa epi ghs kai ge epi se dieleusetai to pothrion kuriou kai mequsqhsh kai apoceeis 22 exelipen h anomia sou qugater siwn ou prosqhsei eti apoikisai se epeskeyato anomias sou qugater edwm apekaluyen epi ta asebhmata sou

Chapter 5
1 mnhsqhti kurie o ti egenhqh hmin epibleyon kai ide ton oneidismon hmwn 2 klhronomia hmwn metestrafh allotriois oi oikoi hmwn xenois 3 orfanoi egenhqhmen ouc uparcei pathr mhteres hmwn ws ai chrai 4 ex hmerwn hmwn xula hmwn en allagmati hlqen 5 epi ton trachlon hmwn ediwcqhmen ekopiasamen ouk anepauqhmen 6 aiguptos edwken ceira assour eis plhsmonhn autwn 7 oi pateres hmwn hmarton ouc uparcousin hmeis ta anomhmata autwn upescomen 8 douloi ekurieusan hmwn lutroumenos ouk estin ek ths ceiros autwn 9 en tais yucais hmwn eisoisomen arton hmwn apo proswpou romfaias ths erhmou 10 to derma hmwn ws klibanos epeleiwqh sunespasqhsan apo proswpou kataigidwn limou 11 gunaikas en siwn etapeinwsan parqenous en polesin iouda 12 arcontes en cersin autwn ekremasqhsan presbuteroi ouk edoxasqhsan 13 eklektoi klauqmon anelabon kai neaniskoi en xulw hsqenhsan 14 kai presbutai apo pulhs katepausan eklektoi ek yalmwn autwn katepausan 15 katelusen cara kardias hmwn estrafh eis penqos o coros hmwn 16 epesen o stefanos ths kefalhs hmwn ouai dh hmin oti hmartomen 17 peri toutou egenhqh odunhra h kardia hmwn peri toutou eskotasan oi ofqalmoi hmwn 18 ep� oros siwn oti hfanisqh alwpekes dihlqon en auth 19 su de kurie eis ton aiwna katoikhseis o qronos sou eis genean kai genean 20 ina ti eis neikos epilhsh hmwn kataleiyeis hmas eis makrothta hmerwn 21 epistreyon hmas kurie pros se kai epistrafhsomeqa kai anakainison hmeras hmwn kaqws emprosqen 22 oti apwqoumenos apwsw hmas wrgisqhs ef� hmas ews sfodra