Lamentations 5 #catechesis/bible/lamentations
[!abstract] The prayer of Jeremiah the Prophet.
Book: Lamentations · ← Lamentations 4
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GR μνήσθητι κύριε ὅ τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἐπίβλεψον καὶ ἰδὲ τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν
LA Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis; intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.
EN Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
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GR κληρονομία ἡμῶν μετεστράφη ἀλλοτρίοις οἱ οἶκοι ἡμῶν ξένοις
LA Hæreditas nostra versa est ad alienos, domus nostræ ad extraneos.
EN Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
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GR ὀρφανοὶ ἐγενήθημεν οὐχ ὑπάρχει πατήρ μητέρες ἡμῶν ὡς αἱ χῆραι
LA Pupilli facti sumus absque patre, matres nostræ quasi viduæ.
EN We have become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
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GR ἐξ ἡμερῶν ἡμῶν ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν
LA Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus; ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.
EN We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
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GR ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν ἐδιώχθημεν ἐκοπιάσαμεν οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν
LA Cervicibus nostris minabamur, lassis non dabatur requies.
EN We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
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GR Αἴγυπτος ἔδωκεν χεῖρα Ασσουρ εἰς πλησμονὴν αὐτῶν
LA Ægypto dedimus manum et Assyriis, ut saturaremur pane.
EN We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
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GR οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν
LA Patres nostri peccaverunt, et non sunt: et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.
EN Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
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GR δοῦλοι ἐκυρίευσαν ἡμῶν λυτρούμενος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν
LA Servi dominati sunt nostri: non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.
EN Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
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GR ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν εἰσοίσομεν ἄρτον ἡμῶν ἀπὸ προσώπου ῥομφαίας τῆς ἐρήμου
LA In animabus nostris afferebamus panem nobis, a facie gladii in deserto.
EN We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
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GR τὸ δέρμα ἡμῶν ὡς κλίβανος ἐπελειώθη συνεσπάσθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου καταιγίδων λιμοῦ
LA Pellis nostra quasi clibanus exusta est, a facie tempestatum famis.
EN Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
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GR γυναῖκας ἐν Σιων ἐταπείνωσαν παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ιουδα
LA Mulieres in Sion humiliaverunt, et virgines in civitatibus Juda.
EN They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
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GR ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν
LA Principes manu suspensi sunt; facies senum non erubuerunt.
EN The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients.
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GR ἐκλεκτοὶ κλαυθμὸν ἀνέλαβον καὶ νεανίσκοι ἐν ξύλῳ ἠσθένησαν
LA Adolescentibus impudice abusi sunt, et pueri in ligno corruerunt.
EN They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
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GR καὶ πρεσβῦται ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν
LA Senes defecerunt de portis, juvenes de choro psallentium.
EN The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
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GR κατέλυσεν χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν
LA Defecit gaudium cordis nostri; versus est in luctum chorus noster.
EN The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
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GR ἔπεσεν ὁ στέφανος τῆς κεφαλῆς ἡμῶν οὐαὶ δὴ ἡμῖν ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν
LA Cecidit corona capitis nostri: væ nobis, quia peccavimus!
EN The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, because we have sinned.
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GR περὶ τούτου ἐγενήθη ὀδυνηρὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου ἐσκότασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν
LA Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum; ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,
EN Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim.
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GR ἐπ’ ὄρος Σιων ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ
LA propter montem Sion quia disperiit; vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.
EN For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
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GR σὺ δέ κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικήσεις ὁ θρόνος σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν
LA Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanebis, solium tuum in generationem et generationem.
EN But you, O Lord, shall remain for ever, your throne from generation to generation.
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GR ἵνα τί εἰς νεῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν
LA Quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri, derelinques nos in longitudine dierum?
EN Why will you forget us for ever? Why will you forsake us for a long time?
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GR ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς κύριε πρὸς σέ καὶ ἐπιστραφησόμεθα καὶ ἀνακαίνισον ἡμέρας ἡμῶν καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν
LA Converte nos, Domine, ad te, et convertemur; innova dies nostros, sicut a principio.
EN Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
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GR ὅτι ἀπωθούμενος ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς ὠργίσθης ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἕως σφόδρα
LA Sed projiciens repulisti nos: iratus es contra nos vehementer.
EN But you have utterly rejected us, you are exceedingly angry against us.
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