Lamentations · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Lamentations 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Πως ημαυρώθη το χρυσίον, ηλλοιώθη το χρυσίον το καθαρώτατον, οι λίθοι του αγιαστηρίου διεσπάρησαν εις τα άκρα πασών των οδών.
1 How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
2 Οι ένδοξοι υιοί της Σιών, οι εκτιμώμενοι ως το καθαρόν χρυσίον, πως ελογίσθησαν ως αγγεία πήλινα, έργον χειρός κεραμέως.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Έτι και τα κήτη προσφέρουσι μαστούς και θηλάζουσι τα τέκνα αυτών· η δε θυγάτηρ του λαού μου εσκληρύνθη ως αι στρουθοκάμηλοι εν ερήμω.
3 Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 Η γλώσσα του θηλάζοντος εκολλήθη εις τον ουρανίσκον αυτού υπό της δίψης· τα παιδία εζήτησαν άρτον και δεν υπάρχει ο κόπτων εις αυτά.
4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
5 Οι τρώγοντες φαγητά τρυφερά κοίτονται εν ταις οδοίς ηφανισμένοι· οι ανατεθραμμένοι εν πορφύρα ενηγκαλίσθησαν την κοπρίαν.
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6 Και η ποινή της ανομίας της θυγατρός του λαού μου έγεινε μεγαλητέρα παρά την ποινήν της αμαρτίας των Σοδόμων, τα οποία κατεστράφησαν ως εν ριπή, και δεν ενήργησαν επ' αυτών χείρες.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
7 Οι Ναζηραίοι αυτής ήσαν καθαρώτεροι χιόνος, λευκότεροι γάλακτος, ερυθρότεροι την όψιν υπέρ τους πολυτίμους λίθους, στιλπνοί ως ο σάπφειρος·
7 Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
8 Η όψις αυτών κατημαυρώθη υπέρ την ασβόλην· δεν εγνωρίζοντο εν ταις οδοίς· το δέρμα αυτών εκολλήθη επί των οστέων αυτών· εξηράνθη, έγεινεν ως ξύλον.
8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.
9 Ευτυχέστεροι εστάθησαν οι θανατωθέντες υπό της ρομφαίας, παρά οι θανατωθέντες υπό της πείνης· διότι ούτοι κατατήκονται, τετραυματισμένοι δι' έλλειψιν γεννημάτων του αγρού.
9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
10 Αι χείρες των ευσπλάγχνων γυναικών έψησαν τα τέκνα αυτών· έγειναν εις αυτάς τροφή εν τω συντριμμώ της θυγατρός του λαού μου.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Ο Κύριος συνετέλεσε τον θυμόν αυτού, εξέχεε την φλόγα της οργής αυτού, και εξήψε πυρ εν Σιών, το οποίον κατέφαγε τα θεμέλια αυτής.
11 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
12 Δεν επίστευον οι βασιλείς της γης και πάντες οι κατοικούντες την οικουμένην, ότι ήθελεν εισέλθει εχθρός και πολέμιος εις τας πύλας της Ιερουσαλήμ.
12 The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Τούτο έγεινε διά τας αμαρτίας των προφητών αυτής και τας ανομίας των ιερέων αυτής, οίτινες έχυνον το αίμα των δικαίων εν μέσω αυτής.
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
14 Περιεπλανήθησαν ως τυφλοί εν ταις οδοίς, εμολύνθησαν εν τω αίματι, ώστε οι άνθρωποι δεν ηδύναντο να εγγίσωσι τα ενδύματα αυτών.
14 They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
15 Απόστητε, ακάθαρτοι, έκραζον προς αυτούς· απόστητε, απόστητε, μη εγγίσητε· ενώ έφευγον και περιεπλανώντο, ελέγετο μεταξύ των εθνών, Δεν θέλουσι παροικεί πλέον μεθ' ημών.
15 “Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, “They can’t live here any more.”
16 Το πρόσωπον του Κυρίου διεμέρισεν αυτούς, δεν θέλει πλέον επιβλέπει επ' αυτούς· πρόσωπον ιερέων δεν εσεβάσθησαν, γέροντας δεν ηλέησαν.
16 Yahweh’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders.
17 Ενώ έτι υπήρχομεν, οι οφθαλμοί ημών απέκαμον, προσμένοντες την ματαίαν βοήθειαν ημών· απεβλέψαμεν κεχηνότες προς έθνος μη δυνάμενον να σώζη.
17 Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18 Παραμονεύουσι τα ίχνη ημών, διά να μη περιπατώμεν εν ταις πλατείαις ημών· επλησίασε το τέλος ημών, αι ημέραι ημών επληρώθησαν, διότι ήλθε το τέλος ημών.
18 They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 Οι καταδιώκοντες ημάς έγειναν ελαφρότεροι των αετών του ουρανού· εκυνήγησαν ημάς επί τα όρη, ενήδρευσαν ημάς εν τη ερήμω.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
20 Η πνοή των μυκτήρων ημών, ο χριστός του Κυρίου, επιάσθη εν ταις παγίσιν αυτών, υπό την σκιάν του οποίου, ελέγομεν, θέλομεν ζη μεταξύ των εθνών.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations.
21 Χαίρε και ευφραίνου, θυγάτηρ Εδώμ, η κατοικούσα εν γη Ούζ· έτι και προς σε θέλει περάσει το ποτήριον· θέλεις μεθυσθή και θέλεις γυμνωθή.
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
22 Ετελείωσεν η ποινή της ανομίας σου, θυγάτηρ Σιών· δεν θέλει σε φέρει πλέον εις αιχμαλωσίαν· θέλει επισκεφθή την ανομίαν σου, θυγάτηρ Εδώμ· θέλει αποκαλύψει τα αμαρτήματά σου.
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 7:19–22; Lamentations 2:19; Isaiah 1:21; 2 Kings 25:9–10; Jeremiah 52:13
- 2 Isaiah 30:14; Romans 9:21–23; Jeremiah 19:11; 2 Timothy 2:20; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 3 Luke 23:28–29; Ezekiel 5:10; Lamentations 4:10; Lamentations 2:20; Job 39:13–16
- 4 Psalm 22:15; Lamentations 2:11–12; Psalm 137:6; Deuteronomy 32:24; Matthew 7:9–11
- 5 Luke 16:19; Proverbs 31:21; Amos 6:3–7; Luke 15:16; 1 Timothy 5:6
- 6 Genesis 19:25; Isaiah 1:9–10; Luke 12:47; Luke 10:12; Matthew 24:21
- 7 Psalm 51:7; Song of Songs 5:10; Psalm 144:12; 1 Samuel 16:12; Numbers 6:2–21
- 8 Lamentations 5:10; Job 30:30; Psalm 102:3–5; Job 19:20; Psalm 119:83
- 9 Jeremiah 16:4; Ezekiel 24:23; Leviticus 26:39; Ezekiel 33:10
- 10 Isaiah 49:15; Lamentations 2:20; 2 Kings 6:26–29; Jeremiah 19:9; Lamentations 4:3
- 11 Jeremiah 7:20; Ezekiel 22:31; Lamentations 2:17; Jeremiah 17:27; Ezekiel 20:47–48
- 12 Psalm 48:4–6; Deuteronomy 29:24–28; 1 Kings 9:8–9; Jeremiah 21:13
- 13 Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 6:13; Matthew 23:31; Jeremiah 26:8–9; Ezekiel 22:26–28
- 14 Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 2:34; Numbers 19:16; Deuteronomy 28:28–29; Isaiah 56:10
- 15 Leviticus 13:45–46
- 16 Isaiah 9:14–16; Lamentations 5:12; Deuteronomy 32:26; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:64–65
- 17 Ezekiel 29:16; Isaiah 20:5; 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 2:36; Lamentations 1:7
- 18 Amos 8:2; Psalm 140:11; Ezekiel 7:2–12; Lamentations 3:52; Jeremiah 16:16
- 19 Habakkuk 1:8; Jeremiah 4:13; Isaiah 5:26–28; Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 30:16–17
- 20 2 Samuel 1:14; Genesis 2:7; Ezekiel 12:13; Jeremiah 39:5; 2 Samuel 19:21
- 21 Revelation 16:15; Amos 1:11; Job 1:1; Psalm 137:7; Ezekiel 25:12–14
- 22 Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 50:20; Psalm 137:7; Lamentations 4:6; Malachi 1:4
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… salvation, thus: "God hath made known His salvation (salutare) in the sight of the heathen." For He is indeed Saviour, as being the Son and Word of God; but salutary, since [He is] Spirit; for he says: "The Spirit of our countenance, Christ the Lord." But salvation, as being flesh: for "the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." …
Jeremiah, in prophesying of Christ, says, "The breath of our mouth, the Lord Christ, was taken in our sins," thus briefly showing both that Christ is our Lord and that He suffered for us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Lamenting then he says, The breath of our countenance, Christ the Lord was taken in our corruptions.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He is called Spirit, as "God is a Spirit," and "the breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord." He is called holy, as the Father is holy, and the Son is holy, for to the creature holiness was brought in from without, but to the Spirit holiness is the fulfilment of nature, and it is for this reason …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)