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זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ
Remember, O HaShem, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
Μνήσθητι Κύριε, ὅ, τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν· ἐπίβλεψον, καὶ ἴδε τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν ἡμῶν.
Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: Behold, and look on our reproach.
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נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
Κληρονομία ἡμῶν μετεστράθη ἀλλοτρίοις, οἱ οἶκοι ἡμῶν ξένοις.
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, Our houses to strangers:
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יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנוֹת
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Ὀρφανοὶ ἐγενήθημεν, οὐχ ὑπάρχει πατὴρ, μητέρες ἡμῶν ὡς αἱ χῆραι.
We are become orphans, we have no father, Our mothers are as widows.
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מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
Ὕδωρ ἡμῶν ἐν ἀργυρίῳ ἐπίομεν, ξύλα ἡμῶν ἐν ἀλλάγματι ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον ἡμῶν·
We have drunk our water for money; Our wood is sold to us [for a burden] on our neck:
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עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא וְלֹא הוּנַח לָנוּ
To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
ἐδιώχθημεν, ἐκοπιάσαμεν, οὐκ ἀνεπαύθημεν.
We have been persecuted, We have labored, we have had no rest.
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מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
Αἴγυπτος ἔδωκε χεῖρα, Ἀσσοὺρ εἰς πλησμονὴν αὐτῶν.
Egypt gave the hand [to us], Assyria to their own satisfaction.
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אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ אינם וְאֵינָם אנחנו וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἥμαρτον, οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν, ἡμεῖς τὰ ἀνομήματα αὐτῶν ὑπέσχομεν.
Our fathers sinned, [and] are not: We have borne their iniquities.
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עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם
Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hand.
Δοῦλοι ἐκυρίευσαν ἡμῶν, λυτρούμενος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν.
Servants have ruled over us: There is none to ransom [us] out of their hand.
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בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר
We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν εἰσοίσομεν ἄρτον ἡμῶν, ἀπὸ προσώπου ῥομφαίας τῆς ἐρήμου.
We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
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עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָב
Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
Τὸ δέρμα ἡμῶν ὡς κλίβανος ἐπελιώθη, συνεσπάσθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου καταιγίδων λιμοῦ.
Our skin is blackened like an oven; They are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
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נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
Γυναῖκας ἐν Σιὼν ἐταπείνωσαν, παρθένους ἐν πόλεσιν Ἰούδα.
They humbled the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
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שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ
Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
Ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν, πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν.
Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honored.
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בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ
The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
Ἐκλεκτοὶ κλαυθμὸν ἀνέλαβον, καὶ νεανίσκοι ἐν ξύλῳ ἠσθένησαν.
The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, And the youths fainted under the wood.
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זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
Καὶ πρεσβύται ἀπὸ πύλης κατέπαυσαν, ἐκλεκτοὶ ἐκ ψαλμῶν αὐτῶν κατέπαυσαν.
And the elders ceased from the gate, The chosen men ceased from their music.
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שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Κατέλυσε χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν, ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν·
The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
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נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ
The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
Ἔπεσεν ὁ στέφανος ἡμῶν τῆς κεφαλῆς· οὐαὶ δὲ ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν.
The crown has fallen [from] our head: Yea, woe to us! for we have sinned.
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עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ
For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;
Περὶ τούτου ἐγενήθη ὀδύνη, ὀδυνηρὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν, περὶ τούτου ἐσκότασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.
For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: For this our eyes are darkened.
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עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בוֹ
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Ἐπʼ ὄρος Σιὼν, ὅτι ἠφανίσθη, ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ.
Over the mountain of Zion, because it is made desolate, Foxes have walked therein.
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אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדוֹר
Thou, O HaShem, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
Σὺ δὲ Κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικήσεις, ὁ θρόνος σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν.
But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell forever; Thy throne [shall endure] to generation and generation.
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לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Ἱνατί εἰς νῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν, καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν;
Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, And abandon us a long time?
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הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב וְנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם
Turn Thou us unto Thee, O HaShem, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
Ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς Κύριε πρὸς σὲ, καὶ ἐπιστραφησόμεθα· καὶ ἀνακαίνισον ἡμέρας ἡμῶν καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν.
Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; And renew our days as before.
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כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד 154 5 4 4
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
Ὅτι ἀπωθούμενος ἀπώσω ἡμᾶς, ὠργίσθης ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἕως σθόδρα.
For thou hast indeed rejected us; Thou hast been very wroth against us.