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The Lament of the Gever
Lamentazioni 3,1-21·MT (OSHB) + LXX·1/1
v.
Hebrew (MT)
Septuagint (LXX)
Orthodox Reading
1
Hebrew (MT)אני הגבר ראה עני בשבט עברתו
Septuagint (LXX)Ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ ὁ βλέπων πτωχείαν ἐν ῥάβδῳ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμέ·
Orthodox ReadingI am the manⓘ who has seen afflictionⓘ under the rodⓘ of his wrathⓘ.
2
Hebrew (MT)אותי נהג וילך חשך ולא אור
Septuagint (LXX)παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς,
Orthodox ReadingHe has led me and driven me into darknessⓘ and not into light;
3
Hebrew (MT)אך בי ישב יהפך ידו כל היום
Septuagint (LXX)πλὴν ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐπέστρεψεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.
Orthodox Readingyes, against me alone he turns and returns his handⓘ all day long.
4
Hebrew (MT)בלה בשרי ועורי שבר עצמותי
Septuagint (LXX)Ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκας μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν·
Orthodox ReadingHe has worn away my fleshⓘ and my skin, he has broken my bones;
5
Hebrew (MT)בנה עלי ויקף ראש ותלאה
Septuagint (LXX)ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν κεφαλήν μου καὶ ἐμόχθησεν,
Orthodox Readinghe has built siege worksⓘ against me and surrounded me with venomⓘ and travail;
6
Hebrew (MT)במחשכים הושיבני כמתי עולם
Septuagint (LXX)ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέν με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος.
Orthodox Readingin dark places he has made me sit like the dead of long agoⓘ.
7
Hebrew (MT)גדר בעדי ולא אצא הכביד נחשתי
Septuagint (LXX)Ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι, ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου·
Orthodox ReadingHe has walled me inⓘ so that I cannot go out, he has made my bronze chains heavy;
82
Hebrew (MT)גם כי אזעק ואשוע שתם תפלתי
Septuagint (LXX)καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου·
Orthodox Readingeven when I cry and call out, he has shut outⓘ my prayer;
9
Hebrew (MT)גדר דרכי בגזית נתיבתי עוה
Septuagint (LXX)ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου, ἐτάραξεν.
Orthodox Readinghe has walled up my ways with hewn stonesⓘ, he has twisted my paths.
10
Hebrew (MT)דב ארב הוא לי אריה ארי במסתרים
Septuagint (LXX)Ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα αὐτός μοι, λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις·
Orthodox ReadingA bearⓘ lying in wait he is for me, a lionⓘ in hiding;
11
Hebrew (MT)דרכי סורר ויפשחני שמני שמם
Septuagint (LXX)κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην·
Orthodox Readinghe has turned aside my ways and torn me apartⓘ, he has made me desolate;
12
Hebrew (MT)דרך קשתו ויציבני כמטרא לחץ
Septuagint (LXX)ἐνέτεινεν τόξον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐστήλωσέν με ὡς σκοπὸν εἰς βέλος.
Orthodox Readinghe has bent his bowⓘ and set me as a target for the arrow.
13
Hebrew (MT)הביא בכליותי בני אשפתו
Septuagint (LXX)Εἰσήγαγεν τοῖς νεφροῖς μου ἰοὺς φαρέτρας αὐτοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingHe has driven into my kidneys the children of his quiverⓘ;
14
Hebrew (MT)הייתי שחק לכל עמי נגינתם כל היום
Septuagint (LXX)ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου, ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν·
Orthodox ReadingI have become a derisionⓘ to all my people, their song of scornⓘ all day long.
15
Hebrew (MT)השביעני במרורים הרוני לענה
Septuagint (LXX)ἐχόρτασέν με πικρίας, ἐμέθυσέν με χολῆς.
Orthodox ReadingHe has filled me with bitternessⓘ, he has made me drunk with wormwoodⓘ;
16
Hebrew (MT)ויגרס בחצץ שני הכפישני באפר
Septuagint (LXX)Καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου, ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν·
Orthodox Readinghe has broken my teeth with gravelⓘ, he has ground me down into the ashes.
17
Hebrew (MT)ותזנח משלום נפשי נשיתי טובה
Septuagint (LXX)καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου, ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθὰ
Orthodox ReadingAnd he has thrust away from peaceⓘ my soul, I have forgotten goodness
18
Hebrew (MT)ואמר אבד נצחי ותוחלתי מיהוה
Septuagint (LXX)καὶ εἶπα Ἀπώλετο νεῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ κυρίου.
Orthodox Readingand I said: Perished is my enduring strengthⓘ and my hope from the Tetragrammatonⓘ.
19
Hebrew (MT)זכר עניי ומרודי לענה וראש
Septuagint (LXX)Ἐμνήσθην ἀπὸ πτωχείας μου καὶ ἐκ διωγμοῦ μου πικρίας καὶ χολῆς μου·
Orthodox ReadingRemember my affliction and my wanderingⓘ, the wormwood and the venom;
20
Hebrew (MT)זכור תזכור ותשיח ותשוח עליך נפשי
Septuagint (LXX)μνησθήσεται καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου·
Orthodox Readingsurely it remembers, and bows downⓘ upon me does my soul;
21
Hebrew (MT)זאת אשיב אל לבי על כן אוחיל
Septuagint (LXX)ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ.
Orthodox Readingthis calling to mindⓘ to my heart — therefore I will hope.