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Κεφάλαιο 17
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Chapter 17
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| ΟΛΕΚΟΜΑΙ πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω. | I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not. |
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| λίσσομαι κάμνων, καὶ τί ποιήσας; | Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods. |
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| ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. τίς ἐστιν οὗτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω. | Who is this? let him join hands with me. |
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| ὅτι καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔκρυψας ἀπὸ φρονήσεως, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ὑψώσῃς αὐτούς. | For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them. |
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| τῇ μερίδι ἀναγγελεῖ κακίας, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ ἐφ᾿ υἱοῖς ἐτάκησαν. | He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children. |
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| ἔθου δέ με θρύλημα ἐν ἔθνεσι, γέλως δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀπέβην· | But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them. |
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| πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων. | For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. |
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| θαῦμα ἔσχεν ἀληθινοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ, δίκαιος δὲ ἐπὶ παρανόμῳ ἐπανασταίη· | Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor. |
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| σχοίη δὲ πιστὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδόν, καθαρὸς δὲ χεῖρας ἀναλάβοι θάρσος. | But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage. |
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| οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐρείδετε, καὶ δεῦτε δή, οὐ γὰρ εὑρίσκω ἐν ὑμῖν ἀληθές. | Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you. |
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| αἱ ἡμέραι μου παρῆλθον ἐν βρόμῳ, ἐράγη δὲ τὰ ἄρθρα τῆς καρδίας μου. | My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken. |
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| νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους· | I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. |
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| ἐὰν γὰρ ὑπομείνω, ᾅδης μου ὁ οἶκος, ἐν δὲ γνόφῳ ἔστρωταί μου ἡ στρωμνή. | For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. |
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| θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν. | I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister. |
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| ποῦ οὖν μου ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡ ἐλπίς; ἦ τὰ ἀγαθά μου ὄψομαι; | Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good? |
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| ἦ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσομαι, ἢ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ χώματος καταβησόμεθα; | Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb? |
