| 1 ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέψαι κύριον τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Σιων ἐγενήθημεν ὡς παρακεκλημένοι 2 τότε ἐπλήσθη χαρᾶς τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα ἡμῶν ἀγαλλιάσεως τότε ἐροῦσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι με{T'} αὐτῶν 3 ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι με{Q'} ἡμῶν ἐγενήθημεν εὐφραινόμενοι 4 ἐπίστρεψον κύριε τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἡμῶν ὡς χειμάρρους ἐν τῷ νότῳ 5 οἱ σπείροντες ἐν δάκρυσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει θεριοῦσιν 6 πορευόμενοι ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον αἴροντες τὰ σπέρματα αὐτῶν ἐρχόμενοι δὲ ἥξουσιν ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει αἴροντες τὰ δράγματα αὐτῶν |
1 When the Lord gave back Sion her banished sons, we walked like men in a dream; 2 in every mouth was laughter, joy was on every tongue. Among the heathen themselves it was said, What favour the Lord has shewn them! 3 Favour indeed the Lord has shewn us, and our hearts are rejoiced. 4 Deliver us, Lord, from our bondage; our withered hopes, Lord, like some desert water-course renew![1] 5 The men who are sowing in tears will reap, one day, with joy. 6 Mournful enough they go, but with seed to scatter; trust me, they will come back rejoicing, as they carry their sheaves with them. |
1 In convertendo Dominus captivitatem Sion,
facti sumus sicut consolati. 2
Tunc repletum est gaudio os nostrum,
et lingua nostra exsultatione.
Tunc dicent inter gentes:
Magnificavit Dominus facere cum eis. 3
Magnificavit Dominus facere nobiscum;
facti sumus lætantes. 4
Converte, Domine, captivitatem nostram,
sicut torrens in austro. 5
Qui seminant in lacrimis,
in exsultatione metent. 6
Euntes ibant et flebant,
mittentes semina sua.
Venientes autem venient cum exsultatione,
portantes manipulos suos. |