Fragments on Lamentations · §9

Tribute to Nebuchadnezzar and his satraps

And what need is there also to speak concerning this—that having begun to rule countries she is enslaved to such a degree among the enemies that she always also pays tribute, doing whatever those masters command? And they command nothing useful. And perhaps for each of the things in which she stumbles here she pays some tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, who is interpreted “Settling-in and recognition of constraint”; and not only to Nebuchadnezzar, but also to his satraps.

Greek

Klagel. Jerem. 1,1. Τί δὲ δεῖ λέγειν καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὅτι ἄρξασα χωρῶν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δουλοῦται παρὰ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, ὥστε καὶ φόρον ἀεὶ αὐτὴν ἐπιτελεῖν, τε΄π]θσαμ τπὸς λαλπὸς δεσ['πταος. ἃ ἂν ἐκεῖνοι προστάττωσιν; προστάτουδι δὲ χρηστὸν οὐδέν. καὶ τάχα καθ’ ἔχαστον ὦν πταίει ἐνθάδε, φόρον τινὰ τελεῖ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσορ, ὅς ἐρμηνεύεται Ἐγκαθισμὸς καὶ ἐπίγνωσις συνοχῆς· οὐ μόνῶ δὲ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσορ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σατράπαις αὐτοῦ.

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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations. Original English Translation from the Greek (Klostermann).

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