Καὶ νῦν ἱνατί ἔγνως κακά; μὴ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἦν σοι; ἢ ἡ βουλή σου ἀπώλετο, ὅτι κατεκράτησάν σου ὠδῖνες ὡς τικτούσης;

1. Καὶ
   And
2. νῦν
   now
3. ἱνατί
   why
4. ἔγνως
   you knew
5. κακά
   evils
6.  
   ;
    
7. μὴ
   not
8. βασιλεὺς
   king
9. οὐκ
   not
10. ἦν
    was
11. σοι
    to you
12.  
    ;
     
13. ἢ
    the
    or
14. ἡ
    the
    or
15. βουλή
    counsel
16. σου
    your
17. ἀπώλετο
    perished
18.  
    ,
     
19. ὅτι
    that
    because
20. κατεκράτησάν
    prevailed
    they took possession of, they overpowered
21. σου
    your
22. ὠδῖνες
    pains
    pangs, birth pangs
23. ὡς
    as
24. τικτούσης
    giving birth
    of a woman giving birth, of one giving birth
25.  
    ;
     

And now why have you known evils? Was there no king for you? Or has your counsel perished, because pangs have seized you as those of a woman giving birth?