ὤμοι, πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγὴν ἔσω → Alas! I am struck deep with a mortal blow! | Ah me! I am struck—a right-aimed stroke within me (Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343)
first person plural indicative of εἰμί; we are: are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the gospel) was (preached unto) us.