Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
| זְכֹר יְהֹוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ (הביט) [הַבִּיטָה] וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ |
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃ |
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ (אין) [וְאֵין] אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ |
4 Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ |
5 Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹא] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ |
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ |
7 Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ (אינם) [וְאֵינָם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַחְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ |
8 Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
| עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ |
9 We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ |
10 Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
| עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ |
11 They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
| נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ |
12 Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ |
13 The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ |
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ |
15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ |
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ |
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
| עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ |
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ |
19 Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
| אַתָּה יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדוֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ |
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ |
21 Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהֹוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ |
22 Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם |
