Lamentations 5
1 Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
| זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הביט וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ |
2 Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
| נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ |
3 Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
| יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ |
4 We have drunk our water for money, Our wood comes for a price.
| מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ |
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
| עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃ |
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ |
7 Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We have borne their iniquities.
| אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינם אנחנו עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ |
8 Servants have ruled over us, There is no deliverer from their hand.
| עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ |
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ |
10 Our skin as an oven has been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
| עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃ |
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins—in cities of Judah.
| נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ |
12 Princes have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
| שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ |
13 They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
| בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ |
14 Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
| זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ |
15 The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
| שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ |
16 The crown has fallen [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
| נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ |
17 Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
| עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ |
18 For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
| עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ פ |
19 You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
| אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃ |
20 Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
| לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ |
21 Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ ונשוב חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ |
22 For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
| כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ |
