Lamentations 5
1 to remember LORD what? to be to/for us (to look [emph?] *Q(K)*) and to see: see [obj] reproach our
Yahweh, think about what has happened to us. See that we have been disgraced.
2 inheritance our to overturn to/for be a stranger house: home our to/for foreign
Foreigners have seized our property, [and now] they live in our homes.
3 orphan to be (and nothing *Q(K)*) father mother our like/as widow
[Our enemies] have killed our fathers; they caused our mothers to become widows.
4 water our in/on/with silver: price to drink tree: wood our in/on/with price to come (in): bring
[Now] we are required to pay for water to drink, and we must pay [a lot of money] for firewood.
5 upon neck our to pursue be weary/toil (and not *Q(K)*) to rest to/for us
[It is as though] those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted, but they do not allow us to rest.
6 Egypt to give: give hand: power Assyria to/for to satisfy food: bread
In order to get enough food [to remain alive], we went to Egypt and Assyria and offered to work [for the people there].
7 father our to sin (and nothing they and we *Q(K)*) iniquity: crime their to bear
Our ancestors sinned, and now they are dead, but we are being punished for the sins that they committed.
8 servant/slave to rule in/on/with us to tear nothing from hand: power their
[Officials from Babylon] who were [previously] slaves [now] rule over us, and there is no one who can rescue us from their power.
9 in/on/with soul: life our to come (in): bring food: bread our from face: because sword [the] wilderness
When we roam around in the desert searching for food, we are in danger of being killed, because people there kill strangers with their swords.
10 skin our like/as oven to grow warm from face: because scorching famine
Our skin has become hot like [SIM] an oven, and we have a very high fever because we are extremely hungry.
11 woman in/on/with Zion to afflict virgin in/on/with city Judah
[Our enemies] have raped the women in Jerusalem, [and they have done that to] the young women in [all] the towns of Judea.
12 ruler in/on/with hand their to hang face: kindness old: elder not to honor
[Our enemies] have hanged our leaders, and they do not respect our elders.
13 youth grinding to lift: raise and youth in/on/with tree: wood to stumble
They force our young men to grind [flour] with millstones, and boys stagger while they [are forced to] carry [heavy] loads of firewood.
14 old from gate to cease youth from music their
[Our] elders no longer sit at the city gates [to make important decisions]; the young men no longer play their musical [instruments].
15 to cease rejoicing heart our to overturn to/for mourning dance our
We [SYN] are no longer joyful; instead of dancing [joyfully], we now mourn.
16 to fall: fall crown head our woe! please to/for us for to sin
The wreaths [of flowers] have fallen off our heads. Terrible things have happened to us because of the sins that we committed.
17 upon this to be sick heart our upon these to darken eye our
We [SYN] are tired and discouraged [IDM], and we cannot see well because our eyes are [full of tears].
18 upon mountain: mount Zion which/that be desolate: destroyed fox to go: walk in/on/with him
Jerusalem is [completely] deserted, and jackals/wolves prowl around it.
19 you(m. s.) LORD to/for forever: enduring to dwell throne your to/for generation and generation
But Yahweh, you rule forever! You continue to rule [MTY] from one generation to the next generation.
20 to/for what? to/for perpetuity to forget us to leave: forsake us to/for length day
[So] why [RHQ] have you forgotten us? Why [RHQ] have you abandoned us for a very long time?
21 to return: rescue us LORD to(wards) you (and to return: rescue *Q(K)*) to renew day our like/as front: old
[Please] enable us to return to you, and enable us to prosper [MTY] as we did previously.
22 that if: except if: except to reject to reject us be angry upon us till much
Please do that, because we hope that [RHQ] you have not rejected us forever and that [RHQ] you do not continue to be extremely angry with us!
