איכה 3
| אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ | 1 |
ALEPH. I am a man watching my own poverty by the rod of his indignation.
| אוֹתִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃ | 2 |
ALEPH. He has driven me and led me into darkness, and not into light.
| אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדוֹ כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 3 |
ALEPH. Against me only, he has turned and turned again his hand, all day long.
| בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֹרִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 4 |
BETH. My skin and my flesh, he has made old; he has crushed my bones.
| בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃ | 5 |
BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
| בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הוֹשִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עוֹלָֽם׃ | 6 |
BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
| גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחׇשְׁתִּֽי׃ | 7 |
GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
| גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ | 8 |
GHIMEL. Yet even when I cry out and beg, he excludes my prayer.
| גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּֽה׃ | 9 |
GHIMEL. He has enclosed my ways with square stones; he has subverted my paths.
| דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי (אריה) [אֲרִי] בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ | 10 |
DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.
| דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃ | 11 |
DALETH. He has subverted my paths, and he has broken me. He has placed me in desolation.
| דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵֽץ׃ | 12 |
DALETH. He has bent his bow, and he has positioned me like a target for his arrows.
| הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיֹתָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ | 13 |
HE. He has shot into my kidneys the daughters of his quiver.
| הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכׇל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 14 |
HE. I have become a derision to all my people, their song throughout the day.
| הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ | 15 |
HE. He has filled me with bitterness; he has inebriated me with wormwood.
| וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּֽחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ | 16 |
VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.
| וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָֽה׃ | 17 |
VAU. And my soul has been driven away from peace; I have forgotten what is good.
| וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתוֹחַלְתִּי מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃ | 18 |
VAU. And I said, “My end and my hope from the Lord has perished.”
| זְכׇר־עׇנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | 19 |
ZAIN. Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall.
| זָכוֹר תִּזְכּוֹר (ותשיח) [וְתָשׁוֹחַ] עָלַי נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 20 |
ZAIN. I will call to mind the past, and my soul shall languish within me.
| זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִֽיל׃ | 21 |
ZAIN. These recollections are in my heart; therefore, I shall hope.
| חַֽסְדֵי יְהֹוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ | 22 |
HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away.
| חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ | 23 |
HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness.
| חֶלְקִי יְהֹוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אוֹחִיל לֽוֹ׃ | 24 |
HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him.
| טוֹב יְהֹוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ | 25 |
TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
| טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהֹוָֽה׃ | 26 |
TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
| טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ | 27 |
TETH. It is good for a man, when he has carried the yoke from his youth.
| יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָֽיו׃ | 28 |
JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
| יִתֵּן בֶּֽעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 29 |
JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.
| יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ | 30 |
JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
| כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָֽי׃ | 31 |
CAPH. For the Lord will not rebuke forever.
| כִּי אִם־הוֹגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב חֲסָדָֽיו׃ | 32 |
CAPH. For, if he has cast down, he will also have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies.
| כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִּבּוֹ וַיַּגֶּה בְּנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃ | 33 |
CAPH. For he has not humiliated from his heart, nor has he thrown aside the sons of men,
| לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ | 34 |
LAMED. as if to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,
| לְהַטּוֹת מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ | 35 |
LAMED. as if to turn aside the judgment of a man in the sight of the presence of the Most High,
| לְ עַ וֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ אֲדֹנָי לֹא רָאָֽה׃ | 36 |
LAMED. as if to pervert a man in his judgment: the Lord does not do this.
| מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי אֲדֹנָי לֹא צִוָּֽה׃ | 37 |
MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?
| מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ | 38 |
MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
| מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־חֲטָאָֽו׃ | 39 |
MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?
| נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְֽנַחְקֹרָה וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהֹוָֽה׃ | 40 |
NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord.
| נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיִם אֶל־אֵל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 41 |
NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens.
| נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ אַתָּה לֹא סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ | 42 |
NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless.
| סַכּוֹתָה בָאַף וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ | 43 |
SAMECH. You have covered us in your fury, and you have struck us. You have killed, and have not spared.
| סַכּוֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן לָךְ מֵעֲבוֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃ | 44 |
SAMECH. You have set a cloud opposite you, lest our prayer pass through.
| סְחִי וּמָאוֹס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ | 45 |
SAMECH. In the midst of the peoples, you have uprooted me and cast me out.
| פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם כׇּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ | 46 |
PHE. All our enemies have opened their mouths over us.
| פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃ | 47 |
PHE. Prediction has become for us a dread, and a snare, and a grief.
| פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃ | 48 |
PHE. My eye has brought forth streams of water at the contrition of the daughter of my people.
| עֵינִי נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תִדְמֶה מֵאֵין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃ | 49 |
AIN. My eye has been afflicted, and it has not been quieted, because there would be no rest
| עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהֹוָה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 50 |
AIN. until the Lord looked down and saw from the heavens.
| עֵינִי עֽוֹלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי מִכֹּל בְּנוֹת עִירִֽי׃ | 51 |
AIN. My eye has exhausted my soul over every one of the daughters of my city.
| צוֹד צָדוּנִי כַּצִּפּוֹר אֹיְבַי חִנָּֽם׃ | 52 |
SADE. My enemies have chased me, and they have caught me like a bird, without reason.
| צָֽמְתוּ בַבּוֹר חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּֽי׃ | 53 |
SADE. My life has fallen into a pit, and they have placed a stone over me.
| צָֽפוּ־מַיִם עַל־רֹאשִׁי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ | 54 |
SADE. The waters have flooded over my head. I said, “I am lost.”
| קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יְהֹוָה מִבּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ | 55 |
COPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, from the furthest pit.
| קוֹלִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵם אׇזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ | 56 |
COPH. You have heard my voice. Do not turn away your ear from my sobbing and my cries.
| קָרַבְתָּ בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָאֶךָּ אָמַרְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ | 57 |
COPH. You drew near in the daytime, when I called upon you. You said, “Fear not.”
| רַבְתָּ אֲדֹנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי גָּאַלְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃ | 58 |
RES. You have judged, O Lord, the case of my soul. You are the Redeemer of my life.
| רָאִיתָה יְהֹוָה עַוָּתָתִי שׇׁפְטָה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ | 59 |
RES. You have seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me. Judge my case.
| רָאִיתָה כׇּל־נִקְמָתָם כׇּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לִֽי׃ | 60 |
RES. You have seen all their fury, every one of their thoughts is against me.
| שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם יְהֹוָה כׇּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם עָלָֽי׃ | 61 |
SIN. You have heard their reproach, O Lord, all their thoughts are against me.
| שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם עָלַי כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ | 62 |
SIN. The lips of those who rise up against me, and their meditations, are against me all day long.
| שִׁבְתָּם וְקִֽימָתָם הַבִּיטָה אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ | 63 |
SIN. Watch their sitting down and their rising up: I am their psalm.
| תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל יְהֹוָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ | 64 |
THAU. You shall pay a recompense to them, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
| תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת־לֵב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ לָהֶֽם׃ | 65 |
THAU. You shall give them a heavy shield of the heart: your hardship.
| תִּרְדֹּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם מִתַּחַת שְׁמֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃ | 66 |
THAU. You shall pursue them in fury, and you shall destroy them under the heavens, O Lord.
