איכה 5
| זְכֹר יְהֹוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ (הביט) [הַבִּיטָה] וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ (אין) [וְאֵין] אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
Orphans we have been—without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
We have drunk our water for money, Our wood comes for a price.
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹא] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ (אינם) [וְאֵינָם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַחְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers have sinned—they are not, We have borne their iniquities.
| עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Servants have ruled over us, There is no deliverer from their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
| עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin as an oven has been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
| נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins—in cities of Judah.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown has fallen [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ | 18 |
For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
| אַתָּה יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדוֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהֹוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם | 22 |
For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
