איכה 5
| זְכֹר יְהֹוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ (הביט) [הַבִּיטָה] וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, Jehovah, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ (אין) [וְאֵין] אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹא] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest.
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ (אינם) [וְאֵינָם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַחְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
| עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
| עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
| נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ | 18 |
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
| אַתָּה יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדוֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
But you, Jehovah, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהֹוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Restore us to you, Jehovah, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם | 22 |
unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
