אֵיכָה 5
| זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט (הַבִּ֖יטָה) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
| יְתֹומִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אֵין (וְאֵ֣ין) אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹֽות׃ | 3 |
Orphans we have been — without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
| מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
| עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא (וְלֹ֥א) הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
[To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
| אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אֵינָם (וְאֵינָ֔ם) אֲנַחְנוּ (וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers have sinned — they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
| עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
| עֹורֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפֹ֥ות רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
| נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins — in cities of Judah.
| שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
| בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
| זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
| שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
| נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
| עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃ פ | 18 |
For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
| אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹֽור׃ | 19 |
Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
| לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב (וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
| כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ | 22 |
For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us — exceedingly?
