איכה 5
| זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; behold, and see our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
We are become orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא וְלֹא הֽוּנַח לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to have bread enough;
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ אינם וְאֵינָם אנחנו וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and 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 with the peril of our lives because of the sword of 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 have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto 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 are dim;
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ | 18 |
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
| אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ 154 5 4 4 | 22 |
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!
