איכה 5
| זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:
| יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
| מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us [for a burden] on our neck:
| עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא וְלֹא הֽוּנַח לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.
| מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
Egypt gave the hand [to us], Assur to their own satisfaction.
| אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ אינם וְאֵינָם אנחנו וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers sinned, [and] are not: we have borne their iniquities.
| עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom [us] out of their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
| עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
| נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda.
| שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honored.
| בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood.
| זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.
| שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown has fallen [from] our head: yes, woe to us! for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened.
| עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ | 18 |
Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein.
| אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
But you, O Lord, shall dwell for ever; your throne [shall endure] to generation and generation.
| לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Therefore will you utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time?
| הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before.
| כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ 154 5 4 4 | 22 |
For you have indeed rejected us; you have been very angry against us.
