אֵיכָה 5
| זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הביט וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
| יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
| מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
Our water have we to drink for money, our wood cometh unto us for a price.
| עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
We have given the hand to Egypt, [and] to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
| אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינם אנחנו עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers have sinned, [and] they are not; and we bear their iniquities.
| עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
We have to get our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
| עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin gloweth like an oven, because of the burning heat of the famine.
| נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
They have ravished the women in Zion, the maids in the cities of Judah.
| שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.
| בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood.
| זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
| שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, for we have sinned!
| עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
| עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ פ | 18 |
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
| אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
Thou, Jehovah, dwellest for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
| לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ ונשוב חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
| כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ | 22 |
Or is it that thou hast utterly rejected us? Wouldest thou be exceeding wroth against us?
