אֵיכָה 5
| זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט (הַבִּ֖יטָה) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O YHWH, what has befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
| נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance has 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 |
We have drunk our water for money, Our wood comes for a price.
| עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא (וְלֹ֥א) הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
For our neck we have been pursued, We have labored—there has 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 have borne their iniquities.
| עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Servants have ruled over us, There is no deliverer 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 has 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 have been hanged by their hand, Elderly faces have not been honored.
| בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
They have taken young men to grind, And youths have stumbled with wood.
| זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
Elderly have ceased from the gate, Young men from their song.
| שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart has ceased, Our dancing has been turned to mourning.
| נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown has fallen [from] our head, Woe [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
Our heart has been sick for this, Our eyes have been dim for these.
| 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 |
You, O YHWH, remain for all time, Your throne to generation and generation.
| לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Why do You forget us forever? You forsake us for [the] length of [our] days!
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב (וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Turn us back, O YHWH, to You, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
| כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ | 22 |
For have You utterly rejected us? You have been angry against us—exceedingly?
