אֵיכָה 5
| זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הַבֵּיט (הַבִּ֖יטָה) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, O Yahweh, what hath befallen us, Look around, and see our reproach:
| נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance, turned over to foreigners, our houses, to aliens.
| יְתֹומִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ אֵין (וְאֵ֣ין) אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹֽות׃ | 3 |
Orphans, have we become, and fatherless, our mothers, are widows indeed.
| מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
Our water—for silver, have we drunk, our wood—for a price, cometh in.
| עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לֹא (וְלֹ֥א) הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
Upon our necks, are our pursuers, We labour, and there is allowed us no rest.
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
To Egypt, have we stretched out our hand, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
| אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אֵינָם (וְאֵינָ֔ם) אֲנַחְנוּ (וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers, sinned, and are not, and, we, their iniquities, have borne.
| עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Slaves, have ruled over us, There is none to set free from their hand.
| בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
At the risk of our life, do we bring in our bread, because of the sword of the desert.
| עֹורֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפֹ֥ות רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin, as with a furnace, is scorched, because of the hot winds of famine.
| נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיֹּ֣ון עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
Women—in Zion, were ravished, virgins, in the cities of Judah!
| שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes, by their hand, have been hanged, The faces of elders, not honoured.
| בַּחוּרִים֙ טְחֹ֣ון נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
Young men, a millstone, have lifted, and, youths, under wood, have staggered.
| זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
Elders, from the gates, have ceased. Young men, from their music.
| שָׁבַת֙ מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
Ceased hath the joy of our hearts, Changed to mourning, our dance.
| נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֹֽוי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
Fallen is the crown of our head. Surely woe to us, for we have sinned.
| עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this cause, faint is our heart, For these things, dimmed are our eyes:
| עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃ פ | 18 |
Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate, jackals, have gone prowling therein.
| אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעֹולָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹֽור׃ | 19 |
Thou, O Yahweh, unto times age-abiding, dost remain, Thy throne, from generation to generation:
| לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Wherefore shouldst thou perpetually forget us? forsake us, to length of days?
| הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְנָשׁוּב (וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Bring us back, O Yahweh, unto thyself, and we will come back! Renew our days, as of old;
| כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ | 22 |
For though thou hast not, utterly rejected, us, thou art wroth with us—exceedingly!
