< איכה 5 >
זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ | 1 |
Remember, Yahweh, what has happened to us; look and see our disgrace.
נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | 2 |
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners.
יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ | 3 |
We have become orphans, the fatherless, and our mothers are like widows.
מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
We must pay silver for the water we drink, and we must pay silver to get our own wood.
עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא וְלֹא הֽוּנַח לָֽנוּ׃ | 5 |
Those who are coming after us are close behind us; we are weary and we can find no rest.
מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ | 6 |
We have given ourselves to Egypt and to Assyria to get enough food.
אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ אינם וְאֵינָם אנחנו וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ | 7 |
Our fathers sinned, and they are no more, and we bear their iniquities.
עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם׃ | 8 |
Slaves rule over us, and there is no one to deliver us from their hand.
בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ | 9 |
We get our bread only by risking our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב׃ | 10 |
Our skin has grown as hot as an oven because of the burning heat of hunger.
נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה׃ | 11 |
Women are raped in Zion, and virgins in the cities of Judah.
שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ | 12 |
Princes are hung up by their own hands, and no honor is shown to the elders.
בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ | 13 |
Young men are forced to grind grain with a millstone, and boys stagger under heavy loads of wood.
זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ | 14 |
The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have left their music.
שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ | 15 |
The joy of our heart has ceased and our dancing has turned into mourning.
נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ׃ | 16 |
The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ | 17 |
For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes grow dim
עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ | 18 |
for Mount Zion lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.
אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ | 19 |
But you, Yahweh, reign forever, and you will sit upon your throne from generation to generation.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ | 20 |
Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so many days?
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ | 21 |
Restore us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be restored. Renew our days as they were long ago—
כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ 154 5 4 4 | 22 |
unless you have utterly rejected us and you are angry with us beyond measure.