איכה ה׳
Lamentations 5
Hebrew
זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ (הביט) [הַבִּ֖יטָה] וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃ יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ (אין) [וְאֵ֣ין] אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹ֥א] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ (אינם) [וְאֵינָ֔ם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃ נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ {פ}
אַתָּ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
אַתָּ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
English Translation
Remember, O ETERNAL One, what has befallen us;
Behold, and see our disgrace! Our heritage has passed to aliens,
Our homes to strangers. We have become orphans, fatherless;
Our mothers are like widows. We must pay to drink our own water,
Obtain our own kindling at a price. We are hotlyahotly Lit. “on our neck”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. pursued;
Exhausted, we are given no rest. We hold out a hand to Egypt;
To Assyria, for our fill of bread. Our ancestors sinned and are no more;
And we must bear their guilt. Slaves are ruling over us,
With none to rescue us from them. We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.bsword of the wilderness Or “heat (cf. Deut. 28.22) of the wilderness”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. Our skin glows like an oven,
With the fever of famine. Those slavescThose slaves Heb. “They.” have abused women in Zion,
Maidens in the towns of Judah. Princes have been hanged by them;
No respect has been shown to elders. Young men must carry millstones,
And youths stagger under loads of wood. The elders are gone from the gate,
The youngsters from their music. Gone is the joy of our hearts;
Our dancing is turned into mourning. The crown has fallen from our head;
Woe to us that we have sinned! Because of this our hearts are sick,
Because of these our eyes are dimmed: Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate;
Jackals prowl over it. But You, O ETERNAL One, are enthroned forever,
Your throne endures through the ages. Why have You forgotten us utterly,
Forsaken us for all time? Take us back, O ETERNAL One, to Yourself,
And let us come back;
Renew our days as of old! For truly, You have rejected us,
Bitterly raged against us.
Take us back, O ETERNAL One, to Yourself,
And let us come back;
Renew our days as of old!
Behold, and see our disgrace! Our heritage has passed to aliens,
Our homes to strangers. We have become orphans, fatherless;
Our mothers are like widows. We must pay to drink our own water,
Obtain our own kindling at a price. We are hotlyahotly Lit. “on our neck”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. pursued;
Exhausted, we are given no rest. We hold out a hand to Egypt;
To Assyria, for our fill of bread. Our ancestors sinned and are no more;
And we must bear their guilt. Slaves are ruling over us,
With none to rescue us from them. We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.bsword of the wilderness Or “heat (cf. Deut. 28.22) of the wilderness”; meaning of Heb. uncertain. Our skin glows like an oven,
With the fever of famine. Those slavescThose slaves Heb. “They.” have abused women in Zion,
Maidens in the towns of Judah. Princes have been hanged by them;
No respect has been shown to elders. Young men must carry millstones,
And youths stagger under loads of wood. The elders are gone from the gate,
The youngsters from their music. Gone is the joy of our hearts;
Our dancing is turned into mourning. The crown has fallen from our head;
Woe to us that we have sinned! Because of this our hearts are sick,
Because of these our eyes are dimmed: Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate;
Jackals prowl over it. But You, O ETERNAL One, are enthroned forever,
Your throne endures through the ages. Why have You forgotten us utterly,
Forsaken us for all time? Take us back, O ETERNAL One, to Yourself,
And let us come back;
Renew our days as of old! For truly, You have rejected us,
Bitterly raged against us.
Take us back, O ETERNAL One, to Yourself,
And let us come back;
Renew our days as of old!
About This Text
Source
Lamentations
Category
Tanach
Reference
Lamentations 5
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