Obadiah (עובדיה) - Abdia 5

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ [הַבֵּיט כ] (הַבִּיטָה ק) וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ	1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.
2 נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים	2 Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.
3 יְתֹומִים הָיִינוּ [אֵין כ] (וְאֵין ק) אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹות	3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
4 מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ	4 We have drunk our water for money: we have bought our wood.
5 עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ [לֹא כ] (וְלֹא ק) הוּנַח־לָנוּ	5 We were dragged by the necks, we were weary and no rest was given us.
6 מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם	6 We have given our hand to Egypt, and to the Assyrians, that we might be satisfied with bread.
7 אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ [אֵינָם כ] (וְאֵינָם ק) [אֲנַחְנוּ כ] (וַאֲנַחְנוּ ק) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ	7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.
8 עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם	8 Servants have ruled over us: there was none to redeem us out of their hand.
9 בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר	9 We fetched our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the desert.
10 עֹורֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפֹות רָעָב	10 Our skin was burnt as an oven, by reason of the violence of the famine.
11 נָשִׁים בְּצִיֹּון עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה	11 They oppressed the women in Sion, and the virgins in the cities of Juda.
12 שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ	12 The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancient.
13 בַּחוּרִים טְחֹון נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ	13 They abused the young men indecently: and the children fell under the wood.
14 זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם	14 The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.
15 שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ	15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.
16 נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֹוי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ	16 The crown is fallen from our head woe to us, because we have sinned.
17 עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ	17 Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,
18 עַל הַר־צִיֹּון שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֹו׃ פ	18 For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.
19 אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֹור	19 But thou, O Lord, shalt remain for ever, thy throne from generation to generation.
20 לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים	20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
21 הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ [וְנָשׁוּב כ] (וְנָשׁוּבָה ק) חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם	21 Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.
22 כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד	22 But thou hast utterly rejected us, thou art exceedingly angry against us.