1 זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ [הַבֵּיט כ] (הַבִּיטָה ק) וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ | 1 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us. Consider and look kindly upon our disgrace. |
2 נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים | 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to foreigners; our houses to outsiders. |
3 יְתֹומִים הָיִינוּ [אֵין כ] (וְאֵין ק) אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹות | 3 We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows. |
4 מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ | 4 We paid for our drinking water. We acquired our wood for a price. |
5 עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ [לֹא כ] (וְלֹא ק) הוּנַח־לָנוּ | 5 We were dragged by our necks. Being weary, no rest was given to us. |
6 מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם | 6 We have given our hand to Egypt and to the Assyrians, so that we may 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 carried their iniquities. |
8 עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם | 8 Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand. |
9 בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר | 9 We obtained our bread at the risk of our lives, before the face of the sword, in the wilderness. |
10 עֹורֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפֹות רָעָב | 10 Our skin was burned, as if by an oven, before the face of the tempest of the famine. |
11 נָשִׁים בְּצִיֹּון עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה | 11 They humiliated the women in Zion and the virgins in the cities of Judah. |
12 שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ | 12 The leaders were suspended by their hand. They were not ashamed before the faces of the elders. |
13 בַּחוּרִים טְחֹון נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ | 13 They have sexually abused the adolescents, and the children were corrupted in the wood. |
14 זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם | 14 The elders have ceased from the gates, the youths from the choir of the psalms. |
15 שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ | 15 The gladness of our heart has failed, our singing has been turned into mourning. |
16 נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֹוי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ | 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned. |
17 עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ | 17 Because of this, our heart became gloomy; for this reason, our eyes have been darkened: |
18 עַל הַר־צִיֹּון שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֹו׃ פ | 18 because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it. |
19 אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֹור | 19 But you, O Lord, shall remain for eternity, your throne from generation to generation. |
20 לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים | 20 Why would you forget us forever? Why would you forsake us for a long time? |
21 הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ [וְנָשׁוּב כ] (וְנָשׁוּבָה ק) חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם | 21 Convert us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be converted. Renew our days, as from the beginning. |
22 כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד | 22 But you have utterly rejected us; you are vehemently angry against us. |