1 זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ [הַבֵּיט כ] (הַבִּיטָה ק) וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ | 1 Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us, look, and see our disgrace: |
2 נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים | 2 Our inherited lands have been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. |
3 יְתֹומִים הָיִינוּ [אֵין כ] (וְאֵין ק) אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹות | 3 We have become orphans, fatherless; widowed are our mothers. |
4 מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ | 4 The water we drink we must buy, for our own wood we must pay. |
5 עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ [לֹא כ] (וְלֹא ק) הוּנַח־לָנוּ | 5 On our necks is the yoke of those who drive us; we are worn out, but allowed no rest. |
6 מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם | 6 To Egypt we submitted, and to Assyria, to fill our need of bread. |
7 אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ [אֵינָם כ] (וְאֵינָם ק) [אֲנַחְנוּ כ] (וַאֲנַחְנוּ ק) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ | 7 Our fathers, who sinned, are no more; but we bear their guilt. |
8 עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם | 8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their hands. |
9 בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר | 9 At the peril of our lives we bring in our sustenance, in the face of the desert heat; |
10 עֹורֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפֹות רָעָב | 10 Our skin is shriveled up, as though by a furnace, with the searing blasts of famine. |
11 נָשִׁים בְּצִיֹּון עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה | 11 The wives in Zion were ravished by the enemy, the maidens in the cities of Judah; |
12 שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ | 12 Princes were gibbeted by them, elders shown no respect. |
13 בַּחוּרִים טְחֹון נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ | 13 The youths carry the millstones, boys stagger under their loads of wood; |
14 זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם | 14 The old men have abandoned the gate, the young men their music. |
15 שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ | 15 The joy of our hearts has ceased, our dance has turned into mourning; |
16 נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֹוי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ | 16 The garlands have fallen from our heads: woe to us, for we have sinned! |
17 עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ | 17 Over this our hearts are sick, at this our eyes grow dim: |
18 עַל הַר־צִיֹּון שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֹו׃ פ | 18 That Mount Zion should be desolate, with jackals roaming there! |
19 אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֹור | 19 You, O LORD, are enthroned forever; your throne stands from age to age. |
20 לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים | 20 Why, then, should you forget us, abandon us so long a time? |
21 הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה ׀ אֵלֶיךָ [וְנָשׁוּב כ] (וְנָשׁוּבָה ק) חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם | 21 Lead us back to you, O LORD, that we may be restored: give us anew such days as we had of old. |
22 כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד | 22 For now you have indeed rejected us, and in full measure turned your wrath against us. |