DB1 | A prayer of mercy. Lm.5.1-22 | KNSB Contents | notes| 5 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 5 1 | Remember, O Yahweh, what has befallen us; behold, and see our disgrace! | A prayer of mercy. Lm.5.1-22 | זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶה־הָיָה לָנוּ כ= הַבֵּיט ק= הַבִּיטָה וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ׃ |
| 2 | Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens. | נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִים׃ | |
| 3 | We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. | יְתֹומִים הָיִינוּ כ= אֵין ק= וְאֵין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֹות׃ | |
| 4 | We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought. | מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹאוּ׃ | |
| 5 | With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest. | עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ כ= לֹא ק= וְלֹא הוּנַח־לָנוּ׃ | |
| 6 | We have given the hand to Egypt, and to Assyria, to get bread enough. | מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם׃ | |
| 7 | Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities. | אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ כ= אֵינָם ק= וְאֵינָם כ= אֲנַחְנוּ ק= וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ׃ | |
| 8 | Slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand. | עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָם׃ | |
| 9 | We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness. | בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּר׃ | |
| 10 | Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine. | עֹורֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפֹות רָעָב׃ | |
| 11 | Women are ravished in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. | נָשִׁים בְּצִיֹּון עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה׃ | |
| 12 | Princes are hung up by their hands; no respect is shown to the elders. | שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּרוּ׃ | |
| 13 | Young men are compelled to grind at the mill; and boys stagger under loads of wood. | בַּחוּרִים טְחֹון נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ׃ | |
| 14 | The old men have quit the city gate, the young men their music. | זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָם׃ | |
| 15 | The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning. | שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵנוּ׃ | |
| 16 | The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! | נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֹוי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ׃ | |
| 17 | For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim, | עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵינוּ׃ | |
| 18 | for Mount Zion which lies desolate; jackals prowl over it. | עַל הַר־צִיֹּון שֶׁשָּׁםֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֹו׃ ף | |
| 19 | But, O Yahweh, you reign for ever; your throne endures to all generations. | אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֹור׃ | |
| 20 | Why do you forget us for ever, why do you so long forsake us? | לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים׃ | |
| 21 | Restore us to yourself, O Yahweh, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old! | הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ כ= וְנָשׁוּב ק= וְנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם׃ | |
| 22 | Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you exceedingly angry with us? | כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ עַד־מְאֹד׃ | |