Lamentations 1

ekhah yashevah vadad ha'ir rabbati am hayetah ke'almanah rabbati vaggoyim sarati bammedinot hayetah lamas

א Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall.

bakho tivkeh ballaylah vedimatah al lekheyah en-lah menakhem mikkol-ohaveha kol-re'eha bagedu vah hayu lah le'oyevim

ב Bitterly she weeps in the night, Her cheek wet with tears. There is none to comfort her Of all her friends. All her allies have betrayed her; They have become her foes.

galetah yehudah me'oni umerov avodah hi yashevah vaggoyim lo matse'ah manoakh kol-rodefeha hissiguha ben hammetsarim

ג Judah has gone into exile Because of misery and harsh oppression; When she settled among the nations, She found no rest; All her pursuers overtook her In the narrow places.

darkhe tsiyyon avelot mibbeli ba'e mo'ed kol-she'areha shomemin kohaneha ne'enakhim betuloteha nugot vehi mar-lah

ד Zion’s roads are in mourning, Empty of festival pilgrims; All her gates are deserted. Her priests sigh, Her maidens are unhappy— She is utterly disconsolate!

hayu tsareha lerosh oyeveha shalu ki-Adonai hogah al rov-pesha'eha olaleha halekhu shevi lifne-tsar

ה Her enemies are now the masters, Her foes are at ease, Because GOD has afflicted her For her many transgressions; Her infants have gone into captivity Before the enemy.

vayyetse (mn vt) [mibbat-]tsiyyon kol-hadarah hayu sareha ke'ayyalim lo-matse'u mireh vayyelekhu velo-khoakh lifne rodef

ו Gone from Fair Zion are all That were her glory; Her leaders were like stags That found no pasture; They could only walk feebly Before the pursuer.

zakherah yerushalai͏m yeme onyah umerudeha kol makhamudeha asher hayu mime qedem binfol ammah beyad-tsar ve'en ozer lah ra'uha tsarim sakhaqu al mishbatteha

ז All that she treasured In the days of old Jerusalem recalled In her days of woe and sorrow, When her people fell by enemy hands With none to help her; When enemies looked on and gloated Over her downfall.

khet khate'ah yerushalai͏m al-ken lenidah hayatah kol-mekhabbedeha hizziluha ki-ra'u ervatah gam-hi ne'enkhah vattashov akhor

ח Jerusalem has greatly sinned, Therefore she is become a mockery. All who admired her despise her, For they have seen her disgraced; And she can only sigh And shrink back.

tumatah beshuleha lo zakherah akharitah vattered pela'im en menakhem lah re'eh Adonai et-onyi ki higdil oyev

ט Her impurity clings to her skirts. She gave no thought to her future; She has sunk appallingly, With none to comfort her.— “See, O ETERNAL One, my misery; How the enemy jeers!”

yado paras tsar al kol-makhamaddeha ki-ra'atah goyim ba'u miqdashah asher tsivvitah lo-yavo'u vaqqahal lakh

י The foe has laid hands On everything dear to her. She has seen her Sanctuary Invaded by nations That You have denied admission Into Your community.

kol-ammah ne'enakhim mevaqshim lekhem natenu (mkhmvdyhm) [makhamaddehem] be'okhel lehashiv nafesh re'eh Adonai vehabbitah ki hayiti zolelah

כ All her inhabitants sigh As they search for bread; They have bartered their treasures for food, To keep themselves alive.— “See, O ETERNAL One, and behold, How abject I have become!”

lo alekhem kol-overe derekh habbitu ure'u im-yesh makhov kemakhovi asher olal li asher hogah Adonai beyom kharon appo

ל “May it never befall you, All who pass along the road— Look about and see: Is there any agony like mine, Which was dealt out to me When GOD afflicted me On this day of wrath?

mimmarom shalakh-esh be'atsmotay vayyirdennah paras reshet leraglay heshivani akhor netanani shomemah kol-hayyom davah

מ From above [God] sent a fire Down into my bones, Then spread a net for my feet And hurled me backward— Leaving me forlorn, In constant misery.

nisqad ol pesha'ay beyado yistaregu alu al-tsavvari hikhshil kokhi netanani adonay bide lo-ukhal qum

נ The yoke of my offenses is bound fast, Lashed tight by God’s hand; Imposed upon my neck, It saps my strength; The Sovereign has delivered me into the hands Of those I cannot withstand.

sillah khol-abbiray adonay beqirbi qara alay mo'ed lishbor bakhuray gat darakh adonay livtulat bat-yehudah

ס The Sovereign in my midst has rejected All my heroes, And proclaimed a set time against me To crush my young men. As in a press the Sovereign has trodden Fair Maiden Judah.

al-elleh ani vokhiyyah eni eni yoredah mayim ki-rakhaq mimmenni menakhem meshiv nafshi hayu vanay shomemim ki gavar oyev

ע For these things do I weep, My eyes flow with tears: Far from me is any comforter Who might revive my spirit; My children are forlorn, For the foe has prevailed.”

peresah tsiyyon beyadeha en menakhem lah tsivvah Adonai leya'aqov sevivayw tsarayw hayetah yerushalai͏m leniddah benehem

פ Zion spreads out her hands, She has no one to comfort her; GOD has summoned against Jacob His enemies all about him; Jerusalem has become an outcast among them.

tsaddiq hu Adonai ki fihu mariti shimu-na khol-[ha'ammim] (mym) ure'u makhovi betulotay uvakhuray halekhu vashevi

צ “GOD is in the right, For I have been disobedient. Hear, all you peoples, And behold my agony: My maidens and my youths Have gone into captivity!

qarati lamahavay hemmah rimmuni kohanay uzeqenay ba'ir gava'u ki-viqshu okhel lamo veyashivu et-nafsham

ק I cried out to my friends, But they played me false. My priests and my elders Have perished in the city As they searched for food To keep themselves alive.

re'eh Adonai ki-tsar-li me'ay khomarmaru nehpakh libbi beqirbi ki maro mariti mikhuts shikkelah-kherev babbayit kammavet

ר See, O ETERNAL One, the distress I am in! My heart is in anguish, I know how wrong I was To disobey. Outside the sword deals death; Indoors, the plague.

shame'u ki ne'enakhah ani en menakhem li kol-oyevay shame'u ra'ati sasu ki attah asita heveta yom-qarata veyihyu khamoni

ש When they heard how I was sighing, There was none to comfort me; All my foes heard of my plight and exulted. For it is Your doing: You have brought on the day that You threatened. Oh, let them become like me!

tavo khol-ra'atam lefanekha ve'olel lamo ka'asher olalta li al kol-pesha'ay ki-rabbot ankhotay velibbi davvay

ת Let all their wrongdoing come before You, And deal with them As You have dealt with me For all my transgressions. For my sighs are many, And my heart is sick.”