Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible

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1	זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־ הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ [הביט] (הַבִּ֖יטָה) וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־ חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃	Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!	Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2	נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃	Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.	Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3	יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ [אין] (וְאֵ֣ין) אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃	We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.	We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
4	מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃	We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.	We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5	עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ [לא] (וְלֹ֥א) הֽוּנַ֖ח‪‬ לָֽנוּ׃	We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.	Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
6	מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃	We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.	We have given the hand [to] the Egyptians, [and to] the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7	אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ [אינם] (וְאֵינָ֔ם) [אנחנו] (וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ) עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃	Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.	Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8	עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃	Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.	Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
9	בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃	We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.	We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10	עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃	Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.	Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11	נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃	Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.	They ravished the women in Zion, [and] the maids in the cities of Judah.
12	שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃	Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.	Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13	בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃	Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.	They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14	זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃	The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.	The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15	שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃	Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.	The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16	נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־ נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃	The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!	The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17	עַל־ זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־ אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃	Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—	For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
18	עַ֤ל הַר־ צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־ בֽוֹ׃ פ	because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.	Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19	אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃	You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.	Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20	לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃	Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?	Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [and] forsake us so long time?
21	הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ [ונשוב] (וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה) חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃	Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,	Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22	כִּ֚י אִם־ מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־ מְאֹֽד׃	unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.	But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
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Lamentations 5 Parallel Bible Translations