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Megillot

Lamentations (Eikha)

איכה

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אֲדֹנָי בְּקִרְבִּי קָרָא עָלַי מוֹעֵד לִשְׁבֹּר בַּחוּרַי גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת
בַּת־יְהוּדָה׃ עַל־אֵלֶּה ׀ אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה עֵינִי ׀ עֵינִי יֹרְדָה מַּיִם כִּי־רָחַק
מִמֶּנִּי מְנַחֵם מֵשִׁיב נַפְשִׁי הָיוּ בָנַי שׁוֹמֵמִים כִּי גָבַר אוֹיֵב׃ פֵּרְשָׂה צִיּוֹן
בְּיָדֶיהָ אֵין מְנַחֵם לָהּ צִוָּה יְהוָה לְיַעֲקֹב סְבִיבָיו צָרָיו הָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
לְנִדָּה בֵּינֵיהֶם׃ צַדִּיק הוּא יְהוָה כִּי פִיהוּ מָרִיתִי שִׁמְעוּ־נָא כָל־עַמִּים
וּרְאוּ מַכְאֹבִי בְּתוּלֹתַי וּבַחוּרַי הָלְכוּ בַשֶּׁבִי׃ קָרָאתִי לַמְאַהֲבַי הֵמָּה
רִמּוּנִי כֹּהֲנַי וּזְקֵנַי בָּעִיר גָּוָעוּ כִּי־בִקְשׁוּ אֹכֶל לָמוֹ וְיָשִׁיבוּ אֶת־נַפְשָׁם׃
רְאֵה יְהוָה כִּי־צַר־לִי מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי כִּי מָרוֹ מָרִיתִי
מִחוּץ שִׁכְּלָה־חֶרֶב בַּבַּיִת כַּמָּוֶת׃ שָׁמְעוּ כִּי נֶאֱנָחָה אָנִי אֵין מְנַחֵם
לִי כָּל־אֹיְבַי שָׁמְעוּ רָעָתִי שָׂשׂוּ כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ הֵבֵאתָ יוֹם־קָרָאתָ
וְיִהְיוּ כָמוֹנִי׃ תָּבֹא כָל־רָעָתָם לְפָנֶיךָ וְעוֹלֵל לָמוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר עוֹלַלְתָּ לִי עַל
כָּל־פְּשָׁעַי כִּי־רַבּוֹת אַנְחֹתַי וְלִבִּי דַוָּי׃
אֵיכָה יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ ׀ אֲדֹנָי אֶת־בַּת־צִיּוֹן הִשְׁלִיךְ מִשָּׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ תִּפְאֶרֶת
יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־זָכַר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָיו בְּיוֹם אַפּוֹ׃ בִּלַּע אֲדֹנָי לֹא חָמַל אֵת כָּל־
נְאוֹת יַעֲקֹב הָרַס בְּעֶבְרָתוֹ מִבְצְרֵי בַת־יְהוּדָה הִגִּיעַ לָאָרֶץ חִלֵּל
מַמְלָכָה וְשָׂרֶיהָ׃ גָּדַע בָּחֳרִי־אַף כֹּל קֶרֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵשִׁיב אָחוֹר יְמִינוֹ
מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵב וַיִּבְעַר בְּיַעֲקֹב כְּאֵשׁ לֶהָבָה אָכְלָה סָבִיב׃ דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ
כְּאוֹיֵב נִצָּב יְמִינוֹ כְּצָר וַיַּהֲרֹג כֹּל מַחֲמַדֵּי־עָיִן בְּאֹהֶל בַּת־צִיּוֹן שָׁפַךְ
כָּאֵשׁ חֲמָתוֹ׃ הָיָה אֲדֹנָי ׀ כְּאוֹיֵב בִּלַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלַּע כָּל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ
שִׁחֵת מִבְצָרָיו וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת־יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה׃ וַיַּחְמֹס כַּגַּן שֻׂכּוֹ שִׁחֵת
מוֹעֲדוֹ שִׁכַּח יְהוָה ׀ בְּצִיּוֹן מוֹעֵד וְשַׁבָּת וַיִּנְאַץ בְּזַעַם־אַפּוֹ מֶלֶךְ וְכֹהֵן׃
זָנַח אֲדֹנָי ׀ מִזְבְּחוֹ נִאֵר מִקְדָּשׁוֹ הִסְגִּיר בְּיַד־אוֹיֵב חוֹמֹת אַרְמְנוֹתֶיהָ
קוֹל נָתְנוּ בְּבֵית־יְהוָה כְּיוֹם מוֹעֵד׃ חָשַׁב יְהוָה ׀ לְהַשְׁחִית חוֹמַת בַּת־
צִיּוֹן נָטָה קָו לֹא־הֵשִׁיב יָדוֹ מִבַּלֵּעַ וַיַּאֲבֶל־חֵל וְחוֹמָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָלוּ׃
Sephardi
Adonai bekirbi kara alai mo'ed lishbor bachurai gat darach Adonai livtulat
bat-Yehuda: al-ele ani bochiya eini eini yoreda mayim ki-rachak
mimeni menachem meshiv nafshi hayu banai shomemim ki gavar oyev: persah Tziyon
beyadehah ein menachem lah tzivah Adonai leYaakov sevivav tzarav hayetah Yerushalayim
lenidah beineihem: tzadik hu Adonai ki fihu mariti shim'u-na kol-amim
ur'u mach'ovi betulotai uvachurai halchu vashevi: karati lama'ahavai hemah
rimuni kohanai uzekenai ba'ir gava'u ki-vikshu ochel lamo veyashivu et-nafsham:
re'eh Adonai ki-tzar-li me'ai chamarmaru nehpach libi bekirbi ki maro mariti
michutz shikla-cherev babayit kamavet: sham'u ki ne'enachah ani ein menachem
li kol-oyvai sham'u ra'ati sasu ki atah asita heveta yom-karata
veyihyu kamoni: tavo kol-ra'atam lefanecha ve'olel lamo ka'asher olalta li al
kol-pesha'ai ki-rabot anchotai velibi davai:
Eikha ya'iv be'apo Adonai et-bat-Tziyon hishlich mishamayim eretz tif'eret
Yisrael velo-zachar hadom-raglav beyom apo: bila Adonai lo chamal eit kol-
ne'ot Yaakov haras be'evrato mivtzerei bat-Yehudah higia la'aretz chillel
mamlachah vesarehah: gada bachori-af kol keren Yisrael heshiv achor yemino
mipnei oyev vayiv'ar beYaakov ke'esh lehavah achlah saviv: darach kashto
ke'oyev nitzav yemino ketzar vayaharog kol machamdei-ayin be'ohel bat-Tziyon shafach
ka'esh chamato: haya Adonai ke'oyev bila Yisrael bila kol-armenoteha
shichet mivtzarav vayerev bevat-Yehudah ta'aniyah va'aniyah: vayachmos kagan suko shichet
mo'ado shikach Adonai beTziyon mo'ed veShabbat vayin'atz beza'am-apo melech vechohen:
zanach Adonai mizbecho ni'er mikdasho hisgir beyad-oyev chomot armenoteha
kol natnu beveit-Adonai keyom mo'ed: chashav Adonai lehashchit chomat bat-
Tziyon natah kav lo-heshiv yado mibale'a vaya'avel-chel vechomah yachdav umlalu:
English
For these things I weep, my eye, my eye streams water; for the one who could console me is far away from me, the one who would restore my soul to me. My children became desolate when the enemy mastered." Zion spreads her hands - there is none to console her. The LORD commanded enemies to Jacob all around, Jerusalem an outcast among them, bleeding. She says, "The LORD is just: I had refused His word. "Listen, please, all peoples, see this pain. My young girls and youths have gone off in captivity. I called out to my suitors: they have deceived me. My priests and my elders have starved in the city, they sought bread for themselves, to restore their souls. See, LORD, I am anguished. My stomach churns. My heart turns over in me, for I have refused You. Outside the sword bereaves me; at home it is like death. "Hear me - I am groaning, there is none to console me. My enemies heard of my suffering, all - they rejoiced: You have done this. When You bring the day You called for, then they shall be like me. Let all their evil come before You and do to them all that You have done to me for all my crimes. My groans are grown many, and my heart is ailing." How, in His rage, the LORD darkens the skies of daughter Zion. He has flung from Heaven down to earth all of Israel's splendor. He had no thought for His footstool on the day of His rage. The LORD devoured, showed no mercy for the sheepfolds of Jacob, devoured, in His great rage, daughter Judah's fortresses - down they came to earth - and brought low kingdom, princes. With burning rage He hacked off the horn of Israel's glory, and held His right hand back, to let the enemy come. He burnt like flames of fire in Jacob, consuming on all sides. He trod His bow like the enemy, like a foe His right hand rose, and He killed all those the eye treasured. In the tent of daughter Zion, He poured out rage like fire. It is as if He were the enemy; the LORD devoured Israel, devoured all her palaces, razed her fortresses; in daughter Judah grew much moaning, mourning. He stripped His Shelter like a garden, destroyed His Sanctuary of meeting. The LORD has made forgotten in Zion, such things as feast and Sabbath. He debased, in His flaming rage, king and priest. The LORD shunned His altar, renounced His own Temple, gave over the walls of her palaces to the enemy's hand. They called out in the LORD's House as if it were a feast day. The LORD planned demolition for the walls of daughter Zion. He stretched out the ruling line, devoured, did not hold back. Now boundary and wall are