Revised Literal Translation

Lamentations 1:12-16

12Is itnothing to you, all ye that passעֹ֣בְרֵיoe.reiH5674byדֶרֶךְ֒de.reKhH1870?beholdהַבִּ֣יטוּha.Bi.tuH5027,and seeוּרְא֗וּu.re.'UH7200if there beיֵ֤שׁyeshH3426any sorrowמַכְאוֹב֙makh.'OvH4341like unto my sorrowכְּמַכְאֹבִ֔יke.makh.'o.ViH4341,which is doneעוֹלַ֖לo.LalH5953unto me, wherewith Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hath afflictedהוֹגָ֣הho.GahH3013mein the dayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117of his fierceחֲר֥וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּֽוֹ׃ ס'a.PoH639.

13From aboveמִמָּר֛וֹםmi.ma.RomH4791hath he sentשָֽׁלַח־sha.lach-H7971fireאֵ֥שׁ'eshH784into my bonesבְּעַצְמֹתַ֖יbe.'atz.mo.TaiH6106,and it prevailethוַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּהvai.yir.De.nahH7287against them: he hath spreadפָּרַ֨שׂpa.RasH6566a netרֶ֤שֶׁתRe.shetH7568for my feetלְרַגְלַי֙le.rag.LaiH7272,he hath turnedהֱשִׁיבַ֣נִיhe.shi.Va.niH7725me backאָח֔וֹר'a.ChorH268:he hath madeנְתָנַ֙נִי֙ne.ta.Na.niH5414me desolateH8074andfaintדָּוָֽה׃ סda.VahH1739all the dayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117.

14The yokeעֹ֨ל'olH5923of my transgressionsפְּשָׁעַ֜יpe.sha.'AiH6588is boundנִשְׂקַד֩nis.KadH8244by his handבְּיָד֗וֹbe.ya.DoH3027:they are wreathedיִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּyis.Ta.re.GuH8276, andcome upעָל֥וּ'a.LuH5927upon my neckצַוָּארִ֖יtza.va.RiH6677:he hath made my strengthכֹּחִ֑יko.ChiH3581to fallהִכְשִׁ֣ילhikh.ShilH3782,the Lordאֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.NaiH136hath deliveredנְתָנַ֣נִיne.ta.Na.niH5414me into theirhandsבִּידֵ֖יbi.DeiH3027, from whomI am not ableאוּכַ֥ל'u.KhalH3201to rise upקֽוּם׃ סKumH6965.

15The Lordאֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.NaiH136hath trodden under footסִלָּ֨הsi.LahH5541all my mightyאַבִּירַ֤י׀'a.bi.RaiH47menin the midstבְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.BiH7130of me: he hath calledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121an assemblyמוֹעֵ֖דmo.'EdH4150against me to crushלִשְׁבֹּ֣רlish.BorH7665my young menבַּחוּרָ֑יba.chu.RaiH970:the Lordאֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.NaiH136hath troddenדָּרַ֣ךְda.RakhH1869the virginלִבְתוּלַ֖תliv.tu.LatH1330,the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063, asin a winepressגַּ֚תgatH1660.

16For these thingsI weepבוֹכִיָּ֗הvo.khi.YahH1058;mine eyeעֵינִ֤י׀'ei.NiH5869,mine eyeעֵינִי֙'ei.NiH5869runneth downיֹ֣רְדָהYo.re.dahH3381with waterמַּ֔יִםMa.yimH4325,because the comforterמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162that should relieveמֵשִׁ֣יבme.ShivH7725my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315is farרָחַ֥קra.ChakH7368from me: my childrenבָנַי֙va.NaiH1121are desolateשֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יםsho.me.MimH8074,because the enemyאוֹיֵֽב׃ ס'o.YevH341prevailedגָבַ֖רga.VarH1396.

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