Revised Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:2-7

2Our inheritanceנַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙na.cha.la.Te.nuH5159is turnedנֶֽהֶפְכָ֣הne.hef.KhahH2015to strangersלְזָרִ֔יםle.za.RimH2114,our housesבָּתֵּ֖ינוּba.Tei.nuH1004to aliensלְנָכְרִֽים׃le.na.khe.RimH5237.

3We are orphansיְתוֹמִ֤יםye.to.MimH3490and fatherlessוְאֵ֣ין אָ֔בve.ein 'AvH1 H369,our mothersאִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ'i.mo.Tei.nuH517areas widowsכְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ke.'al.ma.NotH490.

4We have drunkenשָׁתִ֔ינוּsha.Ti.nuH8354our waterמֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙mei.Mei.nuH4325for moneyבְּכֶ֣סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701;our woodעֵצֵ֖ינוּ'e.Tzei.nuH6086is soldבִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃bim.Chir ya.Vo.'uH4242 H935unto us.

5Our necksצַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙tza.va.Re.nuH6677areunder persecutionנִרְדָּ֔פְנוּnir.Da.fe.nuH7291:we labourיָגַ֖עְנוּya.Ga'.nuH3021, andhave no restהֽוּנַֽחhu.nach-H5117.

6We have givenנָתַ֣נּוּna.Ta.nuH5414the handיָ֔דYadH3027tothe Egyptiansמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and tothe Assyriansאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,to be satisfiedלִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽlis.Bo.a'H7646with breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

7Our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1have sinnedחָֽטְאוּ֙cha.te.'UH2398, and arenotוְאֵינָ֔םve.ei.namH369;and we have borneסָבָֽלְנוּ׃sa.Val.nuH5445their iniquitiesעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם'a.vo.no.tei.HemH5771.

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