| א רְדִי וּשְׁבִי עַל-עָפָר, בְּתוּלַת בַּת-בָּבֶל--שְׁבִי-לָאָרֶץ אֵין-כִּסֵּא, בַּת-כַּשְׂדִּים: כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ-לָךְ, רַכָּה וַעֲנֻגָּה. | 1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. |
| ב קְחִי רֵחַיִם, וְטַחֲנִי קָמַח; גַּלִּי צַמָּתֵךְ חֶשְׂפִּי-שֹׁבֶל גַּלִּי-שׁוֹק, עִבְרִי נְהָרוֹת. | 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers. |
| ג תִּגָּל, עֶרְוָתֵךְ--גַּם תֵּרָאֶה, חֶרְפָּתֵךְ; נָקָם אֶקָּח, וְלֹא אֶפְגַּע אָדָם. {פ} | 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and will let no man intercede. {P} |
| ד גֹּאֲלֵנוּ, יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ--קְדוֹשׁ, יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 4 Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. |
| ה שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי בַחֹשֶׁךְ, בַּת-כַּשְׂדִּים: כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ-לָךְ, גְּבֶרֶת מַמְלָכוֹת. | 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms. |
| ו קָצַפְתִּי עַל-עַמִּי, חִלַּלְתִּי נַחֲלָתִי, וָאֶתְּנֵם, בְּיָדֵךְ; לֹא-שַׂמְתְּ לָהֶם, רַחֲמִים--עַל-זָקֵן, הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ מְאֹד. | 6 I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. |
| ז וַתֹּאמְרִי, לְעוֹלָם אֶהְיֶה גְבָרֶת--עַד לֹא-שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל-לִבֵּךְ, לֹא זָכַרְתְּ אַחֲרִיתָהּ. {פ} | 7 And thou saidst: 'For ever shall I be mistress'; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the end thereof. {P} |
| ח וְעַתָּה שִׁמְעִי-זֹאת עֲדִינָה, הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת לָבֶטַח, הָאֹמְרָה בִּלְבָבָהּ, אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֹד; לֹא אֵשֵׁב אַלְמָנָה, וְלֹא אֵדַע שְׁכוֹל. | 8 Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children'; |
| ט וְתָבֹאנָה לָּךְ שְׁתֵּי-אֵלֶּה רֶגַע בְּיוֹם אֶחָד, שְׁכוֹל וְאַלְמֹן; כְּתֻמָּם, בָּאוּ עָלַיִךְ, בְּרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ, בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד. | 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments. |
| י וַתִּבְטְחִי בְרָעָתֵךְ, אָמַרְתְּ אֵין רֹאָנִי--חָכְמָתֵךְ וְדַעְתֵּךְ, הִיא שׁוֹבְבָתֶךְ; וַתֹּאמְרִי בְלִבֵּךְ, אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֹד. | 10 And thou hast been secure in thy wickedness, thou hast said: 'None seeth me'; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart. 'I am, and there is none else beside me.' |
| יא וּבָא עָלַיִךְ רָעָה, לֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ, וְתִפֹּל עָלַיִךְ הֹוָה, לֹא תוּכְלִי כַּפְּרָהּ; וְתָבֹא עָלַיִךְ פִּתְאֹם שֹׁאָה, לֹא תֵדָעִי. | 11 Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest. |
| יב עִמְדִי-נָא בַחֲבָרַיִךְ וּבְרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ, בַּאֲשֶׁר יָגַעַתְּ מִנְּעוּרָיִךְ; אוּלַי תּוּכְלִי הוֹעִיל, אוּלַי תַּעֲרוֹצִי. | 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. |
| יג נִלְאֵית, בְּרֹב עֲצָתָיִךְ; יַעַמְדוּ-נָא וְיוֹשִׁיעֻךְ הברו הֹבְרֵי שָׁמַיִם, הַחֹזִים בַּכּוֹכָבִים, מוֹדִעִים לֶחֳדָשִׁים, מֵאֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ עָלָיִךְ. | 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee. |
| יד הִנֵּה הָיוּ כְקַשׁ אֵשׁ שְׂרָפָתַם, לֹא-יַצִּילוּ אֶת-נַפְשָׁם מִיַּד לֶהָבָה; אֵין-גַּחֶלֶת לַחְמָם, אוּר לָשֶׁבֶת נֶגְדּוֹ. | 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before. |
| טו כֵּן הָיוּ-לָךְ, אֲשֶׁר יָגָעַתְּ; סֹחֲרַיִךְ מִנְּעוּרַיִךְ, אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֹ תָּעוּ--אֵין, מוֹשִׁיעֵךְ. {ס} | 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured; they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee. {S} |