## Aramaic Targum to Lamentations Chapter 5

###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:1
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:1)

הֲוֵי דְכִיר יְיָ מַה דְאִתְגָּזַר לְמֶהֱוֵי לָנָא אִסְתַּכֵּל מִן שְׁמַיָּא וַחֲזֵי יָת כְּסוּפָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Remember, O Lord, what**was decreed **to befall us; look**from heaven **and see our disgrace.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:2
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:2)

אַחֲסַנְתָּנָא אִתְהַפְּכַת לְחִלּוֹנָאֵי בֵּיתָנָא לְעַמִין נוּכְרָאִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our house to foreign peoples.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:3
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:3)

הֲוֵינָן מְתִילִין לְיַתְמִין דְלֵית לְהוֹן אַבָּא אִמְהָתָנָא כְאַרְמְלָן דַאֲזָלוּ גַבְרֵיהוֹן בְּקִרְוֵי יַמָּא וּמְסַפְּקָא לְהוֹן אִם אִינוּן קַיָּימִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**We have become**like **orphans who have no father, our mothers like widows**whose husbands have gone into the cities of the sea and it is uncertain if they are alive.


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:4
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:4)

מֵימָנָא בְּכַסְפָּא שְׁתֵינָא קִיסָנָא בְדָמִין יֵיתוּן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**We drink our water for money and our wood comes at a price.<b>**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:5
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:5)

עַל פִּירְקַת צַוְורָנָא אִטְעֲנָנָא כַּד הֲוֵינָא אָזְלִין בְּשִׁבְיָתָא חֲמָא נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר רַשִּׁיעָא סַרְכַיָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאָזְלִין רֵיקָנִין פַּקֵּיד לְחַיָיטָא סִפְרֵי אוֹרַיְתָא וּלְמֶעְבַּד מִנְהוֹן גוֹאַלְקָן וּמַלִּיאוּ יָתְהוֹן מִן פְּרִידָא דִּי עַל סְפַר פְּרָת וּטְעָן יָתְהוֹן עַל צַוְורֵיהוֹן וּבֵי הִיא זִימְנָא לָעֵינָא וְלָא הֲוַת נְיָחָא לָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Upon**the bone of **our necks we were laden**when we went into exile. The wicked Nebuchadnezzar saw that the commanders of the Israelites were going without any load and he ordered that they sew Torah scrolls and make sacks out of them. And they filled them with pebbles from the edge of the Euphrates and they loaded them upon their necks. At that time **we were tired and there was no rest for us.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:6
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:6)

מִצְרַיִים יְהַבְנָא סְטַר (בת"ק סְעַד) לְאִתְפַּרְנְסָא תַמָּן וּלְאָתוּר לְמִסְבַּע לַחֲמָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**We gave support to Egypt**so that we might be sustained there and to **Assyria so that we might have enough bread.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:7
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:7)

אַבְהָתָנָא חָבוּ וְלֵיתְהוֹן בְּעַלְמָא וְנַחְנָא בַתְרֵיהוֹן עִוְיַיתְהוֹן סוֹבַרְנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Our fathers sinned and are no longer**in the world, but **we have borne their iniquities**after them.


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:8
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:8)

בְּנוֹי דְחָם דְאִתְיְהִיבוּ עַבְדִין לִבְנוֹי דְשֵׁם אִינוּן שַׁלִּיטוּ בָּנָא פָרִיק לֵית מִיֶּדְהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
The sons of Ham, who were given as **slaves** to the sons of Shem, **ruled over us and there was no one to deliver us from their hands.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:9
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:9)

בְּסַכְּנַת נַפְשָׁנָא נַיְיתָא לְחֵם פַּרְנָסוּתָנָא מִן קֳדָם קְטוֹל דְחַרְבָּא דְאָתֵי מִן סְטַר מַדְבְּרָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**At**the risk **of our lives we gather bread**to sustain us **from before the**slaying **sword**that comes from across **the wilderness.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:10
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:10)

מַשְׁכָנָא הֵיךְ תַּנּוּרָא אִתְקַדְרוּ מִן קֳדָם מַפַּח כַּפְנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Our skin has become black like an oven, because of the exhaustion of starvation.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:11
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:11)

נְשַׁיָּא דַהֲווּ נְסִיבָן לִגְבַר בְּצִיּוֹן אִתְעַנִּיאוּ מִן אֲרַמָאֵי וּבְתוּלְתַּיָא בְּקִירְוֵי יְהוּדָה מִן כַּשְׂדָאֵי:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Women**who were married to men **in Zion were raped**by Romans **and virgins in the cities of Judah**by Chaldeans.


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:12
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:12)

רַבְרְבָנִין בִּדֵיהוֹלֹ אִצְטְלִיבוּ אַפֵּי סָבַיָּא לָא סָבָרוּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Princes were impaled by their hands and the faces of the elders they did not respect.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:13
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:13)

רוֹבִין רֵיחַיָּא נְטָלוּ וְטָלַיָּא בִּצְלִיבַת קֵיסָא תְקַלּוּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The young men carried millstones; and the boys staggered under**the beam of **wood.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:14
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:14)

סָבַיָּא מִתְּרַע סַנְהֶדְרִין אִתְבַּטְלוּ וְרוֹבִין מִן בֵּית זְמָרֵיהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The elders ceased from the gates**of the Sanhedrin;**and the young men from their**houses of **music.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:15
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:15)

בְּטִילַת חֶדְוַת לִבְבָנָא אִיתְהַפִּיךְ לְאֶבְלָא חִינוּגָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has turned into mourning.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:16
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:16)

נְפָּלַת כְּלִילָא דְרֵישָׁנָא וַוי לָנָא אֲרוּם חַבְנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The crown of our head has fallen; Woe to us! for we have sinned.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:17
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:17)

עַל דֵין בֵּית מוּקְדְּשָׁא דְאִצְתְּדֵי הֲוָה חָלִישׁ לִבְבָנָא וְעַל אִלֵּין עַמָּא בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאָזְלוּ בְּגָלוּתָא מִתַּמָּן הֲווּ חֲשִׁיכַן עֵינָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Because of**our Temple, which is desolate, **our heart was weak. And because of these**people of the House of Israel who went into exile from there **our eyes have become dim.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:18
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:18)

עַל טוּרָא דְצִיּוֹן דְהוּא צָדֵי תַעֲלִין הֲלִיכוּ בֵיהּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Because of Mount Zion which is desolate; foxes prowled on it.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:19
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:19)

אַתְּ הוּא יְיָ לַעֲלַם בֵּית מוֹתְבָךְ בְּשְׁמֵי מְרוֹמָא כּוּרְסֵי יְקָרָךְ לְדָרֵי דָרַיָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**You are the Lord. Forever your dwelling**place is in the heavenly heights. **Your**glorious **throne is from generation to generation.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:20
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:20)

לָמָּה לְעַלְמִין תַּשְׁלִינָנָא תִּשְׁבְּקִינָנָא לְאוֹרִיכוּת יוֹמִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Will you forget us forever and forsake us for a long time?**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:21
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:21)

אָתֵיב יְיָ יָתָנָא לְוָתָךְ וְנִיתּוּב בִּתְיוּבְתָּא שְׁלֵימְתָּא תְּחַדֵּת יוֹמָנָא לְטָב כִּזְמַן יוֹמַיָּא טָבַיָּא דַהֲווֹ מִלְקַדְמִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Restore us, O Lord, to yourself and we will return** in complete repentance. **May you renew our days**for good **as**the festival days **of old**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:22
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/5:22)

אֲרוּם אֱלָהֵן מִיקָץ תֵּיקוּץ בָּנָא רְגִיזְתָּא עֲלָנָא עַד לַחֲדָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**For you have utterly loathed us; you have been extremely angry with us.** ***Restore us, O Lord, to yourself and we will return** in complete repentance. **May you renew our days**for good **as**the festival days **of old***