קינות לליל תשעה באב 4

שֹׁמְרוֹן קוֹל תִּתֵּן:

Samaria (the ten tribes of Israel) calls forth

"מְצָאוּנִי עֲוֹנַי! לְאֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת יְצָאוּנִי בָנַי!"

“Poverty has befallen me, my children have left for another land!”

וְאָהֳלִיבָה תִּזְעַק:

And Oholiva (Jerusalem) cries out:

"נִשְׂרְפוּ אַרְמוֹנַי!" וַתֹּאמֶר צִיּוֹן: "עֲזָבַנִי יְיָ!"

“My palace is burnt down!” And Zion says: “The Lord has abandoned me!”

"לֹא לָךְ, אָהֳלִיבָה, חֲשׁׂב עָנְיֵךְ כְּעָנְיִי. הֲתַמְשִׁילִי שִׁבְרֵךְ (נ"א: חָלְיֵיךְ) לְשִׁבְרִי וּלְחָלְיִי?!

You cannot compare yourself to me, Oholiva. Look at my complete desolation; can your decline be compared to my collapse?

אֲנִי אָהֳלָה סוּרָה בָּגַדְתִּי בְקָשְׁיִי, וְקָם עָלַי כַּחֲשִׁי וְעָנָה בִי מֶרְיִי,

I, Ohola, who was severely betrayed and whose sins arose against me,

וּלְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים שִׁלַּמְתִּי נִשְׁיִי, וְתִגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר אָכַל אֶת פִּרְיִי,

and in a few days I paid my debt but the King of Assyria devoured my kingdom (fruits).

חֶמְדָּתִי פָּשַׁט וְהִצִּיל אֶת עֶדְיִי, וְלַחֲלַח וְחָבוֹר נָשָׂא אֶת שִׁבְיִי.

He greedly stripped me of my jewels and carried me off into captivity to Halah and Habor.

דֹּמִי, אָהֳלִיבָה, וְאַל תִּבְכִּי כְּבִכְיִי.! שְׁנָתַיִךְ אָרְכוּ, וְלֹא אָרְכוּ שָׁנַי!" ואהליבה:

So be still Oholiva, do not weep as I do! For the length of time you suffer will not be as long as mine. And Oholiva cried out: ......

מְשִׁיבָה אָהֳלִיבָה:

Oholiva responded:

"אֲנִי כֵן נֶעֱקַשְׁתִּי, וּבְאַלּוּף נְעוּרַי כְּאָהֳלָה בָּגַדְתִּי.

I also was stubborn and lead my youths in idolatory.

דֹּמִי, אָהֳלָה, כִּי יְגוֹנִי זָכַרְתִּי! נָדַדְתְּ אַתְּ אַחַת, וְרַבּוֹת נָדַדְתִּי.

Be still Samaria, as I recall my grief! You strayed away but once but I strayed many times.

הִנֵּה, בְּיַד הַכַּשְׂדִּים פַּעֲמַיִם נִלְכַּדְתִּי, וּשְׁבִיָּה עֲנִיָּה לְבָבֶל יָרַדְתִּי,

I was captured twice into the hands of the Chaldeans and as a poor captive descended to Babylon.

וְנִשְׂרַף הַהֵיכָל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ נִכְבַּדְתִּי, וּלְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בְּבָבֶל נִפְקַדְתִּי,

And the Temple of which I was so proud was burnt down, and for seventy years I exiled in Babylon.

וְשַׁבְתִּי לְצִיּוֹן עוֹד וְהֵיכָל יָסַדְתִּי, גַּם זֹאת הַפַּעַם מְעַט לֹא עָמַדְתִּי,

Then I again returned to Zion and my Temple was re-established but I was there for only a short time.

עַד לְקָחַנִי אֱדוֹם וְכִמְעַט אָבַדְתִּי, וְעַל כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת נָפְצוּ הֲמוֹנַי! ואהליבה:

For Rome seized me and I was almost destroyed, and my masses were dispersed to other Lands. And Oholiva cried out: ......

הַחוֹמֵל עַל דַּל,

He who has compassion for the poor,

חֲמֹל עַל דַּלּוּתָם, וּרְאֵה שׁוֹמְמוּתָם וְאֹרֶךְ גָּלוּתָם!

take pity on their plight and sees their desolation and the length of their exile.

אַל תִּקְצֹף עַד מְאֹד, וּרְאֵה שִׁפְלוּתָם,

Be not exceedingly angry but see how lowly they have become

וְאַל לָעַד תִּזְכֹּר עֲוֹנָם וְסִכְלוּתָם!

and don’t remember their foolish sins.

רְפָא נָא אֶת שִׁבְרָם, וְנַחֵם אֲבֵלוּתָם,

Please heal the fracture of exile and comfort them in their grief,

כִּי אַתָּה שִׂבְרָם וְאַתָּה אֱיָלוּתָם!

for You are their hope and their strength.

חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כִּימֵי קַדְמוֹנַי, כְּנָאֳמֶךָ: "בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְיָ"!

renew our days as of old; as You have declared “The LORD shall rebuild Jerusalem”!