विलाप 1:18
अब यरूशलेमले भन्छे, “मैले परमप्रभुको आदेश उल्लंघन गरें। यसर्थ परमप्रभुलाई ती कुराहरू गर्ने अधिकार छ। यसकारण तिमीहरू सबैले सुने। हेर मेरा पीडाहरू। मेरा सबै तरूणी र तन्देरिहरूलाई कैदी बनाइयो।
| The Lord | צַדִּ֥יק | ṣaddîq | tsa-DEEK |
| is righteous; | ה֛וּא | hûʾ | hoo |
| for | יְהוָ֖ה | yĕhwâ | yeh-VA |
| rebelled have I | כִּ֣י | kî | kee |
| against his commandment: | פִ֣יהוּ | pîhû | FEE-hoo |
| hear, | מָרִ֑יתִי | mārîtî | ma-REE-tee |
| I pray you, | שִׁמְעוּ | šimʿû | sheem-OO |
| all | נָ֣א | nāʾ | na |
| people, | כָל | kāl | hahl |
| and behold | עַמִּ֗ים | ʿammîm | ah-MEEM |
| my sorrow: | וּרְאוּ֙ | ûrĕʾû | oo-reh-OO |
| my virgins | מַכְאֹבִ֔י | makʾōbî | mahk-oh-VEE |
| men young my and | בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י | bĕtûlōtay | beh-too-loh-TAI |
| are gone | וּבַחוּרַ֖י | ûbaḥûray | oo-va-hoo-RAI |
| into captivity. | הָלְכ֥וּ | holkû | hole-HOO |
| בַשֶּֽׁבִי׃ | baššebî | va-SHEH-vee |