Tužaljke 5
1 Spomeni se, Jahve, što nas je snašlo, pogledaj, vidi sramotu našu!
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Baština naša pade u ruke strancima, domovi naši pripadoše tuđincima.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 Siročad smo: oca nemamo, majke su nam kao udovice.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 Vodu što pijemo plaćamo novcem, i za drvo valja nam platiti.
We drank our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
5 Jaram nam je o vratu, gone nas, iscrpljeni smo, ne daju nam predahnuti.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 Pružamo ruke k Egiptu i Asiriji da se kruha nasitimo.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Oci naši zgriješiše i više ih nema, a mi nosimo krivice njihove.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Robovi nama zapovijedaju, a nitko da nas izbavi iz ruku njihovih.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 Kruh svoj donosimo izlažući život maču u pustinji.
We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Koža nam gori kao peć užarena, ognjicom od plamena gladi.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 Oskvrnuli su žene na Sionu i djevice u gradovima judejskim.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Svojim su rukama vješali knezove, ni lica staračka nisu poštivali.
Princes are hanged by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 Mladići su nosili žrvnjeve, djeca padala pod bremenom drva.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 Starci su ostavili vrata, mladići više ne sviraju na lirama.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 Radosti nesta iz naših srdaca, naš ples se pretvori u tugovanje.
The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 Pao je vijenac s naše glave, jao nama što zgriješismo!
The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!
17 Evo zašto nam srce boluje, evo zašto nam oči se zastiru:
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18 zato što Gora sionska opustje i po njoj se šuljaju šakali.
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Ali ti, Jahve, ostaješ zauvijek, tvoj je prijesto od koljena do koljena.
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Zašto da nas zaboraviš zauvijek, da nas ostaviš za mnoge dane?
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Vrati nas k sebi, Jahve, obratit ćemo se, obnovi dane naše kao što nekoć bijahu.
Turn thou us to thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 Il' nas hoćeš sasvim zabaciti i na nas se beskrajno srditi?
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very angry with us.
