Klagesangene 2
1 Hvorledes har Herren indhyllet Zions Datter med Mørke i sin Vrede? han har kastet Israels Herlighed fra Himmelen til Jorden, og han kom ikke sine Fødders Fodskammel i Hu paa sin Vredes Dag.
How hath the Lord in his anger covered with a cloud the daughter of Zion! He hath cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
2 Herren har opslugt og ikke sparet nogen af Jakobs Boliger, han har nedbrudt Judas Datters Befæstninger i sin Fortørnelse, han har nedkastet dem til Jorden; han har vanhelliget Riget og dets Fyrster.
Lord hath swallowed up without pity all the habitations of Jacob; He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought down to the ground, he hath profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 Han har afhugget hvert Horn i Israel i sin brændende Vrede, han har draget sin højre Haand tilbage over for Fjenden; og der brændte i Jakob som en Ildslue, den har fortæret trindt omkring.
He hath cut off, in his fierce anger, every horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from the face of the enemy, And hath burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 Han har spændt sin Bue som en Fjende, han har stillet sig med sin højre Haand som en Modstander og har ihjelslaget alle dem, som vare en Lyst for Øjnene; han udøste sin Harme i Zions Datters Paulun som en Ild.
He bent his bow like an enemy; He stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye; Upon the tent of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire.
5 Herren er bleven som en Fjende, han har opslugt Israel, han har opslugt alle dens Paladser, ødelagt dens Befæstninger og voldet Judas Datter megen Sorg og Bedrøvelse.
The Lord is become as an enemy; he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all his palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds; And hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 Og han har med Vold nedrevet sit Gærde som en Haves, forstyrret sin Festforsamling; Herren har ladet Festforsamling og Sabbat glemmes i Zion og foragtet Konge og Præst i sin Vredes Heftighed.
He hath violently torn away his hedge, like the hedge of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of congregation; Jehovah hath caused the solemn feast and the sabbath to be forgotten in Zion; He hath despised, in his fierce anger, the king and the priest.
7 Herren har forkastet sit Alter, ringeagtet sin Helligdom, overgivet dens Paladsers Mure i Fjendens Haand; man opløftede en Røst i Herrens Hus, som var det en Festforsamlings Dag.
The Lord hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his holy place; He hath given up into the hands of the enemy the walls of Zion's palaces; They have lifted up the voice in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn feast.
8 Herren har besluttet at ødelægge Zions Datters Mur, han har udstrakt en Maalesnor; han har ikke draget sin Haand tilbage fra Ødelæggelsen; og han lod Værn og Mur sørge; sammensunkne ligge de begge.
Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He hath made the rampart and the wall to lament; They languish together.
9 Hendes Porte sank i Jorden, han ødelagde og sønderbrød hendes Portstænger; hendes Konger og hendes Fyrster ere iblandt Hedningerne; der er ingen Lov, selv hendes Profeter finde ikke Syn fra Herren.
Her gates are sunk into the earth; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more; Her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.
10 Zions Datters Ældste sidde paa Jorden, de ere tavse; de kastede Støv over deres Hoved, iførte sig Sæk; Jerusalems Jomfruer sænkede deres Hoved ned imod Jorden.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground in silence; They have cast dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine Øjne forsmægte af Graad, mine Indvolde syde, min Lever er udgydt paa Jorden formedelst mit Folks Datters Ødelæggelse, idet de spæde og diende Børn vansmægte paa Stadens Gader.
Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels boil; My liver is poured out upon the ground on account of the destruction of the daughter of my people; For the children and sucklings faint in the streets of the city.
12 De sige til deres Mødre: Hvor er Korn og Vin? idet de vansmægte som saarede paa Stadens Gader, idet de udaande deres Sjæl i deres Moders Skød.
They say to their mothers, “Where is corn and wine?” While they faint, as one wounded, in the streets of the city; While their life is poured out into their mother's bosom.
13 Hvad skal jeg vidne for dig, hvorved skal jeg ligne dig, Jerusalems Datter? hvad skal jeg agte dig lig, at jeg kan trøste dig, du Jomfru, Zions Datter? thi din Ødelæggelse er stor som Havet; hvo kan læge dig?
How shall I address thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare thee, so as to comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? Surely thy breach is wide, like the sea; who can heal thee?
14 Dine Profeter havde tomme og daarlige Syner angaaende dig, og de aabenbarede ikke din Misgerning, saa at de afvendte dit Fangenskab; men deres Syner om dig vare tomme Spaadomme og Forførelse.
Thy prophets declare to thee that which is vain and false; They lay not open to thee thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity; They pronounce to thee prophecies of falsehood and seduction.
15 Alle de, som gaa forbi ad Vejen, klappe i Hænderne over dig, de spotte og ryste med deres Hoved over Jerusalems Datter: Er det den Stad, hvilken man sagde at være hel dejlig, al Jordens Glæde?
All that that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss, and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?”
16 Alle dine Fjender opspile deres Mund imod dig, de spotte og skære Tænder; de sige: Vi have opslugt den; dette er kun den Dag, som vi biede efter, vi have fundet, vi have set det.
All thine enemies open their mouths against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; They say: “We have swallowed her up; Yea, this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.”
17 Herren har gjort det, som han havde besluttet, han har udført sit Ord, som han fra gamle Dage havde befalet, han har nedbrudt og ikke sparet; og han lod Fjenden glæde sig over dig, han ophøjede dine Modstanderes Horn.
Jehovah hath accomplished that which he had devised; He hath fulfilled his word, which he had commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down and hath not pitied; He hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Deres Hjerte raabte til Herren: O Zions Datters Mur! lad Taarerne strømme ned som en Bæk Dag og Nat, giv dig ingen Hvile, lad din Øjesten ikke være rolig!
Their heart crieth out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let thy tears run down like a river day and night! Give thyself no rest! let not the apple of thine eye cease!
19 Staa op, raab højt om Natten, med Begyndelsen af Nattevagterne, udøs dit Hjerte som Vand for Herrens Ansigt; opløft dine Hænder til ham for dine spæde Børns Liv; thi de vansmægte af Hunger paa alle Gadehjørner.
Arise, cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the watches! Pour out thy heart like water before the face of Jehovah! Lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy young children, That faint for hunger at the head of all the streets!
20 Herre! se og sku, hvem du har handlet saaledes med; mon Kvinder skulle æde deres Livsfrugt, de spæde Børn, som man bærer paa Hænderne? mon Præst og Profet skulle ihjelslaas i Herrens Helligdom?
“Behold, O Jehovah, and consider! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Shall women eat the fruit of the womb, children borne in the arms? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the holy place of the Lord?
21 Der ligger paa Jorden i Gaderne ung og gammel, mine Jomfruer og mine unge Karle ere faldne for Sværdet; du ihjelslog paa din Vredes Dag, du slagtede, du sparede ikke.
“The boy and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; Thou hast killed, and hast shown no mercy.
22 Du kalder som til en Festforsamlings Dag Rædsler over mig trindt omkring fra, og der er ingen, som undkom eller blev tilovers paa Herrens Vredes Dag; dem, som jeg havde baaret paa Hænderne og opdraget, dem har min Fjende gjort Ende paa.
“Thou hast called, as on a festal day, my terrors around me; There was not one, in the day of Jehovah's anger, that escaped or was left; Those whom I have borne in my arms and brought up hath my enemy consumed.”
