Lamentations 4
1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
Ah, sungguh pudar emas itu, emas murni itu berubah; batu-batu suci itu terbuang di pojok tiap jalan.
2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
Anak-anak Sion yang berharga, yang setimbang dengan emas tua, sungguh mereka dianggap belanga-belanga tanah buatan tangan tukang periuk.
3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Serigalapun memberikan teteknya dan menyusui anak-anaknya, tetapi puteri bangsaku telah menjadi kejam seperti burung unta di padang pasir.
4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Lidah bayi melekat pada langit-langit karena haus; kanak-kanak meminta roti, tetapi tak seorangpun yang memberi.
5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
Yang biasa makan yang sedap-sedap mati bulur di jalan-jalan; yang biasa duduk di atas bantal kirmizi terbaring di timbunan sampah.
6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
Kedurjanaan puteri bangsaku melebihi dosa Sodom, yang sekejap mata dibongkar-bangkir tanpa ada tangan yang memukulnya.
7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
Pemimpin-pemimpin lebih bersih dari salju dan lebih putih dari susu, tubuh mereka lebih merah dari pada merjan, seperti batu nilam rupa mereka.
8 But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Sekarang rupa mereka lebih hitam dari pada jelaga, mereka tidak dikenal di jalan-jalan, kulit mereka berkerut pada tulang-tulangnya, mengering seperti kayu.
9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
Lebih bahagia mereka yang gugur karena pedang dari pada mereka yang tewas karena lapar, yang merana dan mati sebab tak ada hasil ladang.
10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Dengan tangan sendiri wanita yang lemah lembut memasak kanak-kanak mereka, untuk makanan mereka tatkala runtuh puteri bangsaku.
11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
TUHAN melepaskan segenap amarah-Nya, mencurahkan murka-Nya yang menyala-nyala, dan menyalakan api di Sion, yang memakan dasar-dasarnya.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Tidak percaya raja-raja di bumi, pun seluruh penduduk dunia, bahwa lawan dan seteru dapat masuk ke dalam gapura-gapura Yerusalem.
13 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
Hal itu terjadi oleh sebab dosa nabi-nabinya dan kedurjanaan imam-imamnya yang di tengah-tengahnya mencurahkan darah orang yang tidak bersalah.
14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Mereka terhuyung-huyung seperti orang buta di jalan-jalan, cemar oleh darah, sehingga orang tak dapat menyentuh pakaian mereka.
15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
"Singkir! Najis!", kata orang kepada mereka, "Singkir! Singkir! Jangan sentuh!"; lalu mereka lari dan mengembara, maka berkatalah bangsa-bangsa: "Mereka tak boleh tinggal lebih lama di sini."
16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
TUHAN sendiri mencerai-beraikan mereka, tak mau lagi Ia memandang mereka. Para imam tidak mereka hormati, dan orang-orang tua tidak mereka kasihani.
17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
Selalu mata kami merindukan pertolongan, tetapi sia-sia; dari menara penjagaan kami menanti-nantikan suatu bangsa yang tak dapat menolong.
18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
Mereka mengintai langkah-langkah kami, sehingga kami tak dapat berjalan di lapangan-lapangan kami; akhir hidup kami mendekat, hari-hari kami sudah genap, ya, akhir hidup kami sudah tiba.
19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Pengejar-pengejar kami lebih cepat dari pada burung rajawali di angkasa mereka memburu kami di atas gunung-gunung, menghadang kami di padang gurun.
20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
Orang yang diurapi TUHAN, nafas hidup kami, tertangkap dalam pelubang mereka, dia yang kami sangka: "Dalam naungannya kami akan hidup di antara bangsa-bangsa."
21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Bergembira dan bersukacitalah, hai puteri Edom, engkau yang mendiami tanah Us, juga kepadamu piala akan sampai, engkau akan jadi mabuk lalu menelanjangi dirimu!
22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
Telah hapus kesalahanmu, puteri Sion, tak akan lagi TUHAN membawa engkau ke dalam pembuangan, tetapi kesalahanmu, puteri Edom, akan dibalas-Nya, dan dosa-dosamu akan disingkapkan-Nya.
