Lamentations 1
1 See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!
Ah, betapa terpencilnya kota itu, yang dahulu ramai! Laksana seorang jandalah ia, yang dahulu agung di antara bangsa-bangsa. Yang dahulu ratu di antara kota-kota, sekarang menjadi jajahan.
2 She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.
Pada malam hari tersedu-sedu ia menangis, air matanya bercucuran di pipi; dari semua kekasihnya, tak ada seorangpun yang menghibur dia. Semua temannya mengkhianatinya, mereka menjadi seterunya.
3 Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work; her living-place is among the nations, there is no rest for her: all her attackers have overtaken her in a narrow place.
Yehuda telah ditinggalkan penduduknya karena sengsara dan karena perbudakan yang berat; ia tinggal di tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa, namun tidak mendapat ketenteraman; siapa saja yang menyerang dapat memasukinya pada saat ia terdesak.
4 The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.
Jalan-jalan ke Sion diliputi dukacita, karena pengunjung-pengunjung perayaan tiada; sunyi senyaplah segala pintu gerbangnya, berkeluh kesahlah imam-imamnya; bersedih pedih dara-daranya; dan dia sendiri pilu hatinya.
5 Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.
Lawan-lawan menguasainya, seteru-seterunya berbahagia. Sungguh, TUHAN membuatnya merana, karena banyak pelanggarannya; kanak-kanaknya berjalan di depan lawan sebagai tawanan.
6 And all her glory has gone from the daughter of Zion: her rulers have become like harts with no place for food, and they have gone in flight without strength before the attacker.
Lenyaplah dari puteri Sion segala kemuliaannya; pemimpin-pemimpinnya bagaikan rusa yang tidak menemukan padang rumput; mereka berjalan tanpa daya di depan yang mengejarnya.
7 Jerusalem keeps in mind, in the days of her sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things which were hers in days gone by; when her people came into the power of her hater and she had no helper, her attackers saw their desire effected on her and made sport of her destruction.
Terkenanglah Yerusalem, pada hari-hari sengsara dan penderitaannya, akan segala harta benda yang dimilikinya dahulu kala; tatkala penduduknya jatuh ke tangan lawan, dan tak ada penolong baginya, para lawan memandangnya, dan tertawa karena keruntuhannya.
8 Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.
Yerusalem sangat berdosa, sehingga najis adanya; semua yang dahulu menghormatinya, sekarang menghinanya, karena melihat telanjangnya; dan dia sendiri berkeluh kesah, dan memalingkan mukanya.
9 In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up.
Kenajisannya melekat pada ujung kainnya; ia tak berpikir akan akhirnya, sangatlah dalam ia jatuh, tiada orang yang menghiburnya. "Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah sengsaraku, karena si seteru membesarkan dirinya!"
10 The hand of her hater is stretched out over all her desired things; for she has seen that the nations have come into her holy place, about whom you gave orders that they were not to come into the meeting of your people.
Si lawan mengulurkan tangannya kepada segala harta bendanya; bahkan harus dilihatnya bagaimana bangsa-bangsa masuk ke dalam tempat kudusnya, padahal Engkau, ya TUHAN, telah melarang mereka untuk masuk jemaah-Mu.
11 Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.
Berkeluh kesah seluruh penduduknya, sedang mereka mencari roti; harta benda mereka berikan ganti makanan, untuk menyambung hidupnya. "Lihatlah, ya TUHAN, pandanglah, betapa hina aku ini!
12 Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.
Acuh tak acuhkah kamu sekalian yang berlalu? Pandanglah dan lihatlah, apakah ada kesedihan seperti kesedihan yang ditimpakan TUHAN kepadaku, untuk membuat aku merana tatkala murka-Nya menyala-nyala!
13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.
Dari atas dikirim-Nya api masuk ke dalam tulang-tulangku; dihamparkan-Nya jaring di muka kakiku, didesak-Nya aku mundur; aku dibuat-Nya terkejut, kesakitan sepanjang hari.
14 A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.
Segala pelanggaranku adalah kuk yang berat, suatu jalinan yang dibuat tangan Tuhan, yang ditaruh di atas tengkukku, sehingga melumpuhkan kekuatanku; Tuhan telah menyerahkan aku ke tangan orang-orang, yang tidak dapat kutentangi.
15 The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.
Tuhan membuang semua pahlawanku yang ada dalam lingkunganku; Ia menyelenggarakan pesta menentang aku untuk membinasakan teruna-terunaku; Tuhan telah menginjak-injak puteri Yehuda, dara itu, seperti orang mengirik memeras anggur.
16 For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.
Karena inilah aku menangis, mataku mencucurkan air; karena jauh dari padaku penghibur yang dapat menyegarkan jiwaku; bingunglah anak-anakku, karena terlampau kuat si seteru."
17 Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of Jacob round about him: Jerusalem has become like an unclean thing among them.
Sion mengulurkan tangannya, tetapi tak ada orang yang menghiburnya; terhadap Yakub dikerahkan TUHAN tetangga-tetangganya sebagai lawan. Yerusalem telah menjadi najis di tengah-tengah mereka.
18 The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners.
"Tuhanlah yang benar, karena aku telah memberontak terhadap firman-Nya; dengarlah hai segala bangsa, dan lihatlah kesedihanku; dara-daraku dan teruna-terunaku pergi sebagai tawanan.
19 I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.
Aku memanggil kekasih-kekasihku, tetapi mereka memperdayakan aku; imam-imamku dan para tua-tuaku telah mati semuanya di kota, tatkala mencari makan bagi dirinya untuk menyambung hidupnya.
20 See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.
Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah, betapa besar ketakutanku, betapa gelisah jiwaku; hatiku terbolak-balik di dalam dadaku, karena sudah melampaui batas aku memberontak; di luar keturunanku dibinasakan oleh pedang, di dalam rumah oleh penyakit sampar.
21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.
Dengarlah bagaimana keluh kesahku, sedang tiada penghibur bagiku; seteru-seteruku mendengar tentang kecelakaanku, mereka gembira karena Engkau yang mendatangkannya! Datanglah kiranya hari yang telah Engkau umumkan itu, dan biarlah mereka menjadi seperti aku!
22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.
Biarlah segala kejahatan mereka datang ke hadapan-Mu, dan perbuatlah kepada mereka, seperti Engkau telah perbuat kepadaku oleh karena segala pelanggaranku; karena banyaklah keluh kesahku, dan pedih hatiku."
