Lamentations 2
1 How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.
Ah, betapa Tuhan menyelubungi puteri Sion dengan awan dalam murka-Nya! Keagungan Israel dilemparkan-Nya dari langit ke bumi. Tak diingat-Nya akan tumpuan kaki-Nya tatkala Ia murka.
2 The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.
Tanpa belas kasihan Tuhan memusnahkan segala ladang Yakub. Ia menghancurkan dalam amarah-Nya benteng-benteng puteri Yehuda. Ia mencampakkan ke bumi dan mencemarkan kerajaan dan pemimpin-pemimpinnya.
3 In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.
Dalam murka yang menyala-nyala Ia mematahkan segala tanduk Israel, menarik kembali tangan kanan-Nya pada waktu si seteru mendekat, membakar Yakub laksana api yang menyala-nyala, yang menjilat ke sekeliling.
4 His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.
Ia membidikkan panah-Nya seperti seorang seteru dengan mengacungkan tangan kanan-Nya seperti seorang lawan; membunuh segala yang menyenangkan mata dalam kemah puteri Sion, memuntahkan geram-Nya seperti api.
5 The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.
Tuhan menjadi seperti seorang seteru; Ia menghancurkan Israel, meremukkan segala purinya, mempuingkan benteng-bentengnya, memperbanyak susah dan kesah pada puteri Yehuda.
6 And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.
Ia melanda kemah-Nya seperti kebun, menghancurkan tempat pertemuan-Nya. Di Sion TUHAN menjadikan orang lupa akan perayaan dan sabat, dan menolak dalam kegeraman murka-Nya raja dan imam.
7 The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.
Tuhan membuang mezbah-Nya, meninggalkan tempat kudus-Nya, menyerahkan ke dalam tangan seteru tembok puri-purinya. Teriakan ramai mereka dalam Bait Allah seperti keramaian pada hari perayaan jemaah.
8 It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.
TUHAN telah memutuskan untuk mempuingkan tembok puteri Sion. Ia mengukur semuanya dengan tali pengukur, Ia tak menahan tangan-Nya untuk menghancurkannya. Ia menjadikan berkabung tembok luar dan tembok dalam, mereka merana semua.
9 Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.
Terbenam gapura-gapuranya di dalam tanah; TUHAN menghancurkan dan meluluhkan palang-palang pintunya. Rajanya dan pemimpin-pemimpinnya berada di antara bangsa-bangsa asing. Tak ada petunjuk dari TUHAN, bahkan nabi-nabi tidak menerima lagi wahyu dari pada-Nya.
10 The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
Duduklah tertegun di tanah para tua-tua puteri Sion; mereka menabur abu di atas kepala, dan mengenakan kain kabung. Dara-dara Yerusalem menundukkan kepalanya ke tanah.
11 My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.
Mataku kusam dengan air mata, remuk redam hatiku; hancur habis hatiku karena keruntuhan puteri bangsaku, sebab jatuh pingsan kanak-kanak dan bayi di lapangan-lapangan kota.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.
Kepada ibunya mereka bertanya: "Mana roti dan anggur?", sedang mereka jatuh pingsan seperti orang yang gugur di lapangan-lapangan kota, ketika menghembuskan nafas di pangkuan ibunya.
13 What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?
Apa yang dapat kunyatakan kepadamu, dengan apa aku dapat menyamakan engkau, ya puteri Yerusalem? Dengan apa aku dapat membandingkan engkau untuk dihibur, ya dara, puteri Sion? Karena luas bagaikan laut reruntuhanmu; siapa yang akan memulihkan engkau?
14 The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.
Nabi-nabimu melihat bagimu penglihatan yang dusta dan hampa. Mereka tidak menyatakan kesalahanmu, guna memulihkan engkau kembali. Mereka mengeluarkan bagimu ramalan-ramalan yang dusta dan menyesatkan.
15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
Sekalian orang yang lewat bertepuk tangan karena engkau. Mereka bersuit-suit dan menggelengkan kepalanya mengenai puteri Yerusalem: "Inikah kota yang disebut orang kota yang paling indah, kesukaan dunia semesta?"
16 All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
Terhadap engkau semua seterumu mengangakan mulutnya. Mereka bersuit-suit dan menggertakkan gigi: "Kami telah memusnahkannya!", kata mereka, "Nah, inilah harinya yang kami nanti-nantikan, kami mengalaminya, kami melihatnya!"
17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.
TUHAN telah menjalankan yang dirancangkan-Nya, Ia melaksanakan yang difirmankan-Nya, yang diperintahkan-Nya dahulu kala; Ia merusak tanpa belas kasihan, Ia menjadikan si seteru senang atas kamu, Ia meninggikan tanduk lawan-lawanmu.
18 Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.
Berteriaklah kepada Tuhan dengan nyaring, hai, puteri Sion, cucurkanlah air mata bagaikan sungai siang dan malam; janganlah kauberikan dirimu istirahat, janganlah matamu tenang!
19 Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.
Bangunlah, mengeranglah pada malam hari, pada permulaan giliran jaga malam; curahkanlah isi hatimu bagaikan air di hadapan Tuhan, angkatlah tanganmu kepada-Nya demi hidup anak-anakmu, yang jatuh pingsan karena lapar di ujung-ujung jalan!
20 Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?
Lihatlah, TUHAN, dan tiliklah, kepada siapakah Engkau telah berbuat ini? Apakah perempuan harus makan anak kandungnya, anak-anak yang masih dibuai? Apakah dalam tempat kudus Tuhan harus dibunuh imam dan nabi?
21 The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.
Terbaring di debu jalan pemuda dan orang tua; dara-daraku dan teruna-terunaku gugur oleh pedang; Engkau membunuh mereka tatkala Engkau murka, tanpa belas kasihan Engkau menyembelih mereka!
22 As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.
Seolah-olah pada hari perayaan Engkau mengundang semua yang kutakuti dari sekeliling. Tatkala TUHAN murka tak ada seorang yang luput atau selamat. Mereka yang kubuai dan kubesarkan dibinasakan seteruku.
