Lamentations 4
1 How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.
¡Cómo se ha oscurecido el oro! ¡Cómo el oro fino perdió su valor! Dispersas están las piedras del Santuario en las esquinas de todas las calles.
2 The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!
Los nobles hijos de Sión, estimados como oro puro, ¡cómo son tenidos por vasos de barro, obra de manos de alfarero!
3 Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.
Aun los chacales dan la teta y amamantan a sus cachorros; la hija de mi pueblo se muestra cruel como los avestruces del desierto.
4 The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
La lengua del niño de pecho, de sed se pega al paladar; los pequeñuelos piden pan, y no hay quien se lo reparta.
5 Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Los que comían manjares delicados, perecen por las calles; abrazan el estiércol los que se criaron entre púrpura.
6 For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.
La maldad de la hija de mi pueblo es mayor que el pecado de Sodoma, que fue destruida en un momento, sin que nadie pusiera en ella la mano.
7 Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:
Brillaban sus príncipes más que la nieve, eran más blancos que la leche, y sus cuerpos más rojos que el coral; un zafiro era su talle.
8 Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.
Ahora su aspecto es más oscuro que la misma oscuridad; no se los reconoce en las calles; su piel se les pega a los huesos, seca como un palo.
9 Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
Más dichosos son los traspasados por la espada que los muertos de hambre, que mueren extenuados por falta de los frutos del campo.
10 The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Las manos de las mujeres, de suyo, compasivas, cuecen a sus propios hijos; les sirven de comida entre las ruinas de la hija de mi pueblo.
11 The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.
Yahvé ha apurado su furor, derramando su ardiente ira; encendió en Sión un fuego que ha devorado sus fundamentos.
12 To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.
No creían los reyes de la tierra, ni cuantos habitan el orbe, que el adversario, el enemigo, entraría por las puertas de Jerusalén.
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.
(Entraron en ella) a causa de los pecados de sus profetas, y de las culpas de sus sacerdotes, que en medio de ella derramaron la sangre de los justos.
14 They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
Erraban por las calles, como ciegos manchados de sangre, y no se podía tocar sus vestidos.
15 Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.
¡Apartaos! ¡Un inmundo!, les gritaban. ¡Apartaos, apartaos! ¡No toquéis! Cuando huyendo vagaron errantes, los paganos decían: “No han de demorar (entre nosotros).”
16 The face of the Lord has sent them in all directions; he will no longer take care of them: they had no respect for the priests, they gave no honour to the old men.
El rostro de Yahvé los ha dispersado, no volverá a mirarlos, pues no respetaban a los sacerdotes, y nadie se compadecía de los ancianos.
17 Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Nuestros ojos desfallecían esperando en vano nuestro socorro; desde nuestra atalaya buscábamos con nuestras miradas un pueblo que no pudo salvar.
18 They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.
Espiaban nuestros pasos, impidiéndonos pasar por nuestras plazas. Se acercó nuestro fin, se cumplieron nuestros días; porque nuestro fin ha llegado.
19 Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
Más veloces que las águilas del cielo, eran nuestros perseguidores; nos perseguían por los montes, nos armaban emboscadas en el desierto.
20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
El espíritu de nuestro rostro, el ungido de Yahvé, fue tornado preso en los hoyos de ellos; y nosotros decíamos que bajo su sombra viviríamos entre las naciones.
21 Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
Aunque prorrumpes en júbilo y te gozas, hija de Edom, que habitas en la tierra de Us; también a ti llegará el cáliz, y embriagada te desnudarás.
22 The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.
Hija de Sión, tiene su término tu iniquidad; Él no volverá a llevarte al cautiverio; pero castigará tu iniquidad, oh hija de Edom, pondrá al descubierto tus pecados.
