Lamentations 1
1 ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.
Eh quoi! Elle est assise solitaire, cette ville si peuplée! Elle est semblable à une veuve! Grande entre les nations, souveraine parmi les états, Elle est réduite à la servitude!
2 BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and they have become her enemies.
Elle pleure durant la nuit, et ses joues sont couvertes de larmes; De tous ceux qui l’aimaient nul ne la console; Tous ses amis lui sont devenus infidèles, Ils sont devenus ses ennemis.
3 GHIMEL. Judah has migrated because of affliction and great servitude. She has lived among the nations and not found rest. All of her persecutors have apprehended her, amid torments.
Juda est en exil, victime de l’oppression et d’une grande servitude; Il habite au milieu des nations, Et il n’y trouve point de repos; Tous ses persécuteurs l’ont surpris dans l’angoisse.
4 DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.
Les chemins de Sion sont dans le deuil, car on ne va plus aux fêtes; Toutes ses portes sont désertes, Ses sacrificateurs gémissent, Ses vierges sont affligées, et elle est remplie d’amertume.
5 HE. Her enemies have been made her leaders; her adversaries have been enriched. For the Lord has spoken against her, because of the multitude of her iniquities. Her little ones have been led into captivity before the face of the tribulator.
Ses oppresseurs triomphent, ses ennemis sont en paix; Car l’Éternel l’a humiliée, A cause de la multitude de ses péchés; Ses enfants ont marché captifs devant l’oppresseur.
6 VAU. And all her elegance has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her leaders have become like rams that cannot find pasture, and they have gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.
La fille de Sion a perdu toute sa gloire; Ses chefs sont comme des cerfs Qui ne trouvent point de pâture, Et qui fuient sans force devant celui qui les chasse.
7 ZAIN. Jerusalem has remembered the days of her affliction and the betrayal of all her desirable ones, whom she held from the days of antiquity, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and there was no one to be a helper. The enemies have looked upon her and mocked her Sabbaths.
Aux jours de sa détresse et de sa misère, Jérusalem s’est souvenue De tous les biens dès longtemps son partage, Quand son peuple est tombé sans secours sous la main de l’oppresseur; Ses ennemis l’ont vue, et ils ont ri de sa chute.
8 HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a grievous sinz. Because of this, she has become unstable. All who glorified her have spurned her, because they have looked upon her disgrace. Then she groaned and turned away again.
Jérusalem a multiplié ses péchés, C’est pourquoi elle est un objet d’aversion; Tous ceux qui l’honoraient la méprisent, en voyant sa nudité; Elle-même soupire, et détourne la face.
9 TETH. Her filth is on her feet, and her end has not been remembered. She has been vehemently put down, having no consolation. O Lord, look upon my affliction, for the adversary has been lifted up.
La souillure était dans les pans de sa robe, et elle ne songeait pas à sa fin; Elle est tombée d’une manière étonnante, et nul ne la console. Vois ma misère, ô Éternel! Quelle arrogance chez l’ennemi!
10 JOD. The enemy has sent his hand against all her desirable ones. For she has watched the Gentiles enter her sanctuary, even though you instructed that they should not enter into your church.
L’oppresseur a étendu la main Sur tout ce qu’elle avait de précieux; Elle a vu pénétrer dans son sanctuaire les nations Auxquelles tu avais défendu d’entrer dans ton assemblée.
11 CAPH. All her people are groaning and seeking bread. They have given up whatever was precious in exchange for food, so as to remain alive. See, O Lord, and consider, for I have become vile.
Tout son peuple soupire, il cherche du pain; Ils ont donné leurs choses précieuses pour de la nourriture, Afin de ranimer leur vie. Vois, Éternel, regarde comme je suis avilie!
12 LAMED. O all you who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. For he has made me a vintage, just as the Lord has spoken in the day of his furious anger.
Je m’adresse à vous, à vous tous qui passez ici! Regardez et voyez s’il est une douleur pareille à ma douleur, A celle dont j’ai été frappée! L’Éternel m’a affligée au jour de son ardente colère.
13 MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.
D’en haut il a lancé dans mes os un feu qui les dévore; Il a tendu un filet sous mes pieds, Il m’a fait tomber en arrière; Il m’a jetée dans la désolation, dans une langueur de tous les jours.
14 NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.
Sa main a lié le joug de mes iniquités; Elles se sont entrelacées, appliquées sur mon cou; Il a brisé ma force; Le Seigneur m’a livrée à des mains auxquelles je ne puis résister.
15 SAMECH. The Lord has taken away all of my great ones from my midst. He has called forth time against me, so as to crush my elect ones. The Lord has trampled the winepress, which was for the virgin daughter of Judah.
Le Seigneur a terrassé tous mes guerriers au milieu de moi; Il a rassemblé contre moi une armée, Pour détruire mes jeunes hommes; Le Seigneur a foulé au pressoir la vierge, fille de Juda.
16 AIN. For this I weep, and my eyes bring forth water. For the consoler has been far away from me, changing my soul. My sons have become lost, because the enemy has prevailed.
C’est pour cela que je pleure, que mes yeux fondent en larmes; Car il s’est éloigné de moi, celui qui me consolerait, Qui ranimerait ma vie. Mes fils sont dans la désolation, parce que l’ennemi a triomphé.
17 PHE. Zion has reached out her hands; there is no one to console her. The Lord has given orders against Jacob; his enemies are all around him. Jerusalem among them is like a woman made unclean by menstruation.
Sion a étendu les mains, Et personne ne l’a consolée; L’Éternel a envoyé contre Jacob les ennemis d’alentour; Jérusalem a été un objet d’horreur au milieu d’eux.
18 SADE. The Lord is just, for it is I who has provoked his mouth to wrath. I beg all people to listen and to see my sorrow. My virgins and my youths have gone into captivity.
L’Éternel est juste, Car j’ai été rebelle à ses ordres. Écoutez, vous tous, peuples, et voyez ma douleur! Mes vierges et mes jeunes hommes sont allés en captivité.
19 COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.
J’ai appelé mes amis, et ils m’ont trompée. Mes sacrificateurs et mes anciens ont expiré dans la ville: Ils cherchaient de la nourriture, Afin de ranimer leur vie.
20 RES. See, O Lord, that I am in tribulation. My bowels have been disturbed, my heart has been subverted within me, for I am filled with bitterness. Outside, the sword puts to death, and at home there is a similar death.
Éternel, regarde ma détresse! Mes entrailles bouillonnent, Mon cœur est bouleversé au-dedans de moi, Car j’ai été rebelle. Au-dehors l’épée a fait ses ravages, au-dedans la mort.
21 SIN. They have heard that I groan and that there is no one to console me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they have rejoiced that you caused it. You have brought in a day of consolation, and so they shall become like me.
On a entendu mes soupirs, et personne ne m’a consolée; Tous mes ennemis ont appris mon malheur, Ils se sont réjouis de ce que tu l’as causé; Tu amèneras, tu publieras le jour où ils seront comme moi.
22 THAU. Let all their evil enter before you. And make vintage of them, just as you made vintage of me, because of all my iniquities. For my sighs are many, and my heart is grieving.
Que toute leur méchanceté vienne devant toi, Et traite-les comme tu m’as traitée, A cause de toutes mes transgressions! Car mes soupirs sont nombreux, et mon cœur est souffrant.
