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.
Cómo la ciudad se sienta solitaria, ¡que estaba lleno de gente! Se ha convertido en una viuda, ¡que era grande entre las naciones! La que fue princesa entre las provincias ¡se ha convertido en un esclavo!
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.
Llora amargamente en la noche. Sus lágrimas están en sus mejillas. Entre todos sus amantes no tiene a nadie que la consuele. Todos sus amigos la han tratado a traición. Se han convertido en sus enemigos.
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.
Judá ha ido al cautiverio a causa de la aflicción y por una gran servidumbre. Ella habita entre las naciones. No encuentra descanso. Todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron en su angustia.
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.
Los caminos de Sión están de luto, porque nadie viene a la asamblea solemne. Todas sus puertas están desoladas. Sus sacerdotes suspiran. Sus vírgenes están afligidas, y ella misma está en la amargura.
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.
Sus adversarios se han convertido en la cabeza. Sus enemigos prosperan; porque Yahvé la ha afligido por la multitud de sus transgresiones. Sus hijos pequeños han ido al cautiverio ante el adversario.
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.
Toda la majestad se ha alejado de la hija de Sión. Sus príncipes se han vuelto como ciervos que no encuentran pasto. Se han ido sin fuerzas ante el perseguidor.
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.
Jerusalén recuerda en los días de su aflicción y de sus miserias todas sus cosas agradables que eran de los días de antaño; cuando su pueblo cayó en manos del adversario, y nadie la ayudó. Los adversarios la vieron. Se burlaron de sus desolaciones.
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.
Jerusalén ha pecado gravemente. Por lo tanto, se ha vuelto impura. Todos los que la honran la desprecian, porque han visto su desnudez. Sí, suspira y se vuelve hacia atrás.
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.
Su suciedad estaba en sus faldas. No recordaba su último final. Por lo tanto, ha bajado de forma asombrosa. No tiene edredón. “Mira, Yahvé, mi aflicción; porque el enemigo se ha engrandecido”.
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.
El adversario ha extendido su mano sobre todas sus cosas agradables; porque ha visto que las naciones han entrado en su santuario, sobre los que ordenaste que no entraran en tu asamblea.
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.
Todo su pueblo suspira. Buscan el pan. Han dado sus cosas agradables por alimento para refrescar su alma. “Mira, Yahvé, y ve, porque he llegado a ser despreciado”.
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.
“¿No os parece nada a todos los que pasáis por allí? Mira, y ve si hay alguna pena como la mía, que se me ha echado encima, con la que Yahvé me ha afligido en el día de su feroz ira.
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.
“Desde lo alto ha enviado fuego a mis huesos, y prevalece contra ellos. Ha tendido una red para mis pies. Me ha hecho volver. Me ha dejado desolado y desfallezco todo el día.
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.
“El yugo de mis transgresiones está atado por su mano. Están unidos. Han subido a mi cuello. Hizo que me faltaran las fuerzas. El Señor me ha entregado en sus manos, contra el que no soy capaz de resistir.
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.
“El Señor ha puesto en cero a todos mis valientes dentro de mí. Ha convocado una asamblea solemne contra mí para aplastar a mis jóvenes. El Señor ha pisado a la hija virgen de Judá como en un lagar.
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.
“Por estas cosas lloro. Mi ojo, mi ojo se llena de agua, porque el consolador que debería refrescar mi alma está lejos de mí. Mis hijos están desolados, porque el enemigo ha prevalecido”.
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.
Sión extiende sus manos. No hay nadie que la consuele. Yahvé ha ordenado con respecto a Jacob, que los que le rodean sean sus adversarios. Jerusalén está entre ellos como una cosa inmunda.
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.
“Yahvé es justo, porque me he rebelado contra su mandamiento. Por favor, escuchen a todos los pueblos, y ver mi dolor. Mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes han ido al cautiverio.
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.
“Llamé a mis amantes, pero me engañaron. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos entregaron el espíritu en la ciudad, mientras buscaban comida para refrescar sus almas.
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.
“Mira, Yahvé, porque estoy en apuros. Mi corazón está preocupado. Mi corazón da un vuelco dentro de mí, porque me he rebelado gravemente. En el extranjero, la espada se desprende. En casa, es como la muerte.
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.
“Han oído que suspiro. No hay nadie que me consuele. Todos mis enemigos han oído hablar de mi problema. Se alegran de que lo hayas hecho. Traerás el día que has proclamado, y serán como yo.
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.
“Quetoda su maldad se presente ante ti. Haz con ellos lo que has hecho conmigo por todas mis transgresiones. Porque mis suspiros son muchos, y mi corazón desfallece.
