Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
Emas yang berkilauan telah menjadi suram batu-batu Rumah Allah bertebaran di jalan.
2 The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Dahulu para remaja Kota Sion seperti emas yang berharga, tapi kini diperlakukan seperti bejana tanah belaka.
3 Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Sedangkan induk serigala menyusukan anaknya, tapi umatku sangat kejam seperti burung unta di padang.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.
Bayi-bayi tak disusui, sehingga mati kehausan. Anak-anak minta makan, tapi tak ada yang memberikan.
5 They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Mereka yang biasa menikmati makanan yang enak-enak, dan hidup dalam kemewahan, kini merangkak mencari makanan di timbunan sampah, dan mati kelaparan di jalan-jalan.
6 And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.
Umatku telah dihukum lebih berat dari penduduk Sodom yang dalam sekejap mata hancur oleh tangan Allah tanpa tindakan manusia.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.
Dahulu pemimpin-pemimpin kami murni seperti kapas yang putih bersih. Mereka tegap dan kuat, segar bugar dan sehat.
8 Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Tapi kini wajah mereka lebih hitam dari jelaga terkapar di jalan-jalan tanpa ada yang dapat mengenali mereka. Kulit mereka berkerut pada tulang-tulang, seperti kayu yang kering kerontang.
9 The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Mereka sengsara dan mati perlahan-lahan, karena sama sekali tak punya makanan; yang mati di medan pertempuran, lebih beruntung dari yang mati kelaparan.
10 The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Sangat dahsyat bencana itu yang menimpa umatku sehingga ibu-ibu yang berhati lembut merebus anak sendiri untuk pengisi perut.
11 Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.
TUHAN melampiaskan amarah-Nya dan membakar Kota Sion sampai rata dengan tanah.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Di antara raja-raja dan penduduk dunia tidak satu pun yang percaya bahwa gerbang-gerbang kota Yerusalem dapat dimasuki oleh lawan.
13 [It is] for the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the righteous in the midst of her.
Tapi hal itu telah terjadi, karena dosa para imam dan nabi. Mereka telah menumpahkan darah, dari orang yang tidak bersalah.
14 They wandered about blind in the streets; they were polluted with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Seperti orang buta mengembara di jalan-jalan begitulah pemimpin-pemimpin kota Yerusalem. Pakaian mereka kotor oleh darah sehingga tak ada yang mau menyentuh mereka.
15 They cried unto them, Depart! Unclean! Depart! depart, touch not! When they fled away, and wandered about, it was said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there].
Orang berkata, "Pergi dari sini! Kamu najis, jangan menjamah kami!" Maka pergilah mereka dan mengembara dari bangsa ke bangsa, tapi tidak diizinkan menetap oleh siapa pun juga.
16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them; he will no more regard them. They respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the aged.
TUHAN tak lagi memperhatikan umat-Nya; Ia sendiri yang menceraiberaikan mereka dan membuat imam-imam tak lagi dihargai; para pemimpin tiada yang mengasihani.
17 Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
Mata kami lelah memandang, menantikan bantuan yang tak kunjung datang. Kami mengharapkan pertolongan suatu bangsa, yang sebenarnya tak dapat memberikan apa-apa.
18 They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Kami tak dapat keluar ke jalan, keluar selalu diintai lawan. Akhir hidup kami mendekat, karena hari-hari kami sudah genap.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Pengejar-pengejar kami cepat sekali jauh lebih cepat dari burung rajawali. Mereka mengejar kami di gunung, dan menghadang kami di padang gurun.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
Mereka menangkap raja pilihan TUHAN, orang yang kami andalkan sebagai pemberi kehidupan, dan pelindung terhadap lawan.
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
Hai bangsa Edom dan Us, silakan tertawa, bergembiralah, selama masih bisa! Bencana akan datang juga kepadamu dan karena mabuk engkau akan menelanjangi dirimu.
22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Sion telah menjalani hukumannya atas dosa-dosa yang diperbuatnya; kini kami tidak akan dibiarkan TUHAN dan tak akan dibawa lagi ke dalam pembuangan. Tetapi engkau, hai Edom, akan dihukum TUHAN. Dosa-dosamu akan disingkapkan.
