Lamentations 1
1 How desolate sits the city of Jerusalem, once filled with people! She has become like a widow, she who was once great among the nations. The queen of all the world has become a slave-laborer.
Ah, betapa terpencilnya kota itu, yang dahulu ramai! Laksana seorang jandalah ia, yang dahulu agung di antara bangsa-bangsa. Yang dahulu ratu di antara kota-kota, sekarang menjadi jajahan.
2 She cries bitterly through the night, tears rolling down her cheeks. Despite all her many lovers, no one comes to comfort her. Betrayed by all her friends, they are now her enemies.
Pada malam hari tersedu-sedu ia menangis, air matanya bercucuran di pipi; dari semua kekasihnya, tak ada seorangpun yang menghibur dia. Semua temannya mengkhianatinya, mereka menjadi seterunya.
3 Judah has been dragged off into captivity, suffering miserably under brutal slavery; she lives among the nations but has no place of her own where she can rest. Those chasing her have brought her down and she cannot escape.
Yehuda telah ditinggalkan penduduknya karena sengsara dan karena perbudakan yang berat; ia tinggal di tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa, namun tidak mendapat ketenteraman; siapa saja yang menyerang dapat memasukinya pada saat ia terdesak.
4 Even the roads to Zion are in mourning because no one travels on them to go to the religious festivals. All her gates are empty. Her priests groan in sadness. Her girls are suffering. She herself is in bitter distress.
Jalan-jalan ke Sion diliputi dukacita, karena pengunjung-pengunjung perayaan tiada; sunyi senyaplah segala pintu gerbangnya, berkeluh kesahlah imam-imamnya; bersedih pedih dara-daranya; dan dia sendiri pilu hatinya.
5 Those who hated her now control her; her enemies enjoy life, because the Lord has made her suffer due to all her sins of rebellion. Her children have been taken away as prisoners of the enemy.
Lawan-lawan menguasainya, seteru-seterunya berbahagia. Sungguh, TUHAN membuatnya merana, karena banyak pelanggarannya; kanak-kanaknya berjalan di depan lawan sebagai tawanan.
6 All the glory has left the Daughter of Zion. Her leaders are like deer that can't find any grass to eat. They don't even have the strength to run away when the hunter comes after them!
Lenyaplah dari puteri Sion segala kemuliaannya; pemimpin-pemimpinnya bagaikan rusa yang tidak menemukan padang rumput; mereka berjalan tanpa daya di depan yang mengejarnya.
7 As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.
Terkenanglah Yerusalem, pada hari-hari sengsara dan penderitaannya, akan segala harta benda yang dimilikinya dahulu kala; tatkala penduduknya jatuh ke tangan lawan, dan tak ada penolong baginya, para lawan memandangnya, dan tertawa karena keruntuhannya.
8 Jerusalem sinned terribly which is why she is now treated as someone unclean. Everyone who used to honor her now despise her, because they've seen her naked and ashamed. She herself groans as she turns away.
Yerusalem sangat berdosa, sehingga najis adanya; semua yang dahulu menghormatinya, sekarang menghinanya, karena melihat telanjangnya; dan dia sendiri berkeluh kesah, dan memalingkan mukanya.
9 Her uncleanness contaminates her skirts. She didn't think about what would happen. Her fall was a shock, and no one was there to comfort her. “Please, Lord, see how much I'm suffering, because the enemy has won!” she says.
Kenajisannya melekat pada ujung kainnya; ia tak berpikir akan akhirnya, sangatlah dalam ia jatuh, tiada orang yang menghiburnya. "Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah sengsaraku, karena si seteru membesarkan dirinya!"
10 The invader has stolen all her treasures. She even had to watch as heathen nations went into her sanctuary, people you had forbidden to enter.
Si lawan mengulurkan tangannya kepada segala harta bendanya; bahkan harus dilihatnya bagaimana bangsa-bangsa masuk ke dalam tempat kudusnya, padahal Engkau, ya TUHAN, telah melarang mereka untuk masuk jemaah-Mu.
11 All her people groan, looking for bread. They have spent what they value the most to buy food so they can stay alive. “Please, Lord, look and see what's happening to me,” she says. “It's as if I'm worthless!
Berkeluh kesah seluruh penduduknya, sedang mereka mencari roti; harta benda mereka berikan ganti makanan, untuk menyambung hidupnya. "Lihatlah, ya TUHAN, pandanglah, betapa hina aku ini!
12 Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?
Acuh tak acuhkah kamu sekalian yang berlalu? Pandanglah dan lihatlah, apakah ada kesedihan seperti kesedihan yang ditimpakan TUHAN kepadaku, untuk membuat aku merana tatkala murka-Nya menyala-nyala!
13 He sent down fire from heaven that destroyed my bones. He spread out a net to catch my feet, tripping me over. He abandoned me, leaving me sick all day long.
Dari atas dikirim-Nya api masuk ke dalam tulang-tulangku; dihamparkan-Nya jaring di muka kakiku, didesak-Nya aku mundur; aku dibuat-Nya terkejut, kesakitan sepanjang hari.
14 He took my rebellious sins and twisted them together into a yoke that he tied to my neck. He took away all my strength, and handed me over defenseless to my enemies.
Segala pelanggaranku adalah kuk yang berat, suatu jalinan yang dibuat tangan Tuhan, yang ditaruh di atas tengkukku, sehingga melumpuhkan kekuatanku; Tuhan telah menyerahkan aku ke tangan orang-orang, yang tidak dapat kutentangi.
15 The Lord brushed aside all my strong soldiers defending me. He called up an army to attack me, to crush my young men. The Lord has trampled down the virgin Daughter of Judah like grapes in a winepress.
Tuhan membuang semua pahlawanku yang ada dalam lingkunganku; Ia menyelenggarakan pesta menentang aku untuk membinasakan teruna-terunaku; Tuhan telah menginjak-injak puteri Yehuda, dara itu, seperti orang mengirik memeras anggur.
16 This is why I'm weeping, tears flowing from my eyes, because there's is no one here to comfort me, no one to make me feel better. There's nothing left for my children because the enemy has conquered us.”
Karena inilah aku menangis, mataku mencucurkan air; karena jauh dari padaku penghibur yang dapat menyegarkan jiwaku; bingunglah anak-anakku, karena terlampau kuat si seteru."
17 Zion holds out her hands in distress, but there's no one to comfort her. The Lord issued orders against Jacob, and his neighbors became his enemies. Jerusalem is to them something disgusting.
Sion mengulurkan tangannya, tetapi tak ada orang yang menghiburnya; terhadap Yakub dikerahkan TUHAN tetangga-tetangganya sebagai lawan. Yerusalem telah menjadi najis di tengah-tengah mereka.
18 “The Lord has done what's right, because I rebelled against his instructions. Listen, everyone everywhere; look at what I'm suffering. My young women and young men have been taken off into captivity.
"Tuhanlah yang benar, karena aku telah memberontak terhadap firman-Nya; dengarlah hai segala bangsa, dan lihatlah kesedihanku; dara-daraku dan teruna-terunaku pergi sebagai tawanan.
19 I called out for help to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders starved to death in the city as they tried to find food to keep themselves alive.
Aku memanggil kekasih-kekasihku, tetapi mereka memperdayakan aku; imam-imamku dan para tua-tuaku telah mati semuanya di kota, tatkala mencari makan bagi dirinya untuk menyambung hidupnya.
20 Can't you see, Lord, how upset I am? inside I am in turmoil; my heart is breaking because I've been so rebellious. Outside, the sword kills those I love; inside, it's like I'm living in the house of death.
Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah, betapa besar ketakutanku, betapa gelisah jiwaku; hatiku terbolak-balik di dalam dadaku, karena sudah melampaui batas aku memberontak; di luar keturunanku dibinasakan oleh pedang, di dalam rumah oleh penyakit sampar.
21 People hear me groaning, but no one comes to comfort me. All my enemies have heard about the bad things that have happened to me, and they're delighted that it was you who did it. Please bring about the day of judgment that you promised so they can end up like me.
Dengarlah bagaimana keluh kesahku, sedang tiada penghibur bagiku; seteru-seteruku mendengar tentang kecelakaanku, mereka gembira karena Engkau yang mendatangkannya! Datanglah kiranya hari yang telah Engkau umumkan itu, dan biarlah mereka menjadi seperti aku!
22 May you see all the evil things they've done! Treat them the same way as you've treated me as a result of all my rebellious sins, for I'm groaning all the time, and I'm sick at heart.”
Biarlah segala kejahatan mereka datang ke hadapan-Mu, dan perbuatlah kepada mereka, seperti Engkau telah perbuat kepadaku oleh karena segala pelanggaranku; karena banyaklah keluh kesahku, dan pedih hatiku."
