Lamentations 1
1 [ALEPH-BET] How she has sat alone, The city abounding with people! She has been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She has become tributary!
Betapa sunyi Yerusalem sekarang ini, kota yang dahulu ramai sekali. Dahulu unggul di antara bangsa-bangsa, kini menjadi seperti janda. Dahulu kota yang paling dipuja, kini telah dijadikan hamba.
2 She weeps severely in the night, And her tear [is] on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.
Sepanjang malam ia menangis sedih, air mata berderai di pipi. Tak seorang dari para kekasihnya yang mau menghibur dia. Ia dikhianati kawan-kawan yang telah berbalik menjadi lawan.
3 Removed has Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She has dwelt among nations, She has not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.
Penduduk Yehuda meninggalkan negerinya, karena diperbudak dan sangat sengsara. Kini mereka tinggal di antara bangsa-bangsa tanpa tempat yang memberikan damai sentosa. Musuh mengepung mereka pada waktu mereka sengsara.
4 The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted—and she has bitterness.
Pada hari-hari raya tak seorang pun datang ke Rumah Allah. Gadis-gadis penyanyi di sana menderita, dan imam-imam berkeluh kesah. Tak ada orang di pintu-pintu gerbang, Kota Sion diliputi kesedihan.
5 Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For YHWH has afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary.
Musuh-musuhnya berjaya karena berhasil menguasainya. TUHAN membuat ia menderita, karena sangat banyak dosanya. Penduduknya telah ditawan, dan diangkut ke pembuangan.
6 And all her honor goes out from the daughter of Zion, Her princes have been as harts—They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer.
Kejayaan kota Yerusalem hanyalah kisah masa silam. Para pemimpinnya telah menjadi lemah seperti rusa yang sangat lapar. Mereka tak berdaya terhadap musuh yang mengejar.
7 Jerusalem has remembered [In] the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she has no helper; Adversaries have seen her, They have laughed at her cessation.
Setelah runtuh dan sengsara, Yerusalem terkenang akan masa silamnya, ketika ia masih banyak harta; bagaimana penduduknya jatuh ke tangan musuh, dan tak seorang pun datang membantu. Lawan-lawannya hanya tertawa melihat keruntuhannya.
8 A sin has Jerusalem sinned, Therefore she has become impure, All who honored her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Indeed, she herself has sighed and turns backward.
Yerusalem mengotori diri sendiri dengan melakukan banyak dosa keji. Semua yang dahulu menghormati dia, kini menghinanya karena melihat ketelanjangannya. Ia berkeluh kesah, karena telah kehilangan muka.
9 Her uncleanness [is] in her skirts, She has not remembered her latter end, And she comes down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O YHWH, my affliction, For an enemy has exerted himself.
Kenajisannya nampak dengan nyata tapi ia tak menghiraukan apa yang akan terjadi dengan dirinya. Sangat hebat keruntuhannya, tapi tak seorang pun menghibur dia. Maka ia memohon belas kasihan dari TUHAN, karena musuh-musuhnya telah menang.
10 His hand has spread out an adversary On all her desirable things, For she has seen—Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which You commanded, “They do not come into the assembly to you.”
Segala harta bendanya telah dirampas oleh musuh-musuhnya. Ia bahkan harus melihat mereka memasuki Rumah Allah, suatu perbuatan yang dilarang oleh TUHAN bagi orang yang bukan umat-Nya.
11 All her people are sighing—seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O YHWH, and behold attentively, For I have been lightly esteemed.
Dengan berkeluh kesah penduduknya mencari nafkah; barang berharga mereka tukar dengan roti, hanya supaya mereka tetap hidup dan jangan mati. Yerusalem berseru, "Ya TUHAN, lihatlah aku, perhatikanlah segala penderitaanku."
12 [Is it] nothing to you, all you passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom YHWH has afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.
"Hai orang-orang yang lewat di jalan, lihatlah dan perhatikan! Adakah siksa sebesar yang kuderita sekarang, siksa yang ditimpakan TUHAN kepadaku, karena marah-Nya yang sangat besar itu?
13 From above He has sent fire into my bone, And it subdues it, He has spread a net for my feet, He has turned me backward, He has made me desolate—all the day sick.
Dari langit diturunkan-Nya api yang membakar sampai ke dalam batinku. Dipasang-Nya jerat di depanku yang membuat aku jatuh. Lalu dibiarkan-Nya aku seorang diri menderita sepanjang hari.
14 Bound has been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He has caused my power to stumble, The Lord has given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
Diambil-Nya semua dosaku, lalu mengikatnya menjadi satu, dan mengalungkannya pada leherku, sehingga beratnya melemahkan aku. TUHAN menyerahkan aku kepada seteru; aku tak berdaya melawan mereka itu.
15 The Lord has trodden down all my mighty ones in my midst, He proclaimed an appointed time against me, To destroy my young men, The Lord has trodden a winepress, To the virgin daughter of Judah.
TUHAN menganggap rendah semua pahlawanku yang gagah. Dikerahkan-Nya tentara supaya semua orang mudaku binasa. Ia menginjak-injak bangsaku sampai hancur, seperti orang memeras buah anggur.
16 For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For a comforter has been far from me, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty has been an enemy.
Itu sebabnya air mataku bercucuran, tak ada yang memberi semangat dan penghiburan. Bangsaku telah kehilangan segala-galanya, karena musuh lebih berkuasa.
17 Zion has spread forth her hands, There is no comforter for her, YHWH has charged concerning Jacob, His neighbors [are] his adversaries, Jerusalem has become impure among them.
Aku mengangkat tangan minta bantuan, tapi tak ada yang memberi penghiburan. Dari segala pihak, TUHAN mengirim musuh; mereka datang memerangi aku. Aku diperlakukan seperti sampah, barang yang menjijikkan di tengah-tengah mereka.
18 YHWH is righteous, For I have provoked His mouth. Now hear, all you peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
Tapi Tuhanlah yang benar, sebab perintah-Nya telah kulanggar. Dengarlah aku, hai bangsa-bangsa, lihatlah aku dalam derita. Para pemuda dan pemudiku ditawan, dan diangkut ke pembuangan.
19 I called for my lovers, they have deceived me, My priests and my elderly have expired in the city; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.
Aku memanggil kawan-kawan karibku tapi mereka mengkhianati aku. Para imam dan pemimpin bangsa semuanya telah mati di jalan-jalan kota. Ketika mencari makanan untuk mempertahankan nyawa.
20 See, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, My bowels have been troubled, My heart has been turned in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From outside the sword has bereaved, In the house [it is] as death.
O, TUHAN! Perhatikanlah aku, hatiku cemas dan rusuh, hancur karena kedurhakaanku dahulu. Di jalan-jalan ada pembunuhan, di dalam rumah ada kematian.
21 They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that You have done [it], You have brought in the day You have called, And they are like to me.
O, TUHAN! Dengarlah keluh-kesahku, tak ada yang menghibur aku. Musuh-musuhku gembira, karena Kau membuat aku celaka. Datanglah hari yang Kaujanjikan itu; buatlah mereka menderita seperti aku.
22 All their evil comes in before You, And one is doing to them as You have done to me, For all my transgressions, For many [are] my sighs, and my heart [is] sick!
Perhatikanlah semua kejahatan mereka itu, dan perlakukanlah mereka seperti Kau memperlakukan aku, karena semua dosa yang kulakukan terhadap-Mu. Aku merintih dalam derita, hatiku sedih dan merana."
