Lamentations 1
1 how? to dwell isolation [the] city many people to be like/as widow (many *L(abh)*) in/on/with nation princess in/on/with province to be to/for taskworker
Jerusalem was [once] full of people, but now it is deserted. [Once] it was honored by people all over the world, but now it is [grieving/abandoned] like [SIM] a widow. [Once] it was [honored like] [MET] a princess [is honored] among the nations, but now [we who live here] have become slaves.
2 to weep to weep in/on/with night and tears her upon jaw her nothing to/for her to be sorry: comfort from all to love: lover her all neighbor her to act treacherously in/on/with her to be to/for her to/for enemy
We [PRS] weep bitterly [all] night long, with tears flowing down our cheeks. Among [the people in] all [the nations] that loved Jerusalem there are none that comfort us [now]. All [the rulers of those nations that were previously] our allies have betrayed us, and they are all now enemies [of the people of Jerusalem].
3 to reveal: remove Judah from affliction and from abundance service he/she/it to dwell in/on/with nation not to find resting all to pursue her to overtake her between: among [the] terror
[The people of] Judah have been (exiled/forced to go to other countries) and caused to suffer greatly as slaves. They live in [other] nations where they do not have peace/safety. Their enemies seized them, and there was no way for them to escape.
4 way: road Zion mourning from without to come (in): come meeting: festival all gate her be desolate: destroyed priest her to sigh virgin her to suffer and he/she/it to provoke to/for her
The roads to Zion [Hill] are empty [PRS] because no one comes [here] to [celebrate] the sacred festivals. The city gates are deserted, and the priests groan. The young women [of Jerusalem] cry [because] they are suffering greatly.
5 to be enemy her to/for head: leader enemy her to prosper for LORD to suffer her upon abundance transgression her infant her to go: went captivity to/for face: before enemy
Our enemies have conquered the city, and [now] they prosper. Yahweh has punished [the people of] Jerusalem because of all the sins that they have committed. The children [of Jerusalem] have been captured and taken [to other countries].
6 and to come out: come (from from daughter *Q(K)*) Zion all glory her to be ruler her like/as deer not to find pasture and to go: went in/on/with not strength to/for face: before to pursue
Jerusalem was a beautiful city, but it is not beautiful now. The leaders [of the city] are like [SIM] deer that are starving because of being unable to find any grass [to eat]. They are very weak, with the result that they are unable to run from their enemies.
7 to remember Jerusalem day affliction her and wandering her all desirable her which to be from day front: old in/on/with to fall: fall people her in/on/with hand: power enemy and nothing to help to/for her to see: see her enemy to laugh upon annihilation her
[The people of] Jerusalem are sad and scattered, and they think about the previous greatness of the city. [But now] our enemies have captured the city, and there is no one to help the people. Our enemies destroyed the city and laughed while they were doing that.
8 sin to sin Jerusalem upon so to/for filth to be all to honor: honour her to lavish/despise her for to see: see nakedness her also he/she/it to sigh and to return: repent back
[The people of] [PRS] Jerusalem have sinned very much; [it is as though] [MET] the city has become [like] a filthy [rag]. All those who [previously] honored the city [now] despise it, because they see that it has become very disgraced [MET]. Now [the people of] the city groan, and they cover their faces [because they are very ashamed].
9 uncleanness her in/on/with hem her not to remember end her and to go down wonder nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for her to see: see LORD [obj] affliction my for to magnify enemy
The city has become filthy because of [PRS] the sins that the people have committed; they did not think about what could happen to the city. [Now] the city has been destroyed, and there is no one to comfort [the people]. [The people cry out saying], “Yahweh, look at how we are suffering because our enemies have defeated us!”
10 hand his to spread enemy upon all desire her for to see: see nation to come (in): come sanctuary her which to command not to come (in): come in/on/with assembly to/for you
Our enemies have taken away all our treasures, all the valuable things that we owned. We have seen [soldiers from other] nations, [men who do not worship Yahweh], enter our sacred temple, [the place] where foreigners/non-Israelis were (forbidden/not allowed) to enter.
11 all people her to sigh to seek food: bread to give: give (desire their *Q(K)*) in/on/with food to/for to return: rescue soul: life to see: see LORD and to look [emph?] for to be be vile
The people of the city groan while they search for food; they have given their treasures to get food [to eat] to remain alive. [They say], “Yahweh, look [at us], and see that we are despised!”
12 not to(wards) you all to pass way: journey to look and to see: see if there pain like/as pain my which to abuse to/for me which to suffer LORD in/on/with day burning anger face: anger his
You people who pass by, you do not [RHQ] seem to care at all [about what has happened to us]. Look around and see that there are no other [RHQ] people who are suffering like we are. Yahweh has caused us to suffer because he was extremely angry [with us].
13 from height to send: depart fire in/on/with bone my and to rule her to spread net to/for foot my to return: return me back to give: make me devastated all [the] day sick
[It is as though] he sent a fire from heaven [MTY] that burned in our bones; [it is as though] [MET] he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable [every day], all day long.
14 to bind yoke transgression my in/on/with hand his to intertwine to ascend: establish upon neck my to stumble strength my to give: give me Lord in/on/with hand: power not be able to arise: establish
He caused the sins that we have committed to be [like] a heavy load for us to carry; [it is as though] [MET] he tied them around our necks. Previously we were strong, but he has caused us to become weak. He has allowed our enemies to capture us, and we were not able to do anything to resist them.
15 to reject all mighty: strong my Lord in/on/with entrails: among my to call: call to upon me meeting to/for to break youth my wine press to tread Lord to/for virgin daughter Judah
Yahweh looked at our mighty soldiers and laughed at them. He has summoned a great army to [come and] crush our young soldiers. [It is as though] [MET] Yahweh has trampled on [us] people of Judah like [SIM] [people trample] on grapes in a pit [to make wine].
16 upon these I to weep eye my eye my to go down water for to remove from me to be sorry: comfort to return: rescue soul my to be son: child my be desolate: destroyed for to prevail enemy
I weep because of [all] those things; my eyes are filled with tears. There is no one to comfort me; those who could encourage me are far away. Our enemies have conquered [us], so our children have nothing good to (hope for/expect to happen).
17 to spread Zion in/on/with hand her nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for her to command LORD to/for Jacob around: neighours him enemy his to be Jerusalem to/for impurity between them
[We people of] [PRS] Jerusalem reach out our hands [to get help], but there is no one to comfort us. Yahweh has decided concerning [us descendants of] Jacob that the people in nearby nations will become our enemies; so they consider that Jerusalem has become [like] [MET] a filthy rag.
18 righteous he/she/it LORD for lip: word his to rebel to hear: hear please all ([the] people *Q(K)*) and to see: see pain my virgin my and youth my to go: went in/on/with captivity
But what Yahweh has done [to us] is fair, because we have rebelled against obeying the commands that he gave [us]. You people everywhere, listen [to us]; [look and] see that we are suffering [greatly]. We had [many] sons and daughters, but they have been captured and forced to go to distant countries.
19 to call: call to to/for to love: lover me they(masc.) to deceive me priest my and old: elder my in/on/with city to die for to seek food to/for them and to return: rescue [obj] soul: life their
We pleaded with our allies [to help us], but they [all] refused. Our priests and our leaders have died [from hunger] in the city while they were searching for food [to eat] to remain alive.
20 to see: see LORD for distress to/for me belly my to aggitate to overturn heart my in/on/with entrails: among my for to rebel to rebel from outside be bereaved sword in/on/with house: home like/as death
Yahweh, see that we are suffering very much. [It is as though] our inner beings are tormented. We are sad [SYN] because we have rebelled [against you]. Our enemies kill people in the streets with their swords; people are dying [because they have no food to eat].
21 to hear: hear for to sigh I nothing to be sorry: comfort to/for me all enemy my to hear: hear distress: harm my to rejoice for you(m. s.) to make: do to come (in): bring day to call: call out and to be like me
People have heard us while we groaned, but no one [came to] comfort us. [Yahweh, ] you caused us to experience this [disaster], and our enemies are happy to see what you have done [to us]. But cause it soon to be the time that you have promised, when our enemies will suffer like we have suffered!
22 to come (in): come all distress: evil their to/for face: before your and to abuse to/for them like/as as which to abuse to/for me upon all transgression my for many sighing my and heart my faint
[Yahweh, ] see all the evil things that they have done and punish them! [Punish them] like you have punished us for all the sins that we committed! [We say this to you] because we suffer and groan very much, and we (faint/are very sad).
