Lamentations 4
1 [Previously our people were like] [MET] pure gold, but now they are worthless. [Like] [MET] the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered, [our young men have been scattered].
Како потамне злато, промени се чисто злато? Камење је од светиње разметнуто по угловима свих улица.
2 The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as [MET] large amounts of gold, but now people consider that they are as worthless as [ordinary] clay pots.
Драги синови сионски, цењени као најчистије злато, како се цене земљани судови, као дело руку лончаревих!
3 Even the [female] jackals/wolves feed their pups, but my people act cruelly [toward their children]; they are like [SIM] ostriches in the desert [that abandon their eggs].
И звери истичу сисе своје и доје млад своју, а кћи народа мог поста немилостива као ној у пустињи.
4 [My people’s] infants’ tongues cling to the roofs/tops of their mouths because they are [extremely] thirsty; the children plead for some food, but no one gives them [any].
Језик детету које сиса приону за грло од жеђи; деца ишту хлеба, а нема никога да им ломи.
5 People who [previously] ate fine food are [now] starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously [MTY] [now] paw/dig through rubbish heaps [to find some food].
Који јеђаху посластице, гину на улицама; који одрастоше у скерлету, ваљају се по буњишту.
6 [The people of] Sodom were struck with a disaster very suddenly, and there was no one to rescue them; but my people have been punished more severely than [the people of] Sodom were punished.
И кар који допаде кћери народа мог већи је од пропасти која допаде Содому, који се затре у часу и руке се не забавише око њега.
7 Our leaders’ [behavior] was [previously] very pure, whiter [and brighter] than snow and milk; their bodies were redder than [red] coral/stones; they were very strong and healthy [MET].
Назиреји њени беху чистији од снега, бељи од млека; тело им беше црвеније од драгог камења, глатки као сафир.
8 But now their faces are blacker than soot, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden [stick].
А сада им је лице црње од угља, не познају се на улицама; кожа им се прилепила за кости, осушила се као дрво.
9 It is better to die in a battle [MTY] than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died.
Боље би онима који су побијени мачем него онима који мру од глади, који издишу убијени од несташице рода земаљског.
10 Women who [usually/previously] were very kind have [killed and] cooked their own children; they ate them [when there was no other food], when Jerusalem was surrounded [by enemy soldiers].
Својим рукама жене жалостиве куваше децу своју, она им бише храна у погибли кћери народа мог.
11 Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; [it is as though] he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.
Наврши Господ гнев свој, изли жестоки гнев свој, и распали огањ на Сиону, који му прождре темеље.
12 None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Не би веровали цареви земаљски и сви становници по васиљеној да ће непријатељ и противник ући на врата јерусалимска.
13 [But that is what happened]; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests [also] sinned by causing innocent people to be executed [MTY].
Али би за грехе пророка његових и за безакоња свештеника његових, који проливаху крв праведничку усред њега.
14 The prophets and priests wandered through the streets [as though they were] blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood [of people who had been killed].
Лутаху као слепци по улицама, каљаху се крвљу, које не могаху да се не дотичу хаљинама својим.
15 The people [who were alive] shouted, “Stay away [from us] [DOU]! You are defiled/untouchable! Do not touch us!” So the prophets and priests fled [from Israel], and they wandered around from one country to another, because people [in each country] kept saying to them, “You cannot stay here!”
Одступите, нечисти, вичу им, одступите, одступите, не додевајте се ничега. И одлазе и скитају се; и међу народима се говори: Неће се више станити.
16 It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
Гнев Господњи расеја их, неће више погледати на њих; не поштују свештеника, нису жалостиви на старце.
17 We [SYN] continued to look for someone to help [us], but it was useless. We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us, but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help [us].
Већ нам очи ишчилеше изгледајући помоћ залудну; чекасмо народ који не може избавити.
18 [Our] enemies were hunting for us, so we could not [even] walk in our streets [lest they seize us]. We were about to be captured; it was time for us to be killed.
Вребају нам кораке, да не можемо ходити по улицама својим, приближи се крај наш, навршише се дани наши, дође крај наш.
19 Those who pursued us were faster than eagles [flying] in the sky. Even if we fled to the mountains or hid in the desert, they [went there ahead of us and] waited [to attack] us.
Који нас гонише, беху лакши од орлова небеских, по горама нас гонише, у пустињи нам заседаше.
20 [Our king, ] whom Yahweh appointed, was the one who enabled us to remain alive [MTY]; he was the one whom we trusted to protect us [IDM] from [the armies of] other nations. But he was [captured] [like animals are] [MET] caught in a pit.
Дисање ноздрва наших, помазаник Господњи, за ког говорасмо да ћемо живети под сеном његовим међу народима, ухвати се у јаме њихове.
21 You people of [IDM] Edom and Uz, [you may] be happy [about what is happening to us now], but [Yahweh] will be punishing [MTY] you [also]. You will become drunk and will be ashamed [because your enemies] will have stripped off your clothes.
Радуј се и весели се, кћери едомска, која живиш у земљи Узу! Доћи ће до тебе чаша, опићеш се, и открићеш се.
22 You [people of] [APO] Jerusalem, the time of your being punished will end; Yahweh will not allow you to continue to live in (exile/foreign countries). But [you people of] [APO] Edom, Yahweh will punish [you]; he will reveal the wicked things that you have done.
Сврши се кар за безакоње твоје, кћери сионска; неће те више водити у ропство; походиће твоје безакоње, кћери едомска, откриће грехе твоје.
