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].
Huru är guldet så platt förmörkradt, och det fina guldet så platt förvandladt, och helgedomens stenar ligga förströdde på alla gator?
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.
De ädla Zions barn, lik räknad vid guld, huru äro de nu lik räknad vid lerkärile, de en pottomakares werk äro?
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].
Drakarna gifva sinom ungom spenarna, och dägga dem; men mins folks dotter måste obarmhertig vara, lika som en struts i öknene.
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].
Spenabarnena låder för törsts skull tungan vid dess gom; de unga barn ropa efter bröd, och ingen är som dem det utskifter.
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].
De som tillförene åto det aldrakräseligaste, de försmäkta nu på gatomen; de som tillförene uppfödde voro i silke, de måste nu ligga i träck.
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.
Mins folks dotters synd är större, än Sodoms synd, den uti ett ögnablick omstört vardt, och ingen hand kom dervid.
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].
Hennes Nazareer voro renare än snö, och blankare än mjölk; deras färga var rödare än korall, deras anseende var som en saphir.
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].
Men nu är deras ansigte så förmörkradt af svarthet, att man icke känner dem på gatomen; deras hud låder intill deras ben, och äro så torre som ett trä.
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.
Dem dräpnom med svärd var bättre än dem som af hunger dödde, hvilke försmäkta och förgås måste för hungers skull.
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].
De aldrabarmhertigasta qvinnorna måste koka sin egen barn; på det de skulle hafva dem till mats, uti mins folks dotters jämmer.
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.
Herren hafver fullkomnat sina grymhet, han hafver utgjutit sina grymma vrede; han hafver i Zion upptändt en eld, hvilken ock hans grundval upptärt hafver.
12 None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Konungarna på jordene hade intet trott det, eller alla menniskor på verldene, att ovännen och fienden skulle igenom Jerusalems portar kommit.
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].
Men det är skedt för hans Propheters synder, och för hans Presters missgerningars skull, hvilka derinne utgöto de rättfärdigas blod.
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].
De gingo hit och dit på gatomen, lika som blinde, och voro besölade i blod; och kunde ock ej komma vid deras kläder;
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!”
Utan ropade till dem: Viker undan, I orene, viker, viker, kommer vid ingen ting; ty de skydde vid dem, och flydde för dem, så att man ock sade ibland Hedningarna: De blifva der icke länge.
16 It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
Derföre hafver Herrans vrede förstrött dem, och vill icke mer se uppå dem, efter de icke ärade Presterna, och icke voro barmhertige öfver de äldsta.
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].
Likväl gapade vår ögon efter fåfängelig hjelp, tilldess de trötte vordo, då vi vänte efter ett folk, som oss dock intet hjelpa kunde.
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.
Man jagade oss, så att vi icke gå torde på vårom gatom; då kom ock vår ände, våra dagar äro ute, vår ände är kommen.
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.
Våre förföljare voro snarare än örnar under himmelen; på bergomen hafva de förföljt oss, och i öknene vaktat efter oss.
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.
Herrans smorde, som vår tröst var, är fången vorden i deras kulor, då de oss förstörde, på hvilken vi tröste, att vi under hans skugga ibland Hedningarna lefva skulle.
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.
Ja, fröjda dig, och var glad, du dotter Edom, som bor i Uz lande; ty kalken skall ock komma öfver dig; du måste också drucken och blottad varda.
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.
Men din ondska hafver en ända, du dotter Zion; han skall icke mer låta bortföra dig; men dina ondsko, du dotter Edom, skall han hemsöka, och upptäcka dina synder.
