Lamentations 4
1 How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Kako potamnje zlato, promijeni se èisto zlato? kamenje je od svetinje razmetnuto po uglovima svijeh ulica.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Dragi sinovi Sionski, cijenjeni kao najèistije zlato, kako se cijene zemljani sudovi, kao djelo ruku lonèarevijeh!
3 Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
I zvijeri istièu sise svoje i doje mlad svoju, a kæi naroda mojega posta nemilostiva kao noj u pustinji.
4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
Jezik djetetu koje sisa prionu za grlo od žeði; djeca ištu hljeba, a nema nikoga da im lomi.
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
Koji jeðahu poslastice, ginu na ulicama; koji odrastoše u skerletu, valjaju se po bunjištu.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
I kar koji dopade kæeri naroda mojega veæi je od propasti koja dopade Sodomu, koji se zatr u èasu i ruke se ne zabaviše oko njega.
7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
Nazireji njezini bjehu èistiji od snijega, bjelji od mlijeka; tijelo im bješe crvenije od dragoga kamenja, glatki kao safir.
8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.
A sada im je lice crnje od uglja, ne poznaju se na ulicama; koža im se prilijepila za kosti, osušila se kao drvo.
9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
Bolje bi onima koji su pobijeni maèem nego onima koji mru od gladi, koji izdišu ubijeni od nestašice roda zemaljskoga.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Svojim rukama žene žalostive kuhaše djecu svoju, ona im biše hrana u pogibli kæeri naroda mojega.
11 The LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
Navrši Gospod gnjev svoj, izli žestoki gnjev svoj, i raspali oganj na Sionu, koji mu proždrije temelje.
12 The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Ne bi vjerovali carevi zemaljski i svi stanovnici po vasiljenoj da æe neprijatelj i protivnik uæi na vrata Jerusalimska.
13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
Ali bi za grijehe proroka njegovijeh i za bezakonja sveštenika njegovijeh, koji proljevahu krv pravednièku usred njega.
14 They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
Lutahu kao slijepci po ulicama, kaljajuæi se krvlju, koje ne mogahu da se ne dotièu haljinama svojim.
15 “Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said amongst the nations, “They can’t live here any more.”
Otstupite, neèisti, vièu im, otstupite, otstupite, ne dodijevajte se nièega. I odlaze i skitaju se; i meðu narodima se govori: neæe se više staniti.
16 The LORD’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favour the elders.
Gnjev Gospodnji rasija ih, neæe više pogledati na njih; ne poštuju sveštenika, nijesu žalostivi na starce.
17 Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Veæ nam oèi išèilješe izgledajuæi pomoæ zaludnu; èekasmo narod koji ne može izbaviti.
18 They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
Vrebaju nam korake, da ne možemo hoditi po ulicama svojim, približi se kraj naš, navršiše se dani naši, doðe kraj naš.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
Koji nas goniše, bijahu lakši od orlova nebeskih, po gorama nas goniše, u pustinji nam zasjedaše.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live amongst the nations.
Disanje nozdara naših, pomazanik Gospodnji, za kojega govorasmo: da æemo živjeti pod sjenom njegovijem meðu narodima, uhvati se u jame njihove.
21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
Raduj se i veseli se, kæeri Edomska, koja živiš u zemlji Uzu! doæi æe do tebe èaša, opiæeš se, i otkriæeš se.
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
Svrši se kar za bezakonje tvoje, kæeri Sionska; neæe te više voditi u ropstvo; pohodiæe tvoje bezakonje, kæeri Edomska, otkriæe grijehe tvoje.
