Valitusvirret 4
1 Kuinka onkaan kulta tummunut, muuttunut hyvä kulta; kuinka ovat pyhät kivet viskeltyinä kaikkien katujen kulmiin!
[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].
2 Siionin pojat, nuo kalliit, punnitut puhtaimman kullan arvoisiksi-kuinka he ovatkaan saviastiain arvossa, savenvalajan kätten tekojen!
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.
3 Aavikkosudetkin taritsevat nisiänsä, imettävät pentujansa; mutta tytär, minun kansani, on tullut tylyksi kuin kamelikurki erämaassa.
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].
4 Imeväisen kieli tarttuu suulakeen janon tähden. Lapsukaiset pyytävät leipää; ei ole, kuka sitä heille taittaisi.
[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].
5 Jotka herkkuja söivät, ne nääntyvät kaduilla. Joita punapurppuran päällä kanneltiin, ne tunkioita syleilevät.
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].
6 Tyttären, minun kansani, syntivelka on Sodoman syntiä suurempi; Sodoma hävitettiin yhtäkkiä kätten siellä riehumatta.
[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.
7 Siionin ruhtinaat olivat lunta puhtaammat, maitoa valkoisemmat, heidän ruumiinsa oli koralleja rusottavampi, heidän hahmonsa oli kuin safiiri.
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].
8 Nyt on heidän muotonsa nokea mustempi, ei voi heitä tuntea kaduilla. Rypyssä on heillä nahka luitten päällä, se on kuivettunut kuin puu.
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].
9 Parempi oli miekan kaatamien kuin nälän kaatamien, jotka menehtyivät, kuin lävitsepistetyt, pellon viljaa vailla.
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.
10 Armeliaat vaimot keittivät omin käsin lapsiansa: ne tulivat heille ruuaksi tyttären, minun kansani, sortuessa.
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].
11 Herra on pannut täytäntöön kiivautensa, vuodattanut vihansa hehkun; hän on sytyttänyt Siioniin tulen, joka on kuluttanut sen perustukset.
Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; [it is as though] he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.
12 Eivät olisi uskoneet maan kuninkaat, ei maanpiirin asukkaista kenkään, että vihollinen ja vainomies hyökkää sisään Jerusalemin porteista.
None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Sen profeettain syntien tähden kävi näin, sen pappien pahain tekojen tähden, niiden, jotka siellä olivat vuodattaneet vanhurskaitten verta.
[But that is what happened]; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests [also] sinned by causing innocent people to be executed [MTY].
14 He harhailivat sokeina kaduilla, verellä tahrattuina, niin ettei voinut koskea heidän vaatteisiinsa.
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].
15 "Väistykää! Saastainen!" huudettiin heistä. "Väistykää, väistykää, älkää koskeko!" Paettuaankin he yhä harhailivat; pakanain seassa sanottiin: "Eivät he saa kauemmin asustaa täällä".
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!”
16 Herran kasvot ovat hajottaneet heidät, hän ei heihin enää katso. Papeista ei välitetty, vanhimpia ei armahdettu.
It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
17 Vieläkin me, silmät rauenneina, turhaan odotimme apua; tähystyspaikastamme me tähyilimme kansaa, josta ei pelastusta tullut.
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].
18 Meidän askeleitamme vaanittiin, niin ettemme voineet kulkea kaduillamme. Meidän loppumme lähestyi, päivämme täyttyivät-niin, loppumme tuli.
[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.
19 Meidän vainoojamme olivat nopeammat kuin kotkat taivaalla. Vuorilla he ajoivat meitä takaa, väijyivät meitä erämaassa.
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.
20 Hän, meidän elämänhenkemme, Herran voideltu, joutui vangiksi heidän kuoppiinsa, hän, josta me olimme sanoneet: hänen varjossaan me saamme elää pakanakansain seassa.
[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.
21 Iloitse ja riemuitse, tytär Edom, joka asut Uusin maassa! Mutta malja on tuleva sinunkin kohdallesi: sinä juovut ja paljastat itsesi.
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.
22 Sinun syntivelkasi, tytär Siion, on loppunut: ei Herra ole enää siirtävä sinua pois. Sinun syntivelkasi, tytär Edom, hän on etsiskelevä, on paljastava sinun syntisi.
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.
