Klagelieder 2
1 Ach, wie umwölkt der Herr in seinem Zorn die Tochter Zion! Vom Himmel warf er zur Erde die Herrlichkeit Israels und gedachte nicht an seiner Füße Schemel an seinem Zornestage.
How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.
2 Schonungslos vertilgte der Herr alle Auen Jakobs, riß nieder in seinem Grimm die Festen der Tochter Juda, warf zu Boden, entweihte das Reich und seine Fürsten,
The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.
3 hieb ab in Zornesglut jedes Horn Israels, zog seine Rechte zurück vor dem Feind und schürte in Jakob eine flammende Lohe, die ringsum verzehrte.
In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.
4 Er spannte seinen Bogen wie ein Feind, fest stand seine Rechte wie ein Dränger und tötet alle Augenweide im Zelte der Tochter Zion, goß aus wie Feuer seinen Grimm.
His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.
5 Der Herr erwies sich als Feind, vertilgte Israel, vertilgte alle seine Paläste, zerstörte seine Burgen, und häufte in der Tochter Juda Jammer über Jammer.
The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.
6 Er hat seine Hütte zerwühlt wie einen Garten, seinen Festort zerstört. Vergessen machte Jahwe in Zion Fest und Sabbat und verwarf in seinem grimmigen Zorne König und Priester.
And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.
7 Verschmäht hat der Herr seinen Altar, sein Heiligtum verworfen; in Feindes Gewalt hat er ausgeliefert die Mauern ihrer Paläste; Geschrei ließen sie ertönen im Tempel Jahwes, als wäre ein Festtag.
The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.
8 Beschlossen hatte Jahwe, zu zerstören die Mauer der Tochter Zion. Er zog die Meßschnur, hinderte nicht seine Hand am Vernichten und versetzte in Trauer Wall und Mauer, miteinander härmten sie sich ab.
It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.
9 Ihre Thore sind in die Erde gesunken; er vernichtete und zerbrach ihre Riegel. Ihr König und ihre Fürsten sind unter den Heiden, des Gesetzes beraubt; auch ihre Propheten erlangen nicht mehr Offenbarung von Jahwe.
Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.
10 Am Boden sitzen und schweigen die Vornehmen der Tochter Zion, haben Staub auf ihr Haupt gestreut, sich mit härenen Gewändern umgürtet; zur Erde senkten ihr Haupt Jerusalems Jungfraun.
The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
11 In Thränen schwinden meine Augen dahin, mein Inneres glüht, das Herz will mir zerspringen über den Untergang der Tochter meines Volks, da Kind und Säugling verschmachten auf den Straßen der Stadt.
My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.
12 Ihren Müttern rufen sie zu: Wo ist Korn und Wein? verschmachtend wie Todeswunde auf den Straßen der Stadt, indem sie ihr Leben aushauchen an ihrer Mütter Busen.
They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.
13 Was soll ich als Beispiel für dich nennen, womit dich vergleichen, du Tochter Jerusalem? Was stell' ich dir gleich, um dich zu trösten, jungfräuliche Tochter Zion? Ja, groß wie das Meer ist deine Wunde; wer könnte dich heilen?
What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?
14 Deine Propheten erschauten dir Trug und Ungesalzenes und deckten dir deine Schuld nicht auf, dein Geschick zu wenden, sondern erschauten dir Sprüche zu Trug und Verstoßung.
The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.
15 Über dich schlugen die Hände zusammen alle, die des Wegs vorüberzogen, zischten und schüttelten das Haupt über die Tochter Jerusalem: “Ist das die Stadt, der Schönheit Krone, die Wonne der ganzen Erde?”
All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
16 Über dich rissen auf ihren Mund alle deine Feinde, zischten und knirschten mit den Zähnen, sprachen: “Wir haben sie vernichtet! Ja, das ist der Tag, den wir erhofften; wir haben ihn erlebt, gesehn.”
All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
17 Jahwe hat ausgeführt, was er ersonnen, sein Wort vollendet, das er seit den Tagen der Vorzeit entboten, hat niedergerissen ohne Erbarmen und deinen Feind über dich fröhlich gemacht, ließ hoch erhoben sein das Horn deiner Bedränger!
The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.
18 Schreie laut zum Herrn, du jungfräuliche Tochter Zion! Laß deine Thränen rinnen, wie einen Bach, bei Tage und bei Nacht: Gönne dir keine Ruhe, dein Augapfel raste nicht.
Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.
19 Auf, jammere laut in der Nacht beim Beginne der Nachtwachen; schütte aus wie Wasser dein Herz vor dem Antlitz des Herrn, erhebe zu ihm deine Hände für das Leben deiner Kindlein, die vor Hunger verschmachten an allen Straßenecken.
Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.
20 Sieh darein, o Jahwe, und schaue her, wem du solches angethan! Sollen Weiber ihre Leibesfrucht essen, die Kinder ihrer Pflege? Soll im Heiligtum des Herrn gemordet werden Priester und Prophet?
Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?
21 Auf der Erde liegen in den Straßen Knabe und Greis. Meine Jungfraun und meine Jünglinge fielen durchs Schwert; du hast gemordet am Tage deines Zorns, geschlachtet ohne Erbarmen.
The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.
22 Du beriefst wie an einem Feste Schrecken für mich ringsum. Da gab's am Tage des Zornes Jahwes keinen, der entrann und entkam: Die ich gepflegt und aufgezogen, die hat mein Feind vertilgt.
As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.
