< 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! he covers with a cloud in anger his - [the] Lord [the] daughter of Zion he has thrown from heaven earth [the] splendor of Israel and not he has remembered [the] footstool of feet his in [the] day of anger his.
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,
He has swallowed up [the] Lord (and not *Q(K)*) he has spared all [the] settlements of Jacob he has torn down in wrath his [the] fortifications of [the] daughter of Judah he has made [them] touch the ground he has profaned [the] kingdom and princes its.
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.
He has cut off (in [the] heat of *L(abh)*) anger every horn of Israel he has turned back backward right [hand] his from before [the] enemy and he has burned Jacob like a fire of flame [which] it has consumed all around.
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.
He has bent bow his like an enemy [he has] taken a stand right [hand] his like an opponent and he has killed all [the] delights of eye in [the] tent of [the] daughter of Zion he has poured out like fire rage his.
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.
He has become [the] Lord - like an enemy he has swallowed up Israel he has swallowed up all palaces its he has ruined fortifications its and he has multiplied in [the] daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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 treated violently like garden booth his he has ruined appointed place his he has caused to be forgotten Yahweh - in Zion appointed feast and sabbath and he has spurned in [the] indignation of anger his 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.
He has rejected [the] Lord - altar his he has repudiated sanctuary his he has delivered up in [the] hand of an enemy [the] walls of palaces its voice people have given forth in [the] house of Yahweh like [the] day of an appointed feast.
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.
He has planned Yahweh - to destroy [the] wall of [the] daughter of Zion he has stretched out a measuring-line not he has turned back hand his from swallowing up and he has caused to mourn rampart and wall together they have languished.
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.
They have sunk in the ground gates its he has destroyed and he has broken bars its king its and princes its [are] among the nations there not [is] instruction also prophets its not they have found a vision from Yahweh.
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.
They sit to the ground they are silent [the] elders of [the] daughter of Zion they have caused to rise dust on head their they have girded on sackcloth they have brought down to the ground head their [the] virgins of Jerusalem.
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.
They have failed by tears eyes my they are in turmoil inward parts my it has been poured out to the ground liver my on [the] brokenness of [the] daughter of people my because faint child and suckling-child in [the] open places of a 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.
To mothers their they say where? [are] grain and wine when faint away they like [one] fatally wounded in [the] open places of a city when pours itself out life their to [the] bosom of mothers their.
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? will I testify for you what? will I liken to you O daughter of Jerusalem what? will I make equal to you so I may comfort you O virgin of [the] daughter of Zion for [is] great like the sea brokenness your who? will he heal you.
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.
Prophets your they have seen for you worthlessness and sham and not they have made known on iniquity your to turn back (captivity your *Q(k)*) and they have seen for you oracles of worthlessness and enticement.
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?”
They have clapped on you hands all [those who] pass by of [the] road they have hissed and they have shaken head their on [the] daughter of Jerusalem ¿ [is] this the city that people said perfect of beauty a joy to 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.”
They have opened on you mouth their all enemies your they have hissed and they have gnashed a tooth they said we have swallowed up surely this [is] the day that we have waited for it we have found we have seen.
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!
He has done Yahweh what he purposed he has fulfilled word his which he commanded from days of antiquity he has torn down and not he has spared and he has caused to rejoice on you an enemy he has lifted up [the] horn of opponents your.
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.
It has cried out heart their to [the] Lord O wall of [the] daughter of Zion send down like river tear[s] by day and night may not you give rest to yourself may not it be still [the] daughter of eye your.
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.
Arise - cry out (in the night *Q(K)*) to [the] head of [the] night-watches pour out like water heart your before [the] presence of [the] Lord lift up to him hands your on [the] life children your the ones enfeebled by hunger at [the] head of all [the] streets.
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?
See O Yahweh and look! to whom? have you dealt severely thus? will they eat women descendant[s] their children of health or? will he be killed in [the] sanctuary of [the] Lord priest and prophet.
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.
They have lain down to the ground streets youth and old [person] young women my and young men my they have fallen by the sword you have killed in [the] day of anger your you have slaughtered not you have spared.
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.
You have summoned like [the] day of an appointed feast terrors my from round about and not he was in [the] day of [the] anger of Yahweh an escapee and a survivor [those] whom I had given birth and I had reared enemy my he has made an end of them.