Ratapan 5
1 Ingatlah, ya TUHAN, apa yang terjadi atas kami. Pandanglah kami, dan lihatlah kehinaan kami.
Remember, LORD, what has come on us. Look, and see our disgrace.
2 Harta warisan kami jatuh ke tangan orang lain, rumah-rumah kami didiami orang asing.
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
3 Ayah kami telah dibunuh musuh; kini ibu kami janda, dan kami piatu.
We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are like widows.
4 Air minum dan kayu api harus kami beli.
We have to pay for a drink of water; our wood is sold to us.
5 Seperti hewan, kami dipaksa bekerja berat, kami lelah, tetapi tak diberi waktu istirahat.
Our pursuers are on our necks; we are weary, and have no rest.
6 Kami pergi mengemis di Mesir, kami minta makanan di Asyur.
We have submitted to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians, to get enough bread.
7 Leluhur kami berdosa, kini mereka sudah tiada; tapi kami harus menderita, karena dosa-dosa mereka.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
8 Kami diperintah oleh orang-orang yang tak lebih dari hamba; tiada yang berkuasa melepaskan kami dari mereka.
Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
9 Di luar kota, pembunuh berkeliaran; nyawa kami terancam ketika mencari makanan.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Kami menderita kelaparan, sehingga kulit kami membara seperti perapian.
Our skin is hot like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 Wanita-wanita di Sion diperkosa, gadis-gadis dinodai di desa-desa Yehuda.
They raped the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Pemimpin-pemimpin kami ditangkap dan digantung, orang-orang tua kami tidak lagi disanjung.
Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect.
13 Pemuda-pemuda kami dipaksa bekerja dipenggilingan, anak-anak lelaki tertindih pikulan kayu sampai pingsan.
The young men grind at the mill; the boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 Orang tua-tua tak lagi berkumpul di pintu gerbang kota, musik tidak lagi terdengar di kalangan orang muda.
The elders have gone from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 Kami telah kehilangan kebahagiaan; tarian-tarian telah berubah menjadi perkabungan.
The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing is turned into mourning.
16 Kebanggaan kami sudah tiada, kami celaka karena telah berdosa.
The crown is fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned.
17 Gunung Sion sepi dan ditinggalkan; di sana anjing hutan berkeliaran. Karena itu hati kami remuk redam, kami menangis hingga penglihatan kami menjadi buram.
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
19 Tetapi Engkau, ya TUHAN, tetap berkuasa, Engkau memerintah selama-lamanya.
But you, LORD, abide forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
20 Masakan Kautinggalkan kami begitu lama? Mungkinkah Kaulupakan kami sepanjang masa?
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
21 Ya TUHAN, bawalah kami kembali kepada-Mu; kami akan kembali kepada-Mu! Pulihkanlah keadaan kami seperti dahulu.
Restore us to you, LORD, and we shall be restored; renew our days as in former times,
22 Ataukah telah Kaubuang kami sama sekali? Tak terbataskah kemarahan-Mu kepada kami?
unless you have completely rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.
