Ratapan 1
1 Ah, betapa terpencilnya kota itu, yang dahulu ramai! Laksana seorang jandalah ia, yang dahulu agung di antara bangsa-bangsa. Yang dahulu ratu di antara kota-kota, sekarang menjadi jajahan.
Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!
2 Pada malam hari tersedu-sedu ia menangis, air matanya bercucuran di pipi; dari semua kekasihnya, tak ada seorangpun yang menghibur dia. Semua temannya mengkhianatinya, mereka menjadi seterunya.
Beth. Weeping she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies.
3 Yehuda telah ditinggalkan penduduknya karena sengsara dan karena perbudakan yang berat; ia tinggal di tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa, namun tidak mendapat ketenteraman; siapa saja yang menyerang dapat memasukinya pada saat ia terdesak.
Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place because of her affliction, and the greatness of her bondage: she hath dwelt among the nations, and she hath found no rest: all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits.
4 Jalan-jalan ke Sion diliputi dukacita, karena pengunjung-pengunjung perayaan tiada; sunyi senyaplah segala pintu gerbangnya, berkeluh kesahlah imam-imamnya; bersedih pedih dara-daranya; dan dia sendiri pilu hatinya.
Daleth. The ways of Sion mourn, because there are none that come to the solemn feast: all her gates are broken down: her priests sigh: her virgins are in affliction, and she is oppressed with bitterness.
5 Lawan-lawan menguasainya, seteru-seterunya berbahagia. Sungguh, TUHAN membuatnya merana, karena banyak pelanggarannya; kanak-kanaknya berjalan di depan lawan sebagai tawanan.
He. Her adversaries are become her lords, her enemies are enriched: because the Lord hath spoken against her for the multitude of her iniquities: her children are led into captivity: before the face of the oppressor.
6 Lenyaplah dari puteri Sion segala kemuliaannya; pemimpin-pemimpinnya bagaikan rusa yang tidak menemukan padang rumput; mereka berjalan tanpa daya di depan yang mengejarnya.
Vau. And from the daughter of Sion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like rams that find no pastures: and they are gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.
7 Terkenanglah Yerusalem, pada hari-hari sengsara dan penderitaannya, akan segala harta benda yang dimilikinya dahulu kala; tatkala penduduknya jatuh ke tangan lawan, dan tak ada penolong baginya, para lawan memandangnya, dan tertawa karena keruntuhannya.
Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old, when her people fell in the enemy’s hand, and there was no helper: the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.
8 Yerusalem sangat berdosa, sehingga najis adanya; semua yang dahulu menghormatinya, sekarang menghinanya, karena melihat telanjangnya; dan dia sendiri berkeluh kesah, dan memalingkan mukanya.
Heth. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned, therefore is she become unstable: all that honoured her have despised her, because they have seen her shame: but she sighed and turned backward.
9 Kenajisannya melekat pada ujung kainnya; ia tak berpikir akan akhirnya, sangatlah dalam ia jatuh, tiada orang yang menghiburnya. "Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah sengsaraku, karena si seteru membesarkan dirinya!"
Teth. Her filthiness is on her feet, and she hath not remembered her end: she is wonderfully cast down, not having a comforter: behold, O Lord, my affliction, because the enemy is lifted up.
10 Si lawan mengulurkan tangannya kepada segala harta bendanya; bahkan harus dilihatnya bagaimana bangsa-bangsa masuk ke dalam tempat kudusnya, padahal Engkau, ya TUHAN, telah melarang mereka untuk masuk jemaah-Mu.
Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things: for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, of whom thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church.
11 Berkeluh kesah seluruh penduduknya, sedang mereka mencari roti; harta benda mereka berikan ganti makanan, untuk menyambung hidupnya. "Lihatlah, ya TUHAN, pandanglah, betapa hina aku ini!
Caph. All her people sigh, they seek bread: they have given all their precious things for food to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile.
12 Acuh tak acuhkah kamu sekalian yang berlalu? Pandanglah dan lihatlah, apakah ada kesedihan seperti kesedihan yang ditimpakan TUHAN kepadaku, untuk membuat aku merana tatkala murka-Nya menyala-nyala!
Lamed. O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: for he hath made a vintage of me, as the Lord spoke in the day of his fierce anger.
13 Dari atas dikirim-Nya api masuk ke dalam tulang-tulangku; dihamparkan-Nya jaring di muka kakiku, didesak-Nya aku mundur; aku dibuat-Nya terkejut, kesakitan sepanjang hari.
Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
14 Segala pelanggaranku adalah kuk yang berat, suatu jalinan yang dibuat tangan Tuhan, yang ditaruh di atas tengkukku, sehingga melumpuhkan kekuatanku; Tuhan telah menyerahkan aku ke tangan orang-orang, yang tidak dapat kutentangi.
Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watched: they are folded together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened: the Lord hath delivered me into a hand out of which I am not able to rise.
15 Tuhan membuang semua pahlawanku yang ada dalam lingkunganku; Ia menyelenggarakan pesta menentang aku untuk membinasakan teruna-terunaku; Tuhan telah menginjak-injak puteri Yehuda, dara itu, seperti orang mengirik memeras anggur.
Samech. The Lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the midst of me: he hath called against me the time, to destroy my chosen men: the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of Juda.
16 Karena inilah aku menangis, mataku mencucurkan air; karena jauh dari padaku penghibur yang dapat menyegarkan jiwaku; bingunglah anak-anakku, karena terlampau kuat si seteru."
Ain. Therefore do I weep, and my eyes run down with water: because the comforter, the relief of my soul, is far from me: my children are desolate because the enemy hath prevailed.
17 Sion mengulurkan tangannya, tetapi tak ada orang yang menghiburnya; terhadap Yakub dikerahkan TUHAN tetangga-tetangganya sebagai lawan. Yerusalem telah menjadi najis di tengah-tengah mereka.
Phe. Sion hath spread forth her hands, there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded against Jacob, his enemies are round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18 "Tuhanlah yang benar, karena aku telah memberontak terhadap firman-Nya; dengarlah hai segala bangsa, dan lihatlah kesedihanku; dara-daraku dan teruna-terunaku pergi sebagai tawanan.
Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 Aku memanggil kekasih-kekasihku, tetapi mereka memperdayakan aku; imam-imamku dan para tua-tuaku telah mati semuanya di kota, tatkala mencari makan bagi dirinya untuk menyambung hidupnya.
Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away in the city: while they sought their food, to relieve their souls.
20 Ya, TUHAN, lihatlah, betapa besar ketakutanku, betapa gelisah jiwaku; hatiku terbolak-balik di dalam dadaku, karena sudah melampaui batas aku memberontak; di luar keturunanku dibinasakan oleh pedang, di dalam rumah oleh penyakit sampar.
Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled: my heart is turned within me, for I am full of bitterness: abroad the sword destroyeth, and at home there is death alike.
21 Dengarlah bagaimana keluh kesahku, sedang tiada penghibur bagiku; seteru-seteruku mendengar tentang kecelakaanku, mereka gembira karena Engkau yang mendatangkannya! Datanglah kiranya hari yang telah Engkau umumkan itu, dan biarlah mereka menjadi seperti aku!
Sin. They have heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my evil, they have rejoiced that thou hast done it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they shall be like unto me.
22 Biarlah segala kejahatan mereka datang ke hadapan-Mu, dan perbuatlah kepada mereka, seperti Engkau telah perbuat kepadaku oleh karena segala pelanggaranku; karena banyaklah keluh kesahku, dan pedih hatiku."
Thau. Let all their evil be present before thee: and make vintage of them, as thou hast made vintage of me for all my iniquities: for my sighs are many, and my heart is sorrowful.
