Ratapan 4
1 Ah, sungguh pudar emas itu, emas murni itu berubah; batu-batu suci itu terbuang di pojok tiap jalan.
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
2 Anak-anak Sion yang berharga, yang setimbang dengan emas tua, sungguh mereka dianggap belanga-belanga tanah buatan tangan tukang periuk.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Serigalapun memberikan teteknya dan menyusui anak-anaknya, tetapi puteri bangsaku telah menjadi kejam seperti burung unta di padang pasir.
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 Lidah bayi melekat pada langit-langit karena haus; kanak-kanak meminta roti, tetapi tak seorangpun yang memberi.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
5 Yang biasa makan yang sedap-sedap mati bulur di jalan-jalan; yang biasa duduk di atas bantal kirmizi terbaring di timbunan sampah.
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 Kedurjanaan puteri bangsaku melebihi dosa Sodom, yang sekejap mata dibongkar-bangkir tanpa ada tangan yang memukulnya.
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
7 Pemimpin-pemimpin lebih bersih dari salju dan lebih putih dari susu, tubuh mereka lebih merah dari pada merjan, seperti batu nilam rupa mereka.
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
8 Sekarang rupa mereka lebih hitam dari pada jelaga, mereka tidak dikenal di jalan-jalan, kulit mereka berkerut pada tulang-tulangnya, mengering seperti kayu.
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
9 Lebih bahagia mereka yang gugur karena pedang dari pada mereka yang tewas karena lapar, yang merana dan mati sebab tak ada hasil ladang.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 Dengan tangan sendiri wanita yang lemah lembut memasak kanak-kanak mereka, untuk makanan mereka tatkala runtuh puteri bangsaku.
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 TUHAN melepaskan segenap amarah-Nya, mencurahkan murka-Nya yang menyala-nyala, dan menyalakan api di Sion, yang memakan dasar-dasarnya.
Yhwh hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 Tidak percaya raja-raja di bumi, pun seluruh penduduk dunia, bahwa lawan dan seteru dapat masuk ke dalam gapura-gapura Yerusalem.
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Hal itu terjadi oleh sebab dosa nabi-nabinya dan kedurjanaan imam-imamnya yang di tengah-tengahnya mencurahkan darah orang yang tidak bersalah.
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
14 Mereka terhuyung-huyung seperti orang buta di jalan-jalan, cemar oleh darah, sehingga orang tak dapat menyentuh pakaian mereka.
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
15 "Singkir! Najis!", kata orang kepada mereka, "Singkir! Singkir! Jangan sentuh!"; lalu mereka lari dan mengembara, maka berkatalah bangsa-bangsa: "Mereka tak boleh tinggal lebih lama di sini."
They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 TUHAN sendiri mencerai-beraikan mereka, tak mau lagi Ia memandang mereka. Para imam tidak mereka hormati, dan orang-orang tua tidak mereka kasihani.
The anger of Yhwh hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 Selalu mata kami merindukan pertolongan, tetapi sia-sia; dari menara penjagaan kami menanti-nantikan suatu bangsa yang tak dapat menolong.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 Mereka mengintai langkah-langkah kami, sehingga kami tak dapat berjalan di lapangan-lapangan kami; akhir hidup kami mendekat, hari-hari kami sudah genap, ya, akhir hidup kami sudah tiba.
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Pengejar-pengejar kami lebih cepat dari pada burung rajawali di angkasa mereka memburu kami di atas gunung-gunung, menghadang kami di padang gurun.
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 Orang yang diurapi TUHAN, nafas hidup kami, tertangkap dalam pelubang mereka, dia yang kami sangka: "Dalam naungannya kami akan hidup di antara bangsa-bangsa."
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yhwh, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Bergembira dan bersukacitalah, hai puteri Edom, engkau yang mendiami tanah Us, juga kepadamu piala akan sampai, engkau akan jadi mabuk lalu menelanjangi dirimu!
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
22 Telah hapus kesalahanmu, puteri Sion, tak akan lagi TUHAN membawa engkau ke dalam pembuangan, tetapi kesalahanmu, puteri Edom, akan dibalas-Nya, dan dosa-dosamu akan disingkapkan-Nya.
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
