विलाप 4
1 सुनको चमक हराएको छ । कसरी निखुर सुन बद्लेको छ! पवित्र पत्थरहरू हरेक सडकको कुनामा छरपष्ट छन् ।
Oh how is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! how are the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the corners of every street.
2 सियोनका मूल्यवान् छोराहरू निखुर सुनका तौलजत्तिकै योग्य थिए, तर अहिले तिनीहरू कुमालेको हातका काम अर्थात् माटोको भाँडाजत्तिकै पनि गनिएका छैनन्।
The precious sons of Zion, valued equal to pure gold, how are they now esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 स्यालका माउहरूले पनि आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई थुन चुस्न दिन्छन्, तर मेरो जातिकी छोरी मरुभूमिका अस्ट्रिचहरूझैँ क्रुर भएकी छे ।
Even wild beasts offer the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 दूध चुस्ने शिशुको जिब्रो तिर्खाले गर्दा तालुमा टाँसिन्छ । बालबालिकाहरूले खानेकुरा माग्छन्, तर तिनीहरूका लागि केही छैन ।
The tongue of the suckling cleaveth to its palate by reason of thirst: babes ask for bread, there is not one to break it for them.
5 मिठा-मिठा खानेकुरा खाएर भोज गर्नेहरू सडकहरूमा भोकले मर्छन् । वैजनी वस्त्र लगाएर हुर्काइएकाहरू अहिले खरानीको थुप्रोमा बस्छन् ।
Those that used to eat dainty food are desolate in the streets: they that were reared up on scarlet now embrace dunghills.
6 मेरो जातिकी छोरीको दण्ड सदोमको भन्दा ठुलो छ, जसलाई एकै क्षणमा फ्याँकिएको थियो, र कसैको हातले त्यसलाई सहायता गरेको थिएन ।
For greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as it were in a moment, and no human hands were laid on her.
7 त्यसका अगुवाहरू हिउँभन्दा शुद्ध, दूधभन्दा सेता थिए । तिनीहरूका शरीर मानिकभन्दा राता थिए; तिनीहरूका रूप नीरजस्तै थिए ।
Her crowned princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more brilliant in body than pearls, more than the sapphire, their countenance:
8 अहिले तिनीहरू मुहार मोसोभन्दा कालो छ । तिनीहरू सडकहरूमा चिनिँदैनन् । तिनीहरूको छाला हड्डीहरूमा टाँसिएको छ । यो काठ जत्तिकै सुक्खा भएको छ ।
Darker than black is now their visage; they are not to be recognized in the streets: their skin is shriveled fast upon their bones; it is dry, it is become like wood.
9 तरवारले मारिएकाहरू भोकले मरेकाहरूभन्दा खुसी थिए । जमिनको फसलको कमीको कारणले तिनीहरू भोकाएर सुक्दै जान्छन्।
Happier are those slain by the sword than those slain by hunger; for those poured forth their blood, being pierced through, —[these perished] without the fruits of the field.
10 दयालु स्त्रीहरूका हातले तिनीहरूका आफ्नै बालबच्चा पकाएका छन् । मेरो जातिकी छोरीलाई नष्ट पारिँदा ती बालबच्चा तिनीहरूको खानेकुरा बने ।
The hands of merciful women cooked their own children: they became food unto them in the downfall of the daughter of my people.
11 परमप्रभुले आफ्ना सबै क्रोध देखाउनुभयो । उहाँले आफ्नो भयङ्कर रिस खन्याउनुभयो । उहाँले सियोनमा आगो सल्काउनुभयो जसले त्यसका जगहरूलाई भस्म पार्यो ।
The Lord hath let loose all his fury: he hath poured out the fierceness of his anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured her foundations.
12 शत्रुहरू वा विरोधीहरू यरूशलेमका मूल ढोकाहरूभित्र प्रवेश गर्न सक्नेथिए भनी पृथ्वीका राजाहरूले विश्वास गरेनन्, न त संसारको कुनै बासिन्दाले विश्वास गर्यो ।
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not believe that an adversary or an enemy could ever enter within the gates of Jerusalem.
13 त्यसका अगमवक्ताहरू र त्यसका पुजारीहरूका अधर्मको कारणले यसो भएको थियो, जसले त्यसकै बिचमा धर्मीहरूको रगत बगाएका थिए ।
[But it hath happened] because of the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, that had shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
14 अन्धाहरूझैँ तिनीहरू सडकहरूमा यताउता हिँड्छन् । त्यस रगतद्वारा तिनीहरू यति दुषित पारिएका थिए, कि तिनीहरूका लुगा छुन कसैलाई अनुमति दिइएन ।
They wandered about blindly in the streets, they became defiled with blood; so that men were not able to touch their garments.
15 तिनीहरूलाई देखेर मानिसहरू चिच्च्याउँछन्, “भाग, हे अशुद्धहरू हो! भाग! भाग! नछोओ!” त्यसैले तिनीहरू यताउता भौँतारिए । मानिसहरूले जाति-जातिहरूका बिचमा भने, “अबदेखि उसो तिनीहरू यहाँ बस्न सक्दैनन् ।”
Depart, ye unclean, they called out unto them: depart, depart, touch not. So they flee away and also wander about: men say among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 परमप्रभु आफैले तिनीहरूलाई तितरबितर पारिदिनुभयो । उहाँले फेरि तिनीहरूको वास्ता गर्नुहुन्न । तिनीहरूले पुजारीहरूको आदर गर्दैनन्, र तिनीहरूले धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई निगाह गरेनन् ।
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more look at them: the faces of the priests they respected not, and the elders they spared not.
17 सहायताको लागि प्रतीक्षा गर्दा-गर्दा हाम्रा आँखा व्यर्थमा टट्टाइसके । हाम्रा धरहराहरूबाट हामीले एउटा जातिको बाटो हेर्यौँ, जसले हामीलाई बचाउन सकेन ।
Even now our eyes anxiously wait for our valueless help: in our waiting have we waited for a nation that cannot help.
18 तिनीहरूले हाम्रा पाइलाहरू पछ्याए । हामी हाम्रा सडकहरूमा हिँड्न सकेनौँ । हाम्रो अन्त्य नजिकै थियो, र हाम्रा दिन गन्ती गरिए । हाम्रो अन्त्य आइसकेको थियो ।
They hunt our steps, that we cannot walk in our streets: our end is near, our days are full: for our end is come.
19 हामीले खेद्नेहरू आकाशका चीलहरूभन्दा पनि छिटा थिए । तिनीहरूले हामीलाई पहाडहरूसम्मे खेदे, र उजाड-स्थानमा हामीलाई ढुकिबसे ।
Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven: upon the mountains did they hotly follow us: in the wilderness did they lie in wait for us.
20 परमप्रभुका अभिषिक्त जन अर्थात् हाम्रो प्राणधार तिनीहरूको पासोमा परे, जसको बारेमा यसो भनिएको थियो, “उहाँकै छायामुनि हामी जाति-जातिहरूका बिचमा बस्ने छौँ ।”
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was caught in their pits, he, of whom we said, Under his shadow shall we live among the nations.
21 हे ऊज देशमा बस्ने एदोमकी छोरी, रमा, र खुसी हो । तर तँलाई त्यो कचौरा पनि दिइने छ । तँ मात्नेछेस्, र नाङ्गो पारिने छेस् ।
Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of 'Uz: also unto thee shall the cup pass; thou wilt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
22 हे सियोनकी छोरी, तेरो दण्ड समाप्त हुने छ । उहाँले तेरो निर्वासनको समय लम्ब्याउनुहुने छैन । तर हे एदोमकी छोरी, उहाँले तँलाई दण्ड दिनुहुने छ । उहाँले तेरा पाप प्रकट गरिदिनुहुने छ ।
Brought to an end is thy iniquity, O daughter of Zion; He will no more carry thee away into exile: He visiteth thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He layeth open thy sins.
