Lamentaciones 4
1 ¡Cómo se ha oscurecido el oro! ¡El oro más puro ha cambiado! Las piedras del santuario se derraman a la cabeza de cada calle.
[Previously our people were like] [MET] pure gold, but now they are worthless. [Like] [MET] the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered, [our young men have been scattered].
2 Los preciosos hijos de Sion, comparable al oro fino, como son estimados como cántaros de tierra, ¡el trabajo de las manos del alfarero!
The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as [MET] large amounts of gold, but now people consider that they are as worthless as [ordinary] clay pots.
3 Incluso los chacales ofrecen su pecho. Amamantan a sus crías. Pero la hija de mi pueblo se ha vuelto cruel, como las avestruces en el desierto.
Even the [female] jackals/wolves feed their pups, but my people act cruelly [toward their children]; they are like [SIM] ostriches in the desert [that abandon their eggs].
4 La lengua del niño lactante se aferra al paladar por la sed. Los niños pequeños piden pan, y nadie la rompe por ellos.
[My people’s] infants’ tongues cling to the roofs/tops of their mouths because they are [extremely] thirsty; the children plead for some food, but no one gives them [any].
5 Los que comían manjares están desolados en las calles. Los que se criaron en la púrpura abrazan los estercoleros.
People who [previously] ate fine food are [now] starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously [MTY] [now] paw/dig through rubbish heaps [to find some food].
6 Porque la iniquidad de la hija de mi pueblo es mayor que el pecado de Sodoma, que fue derrocado como en un momento. No le pusieron las manos encima.
[The people of] Sodom were struck with a disaster very suddenly, and there was no one to rescue them; but my people have been punished more severely than [the people of] Sodom were punished.
7 Sus nobles eran más puros que la nieve. Eran más blancos que la leche. Tenían un cuerpo más rojizo que los rubíes. Su pulido era como el zafiro.
Our leaders’ [behavior] was [previously] very pure, whiter [and brighter] than snow and milk; their bodies were redder than [red] coral/stones; they were very strong and healthy [MET].
8 Su aspecto es más negro que un carbón. No son conocidos en las calles. Su piel se adhiere a sus huesos. Se ha marchitado. Se ha vuelto como la madera.
But now their faces are blacker than soot, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden [stick].
9 Los que mueren a espada son mejores que los que mueren de hambre; porque estos se consumen, golpeados, por falta de los frutos del campo.
It is better to die in a battle [MTY] than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died.
10 Las manos de las mujeres lamentables han hervido a sus propios hijos. Fueron su alimento en la destrucción de la hija de mi pueblo.
Women who [usually/previously] were very kind have [killed and] cooked their own children; they ate them [when there was no other food], when Jerusalem was surrounded [by enemy soldiers].
11 Yahvé ha cumplido su ira. Ha derramado su feroz ira. Ha encendido un fuego en Sión, que ha devorado sus cimientos.
Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; [it is as though] he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes.
12 Los reyes de la tierra no creyeron, tampoco lo hicieron todos los habitantes del mundo, que el adversario y el enemigo entrarían por las puertas de Jerusalén.
None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Es por los pecados de sus profetas y las iniquidades de sus sacerdotes, que han derramado la sangre de los justos en medio de ella.
[But that is what happened]; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests [also] sinned by causing innocent people to be executed [MTY].
14 Vagan como ciegos por las calles. Están contaminados con sangre, Para que los hombres no puedan tocar sus prendas.
The prophets and priests wandered through the streets [as though they were] blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood [of people who had been killed].
15 “¡Vete!”, les gritaron. “¡Impuro! ¡Vete! ¡Vete! ¡No toques! Cuando huyeron y vagaron, los hombres dijeron entre las naciones, “Ya no pueden vivir aquí”.
The people [who were alive] shouted, “Stay away [from us] [DOU]! You are defiled/untouchable! Do not touch us!” So the prophets and priests fled [from Israel], and they wandered around from one country to another, because people [in each country] kept saying to them, “You cannot stay here!”
16 La ira de Yahvé los ha dispersado. Ya no les prestará atención. No respetaron las personas de los sacerdotes. No favorecieron a los ancianos.
It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect [our] priests or leaders.
17 Nuestros ojos siguen fallando, buscando en vano nuestra ayuda. En nuestra vigilancia hemos velado por una nación que no podía salvar.
We [SYN] continued to look for someone to help [us], but it was useless. We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us, but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help [us].
18 Cazan nuestros pasos, para que no podamos ir por nuestras calles. Nuestro fin está cerca. Nuestros días se cumplen, porque nuestro fin ha llegado.
[Our] enemies were hunting for us, so we could not [even] walk in our streets [lest they seize us]. We were about to be captured; it was time for us to be killed.
19 Nuestros perseguidores eran más veloces que las águilas del cielo. Nos persiguieron en las montañas. Nos tendieron una emboscada en el desierto.
Those who pursued us were faster than eagles [flying] in the sky. Even if we fled to the mountains or hid in the desert, they [went there ahead of us and] waited [to attack] us.
20 El aliento de nuestras narices, el ungido de Yahvé, fue tomada en sus fosas; de quien dijimos, bajo su sombra viviremos entre las naciones.
[Our king, ] whom Yahweh appointed, was the one who enabled us to remain alive [MTY]; he was the one whom we trusted to protect us [IDM] from [the armies of] other nations. But he was [captured] [like animals are] [MET] caught in a pit.
21 Regocíjate y alégrate, hija de Edom, que habita en la tierra de Uz. La copa también pasará por ti. Estarás borracho, y se desnudará.
You people of [IDM] Edom and Uz, [you may] be happy [about what is happening to us now], but [Yahweh] will be punishing [MTY] you [also]. You will become drunk and will be ashamed [because your enemies] will have stripped off your clothes.
22 El castigo de tu iniquidad se ha cumplido, hija de Sión. Ya no te llevará al cautiverio. Él visitará tu iniquidad, hija de Edom. Él descubrirá tus pecados.
You [people of] [APO] Jerusalem, the time of your being punished will end; Yahweh will not allow you to continue to live in (exile/foreign countries). But [you people of] [APO] Edom, Yahweh will punish [you]; he will reveal the wicked things that you have done.
