Lamentaciones 1
1 ¡Cómo quedó asolada la ciudad populosa! La grande entre las naciones es como una viuda. La señora de las provincias es tributaria.
How desolate sits the city of Jerusalem, once filled with people! She has become like a widow, she who was once great among the nations. The queen of all the world has become a slave-laborer.
2 Amargamente llora en la noche, Y sus lágrimas cubren sus mejillas. No hay quien la consuele entre todos sus amantes. Todos sus amigos la traicionaron Y se volvieron sus enemigos.
She cries bitterly through the night, tears rolling down her cheeks. Despite all her many lovers, no one comes to comfort her. Betrayed by all her friends, they are now her enemies.
3 Judá fue al cautiverio con aflicción Y a dura esclavitud. Vive entre los gentiles. No halla reposo. Todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron en medio de aflicciones.
Judah has been dragged off into captivity, suffering miserably under brutal slavery; she lives among the nations but has no place of her own where she can rest. Those chasing her have brought her down and she cannot escape.
4 Los caminos de Sion están de luto, Porque nadie llega a las fiestas señaladas. Todas sus puertas están desoladas. Sus sacerdotes gimen. Sus doncellas están afligidas, Y ella sufre amargamente.
Even the roads to Zion are in mourning because no one travels on them to go to the religious festivals. All her gates are empty. Her priests groan in sadness. Her girls are suffering. She herself is in bitter distress.
5 Sus enemigos son sus amos. Sus enemigos prosperan, Porque Yavé la afligió por sus numerosas transgresiones. Sus hijos se fueron cautivos delante del enemigo.
Those who hated her now control her; her enemies enjoy life, because the Lord has made her suffer due to all her sins of rebellion. Her children have been taken away as prisoners of the enemy.
6 Todo el esplendor de la hija de Sion se desvaneció. Sus magistrados fueron como venados que no hallan pasto. Ya sin fuerzas salieron delante del enemigo.
All the glory has left the Daughter of Zion. Her leaders are like deer that can't find any grass to eat. They don't even have the strength to run away when the hunter comes after them!
7 En los días de su aflicción y angustia Jerusalén se acuerda de todas sus cosas agradables que tenía antaño Cuando su pueblo cayó en mano del enemigo, Y no hubo quien lo ayudara. Los enemigos la vieron Y se burlaron de su caída.
As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.
8 Jerusalén pecó gravemente. Por tanto está impura. Todos los que la honraron la desprecian Porque vieron su desnudez. Ella gime y da la espalda.
Jerusalem sinned terribly which is why she is now treated as someone unclean. Everyone who used to honor her now despise her, because they've seen her naked and ashamed. She herself groans as she turns away.
9 Su inmundicia está en sus faldas. Ella no tuvo en cuenta su futuro. Fue humillada hasta el asombro, No tiene consolador. Mira, oh Yavé, mi aflicción, Porque el enemigo se engrandeció.
Her uncleanness contaminates her skirts. She didn't think about what would happen. Her fall was a shock, and no one was there to comfort her. “Please, Lord, see how much I'm suffering, because the enemy has won!” she says.
10 El adversario extendió su mano Sobre todos sus tesoros. Porque ella vio entrar a los gentiles en su Santuario, Aquellos a quienes diste orden de no entrar en tu congregación.
The invader has stolen all her treasures. She even had to watch as heathen nations went into her sanctuary, people you had forbidden to enter.
11 Todo su pueblo gime en busca de pan. Cambian sus tesoros por comida Para recobrar sus vidas. Ve, oh Yavé, y mira, Porque soy despreciada.
All her people groan, looking for bread. They have spent what they value the most to buy food so they can stay alive. “Please, Lord, look and see what's happening to me,” she says. “It's as if I'm worthless!
12 A ustedes, los que pasan, ¿no les importa esto? Consideren y miren si hay dolor como el mío, El cual me fue severamente impuesto, El cual Yavé me infligió el día de su ira.
Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?
13 Desde las alturas lanzó un fuego a mis huesos Y prevaleció. Una red tendió a mis pies. Me caí hacia atrás. Me dejó desolada, Adolorida todo el día.
He sent down fire from heaven that destroyed my bones. He spread out a net to catch my feet, tripping me over. He abandoned me, leaving me sick all day long.
14 Tengo atado el yugo de mis transgresiones. Por la mano de Él fueron atadas. Cayeron sobre mi nuca. Me falla la fuerza. ʼAdonay me entregó a unas manos Contra las cuales no puedo estar en pie.
He took my rebellious sins and twisted them together into a yoke that he tied to my neck. He took away all my strength, and handed me over defenseless to my enemies.
15 ʼAdonay rechazó a todos mis hombres fuertes. Convocó una Asamblea Solemne contra mí. Para quebrantar a mis jóvenes ʼAdonay pisó en el lagar a la virgen hija de Judá.
The Lord brushed aside all my strong soldiers defending me. He called up an army to attack me, to crush my young men. The Lord has trampled down the virgin Daughter of Judah like grapes in a winepress.
16 Por estas cosas yo lloro. Mis ojos se deshacen en agua, Porque lejos de mí está un consolador Quien restituya mi alma. Mis hijos están desconsolados Porque prevaleció el enemigo.
This is why I'm weeping, tears flowing from my eyes, because there's is no one here to comfort me, no one to make me feel better. There's nothing left for my children because the enemy has conquered us.”
17 Sion extiende sus manos. No hay uno quien la consuele. Yavé ordenó con respecto a Jacob Que los que la rodean sean sus adversarios. Jerusalén es entre ellos cosa impura.
Zion holds out her hands in distress, but there's no one to comfort her. The Lord issued orders against Jacob, and his neighbors became his enemies. Jerusalem is to them something disgusting.
18 Yavé es justo, Porque yo me rebelé contra su mandato. Oigan ahora, todos los pueblos Y miren mi dolor: Mis doncellas y mis jóvenes fueron a cautividad.
“The Lord has done what's right, because I rebelled against his instructions. Listen, everyone everywhere; look at what I'm suffering. My young women and young men have been taken off into captivity.
19 Llamé a mis amantes. Ellos me traicionaron. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos perecieron en la ciudad Mientras buscaban alimento para restaurar su fuerza.
I called out for help to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders starved to death in the city as they tried to find food to keep themselves alive.
20 Mira, oh Yavé, que estoy en angustia. Mis órganos internos hierven. Mi corazón se me revuelve. ¡Cuán rebelde fui! Fuera de la casa priva la espada. Adentro es como la muerte.
Can't you see, Lord, how upset I am? inside I am in turmoil; my heart is breaking because I've been so rebellious. Outside, the sword kills those I love; inside, it's like I'm living in the house of death.
21 Oyeron que yo gemía. No hay uno que me consuele. Todos mis enemigos oyeron de mi calamidad. Se regocijan porque Tú lo hiciste. ¡Oh, que Tú traigas el día que proclamaste! ¡Que sean ellos como yo!
People hear me groaning, but no one comes to comfort me. All my enemies have heard about the bad things that have happened to me, and they're delighted that it was you who did it. Please bring about the day of judgment that you promised so they can end up like me.
22 Lleguen todas sus perversidades ante Ti, Y trátalos como me trataste a mí Por todas mis transgresiones. Porque mis gemidos son muchos y mi corazón desfallece.
May you see all the evil things they've done! Treat them the same way as you've treated me as a result of all my rebellious sins, for I'm groaning all the time, and I'm sick at heart.”
