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Lamentations
Five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem
Five acrostic poems lamenting the fall of Jerusalem and the desolation of its temple in 586 BCE. Traditionally attributed to Jeremiah, the poems combine communal grief with the affirmation that the steadfast love of God is new every morning.
1
¡CÓMO está sentada sola la ciudad populosa! La grande entre las naciones se ha vuelto como viuda, la señora de provincias es hecha tributaria.
How the city sits solitary,
that was full of people!
She has become as a widow,
who was great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
has become a slave!
2
Amargamente llora en la noche, y sus lágrimas en sus mejillas; no tiene quien la consuele de todos sus amadores: todos sus amigos le faltaron, volviéronsele enemigos.
She weeps bitterly in the night.
Her tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
she has no one to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her.
They have become her enemies.
3
Fuése Judá, á causa de la aflicción, y de la grandeza de servidumbre; ella moró entre las gentes, y no halló descanso: todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron entre estrechuras.
Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction,
and because of great servitude.
She dwells among the nations.
She finds no rest.
All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
4
Las calzadas de Sión tienen luto, porque no hay quien venga á las solemnidades; todas sus puertas están asoladas, sus sacerdotes gimen, sus vírgenes afligidas, y ella tiene amargura.
The roads to Zion mourn,
because no one comes to the solemn assembly.
All her gates are desolate.
Her priests sigh.
Her virgins are afflicted,
and she herself is in bitterness.
5
Sus enemigos han sido hechos cabeza, sus aborrecedores fueron prosperados; porque Jehová la afligió por la multitud de sus rebeliones: sus niños fueron en cautividad delante del enemigo.
Her adversaries have become the head.
Her enemies prosper;
for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions.
Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
6
Fuése de la hija de Sión toda su hermosura: sus príncipes fueron como ciervos que no hallan pasto, y anduvieron sin fortaleza delante del perseguidor.
All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion.
Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture.
They have gone without strength before the pursuer.
7
Jerusalem, cuando cayó su pueblo en mano del enemigo y no hubo quien le ayudase, se acordó de los días de su aflicción, y de sus rebeliones, y de todas sus cosas deseables que tuvo desde los tiempos antiguos: miráronla los enemigos, y escarnecieron de sus sábados.
Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries
all her pleasant things that were from the days of old;
when her people fell into the hand of the adversary,
and no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her.
They mocked at her desolations.
8
Pecado cometió Jerusalem; por lo cual ella ha sido removida: todos los que la honraban la han menospreciado, porque vieron su vergüenza; y ella suspira, y se vuelve atrás.
Jerusalem has grievously sinned.
Therefore she has become unclean.
All who honored her despise her,
because they have seen her nakedness.
Yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
9
Sus inmundicias en sus faldas; no se acordó de su postrimería: por tanto ella ha descendido maravillosamente, no tiene consolador. Mira, oh Jehová, mi aflicción, porque el enemigo se ha engrandecido.
Her filthiness was in her skirts.
She didn’t remember her latter end.
Therefore she has come down astoundingly.
She has no comforter.
“See, Yahweh, my affliction;
for the enemy has magnified himself.”
10
Extendió su mano el enemigo á todas sus cosas preciosas; y ella ha visto entrar en su santuario las gentes, de las cuales mandaste que no entrasen en tu congregación.
The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things;
for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary,
concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
11
Todo su pueblo buscó su pan suspirando; dieron por la comida todas sus cosas preciosas, para entretener la vida. Mira, oh Jehová, y ve que estoy abatida.
All her people sigh.
They seek bread.
They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul.
“Look, Yahweh, and see;
for I have become despised.”
12
¿No os conmueve á cuantos pasáis por el camino? Mirad, y ved si hay dolor como mi dolor que me ha venido; porque Jehová me ha angustiado en el día de la ira de su furor.
“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
which is brought on me,
with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13
Desde lo alto envió fuego en mis huesos, el cual se enseñoreó: ha extendido red á mis pies, tornóme atrás, púsome asolada, y que siempre tenga dolor.
“From on high has he sent fire into my bones,
and it prevails against them.
He has spread a net for my feet.
He has turned me back.
He has made me desolate and I faint all day long.
14
El yugo de mis rebeliones está ligado por su mano, enlazadas han subido sobre mi cerviz: ha hecho caer mis fuerzas: hame entregado el Señor en sus manos, contra quienes no podré levantarme.
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand.
They are knit together.
They have come up on my neck.
He made my strength fail.
The Lord has delivered me into their hands,
against whom I am not able to stand.
15
El Señor ha hollado todos mis fuertes en medio de mí; llamó contra mí compañía para quebrantar mis mancebos: como lagar ha pisado el Señor á la virgen hija de Judá.
“The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men within me.
He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men.
The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah as in a wine press.
16
Por esta causa yo lloro; mis ojos, mis ojos fluyen aguas; porque se alejó de mí consolador que dé reposo á mi alma: mis hijos son destruídos, porque el enemigo prevaleció.
“For these things I weep.
My eye, my eye runs down with water,
because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me.
My children are desolate,
because the enemy has prevailed.”
17
Sión extendió sus manos, no tiene quien la consuele; Jehová dió mandamiento contra Jacob, que sus enemigos lo cercasen: Jerusalem fué en abominación entre ellos.
Zion spreads out her hands.
There is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,
that those who are around him should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
18
Jehová es justo; que yo contra su boca me rebelé. Oid ahora, pueblos todos, y ved mi dolor: mis vírgenes y mis mancebos fueron en cautiverio.
“Yahweh is righteous;
for I have rebelled against his commandment.
Please hear all you peoples,
and see my sorrow.
My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
19
Dí voces á mis amadores, mas ellos me han engañado; mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos en la ciudad perecieron, buscando comida para sí con que entretener su vida.
“I called for my lovers,
but they deceived me.
My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city,
while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls.
20
Mira, oh Jehová, que estoy atribulada: mis entrañas rugen, mi corazón está trastornado en medio de mí; porque me rebelé desaforadamente: de fuera deshijó el cuchillo, de dentro parece una muerte.
“Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress.
My heart is troubled.
My heart turns over within me,
for I have grievously rebelled.
Abroad, the sword bereaves.
At home, it is like death.
21
Oyeron que gemía, y no hay consolador para mí: todos mis enemigos han oído mi mal, se han holgado de que tú lo hiciste. Harás venir el día que has anunciado, y serán como yo.
“They have heard that I sigh.
There is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble.
They are glad that you have done it.
You will bring the day that you have proclaimed,
and they will be like me.
22
Entre delante de ti toda su maldad, y haz con ellos como hiciste conmigo por todas mis rebeliones: porque muchos son mis suspiros, y mi corazón está doloroso.
“Let all their wickedness come before you.
Do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions.
For my sighs are many,
and my heart is faint.
1
¡CÓMO oscureció el Señor en su furor á la hija de Sión! Derribó del cielo á la tierra la hermosura de Israel, y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su ira.
How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger!
He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth,
and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
2
Destruyó el Señor, y no perdonó; destruyó en su furor todas las tiendas de Jacob: echó por tierra las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, deslustró el reino y sus príncipes.
The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob
without pity.
He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah.
He has brought them down to the ground.
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3
Cortó con el furor de su ira todo el cuerno de Israel; hizo volver atrás su diestra delante del enemigo; y encendióse en Jacob como llama de fuego que ha devorado en contorno.
He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger.
He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy.
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,
which devours all around.
4
Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, y mató toda cosa hermosa á la vista: en la tienda de la hija de Sión derramó como fuego su enojo.
He has bent his bow like an enemy.
He has stood with his right hand as an adversary.
Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye.
In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.
5
Fué el Señor como enemigo, destruyó á Israel; destruyó todos sus palacios, disipó sus fortalezas: y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y lamento.
The Lord has become as an enemy.
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces.
He has destroyed his strongholds.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
6
Y quitó su tienda como de un huerto, destruyó el lugar de su congregación: Jehová ha hecho olvidar en Sión solemnidades y sábados, y ha desechado en el furor de su ira rey y sacerdote.
He has violently taken away his tabernacle,
as if it were of a garden.
He has destroyed his place of assembly.
Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion.
In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.
7
Desechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario, ha entregado en mano del enemigo los muros de sus palacios: dieron grita en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.
The Lord has cast off his altar.
He has abhorred his sanctuary.
He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy.
They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house,
as in the day of a solemn assembly.
8
Jehová determinó destruir el muro de la hija de Sión; extendió el cordel, no retrajo su mano de destruir: hizo pues, se lamentara el antemuro y el muro; fueron destruídos juntamente.
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out the line.
He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
He has made the rampart and wall lament.
They languish together.
9
Sus puertas fueron echadas por tierra, destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos: su rey y sus príncipes están entre las gentes donde no hay ley; sus profetas tampoco hallaron visión de Jehová.
Her gates have sunk into the ground.
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not.
Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
10
Sentáronse en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión; echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, ciñéronse de saco; las vírgenes de Jerusalem bajaron sus cabezas á tierra.
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground.
They keep silence.
They have cast up dust on their heads.
They have clothed themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11
Mis ojos desfallecieron de lágrimas, rugieron mis entrañas, mi hígado se derramó por tierra por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, cuando desfallecía el niño y el que mamaba, en las plazas de la ciudad.
My eyes fail with tears.
My heart is troubled.
My liver is poured on the earth,
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
12
Decían á sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.
They ask their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city,
when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13
¿Qué testigo te traeré, ó á quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalem? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sión? Porque grande es tu quebrantamiento como la mar: ¿quién te medicinará?
What shall I testify to you?
What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to you,
that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?
For your breach is as big as the sea.
Who can heal you?
14
Tus profetas vieron para ti vanidad y locura; y no descubrieron tu pecado para estorbar tu cautiverio, sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.
Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you.
They have not uncovered your iniquity,
to reverse your captivity,
but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.
15
Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti; silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalem, diciendo: ¿Es ésta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?
All that pass by clap their hands at you.
They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth’?”
16
Todos tus enemigos abrieron sobre ti su boca, silbaron, y rechinaron los dientes; dijeron: Devoremos: cierto éste es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, vímoslo.
All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up.
Certainly this is the day that we looked for.
We have found it.
We have seen it.”
17
Jehová ha hecho lo que tenía determinado, ha cumplido su palabra que él había mandado desde tiempo antiguo: destruyó, y no perdonó; y alegró sobre ti al enemigo, y enalteció el cuerno de tus adversarios.
Yahweh has done that which he planned.
He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down,
and has not pitied.
He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you.
He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
18
El corazón de ellos clamaba al Señor: Oh muro de la hija de Sión, echa lágrimas como un arroyo día y noche; no descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.
Their heart cried to the Lord.
O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief.
Don’t let the your eyes rest.
19
Levántate, da voces en la noche, en el principio de las velas; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos á él por la vida de tus pequeñitos, que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.
Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children,
who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
20
Mira, oh Jehová, y considera á quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crías? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?
“Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus!
Should the women eat their offspring,
the children that they held and bounced on their knees?
Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21
Niños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron á cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.
“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets.
My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of your anger.
You have slaughtered, and not pitied.
22
Has llamado, como á día de solemnidad, mis temores de todas partes; y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo: los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.
“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side.
There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
1
YO soy el hombre que ha visto aflicción en la vara de su enojo.
I am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of his wrath.
2
Guióme y llevóme en tinieblas, mas no en luz.
He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness,
and not in light.
3
Ciertamente contra mí volvió y revolvió su mano todo el día.
Surely he turns his hand against me
again and again all day long.
4
Hizo envejecer mi carne y mi piel; quebrantó mis huesos.
He has made my flesh and my skin old.
He has broken my bones.
5
Edificó contra mí, y cercóme de tósigo y de trabajo.
He has built against me,
and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6
Asentóme en oscuridades, como los ya muertos de mucho tiempo.
He has made me dwell in dark places,
as those who have been long dead.
7
Cercóme por todos lados, y no puedo salir; agravó mis grillos.
He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out.
He has made my chain heavy.
8
Aun cuando clamé y dí voces, cerro los oídos á mi oración.
Yes, when I cry, and call for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
9
Cercó mis caminos con piedra tajada, torció mis senderos.
He has walled up my ways with cut stone.
He has made my paths crooked.
10
Como oso que acecha fué para mí, como león en escondrijos.
He is to me as a bear lying in wait,
as a lion in secret places.
11
Torció mis caminos, y depedazóme; tornóme asolado.
He has turned away my ways,
and pulled me in pieces.
He has made me desolate.
12
Su arco entesó, y púsome como blanco á la saeta.
He has bent his bow,
and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13
Hizo entrar en mis riñones las saetas de su aljaba.
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14
Fuí escarnio á todo mi pueblo, canción de ellos todos los días.
I have become a derision to all my people,
and their song all day long.
15
Hartóme de amarguras, embriagóme de ajenjos.
He has filled me with bitterness.
He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16
Quebróme los dientes con cascajo, cubrióme de ceniza.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel.
He has covered me with ashes.
17
Y mi alma se alejó de la paz, olvidéme del bien.
You have removed my soul far away from peace.
I forgot prosperity.
18
Y dije: Pereció mi fortaleza, y mi esperanza de Jehová.
I said, “My strength has perished,
along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
19
Acuérdate de mi aflicción y de mi abatimiento, del ajenjo y de la hiel.
Remember my affliction and my misery,
the wormwood and the bitterness.
20
Tendrálo aún en memoria mi alma, porque en mí está humillada.
My soul still remembers them,
and is bowed down within me.
21
Esto reduciré á mi corazón, por lo cual esperaré.
This I recall to my mind;
therefore I have hope.
22
Es por la misericordia de Jehová que no somos consumidos, porque nunca decayeron sus misericordias.
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed,
because his compassion doesn’t fail.
23
Nuevas son cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.
They are new every morning.
Great is your faithfulness.
24
Mi parte es Jehová, dijo mi alma; por tanto en él esperaré.
“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul.
“Therefore I will hope in him.”
25
Bueno es Jehová á los que en él esperan, al alma que le buscare.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26
Bueno es esperar callando en la salud de Jehová.
It is good that a man should hope
and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
27
Bueno es al hombre, si llevare el yugo desde su mocedad.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28
Sentaráse solo, y callará, porque lo llevó sobre sí.
Let him sit alone and keep silence,
because he has laid it on him.
29
Pondrá su boca en el polvo, por si quizá hay esperanza.
Let him put his mouth in the dust,
if it is so that there may be hope.
30
Dará la mejilla al que le hiriere; hartaráse de afrenta.
Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him.
Let him be filled full of reproach.
31
Porque el Señor no desechará para siempre:
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32
Antes si afligiere, también se compadecerá según la multitud de sus misericordias.
For though he causes grief,
yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33
Porque no aflige ni congoja de su corazón á los hijos de los hombres.
For he does not afflict willingly,
nor grieve the children of men.
34
Desmenuzar bajo de sus pies todos los encarcelados de la tierra,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35
Hacer apartar el derecho del hombre ante la presencia del Altísimo,
to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36
Trastornar al hombre en su causa, el Señor no lo sabe.
to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37
¿Quién será aquel que diga, que vino algo que el Señor no mandó?
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass,
when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38
¿De la boca del Altísimo no saldrá malo y bueno?
Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39
¿Por qué murmura el hombre viviente, el hombre en su pecado?
Why does a living man complain,
a man for the punishment of his sins?
40
Escudriñemos nuestros caminos, y busquemos, y volvámonos á Jehová.
Let us search and try our ways,
and turn again to Yahweh.
41
Levantemos nuestros corazones con las manos á Dios en los cielos.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42
Nosotros nos hemos rebelado, y fuimos desleales; tú no perdonaste.
“We have transgressed and have rebelled.
You have not pardoned.
43
Desplegaste la ira, y nos perseguiste; mataste, no perdonaste.
“You have covered us with anger and pursued us.
You have killed.
You have not pitied.
44
Te cubriste de nube, porque no pasase la oración nuestra.
You have covered yourself with a cloud,
so that no prayer can pass through.
45
Raedura y abominación nos tornaste en medio de los pueblos.
You have made us an off-scouring and refuse
in the middle of the peoples.
46
Todos nuestros enemigos abrieron sobre nosotros su boca.
“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47
Temor y lazo fué para nosotros, asolamiento y quebrantamiento.
Terror and the pit have come on us,
devastation and destruction.”
48
Ríos de aguas echan mis ojos, por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
My eye runs down with streams of water,
for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49
Mis ojos destilan, y no cesan, porque no hay alivio,
My eye pours down
and doesn’t cease,
without any intermission,
50
Hasta que Jehová mire y vea desde los cielos.
until Yahweh looks down,
and sees from heaven.
51
Mis ojos contristaron mi alma, por todas las hijas de mi ciudad.
My eye affects my soul,
because of all the daughters of my city.
52
Mis enemigos me dieron caza como á ave, sin por qué.
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird,
those who are my enemies without cause.
53
Ataron mi vida en mazmorra, pusieron piedra sobre mí.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon,
and have cast a stone on me.
54
Aguas de avenida vinieron sobre mi cabeza; yo dije: Muerto soy.
Waters flowed over my head.
I said, “I am cut off.”
55
Invoqué tu nombre, oh Jehová, desde la cárcel profunda.
I called on your name, Yahweh,
out of the lowest dungeon.
56
Oiste mi voz; no escondas tu oído á mi clamor, para mi respiro.
You heard my voice:
“Don’t hide your ear from my sighing,
and my cry.”
57
Acercástete el día que te invoqué: dijiste: No temas.
You came near in the day that I called on you.
You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58
Abogaste, Señor, la causa de mi alma; redimiste mi vida.
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul.
You have redeemed my life.
59
Tú has visto, oh Jehová, mi agravio; defiende mi causa.
Yahweh, you have seen my wrong.
Judge my cause.
60
Tú has visto toda su venganza; todos sus pensamientos contra mí.
You have seen all their vengeance
and all their plans against me.
61
Tú has oído el oprobio de ellos, oh Jehová, todas sus maquinaciones contra mí;
You have heard their reproach, Yahweh,
and all their plans against me,
62
Los dichos de los que contra mí se levantaron, y su designio contra mí todo el día.
the lips of those that rose up against me,
and their plots against me all day long.
63
Su sentarse, y su levantarse mira: yo soy su canción.
You see their sitting down and their rising up.
I am their song.
64
Dales el pago, oh Jehová, según la obra de sus manos.
You will pay them back, Yahweh,
according to the work of their hands.
65
Dales ansia de corazón, tu maldición á ellos.
You will give them hardness of heart,
your curse to them.
66
Persíguelos en tu furor, y quebrántalos de debajo de los cielos, oh Jehová.
You will pursue them in anger,
and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
1
¡CÓMO se ha oscurecido el oro! ¡Cómo el buen oro se ha demudado! Las piedras del santuario están esparcidas por las encrucijadas de todas las calles.
How the gold has become dim!
The most pure gold has changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured out
at the head of every street.
2
Los hijos de Sión, preciados y estimados más que el oro puro, ¡cómo son tenidos por vasos de barro, obra de manos de alfarero!
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
Aun los monstruos marinos sacan la teta, dan de mamar á sus chiquitos: la hija de mi pueblo es cruel, como los avestruces en el desierto.
Even the jackals offer their breast.
They nurse their young ones.
But the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4
La lengua del niño de teta, de sed se pegó á su paladar: los chiquitos pidieron pan, y no hubo quien se lo partiese.
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask bread,
and no one breaks it for them.
5
Los que comían delicadamente, asolados fueron en las calles; los que se criaron en carmesí, abrazaron los estercoleros.
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6
Y aumentóse la iniquidad de la hija de mi pueblo más que el pecado de Sodoma, que fué trastornada en un momento, y no asentaron sobre ella compañías.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom,
which was overthrown as in a moment.
No hands were laid on her.
7
Sus Nazareos fueron blancos más que la nieve, más lustrosos que la leche, su compostura más rubicunda que los rubíes, más bellos que el zafiro:
Her nobles were purer than snow.
They were whiter than milk.
They were more ruddy in body than rubies.
Their polishing was like sapphire.
8
Oscura más que la negrura es la forma de ellos; no los conocen por las calles: su piel está pegada á sus huesos, seca como un palo.
Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
They are not known in the streets.
Their skin clings to their bones.
It is withered.
It has become like a stick.
9
Más dichosos fueron los muertos á cuchillo que los muertos del hambre; porque éstos murieron poco á poco por falta de los frutos de la tierra.
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger;
For these pine away, stricken through,
for lack of the fruits of the field.
10
Las manos de las mujeres piadosas cocieron á sus hijos; fuéronles comida en el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children.
They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11
Cumplió Jehová su enojo, derramó el ardor de su ira; y encendió fuego en Sión, que consumió sus fundamentos.
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion,
which has devoured its foundations.
12
Nunca los reyes de la tierra, ni todos los que habitan en el mundo, creyeron que el enemigo y el adversario entrara por las puertas de Jerusalem.
The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13
Es por los pecados de sus profetas, por las maldades de sus sacerdotes, que derramaron en medio de ella la sangre de los justos.
It is because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
14
Titubearon como ciegos en las calles, fueron contaminados en sangre, de modo que no pudiesen tocar á sus vestiduras.
They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments.
15
Apartaos ¡inmundos!, les gritaban, Apartaos, apartaos, no toquéis. Cuando huyeron y fueron dispersos, dijeron entre las gentes: Nunca más morarán aquí.
“Go away!” they cried to them.
“Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
“They can’t live here any more.”
16
La ira de Jehová los apartó, no los mirará más: no respetaron la faz de los sacerdotes, ni tuvieron compasión de los viejos.
Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
They didn’t favor the elders.
17
Aun nos han desfallecido nuestros ojos tras nuestro vano socorro: en nuestra esperanza aguardamos gente que no puede salvar.
Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18
Cazaron nuestros pasos, que no anduviésemos por nuestras calles: acercóse nuestro fin, cumpliéronse nuestros días; porque nuestro fin vino.
They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
for our end has come.
19
Ligeros fueron nuestros perseguidores más que las águilas del cielo: sobre los montes nos persiguieron, en el desierto nos pusieron emboscadas.
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky.
They chased us on the mountains.
They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
20
El resuello de nuestras narices, el ungido de Jehová, de quien habíamos dicho: A su sombra tendremos vida entre las gentes: fué preso en sus hoyos.
The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under his shadow we will live among the nations.
21
Gózate y alégrate, hija de Edom, la que habitas en tierra de Hus: aun hasta ti pasará el cáliz; embriagarte has, y vomitarás.
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom,
that dwells in the land of Uz.
The cup will pass through to you also.
You will be drunken,
and will make yourself naked.
22
Cumplido es tu castigo, oh hija de Sión: nunca más te hará trasportar. Visitará tu iniquidad, oh hija de Edom; descubrirá tus pecados.
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion.
He will no more carry you away into captivity.
He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom.
He will uncover your sins.
1
ACUÉRDATE, oh Jehová, de lo que nos ha sucedido: ve y mira nuestro oprobio.
Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us.
Look, and see our reproach.
2
Nuestra heredad se ha vuelto á extraños, nuestras casas á forasteros.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to aliens.
3
Huérfanos somos sin padre, nuestras madres como viudas.
We are orphans and fatherless.
Our mothers are as widows.
4
Nuestra agua bebemos por dinero; nuestra leña por precio compramos.
We have drunken our water for money.
Our wood is sold to us.
5
Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz: nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.
Our pursuers are on our necks.
We are weary, and have no rest.
6
Al Egipcio y al Asirio dimos la mano, para saciarnos de pan.
We have given our hands to the Egyptians,
and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7
Nuestros padres pecaron, y son muertos; y nosotros llevamos sus castigos.
Our fathers sinned, and are no more.
We have borne their iniquities.
8
Siervos se enseñorearon de nosotros; no hubo quien de su mano nos librase.
Servants rule over us.
There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
9
Con peligro de nuestras vidas traíamos nuestro pan delante del cuchillo del desierto.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword of the wilderness.
10
Nuestra piel se ennegreció como un horno á causa del ardor del hambre.
Our skin is black like an oven,
because of the burning heat of famine.
11
Violaron á las mujeres en Sión, á las vírgenes en las ciudades de Judá.
They ravished the women in Zion,
the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12
A los príncipes colgaron por su mano; no respetaron el rostro de los viejos.
Princes were hanged up by their hands.
The faces of elders were not honored.
13
Llevaron los mozos á moler, y los muchachos desfallecieron en la leña.
The young men carry millstones.
The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14
Los ancianos cesaron de la puerta, los mancebos de sus canciones.
The elders have ceased from the gate,
and the young men from their music.
15
Cesó el gozo de nuestro corazón; nuestro corro se tornó en luto.
The joy of our heart has ceased.
Our dance is turned into mourning.
16
Cayó la corona de nuestra cabeza: ¡ay ahora de nosotros! porque pecamos.
The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17
Por esto fué entristecido nuestro corazón, por esto se entenebrecieron nuestros ojos:
For this our heart is faint.
For these things our eyes are dim.
18
Por el monte de Sión que está asolado; zorras andan en él.
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate.
The foxes walk on it.
19
Mas tú, Jehová, permanecerás para siempre: tu trono de generación en generación.
You, Yahweh, remain forever.
Your throne is from generation to generation.
20
¿Por qué te olvidarás para siempre de nosotros, y nos dejarás por largos días?
Why do you forget us forever,
and forsake us for so long a time?
21
Vuélvenos, oh Jehová, á ti, y nos volveremos: renueva nuestros días como al principio.
Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned.
Renew our days as of old.
22
Porque repeliendo nos has desechado; te has airado contra nosotros en gran manera.
But you have utterly rejected us.
You are very angry against us.