Lamentations 4
1 How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed! The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.
Kako potamnje zlato, promijeni se èisto zlato? kamenje je od svetinje razmetnuto po uglovima svijeh ulica.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Dragi sinovi Sionski, cijenjeni kao najèistije zlato, kako se cijene zemljani sudovi, kao djelo ruku lonèarevijeh!
3 Even the jackals 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.
I zvijeri istièu sise svoje i doje mlad svoju, a kæi naroda mojega posta nemilostiva kao noj u pustinji.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, and none breaketh it unto them.
Jezik djetetu koje sisa prionu za grlo od žeði; djeca ištu hljeba, a nema nikoga da im lomi.
5 They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Koji jeðahu poslastice, ginu na ulicama; koji odrastoše u skerletu, valjaju se po bunjištu.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands fell upon her.
I kar koji dopade kæeri naroda mojega veæi je od propasti koja dopade Sodomu, koji se zatr u èasu i ruke se ne zabaviše oko njega.
7 Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire;
Nazireji njezini bjehu èistiji od snijega, bjelji od mlijeka; tijelo im bješe crvenije od dragoga kamenja, glatki kao safir.
8 Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
A sada im je lice crnje od uglja, ne poznaju se na ulicama; koža im se prilijepila za kosti, osušila se kao drvo.
9 They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
Bolje bi onima koji su pobijeni maèem nego onima koji mru od gladi, koji izdišu ubijeni od nestašice roda zemaljskoga.
10 The hands of women full of compassion have sodden their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Svojim rukama žene žalostive kuhaše djecu svoju, ona im biše hrana u pogibli kæeri naroda mojega.
11 The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; and He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Navrši Gospod gnjev svoj, izli žestoki gnjev svoj, i raspali oganj na Sionu, koji mu proždrije temelje.
12 The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
Ne bi vjerovali carevi zemaljski i svi stanovnici po vasiljenoj da æe neprijatelj i protivnik uæi na vrata Jerusalimska.
13 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 midst of her.
Ali bi za grijehe proroka njegovijeh i za bezakonja sveštenika njegovijeh, koji proljevahu krv pravednièku usred njega.
14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
Lutahu kao slijepci po ulicama, kaljajuæi se krvlju, koje ne mogahu da se ne dotièu haljinama svojim.
15 'Depart ye! unclean!' men cried unto them, 'Depart, depart, touch not'; yea, they fled away and wandered; men said among the nations: 'They shall no more sojourn here.'
Otstupite, neèisti, vièu im, otstupite, otstupite, ne dodijevajte se nièega. I odlaze i skitaju se; i meðu narodima se govori: neæe se više staniti.
16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; He will no more regard them; they respected not the persons of the priests, they were not gracious unto the elders.
Gnjev Gospodnji rasija ih, neæe više pogledati na njih; ne poštuju sveštenika, nijesu žalostivi na starce.
17 As for us, our eyes do yet fail for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Veæ nam oèi išèilješe izgledajuæi pomoæ zaludnu; èekasmo narod koji ne može izbaviti.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our broad places; our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
Vrebaju nam korake, da ne možemo hoditi po ulicama svojim, približi se kraj naš, navršiše se dani naši, doðe kraj naš.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they chased us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Koji nas goniše, bijahu lakši od orlova nebeskih, po gorama nas goniše, u pustinji nam zasjedaše.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said: 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'
Disanje nozdara naših, pomazanik Gospodnji, za kojega govorasmo: da æemo živjeti pod sjenom njegovijem meðu narodima, uhvati se u jame njihove.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass over unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Raduj se i veseli se, kæeri Edomska, koja živiš u zemlji Uzu! doæi æe do tebe èaša, opiæeš se, i otkriæeš se.
22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away into captivity; He will punish thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He will uncover thy sins.
Svrši se kar za bezakonje tvoje, kæeri Sionska; neæe te više voditi u ropstvo; pohodiæe tvoje bezakonje, kæeri Edomska, otkriæe grijehe tvoje.
