Ratapan 2

1 TUHAN bertindak dalam kemarahan, Sion diliputi-Nya dengan kegelapan. Keagungan Israel yang setinggi langit, telah dicampakkan-Nya ke bumi. Pada saat TUHAN murka, rumah-Nya di Sion pun tak dihiraukan-Nya.

Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger!

2 Setiap padang rumput di negeri Yehuda, dihancurkan-Nya tanpa rasa iba. Dalam kemarahan-Nya Ia mendobrak sampai runtuh benteng-benteng yang melindungi negeri itu. Kerajaan itu bersama para pemimpinnya dijatuhkan-Nya sehingga menjadi hina.

Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.

3 Dalam kemarahan-Nya yang menyala-nyala, kekuatan Israel dipatahkan-Nya. Ketika kita diserang lawan, Ia enggan memberi pertolongan. Seperti api mengamuk membinasakan segala-galanya, demikianlah TUHAN marah kepada kita semua.

Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.

4 Seperti musuh, Ia membentangkan busur-Nya dan mengarahkan anak panah-Nya kepada kita. Semua orang yang menyenangkan hati kita, habis dibunuh oleh-Nya. Ia menyemburkan kemarahan-Nya seperti api ke dalam kota Yerusalem ini.

Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.

5 TUHAN menjadi seperti musuh; Ia memukul Israel sampai runtuh. Ia menghancurkan benteng-benteng serta istana, dan memperbanyak duka nestapa kepada penduduk Yehuda.

He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women.

6 Ia menghancurkan rumah-Nya tempat umat-Nya berkumpul untuk menyembah Dia. Ia membuat orang lupa akan Sabat dan hari-hari raya. Karena TUHAN sangat murka, imam dan raja telah ditolak-Nya.

Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach, and to the indignation of his wrath.

7 TUHAN menolak mezbah-Nya yang suci, dan meninggalkan Rumah-Nya sendiri; dibiarkan-Nya musuh merobohkan tembok-temboknya. Di tempat kita dahulu beribadah dan berpesta, musuh bersorak karena berjaya.

Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

8 TUHAN telah memutuskan bahwa tembok-tembok Sion harus diruntuhkan. Tembok-tembok itu telah diukur-Nya, supaya semua dapat dihancurkan-Nya. Tembok-tembok dan menara-menara, kini telah menjadi puing semua.

Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he hath stretched out his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the wall hath been destroyed together.

9 Gerbang-gerbangnya tertimbun tanah, semua palang-palangnya patah; raja dan pejabat pemerintah berada di pembuangan. Hukum TUHAN tidak lagi diajarkan; nabi tidak lagi menerima wahyu dari TUHAN.

Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he hath destroyed, and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord.

10 Para tua-tua kota duduk membisu di tanah; mereka menaburkan debu di atas kepala, dan memakai kain karung tanda duka. Gadis-gadis pun menundukkan kepala sampai ke tanah.

Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

11 Mataku bengkak karena menangis tanpa henti, jiwaku merana tak terperi. Hatiku hancur melihat keruntuhan bangsa; melihat anak-anak serta bayi pingsan di jalan-jalan kota.

Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city.

12 Dengan letih mereka menangis minta makan dan minum kepada ibunya. Seperti orang terluka, mereka rebah di jalan-jalan lalu meninggal di pangkuan ibunda.

Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.

13 O Yerusalem, Kota Sion yang tercinta, reruntuhanmu sebesar samudra. Apakah yang dapat kukatakan untuk memberikan penghiburan? Sebab, tak pernah ada yang menderita seperti engkau. Sungguh tak ada yang dapat memulihkan keadaanmu.

Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

14 Yang disampaikan nabi-nabi kepadamu, hanyalah tipuan dan dusta melulu. Mereka tak pernah menyingkapkan dosamu, sehingga karena itu engkau tidak bertobat. Sebaliknya mereka hanya menyampaikan kepadamu perkataan-perkataan dusta yang memikat.

Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee: and they have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments.

15 Semua orang yang lewat, mencemooh engkau, karena kau sudah hancur seluruhnya. Mereka menggeleng-gelengkan kepala dan berkata, "Itukah kota yang paling indah, kota kebanggaan dunia?"

Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?

16 Semua musuhmu memandang mukamu dengan benci, mereka menertawakan engkau dan menyeringai. Mereka berkata, "Kota itu sudah kami musnahkan! Akhirnya tiba juga saatnya yang sudah lama kami nanti-nantikan!"

Phe. All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we have seen it.

17 TUHAN telah melaksanakan ancaman-Nya yang dahulu direncanakan dan diperingatkan-Nya kepada kita. Kita dihancurkan-Nya tanpa belas kasihan, musuh diberi-Nya kemenangan. Ia membuat mereka gembira melihat kejatuhan kita.

Ain. The Lord hath done that which he purposed, he hath fulfilled his word, which he commanded in the days of old: he hath destroyed, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, and hath set up the horn of thy adversaries.

18 Hai tembok-tembok Yerusalem, berserulah kepada TUHAN! Cucurkan air mata seperti sungai mengalir siang malam. Teruslah menangis, jangan berhenti sampai badanmu menjadi letih!

Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the walls of the daughter of Sion: Let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no rest, and let not the apple of thy eye cease.

19 Bangunlah berulang-ulang sepanjang malam untuk berteriak mencurahkan isi hatimu kepada TUHAN. Mintalah supaya Ia berbelaskasihan kepada anak-anakmu yang kelaparan dan pingsan di setiap tikungan jalan.

Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the beginning of the watches: pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children, that have fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets.

20 TUHAN, lihatlah dan perhatikanlah mereka yang Kausiksa itu! Apakah ada yang pernah Kau perlakukan begitu? Ibu memakan anak kandungnya yang tercinta, imam dan nabi dibunuh di dalam Rumah-Mu yang suci.

Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

21 Tua muda mati terkapar di jalan, pemuda-pemudi tewas oleh pedang. Pada hari Engkau murka, Kausembelih mereka tanpa rasa iba.

Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.

22 Kau mengundang musuh-musuh yang kami takuti untuk mengadakan pesta kekejaman di sekeliling kami. Mereka membunuh semua yang kami asuh dan sayangi. Pada hari kemarahan-Mu, tak seorang pun dapat melarikan diri.

Thau. Thou hast called as to a festival, those that should terrify me round about, and there was none in the day of the wrath of the Lord that escaped and was left: those that I brought up, and nourished, my enemy hath consumed them.