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 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 cubren sus mejillas. No hay quien la consuele entre todos sus amantes. Todos sus amigos la traicionaron Y se volvieron sus 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 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 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 in her distress.

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.

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 son sus amos. Sus enemigos prosperan, Porque Yavé la afligió por sus numerosas transgresiones. Sus hijos se fueron cautivos delante del enemigo.

Her adversaries have become the head. Her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions. Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.

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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 filthiness was in her skirts. She didn’t remember her latter end. Therefore she has come down astoundingly. She has no comforter. “See, LORD, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.”

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 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 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 sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. “Look, LORD, and see, for I have become despised.”

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.

“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 the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

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.

“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 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.

“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 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 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 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.

“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 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 spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

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 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 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 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 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.

“Look, LORD; 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 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!

“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 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.

“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.