Lamentaciones 2

1 ¡Cómo oscureció el Señor en su furor a la hija de Sión! derribó del cielo a la tierra la hermosura de Israel, y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su furor.

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

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, contaminó el reino, y sus príncipes.

The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

3 Cortó con la ira de su furor todo el cuerno de Israel: hizo volver atrás su diestra delante del enemigo; y encendióse en Jacob como llama de fuego, ardió en derredor.

In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.

4 Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, y mató toda cosa hermosa a la vista en la tienda de la hija de Sión: derramó como fuego su enojo.

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

5 Fue el Señor como enemigo: destruyó a Israel, destruyó todos sus palacios: disipó sus fortalezas, y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y lamentación.

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

6 Y traspasó como de huerto su cabaña, destruyó su congregación: hizo olvidar Jehová en Sión solemnidades y sábados; y desechó en la ira de su furor rey y sacerdote.

And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

7 Desechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario: entregó en la mano del enemigo los muros de sus palacios: dieron grita en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.

The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.

8 Jehová determinó de destruir el muro de la hija de Sión, extendió el cordel: no retrajo su mano de destruir: enlutóse el antemuro y el muro, fueron destruidos juntamente.

It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

9 Sus puertas fueron echadas por tierra: destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos: su rey, y sus príncipes son llevados entre las gentes: no hay ley: sus profetas tampoco hallaron visión de Jehová.

Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.

10 Asentáronse en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión: echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, ciñéronse de sacos: las hijas de Jerusalem abajaron sus cabezas a tierra.

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

11 Mis ojos se cegaron de lágrimas, rugieron mis entrañas, mi hígado se derramó por tierra por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, desfalleciendo el niño, y el que mamaba en las plazas de la ciudad.

My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

12 Decían a sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo, y el vino? desfalleciendo como muertos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.

They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.

13 ¿Qué testigo te traeré, o a quién te haré semejante, o! hija de Jerusalem? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, o! virgen hija de Sión? porque grande es tu quebrantamiento como la mar: ¿quién te medicinará?

What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

14 Tus profetas te predicaron vanidad e insensatez, y no descubrieron tu pecado para estorbar tu cautiverio: predicáronte profecías vanas, y digresiones.

The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.

15 Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti: silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalem: ¿Es esta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

16 Todos tus enemigos abrieron sobre ti su boca, y silbaron, y batieron los dientes, y dijeron: Traguemos: que cierto este es el día que esperábamos: hallamos lo, vímos lo.

All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

17 Jehová hizo lo que determinó: cumplió 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.

The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

18 El corazón de ellos daba voces al Señor: O! muro de la hija de Sión, echa lágrimas como un arroyo día y noche: no descanses; ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.

Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.

19 Levántate, da voces en la noche, en el principio de las velas: derrama como agua tu corazón delante de la presencia del Señor: alza tus manos a él por la vida de tus pequeñitos que desfallecen de hambre en los principios de todas las calles.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

20 Mira, o! Jehová, y considera a quien has vendimiado así. ¿Comen las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crias? ¿Mátase en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote, y el profeta?

Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?

21 Niños y viejos yacían por tierra por las calles: mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron a cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.

The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.

22 Llamaste, como a día de solemnidad, mis temores de al derredor: ni hubo en el día del furor de Jehová quien escapase, ni quedase vivo: los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.

As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.