Lamentaciones, 1

1. Alef. ¡Cómo, ay, yace solitaria la Ciudad populosa! Como una viuda se ha quedado la grande entre las naciones. La Princesa entre las provincias sujeta está a tributo.

1. How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the cities has become a vassal.

2. Bet. Llora que llora por la noche, y las lágrimas surcan sus mejillas. Ni uno hay que la consuele entre todos sus amantes. Todos sus amigos la han traicionado, ¡se le han trocado en enemigos!

2. She weeps bitterly in the night, tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.

3. Guímel. Judá está desterrada, en postración y en extrema servidumbre. Sentada entre las naciones, no encuentra sosiego. La alcanzan todos sus perseguidores entre las angosturas.

3. Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

4. Dálet. Las calzadas de Sión están de luto, que nadie viene a las solemnidades. Todas sus puertas desoladas, sus sacerdotes gimiendo, afligidas sus vírgenes, ¡y ella misma en amargura!

4. The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the appointed feasts; all her gates are desolate, her priests groan; her maidens have been dragged away, and she herself suffers bitterly.

5. He. Sus adversarios están a la cabeza, sus enemigos bien felices, porque Yahveh la ha afligido por sus muchos delitos. Sus niños han partido al cautiverio delante del adversario.

5. Her foes have become the head, her enemies prosper, because the LORD has made her suffer for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have gone away, captives before the foe.

6. Vau. De la hija de Sión se ha ido todo su esplendor. Sus príncipes son como ciervos que no encuentran pasto, caminando van sin fuerzas delante del hostigador.

6. From the daughter of Zion has departed all her majesty. Her princes have become like harts that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.

7. Zain. Jerusalén recuerda sus días de miseria y vida errante, cuando a manos del adversario sucumbía su pueblo, sin que nadie viniera en su ayuda. Los adversarios la miraban, riéndose de su ruina.

7. Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and bitterness all the precious things that were hers from days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, the foe gloated over her, mocking at her downfall.

8. Jet. Mucho ha pecado Jerusalén, por eso se ha hecho cosa impura. Todos los que la honraban la desprecian, porque han visto su desnudez; y ella misma gime y se vuelve de espaldas.

8. Jerusalem sinned grievously, therefore she became filthy; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; yea, she herself groans, and turns her face away.

9. Tet. Su inmundicia se pega a su ropa; no pensó ella en su fin, ¡y ha caído asombrosamente! No hay quien la consuele. «¡Mira, Yahveh, mi miseria, que el enemigo se agiganta!»

9. Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her doom; therefore her fall is terrible, she has no comforter. "O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!"

10. Yod. El adversario ha echado mano a todos sus tesoros; ha visto ella a las gentes entrar en su santuario, aquellos de quienes tú ordenaste: «¡No entrarán en tu asamblea!»

10. The enemy has stretched out his hands over all her precious things; yea, she has seen the nations invade her sanctuary, those whom thou didst forbid to enter thy congregation.

11. Kaf. Su pueblo entero gime buscando pan; dan sus tesoros a cambio de alimento, por recobrar la vida. «Mira, Yahveh, y contempla qué envilecida estoy.»

11. All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. "Look, O LORD, and behold, for I am despised."

12. Lámed. Vosotros, todos los que pasáis por el camino, mirad y ved si hay dolor semejante al dolor que me atormenta, con el que Yahveh me ha herido el día de su ardiente cólera.

12. "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.

13. Mem. Ha lanzado fuego de lo alto, lo ha metido en mis huesos. Ante mis pies ha tendido una red, me ha tirado hacia atrás; me ha dejado desolada, todo el día dolorida.

13. "From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.

14. Nun. Ligado ha sido el yugo de mis delitos, entrelazados por su mano. Sobre mi cuello su yugo doblega mi vigor. El Señor me ha dejado a merced de ellos, ¡ya no puedo tenerme!

14. "My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hand they were fastened together; they were set upon my neck; he caused my strength to fail; the Lord gave me into the hands of those whom I cannot withstand.

15. Sámek. Ha desechado a todos mis valientes de en medio de mí el Señor. Ha convocado un concejo contra mí para acabar con mis jóvenes. El Señor ha pisado en lagar a la virgen, hija de Judá.

15. "The LORD flouted all my mighty men in the midst of me; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a wine press the virgin daughter of Judah.

16. Ain. Por esto lloro yo; mi ojo, mi ojo se va en agua, porque está lejos de mí el consolador que reanime mi alma. Mis hijos están desolados, porque ha ganado el enemigo.

16. "For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my courage; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed."

17. Pe. Tiende Sión sus manos: ¡no hay quien la consuele! Ha mandado Yahveh contra Jacob sus adversarios por doquier; Jerusalén se ha hecho cosa impura en medio de ellos.

17. Zion stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her; the LORD has commanded against Jacob that his neighbors should be his foes; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

18. Sade. Justo, justo es Yahveh, porque yo he sido indócil a sus órdenes. Escuchad, pues, pueblos todos, y mirad mi dolor. Mis doncellas y mis jóvenes han ido al cautiverio.

18. "The LORD is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word; but hear, all you peoples, and behold my suffering; my maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.

19. Qof. He llamado a mis amantes: me han traicionado ellos. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos han expirado en la ciudad, mientras se buscaban alimento por recobrar la vida.

19. "I called to my lovers but they deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city, while they sought food to revive their strength.

20. Res. ¡Mira, Yahveh, que estoy en angustias! ¡Me hierven las entrañas, el corazón se me retuerce dentro, pues he sido muy rebelde! Afuera, la espada priva de hijos, en casa es como la muerte.

20. "Behold, O LORD, for I am in distress, my soul is in tumult, my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.

21. Sin. ¡Oye cómo gimo: no hay quien me consuele! Todos mis enemigos, enterados de mi mal, se alegran de lo que tú has hecho. ¡Haz que llegue el Día que tienes anunciado, para que sean como yo!

21. "Hear how I groan; there is none to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it. Bring thou the day thou hast announced, and let them be as I am.

22. Tau. ¡Llegue ante ti toda su maldad, y trátalos como a mí me trataste por todos mis delitos! Pues son muchos mis gemidos, y languidece mi corazón.

22. "Let all their evil doing come before thee; and deal with them as thou hast dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my groans are many and my heart is faint."