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Klagovisorna 1
Svenska Folkbibeln
Klagovisorna 1
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jerusalems sorg och ödeläggelse
Alef
1 Hur övergiven sitter hon inte, den folkrika staden!
Hon har blivit lik en änka.
Hon som var så mäktig bland folken,
en furstinna bland länderna,
hon måste nu göra slavtjänst.
Beth
2 Bittert gråter hon i natten,
tårar rinner utför hennes kind.
Bland alla hennes älskare
finns ingen som tröstar henne.
Alla hennes vänner har svikit henne,
de har blivit hennes fiender.
Gimel
3 Juda har gått i landsflykt
på grund av förtryck
och svår träldom.
Hon bor nu bland hednafolken,
hon finner ingen ro.
Alla hennes förföljare har överfallit henne
mitt i hennes nöd.
Daleth
4 Vägarna till Sion sörjer,
ty ingen kommer längre till högtiderna.
Alla hennes portar är öde,
hennes präster suckar.
Hennes jungfrur är bedrövade,
och själv sörjer hon bittert.
He
5 Hennes ovänner har makten,
hennes fiender känner sig säkra.
Ty Herren har bedrövat henne
för hennes många synders skull.
Hennes barn har vandrat bort
som fångar framför fienden.
Waw
6 All prakt har försvunnit
från dottern Sion.
Hennes furstar liknar hjortar,
som inte finner bete.
De vandrar kraftlösa
framför förföljaren.
Zajin
7 I sin nöd och hemlöshet
kommer Jerusalem ihåg
allt vad dyrbart hon ägde
i forna dagar.
Nu, då hennes folk har fallit för ovännens hand
och ingen kommer till hennes hjälp,
ser hennes ovänner med hån på hennes undergång.
Heth
8 Svårt har Jerusalem syndat,
därför ses hon som oren.
Alla som ärade henne föraktar henne,
ty de ser hennes nakenhet.
Själv suckar hon
och vänder sig bort.
Teth
9 Orenhet fläckar fållen på hennes kläder,
hon tänkte inte på vad slutet skulle bli.
Hon har sjunkit ofattbart djupt
och ingen finns som tröstar henne.
O, Herre, se mitt betryck,
ty fienden förhäver sig.
Jod
10 Ovännen har räckt ut sin hand
efter allt dyrbart hon ägde.
Hon har sett hur hedningar
går in i hennes helgedom,
sådana som du har förbjudit
att komma in i din församling.
Kaf
11 Allt hennes folk suckar
och söker efter bröd.
De ger sina dyrbarheter för mat
för att hålla sig vid liv.
Se, o Herre, och ge akt på
hur föraktad jag har blivit.
Lamed
12 Betyder det ingenting för alla er som går vägen förbi?
Ge akt på detta och se:
Kan någon plåga vara lik den plåga
som drabbat mig,
den som Herren låtit mig lida
på sin brinnande vredes dag?
Mem
13 Från höjden har han sänt en eld
in i mina ben och kuvat dem.
Han bredde ut ett nät för mina fötter,
han stötte mig tillbaka.
Han har lämnat mig övergiven
och sjuk hela dagen.
Nun
14 Till ett ok knöts mina synder samman,
av hans hand vävdes de ihop,
de har lagts över min nacke.
Han har brutit ner min kraft.
Herren har lämnat mig i händerna på dem
som jag inte kan stå emot.
Samek
15 Alla de hjältar som fanns hos mig
har Herren förkastat.
Han kallade samman ett uppbåd mot mig
för att krossa mina unga män.
Som en vinpress har Herren trampat
jungfrun, dottern Juda.
Ajin
16 Därför gråter jag,
mina ögon flödar av tårar.
Ty fjärran ifrån mig är den som kan trösta mig
och vederkvicka min själ.
Mina barn är övergivna,
ty fienden har blivit mig övermäktig.
Pe
17 Sion räcker ut sina händer,
men ingen finns som tröstar henne.
Mot Jakob har Herren bådat upp
hans ovänner från alla håll,
Jerusalem har blivit
som något orent ibland dem.
Tsade
18 Herren är rättfärdig,
men jag var upprorisk mot hans bud.
Hör då, alla ni folk,
och se min plåga!
Mina jungfrur och unga män
har gått i fångenskap.
Qof
19 Jag kallade på mina älskare,
men de svek mig.
Mina präster och mina äldste
omkom i staden,
medan de letade efter mat
för att hålla sig vid liv.
Resh
20 Se, Herre, hur jag är i nöd!
Det jäser i mitt innersta,
mitt hjärta vänder sig i mitt bröst,
ty jag har varit mycket upprorisk.
Ute gör svärdet mig barnlös,
inomhus finns endast död.
Shin
21 Man hör hur jag suckar,
men ingen finns som tröstar mig.
Alla mina fiender har hört om min olycka
och gläder sig över att du har gjort detta.
Den dag du har förkunnat har du låtit komma,
men det skall gå dem som mig.
Taw
22 Låt all deras ondska komma inför ditt ansikte
och gör med dem
så som du har gjort med mig
för alla mina synder.
Ty många är mina suckar,
och mitt hjärta är sjukt.
Lamentations 1
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 1
Contemporary English Version
Lonely Jerusalem
The Prophet Speaks:
1 (A) Jerusalem, once so crowded,
lies deserted and lonely.
This city that was known
all over the world
is now like a widow.
This queen of the nations
has been made a slave.
2 Each night, bitter tears
flood her cheeks.
None of her former lovers
are there to offer comfort;
her friends[a] have betrayed her
and are now her enemies.
3 The people of Judah are slaves,
suffering in a foreign land,
with no rest from sorrow.
Their enemies captured them
and were terribly cruel.[b]
4 The roads to Zion mourn
because no one travels there
to celebrate the festivals.
The city gates are deserted;
priests are weeping.
Young women are raped;[c]
Zion is in sorrow!
5 Enemies now rule the city
and live as they please.
The Lord has punished Jerusalem
because of her awful sins;
he has let her people
be dragged away.
6 Zion's glory has disappeared.
Her leaders are like deer
that cannot find pasture;
they are hunted down
till their strength is gone.
7 Her people recall the good life
that once was theirs;
now they suffer
and are scattered.
No one was there to protect them
from their enemies who sneered
when their city was taken.
8 Jerusalem's horrible sins
have made the city a joke.
Those who once admired her
now hate her instead—
she has been disgraced;
she groans and turns away.
9 Her sins had made her filthy,
but she wasn't worried
about what could happen.
And when Jerusalem fell,
it was so tragic.
No one gave her comfort
when she cried out,
“Help! I'm in trouble, Lord!
The enemy has won.”
10 Zion's treasures were stolen.
Jerusalem saw foreigners
enter her place of worship,
though the Lord
had forbidden them
to belong to his people.[d]
11 Everyone in the city groans
while searching for food;
they trade their valuables
for barely enough scraps
to stay alive.
Jerusalem Speaks:
Jerusalem shouts to the Lord,
“Please look and see
how miserable I am!”
12 No passerby even cares.[e]
Why doesn't someone notice
my terrible sufferings?
You were fiercely angry, Lord,
and you punished me
worst of all.
13 From heaven you sent a fire
that burned in my bones;
you set a trap for my feet
and made me turn back.
All day long you leave me
in shock from constant pain.
14 You have tied my sins
around my neck,[f]
and they weigh so heavily
that my strength is gone.
You have put me in the power
of enemies too strong for me.
15 You, Lord, have turned back
my warriors and crushed
my young heroes.
Judah was a woman untouched,
but you let her be trampled
like grapes in a wine pit.
16 Because of this, I mourn,
and tears flood my eyes.
No one is here to comfort
or to encourage me;
we have lost the war—
my people are suffering.
The Prophet Speaks:
17 Zion reaches out her hands,
but no one offers comfort.
The Lord has turned
the neighboring nations
against Jacob's descendants.
Jerusalem is merely a filthy rag
to her neighbors.
Jerusalem Speaks:
18 The Lord was right,
but I refused to obey him.
Now I ask all of you to look
at my sufferings—
even my young people
have been dragged away.
19 I called out to my lovers,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and my leaders died
while searching the city
for scraps of food.
20 Won't you look and see
how upset I am, our Lord?
My stomach is in knots,
and my heart is broken
because I betrayed you.
In the streets and at home,
my people are slaughtered.
21 Everyone heard my groaning,
but no one offered comfort.
My enemies know of the trouble
that you have brought on me,
and it makes them glad.
Hurry and punish them,
as you have promised.
22 Don't let their evil deeds
escape your sight.
Punish them as much
as you have punished me
because of my sins.
I never stop groaning—
I've lost all hope!
Footnotes
- 1.2 lovers … friends: Israel's former allies.
- 1.3 Their … cruel: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 1.4 raped: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 1.10 to … people: Or “to enter his temple.”
- 1.12 No … cares: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 1.14 You … neck: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Lamentations 1
New International Version
Lamentations 1
New International Version
1 [a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
has now become a slave.(E)
2 Bitterly she weeps(F) at night,
tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers(G)
there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed(H) her;
they have become her enemies.(I)
3 After affliction and harsh labor,
Judah has gone into exile.(J)
She dwells among the nations;
she finds no resting place.(K)
All who pursue her have overtaken her(L)
in the midst of her distress.
4 The roads to Zion mourn,(M)
for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(N)
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she is in bitter anguish.(O)
5 Her foes have become her masters;
her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(P)
because of her many sins.(Q)
Her children have gone into exile,(R)
captive before the foe.(S)
6 All the splendor has departed
from Daughter Zion.(T)
Her princes are like deer
that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(U)
before the pursuer.
7 In the days of her affliction and wandering
Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
there was no one to help her.(V)
Her enemies looked at her
and laughed(W) at her destruction.
8 Jerusalem has sinned(X) greatly
and so has become unclean.(Y)
All who honored her despise her,
for they have all seen her naked;(Z)
she herself groans(AA)
and turns away.
9 Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
she did not consider her future.(AB)
Her fall(AC) was astounding;
there was none to comfort(AD) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(AE)
for the enemy has triumphed.”
10 The enemy laid hands
on all her treasures;(AF)
she saw pagan nations
enter her sanctuary(AG)—
those you had forbidden(AH)
to enter your assembly.
11 All her people groan(AI)
as they search for bread;(AJ)
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(AK)
Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(AL)
that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
in the day of his fierce anger?(AM)
13 “From on high he sent fire,
sent it down into my bones.(AN)
He spread a net(AO) for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,(AP)
faint(AQ) all the day long.
14 “My sins have been bound into a yoke[b];(AR)
by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands(AS)
of those I cannot withstand.
15 “The Lord has rejected
all the warriors in my midst;(AT)
he has summoned an army(AU) against me
to[c] crush my young men.(AV)
In his winepress(AW) the Lord has trampled(AX)
Virgin Daughter(AY) Judah.
16 “This is why I weep
and my eyes overflow with tears.(AZ)
No one is near to comfort(BA) me,
no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.”(BB)
17 Zion stretches out her hands,(BC)
but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
that his neighbors become his foes;(BD)
Jerusalem has become
an unclean(BE) thing(BF) among them.
18 “The Lord is righteous,(BG)
yet I rebelled(BH) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
look on my suffering.(BI)
My young men and young women
have gone into exile.(BJ)
19 “I called to my allies(BK)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
perished(BL) in the city
while they searched for food
to keep themselves alive.
20 “See, Lord, how distressed(BM) I am!
I am in torment(BN) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,(BO)
for I have been most rebellious.(BP)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is only death.(BQ)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
- Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will
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