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Napakalungkot na sa Jerusalem na dati ay puno ng mga tao. Ang kilalang-kilala noon sa buong mundo, ngayoʼy tulad ng isang biyuda. Kung dati ay reyna siya ng lahat ng lungsod, ngayoʼy isang alipin ang kanyang katulad. Buong pait siyang umiiyak magdamag. Mga luha niyaʼy dumadaloy sa kanyang mga pisngi. Walang dumamay sa kanya, isa man sa kanyang mga minamahal.[a] Pinagtaksilan siya ng lahat ng kaibigan niya, na ngayoʼy kanyang kaaway. Lubhang pinahirapan ang Juda at ang mga mamamayan niyaʼy binihag. Doon na sila nakatira sa ibang bansa kung saan hindi sila makapagpahinga. Tinugis sila ng kanilang mga kaaway hanggang hindi na sila makatakas.

Ang mga daan patungo sa Jerusalem[b] ay puno na ng kalungkutan, dahil wala nang dumadalo sa mga takdang pista. Sa mga pintuang bayan ay wala na ring mga tao. Ang mga pari ay dumadaing, at ang mga dalaga ay nagdadalamhati. Napakapait ng sinapit ng Jerusalem. Pinamunuan sila ng kanilang mga kaaway, at yumaman ang mga ito. Sapagkat pinahirapan ng Panginoon ang Jerusalem dahil napakarami nitong kasalanan. Ang kanyang mga mamamayan ay binihag ng mga kaaway. Ang kagandahan ng Jerusalem ay naglaho na. Ang kanyang mga pinuno ay parang mga gutom na usa na naghahanap ng pastulan. Silaʼy nanghihina na habang tumatakas sa mga tumutugis sa kanila. Ngayong ang Jerusalem ay nagdadalamhati at naguguluhan, naalala niya ang lahat ng dati niyang yaman. Nang mahulog siya sa kamay ng mga kaaway niya, walang sinumang tumulong sa kanya. At nang siyaʼy bumagsak, kinutyaʼt tinawanan pa siya ng mga kaaway niya.

Napakalaki ng kasalanan ng Jerusalem, kaya naging marumi siya. Ang lahat ng pumupuri noon sa kanya ngayoʼy hinahamak na siya, dahil nakita nila ang kanyang kahihiyan.[c] Sa hiya ay napadaing siya at tumalikod. Nahayag sa lahat ang kanyang karumihan, at hindi niya inalala ang kanyang kasasapitan. Malagim ang kanyang naging pagbagsak, at walang sinumang tumutulong sa kanya. Kaya sinabi niya, “O Panginoon tingnan nʼyo po ang aking paghihirap, dahil tinalo ako ng aking mga kaaway.”

10 Kinuha ng mga kaaway ang lahat ng kayamanan niya. Sa temploʼy nakita niyang pumapasok ang mga taong hindi pinahihintulutan ng Panginoon na pumasok doon. 11 Ang mga mamamayan niyaʼy dumadaing habang naghahanap ng pagkain. Ipinagpalit nila ang kanilang mga kayamanan para sa pagkain upang mabuhay. Sinabi ng Jerusalem, “O Panginoon, pagmasdan nʼyo ako dahil akoʼy nasa kahihiyan.” 12 Sinabi rin niya sa mga dumaraan, “Balewala lang ba ito sa inyo? May nakita ba kayong naghirap na kagaya ko? Ang paghihirap na ito ay ipinataw sa akin ng Panginoon nang magalit siya sa akin. 13 Mula sa langit, nagpadala siya ng apoy na tila sumusunog sa aking mga buto. Naglagay siya ng bitag para sa aking mga paa at nahuli ako. Iniwanan niya akong nanghihina buong araw. 14 Inipon niya ang lahat ng aking mga kasalanan at inilagay sa aking batok bilang pamatok. At ito ang nagdala sa akin sa pagkabihag. Pinanghina ako ng Panginoon at ibinigay sa kamay ng mga kaaway na hindi ko kayang labanan. 15 Itinakwil ng Panginoon ang lahat ng mga kawal ko. Tinipon niya ang aking mga kaaway para lipulin ang aking mga kabataang sundalo. Ang mga mamamayan[d] ng Juda ay naging tulad ng ubas na ipinasok ng Panginoon sa pigaan at tinapak-tapakan. 16 Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit umiiyak ako. Walang nagpapalakas sa akin ni walang umaalo. Nakakaawa ang aking mga mamamayan dahil natalo sila ng kanilang mga kaaway.”

17 Humingi ng tulong ang Jerusalem pero walang tumulong sa kanya. Sapagkat niloob ng Panginoon na makaaway ng lahi ni Jacob ang mga bansa sa palibot niya. Itinuring nilang napakarumi ng Jerusalem sa paningin nila.

18 Sinabi ng Jerusalem, “Matuwid ang Panginoon, pero hindi ko sinunod ang kanyang mga utos. Kaya lahat kayo, pakinggan ninyo ako at tingnan ang aking paghihirap. Ang mga kabataan kong babae at lalaki ay binihag. 19 Humingi ako ng tulong sa aking mga kakampi pero pinagtaksilan nila ako. Namatay ang aking mga pari at ang mga tagapamahala ng lungsod habang naghahanap ng pagkain para mabuhay.

20 Panginoon, masdan nʼyo po ang aking kagipitan! Nababagabag at parang pinipiga ang puso ko, dahil naghihimagsik ako sa inyo. Kabi-kabila ang patayan sa aking mga lansangan pati na sa loob ng bahay ko. 21 Narinig ng mga tao ang pagdaing ko ngunit wala kahit isang umaalo sa akin. Nalaman ng lahat ng kaaway ko ang aking mga paghihirap at natuwa sila sa ginawa nʼyong ito sa akin. Dumating na sana ang araw na ipinangako nʼyong pagpaparusa sa kanila, para maging katulad ko rin sila. 22 Masdan nʼyo ang lahat ng kasamaang ginagawa nila; parusahan nʼyo sila tulad ng pagpaparusa nʼyo sa akin dahil sa lahat ng aking kasalanan. Paulit-ulit akong dumadaing at parang mawawalan na ako ng malay.”

Footnotes

  1. 1:2 kanyang mga minamahal: Ang ibig sabihin, kanyang mga kakampi.
  2. 1:4 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion.
  3. 1:8 kanyang kahihiyan: sa literal, kanyang kahubaran.
  4. 1:15 Ang mga mamamayan: sa Hebreo, Ang birhen na anak na babae.

[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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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.

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.

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.

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)

21 “People have heard my groaning,(BR)
    but there is no one to comfort me.(BS)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice(BT) at what you have done.
May you bring the day(BU) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

22 “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.(BV)
My groans(BW) are many
    and my heart is faint.”

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Lamentations 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
  3. Lamentations 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will

How Lonely Sits the City

(A)How lonely sits the city
    that was full of people!
How like (B)a widow has she become,
    she who was great among the nations!
She who was (C)a princess among the provinces
    has become (D)a slave.

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

(I)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[a]
    and hard servitude;
(J)she dwells now among the nations,
    (K)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.[b]

The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (L)the festival;
(M)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (N)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[c]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

(O)Her foes have become the head;
    her (P)enemies prosper,
because (Q)the Lord has afflicted her
    (R)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(S)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

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

Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
(U)all the precious things
    that were hers from (V)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they (W)mocked at her downfall.

(X)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    (Y)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself (Z)groans
    and turns her face away.

Her uncleanness was (AA)in her skirts;
    (AB)she took no thought of her future;[d]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    (AC)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has (AD)triumphed!”

10 The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her (AE)precious things;
for she has seen (AF)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you (AG)forbade
    to enter your congregation.

11 All her people (AH)groan
    as (AI)they search for bread;
they trade their (AJ)treasures for (AK)food
    to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
    for I am despised.”

12 “Is it nothing to you, all (AL)you who pass by?
    (AM)Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
    which was brought upon me,
which (AN)the Lord inflicted
    on (AO)the day of his fierce anger.

13 “From on high he (AP)sent fire;
    into my bones[e] he made it descend;
(AQ)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
(AR)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

14 “My transgressions were bound[f] into (AS)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 “The Lord rejected
    all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
    to crush my young men;
(AT)the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
    the virgin daughter of Judah.

16 “For these things (AU)I weep;
    my eyes flow with tears;
for (AV)a comforter is far from me,
    one to (AW)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.”

17 (AX)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but (AY)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 (AZ)“The Lord is in the right,
    (BA)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
(BB)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

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

20 “Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    (BE)my stomach churns;
my heart is wrung within me,
    because I have been very rebellious.
(BF)In the street the sword bereaves;
    in the house it is like death.

21 “They heard[g] (BG)my groaning,
    yet (BH)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    (BI)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought[h] the day you announced;
    (BJ)now let them be as I am.

22 (BK)“Let all their evildoing come before you,
    and deal with them
as (BL)you have dealt with me
    because of all my transgressions;
for (BM)my groans are many,
    and (BN)my heart is faint.”

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:3 Or under affliction
  2. Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes
  3. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away
  4. Lamentations 1:9 Or end
  5. Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
  6. Lamentations 1:14 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  7. Lamentations 1:21 Septuagint, Syriac Hear
  8. Lamentations 1:21 Syriac Bring