Lamentations 1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lament over Jerusalem
א Alef
1 How[a] she sits alone,(A)
the city(B) once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.(C)
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.
ב Bet
2 She weeps aloud during the night,(D)
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.[b](E)
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
ג Gimel
3 Judah has gone into exile
following[c] affliction and harsh slavery;
she lives among the nations
but finds no place to rest.(F)
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in narrow places.
ד Dalet
4 The roads to Zion(G) mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.(H)
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.
ה He
5 Her adversaries have become her masters;(I)
her enemies are at ease,(J)
for the Lord has made her suffer
because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away
as captives before the adversary.
ו Vav
6 All her splendor(K) has vanished
from Daughter Zion.(L)
Her leaders are like stags
that find no pasture;
they walk away exhausted
before the hunter.(M)
ז Zayin
7 During the days of her affliction and homelessness(N)
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
ח Khet
8 Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.[d]
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.
ט Tet
9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts.(O)
She never considered her end.
Her downfall was astonishing;(P)
there was no one to comfort her.
Lord, look on my affliction,
for the enemy triumphs!
י Yod
10 The adversary has seized
all her precious belongings.
She has even seen the nations
enter her sanctuary—
those You had forbidden
to enter Your assembly.(Q)
כ Kaf
11 All her people groan
while they search for bread.(R)
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.(S)
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
ל Lamed
12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?(T)
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine,
which was dealt out to me,
which the Lord made me suffer
on the day of His burning anger?(U)
מ Mem
13 He sent fire from heaven(V) into my bones;
He made it descend.[e](W)
He spread a net for my feet(X)
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
sick all day long.
נ Nun
14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,[f][g](Y)
fastened together by His hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.
ס Samek
15 The Lord has rejected(Z)
all the mighty men within me.
He has summoned an army[h] against me
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah(AA)
like grapes in a winepress.(AB)
ע Ayin
16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes flow[i] with tears.(AC)
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,(AD)
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
פ Pe
17 Zion stretches out her hands;
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure(AE) among them.
צ Tsade
18 The Lord is just,
for I have rebelled against His command.(AF)
Listen, all you people;
look at my pain.
My young men and women
have gone into captivity.(AG)
ק Qof
19 I called to my lovers,(AH)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.(AI)
ר Resh
20 Lord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;(AJ)
my heart is broken,[j]
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.(AK)
שׁ Shin
21 People have heard me groaning,(AL)
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that You have caused it.(AM)
Bring on the day You have announced,
so that they may become like me.(AN)
ת Tav
22 Let all their wickedness come before You,
and deal with them
as You have dealt with me
because of all my transgressions.(AO)
For my groans are many,
and I am sick at heart.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.
- Lamentations 1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies
- Lamentations 1:3 Or because of
- Lamentations 1:8 Or become impure
- Lamentations 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
- Lamentations 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
- Lamentations 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
- Lamentations 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time
- Lamentations 1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit is turned within me
Vajtimet 1
Albanian Bible
1 Si qëndron vallë i vetmuar qyteti që ishte plot e përplot me popull? E madhja midis kombeve është bërë si një e ve; princesha midis provincave i është nënshtruar haraçit.
2 Ajo qan me hidhërim natën, lotët vijëzojnë faqet e saj; midis gjithë atyre që e donin nuk ka njeri që ta ngushëllojë; tërë miqtë e saj e kanë tradhëtuar, janë bërë armiq të saj.
3 Juda ka shkuar në robëri, mbi të rëndojnë pikëllimi dhe një skllavëri e rëndë; ai banon midis kombeve, nuk gjen prehje; tërë përndjekësit e tij e kanë arritur midis fatkeqësive.
4 Rrugët e Sionit mbajnë zi, sepse askush nuk vjen më në festat solemne; tërë portat e tij janë të shkreta, priftërinjtë e tij psherëtijnë, virgjëreshat e tij hidhërohen dhe ai është në trishtim.
5 Kundërshtarët e tij janë bërë sundimtarë, armiqtë e tij begatohen, sepse Zoti e ka mjeruar për shkak të morisë së shkeljeve të tij; fëmijët e tij kanë shkuar në robëri përpara armikut.
6 Vajza e Sionit ka humbur tërë madhështinë e saj; krerët e tij janë bërë si drerë që nuk gjejnë kullotë; ecin pa forca përpara atyre që i ndjekin.
7 Në ditët e trishtimit të tij dhe të endjes Jeruzalemi kujton tërë të mirat e çmuara që zotëronte qysh nga ditët e lashta. Kur populli i tij binte në dorë të armikut dhe askush nuk i vinte në ndihmë, kundërshtarët e tij e shikonin dhe qeshnin me shkatërrimin e tij.
8 Jeruzalemi ka mëkatuar rëndë, prandaj është bërë një gjë e fëlliqur; tërë ata që e nderonin e përçmojnë, sepse e kanë parë lakuriq, po, ai psherëtin dhe kthehet prapa.
9 Fëlliqësia e tij ishte në cepat e rrobave të tij, nuk mendonte për fundin e tij; prandaj ra në mënyrë të habitshme, pa pasur njeri që ta ngushëllojë: Shiko, o Zot, dëshpërimin tim sepse armiku po ngrihett".
10 Kundërshtari ka shtrirë dorën mbi të gjitha thesaret e tua, sepse pa kombet të hyjnë në shenjtëroren tënde; pikërisht ata që ti u kishe urdhëruar të mos hynin në kuvendin tënd.
11 Tërë populli i tij psherëtin duke kërkuar bukë; japin gjërat e tyre më të çmuara për ushqim me qëllim që të rifitojnë jetën. "Shiko, o Zot, dhe kqyr sa jam bërë i neveritshëm!". pranimi i mëkateve të tij dhe pasojat e tyre
12 "Asgjë e tillë mos t’ju ndodhë, o ju që kaloni afër. Soditni dhe shikoni, në se ka një dhimbje të ngjashme me dhembjen time, ajo që më brengos dhe që Zoti më ka dhënë ditën e zemërimit të tij të zjarrtë.
13 Nga lart ka dërguar një zjarr në kockat e mia, i kaplon ato; ka shtrirë një rrjetë në këmbët e mia, më ka kthyer prapa, më ka shkretuar në kapitjen e ditëve të mia.
14 Nga dora e tij është lidhur zgjedha e shkeljeve të mia, që lidhen bashkë dhe rëndojnë mbi qafën time; më ka pakësuar forcën time; Zoti më ka lënë në duart e atyre të cilëve nuk mund t’u bëj ballë.
15 Zoti ka rrëzuar në mesin tim tërë trimat e mi; ka thirrur kundër meje një kuvend për të shtypur të rinjtë e mi; Zoti ka shtypur si në një butinë bijën e virgjër të Judës.
16 Prandaj unë qaj; sytë e mi, vetë sytë e mi shkrihen ndër lot, sepse ngushëlluesi që do të mund të më jepte përsëri jetën është larg meje. Bijtë e mi janë të dëshpëruar, sepse armiku doli fitimtar".
17 Sioni zgjat duart e tij, por nuk ka njeri që ta ngushëllojë. Përsa i përket Jakobit, Zoti ka urdhëruar që ata që janë rreth tij të bëhen armiq të tij. Jeruzalemi është bërë në mes tyre si një gjë e papastër.
18 Zoti është i drejtë, sepse jam rebeluar kundër fjalës së tij. Dëgjoni, pra, o popuj mbarë, dhe shikoni dhimbjen time! Virgjëreshat e mia dhe të rinjtë e mi kanë shkuar në robëri.
19 Thirra dashnorët e mi, por ata më kanë mashtruar; priftërinjt e mi dhe pleqtë e mi nxorën frymën e fundit në qytet, ndërsa kërkonin ushqim për të shpëtuar jetën e tyre.
20 Shiko, o Zot, unë jam në ankth. Zorrët e mia dridhen, zemra ime është e tronditur brenda meje, sepse kam qënë rebele e madhe. Jashtë shpata më la pa bij, në shtëpi është si të jetë vdekje.
21 Më dëgjojnë që psherëtij, askush nuk më ngushëllon. Tërë armiqtë e mi e kanë mësuar fatkeqësinë time dhe janë të kënaqur që ti ke bërë këtë gjë. Ti do të sjellësh ditën që ke lajmëruar, dhe atëherë do të jenë si unë.
22 Le të vijë para teje tërë ligësia e tyre, dhe trajtoi ashtu si më ke trajtuar mua për shkak të të gjitha shkeljeve të mia. Sepse të shumta janë psherëtimat e mia dhe zemra ime lëngon.
Lamentations 1
King James Version
1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
20 Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Lamentations 1
New King James Version
Jerusalem in Affliction
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
(A)How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The (B)princess among the provinces
Has become a [a]slave!
2 She (C)weeps bitterly in the (D)night,
Her tears are 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 (E)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
(F)She dwells among the [b]nations,
She finds no (G)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.
4 The roads to Zion mourn
Because no one comes to the [c]set feasts.
All her gates are (H)desolate;
Her priests sigh,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she is in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries (I)have become [d]the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has afflicted her
(J)Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her (K)children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 And from the daughter of Zion
All her splendor has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
That find no pasture,
That [e]flee without strength
Before the pursuer.
7 In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem (L)remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her [f]downfall.
8 (M)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become [g]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because (N)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She (O)did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!”
10 The adversary has spread his hand
Over all her [h]pleasant things;
For she has seen (P)the nations enter her [i]sanctuary,
Those whom You commanded
(Q)Not to enter Your assembly.
11 All her people sigh,
(R)They [j]seek bread;
They have given their [k]valuables for food to restore life.
“See, O Lord, and consider,
For I am scorned.”
12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who [l]pass by?
Behold and see
(S)If there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
Which has been brought on me,
Which the Lord has inflicted
In the day of His fierce anger.
13 “From above He has sent fire into my bones,
And it overpowered them;
He has (T)spread a net for my feet
And turned me back;
He has made me desolate
And faint all the day.
14 “The(U) yoke of my transgressions was [m]bound;
They were woven together by His hands,
And thrust upon my neck.
He made my strength fail;
The Lord delivered me into the hands of those whom I am not able to withstand.
15 “The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst;
He has called an assembly against me
To crush my young men;
(V)The Lord trampled as in a winepress
The virgin daughter of Judah.
16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, (W)my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”
17 (X)Zion [n]spreads out her hands,
But no one comforts her;
The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob
That those (Y)around him become his adversaries;
Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
18 “The Lord is (Z)righteous,
For I (AA)rebelled against His [o]commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
And behold my sorrow;
My virgins and my young men
Have gone into captivity.
19 “I called for my lovers,
But they deceived me;
My priests and my elders
Breathed their last in the city,
While they sought food
To restore their life.
20 “See, O Lord, that I am in distress;
My (AB)soul[p] is troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
(AC)Outside the sword bereaves,
At home it is like death.
21 “They have heard that I sigh,
But no one comforts me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are (AD)glad that You have done it.
Bring on (AE)the day You have [q]announced,
That they may become like me.
22 “Let(AF) all their wickedness come before You,
And do to them as You have done to me
For all my transgressions;
For my sighs are many,
And my heart is faint.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:1 Lit. forced laborer
- Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles
- Lamentations 1:4 appointed
- Lamentations 1:5 Lit. her head
- Lamentations 1:6 Lit. are gone
- Lamentations 1:7 Vg. Sabbaths
- Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed
- Lamentations 1:10 desirable
- Lamentations 1:10 holy place, the temple
- Lamentations 1:11 hunt food
- Lamentations 1:11 desirable things
- Lamentations 1:12 Lit. pass by this way
- Lamentations 1:14 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. watched over
- Lamentations 1:17 Prays
- Lamentations 1:18 Lit. mouth
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 1:21 proclaimed
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