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Lamentaciones 4
La Palabra (España)
Lamentaciones 4
La Palabra (España)
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4 ¡Qué deslucido está el oro,
qué pálido el oro fino!
¡Las piedras santas están
tiradas por las esquinas!
2 De Sión los nobles hijos,
más apreciados que el oro,
parecen cuencos de barro,
hechura de un alfarero.
3 Hasta los chacales dan
de mamar a sus cachorros;
la hija de mi pueblo es cruel
como avestruz del desierto.
4 De sed se pega la lengua
al paladar del bebé.
Los pequeños piden pan
sin que nadie se lo dé.
5 Los que antes banqueteaban
desfallecen por las calles;
los criados entre púrpura
revuelven los basureros.
6 La culpa de mi ciudad
supera a la de Sodoma,
arrasada en un momento
sin intervención humana.
7 Como leche y nieve pura
resplandecían sus príncipes;
coral rojo eran sus cuerpos
y un zafiro, su figura.
8 Y hoy, más negros que el carbón,
nadie afuera los conoce;
su piel al hueso pegada
y enjutos como sarmientos.
9 Mejor le fue al caído en guerra
que a las víctimas del hambre:
extenuadas se consumen
por carencia de alimentos.
10 Manos tiernas de mujeres
cuecen a sus propios hijos
y los sirven de comida
mientras cae la capital.
11 Colmó el Señor su furor,
derramó su ardiente cólera
y prendió un fuego en Sión
que calcinó sus cimientos.
12 Ni los reyes de la tierra
ni los que habitan el orbe
pensaron ver enemigos
entrando en Jerusalén.
13 Por pecados de profetas
y culpas de sacerdotes
se derramó en su interior
sangre de gente inocente.
14 Tropezando como ciegos
caminan ensangrentados,
sin que nadie por las calles
pueda tocar sus vestidos.
15 ¡Apartaos! —les gritaban—
¡Un impuro! ¡No toquéis!
Y cuando huían vagabundos,
los paganos les decían:
“No podéis vivir aquí”.
16 El Señor los dispersó
y no volverá a mirarlos.
Negaron honra y piedad
a sacerdotes y ancianos.
17 Se gastaban nuestros ojos
aguardando ayuda en vano;
vigilantes esperábamos
a un aliado que no salva.
18 Vigilaban nuestros pasos
sin dejarnos caminar.
Nuestro fin estaba cerca,
nuestros días ya cumplidos,
había llegado el final.
19 Los perseguidores eran
más veloces que las águilas:
nos acosaron con trampas
por los montes y el desierto.
20 Con sus trampas dieron caza
al rey, que era nuestro aliento,
pues a su sombra esperábamos
vivir entre las naciones.
21 Goza y alégrate, Edom,
la que habitas tierras de Us;
ya te pasarán la copa
y andarás ebria y desnuda.
22 Expiaste tu culpa, Sión;
no volverá a desterrarte.
Serás castigada, Edom,
descubiertos tus pecados.
Lamentations 4
New International Version
Lamentations 4
New International Version
4 [a]How the gold has lost its luster,
the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
at every street corner.(A)
2 How the precious children of Zion,(B)
once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
the work of a potter’s hands!
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.(C)
4 Because of thirst(D) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;(E)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.(F)
5 Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(G)
now lie on ash heaps.(H)
6 The punishment of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,(I)
which was overthrown in a moment
without a hand turned to help her.
7 Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.
8 But now they are blacker(J) than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;(K)
it has become as dry as a stick.
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;(L)
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.(M)
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(N)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;(O)
he has poured out(P) his fierce anger.(Q)
He kindled a fire(R) in Zion
that consumed her foundations.(S)
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor did any of the peoples of the world,
that enemies and foes could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.(T)
13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,(U)
who shed within her
the blood(V) of the righteous.
14 Now they grope through the streets
as if they were blind.(W)
They are so defiled with blood(X)
that no one dares to touch their garments.
15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
“Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(Y) about,
people among the nations say,
“They can stay here no longer.”(Z)
16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.(AA)
The priests are shown no honor,
the elders(AB) no favor.(AC)
17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain(AD) for help;(AE)
from our towers we watched
for a nation(AF) that could not save us.
18 People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(AG)
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles(AH) in the sky;
they chased us(AI) over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.(AJ)
20 The Lord’s anointed,(AK) our very life breath,
was caught in their traps.(AL)
We thought that under his shadow(AM)
we would live among the nations.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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