Lamentations 5
King James Version
5 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Lamentaciones 5
Dios Habla Hoy
5 Recuerda, Señor, lo que nos ha pasado;
míranos, ve cómo nos ofenden.
2 Todo lo nuestro está ahora en manos de extranjeros;
ahora nuestras casas son de gente extraña.
3 Estamos huérfanos, sin padre;
nuestras madres han quedado como viudas.
4 ¡Nuestra propia agua tenemos que comprarla;
nuestra propia leña tenemos que pagarla!
5 Nos han puesto un yugo en el cuello;
nos cansamos, y no nos dejan descansar.
6 Para llenarnos de pan, tendemos la mano
a los egipcios y a los asirios.
7 Nuestros padres pecaron, y ya no existen,
y nosotros cargamos con sus culpas.
8 Ahora somos dominados por esclavos,
y no hay quien nos libre de sus manos.
9 El pan lo conseguimos a riesgo de la vida
y a pesar de los guerreros del desierto.
10 La piel nos arde como un horno,
por la fiebre que el hambre nos causa.
11 En Sión y en las ciudades de Judá,
mujeres y niñas han sido deshonradas.
12 Nuestros jefes fueron colgados de las manos,
los ancianos no fueron respetados.
13 A los hombres más fuertes los pusieron a moler;
los jóvenes cayeron bajo el peso de la leña.
14 Ya no hay ancianos a las puertas de la ciudad;
ya no se escuchan canciones juveniles.
15 Ya no tenemos alegría en el corazón;
nuestras danzas de alegría acabaron en tristeza.
16 Se nos cayó de la cabeza la corona;
¡ay de nosotros, que hemos pecado!
17 Por eso tenemos enfermo el corazón;
por eso se nos nubla la vista.
18 El monte Sión es un montón de ruinas;
en él van y vienen las zorras.
19 Pero tú, Señor, por siempre reinarás;
¡siempre estarás en tu trono!
20 ¿Por qué has de olvidarnos para siempre?
¿Por qué has de abandonarnos tanto tiempo?
21 ¡Haznos volver a ti, Señor, y volveremos!
¡Haz que nuestra vida sea otra vez lo que antes fue!
22 Pero tú nos has rechazado por completo;
mucho ha sido tu enojo con nosotros.
Lamentations 5
English Standard Version
Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord
5 (A)Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see (B)our disgrace!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
5 (D)Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
6 We have given the hand to (E)Egypt, and to (F)Assyria,
to get bread enough.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
(G)and we bear their iniquities.
8 (H)Slaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 (I)We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (J)Our skin is hot as an oven
with (K)the burning heat of famine.
11 Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
12 (L)Princes are hung up by their hands;
(M)no respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to (N)grind at the mill,
and boys stagger (O)under loads of wood.
14 (P)The old men have left the city gate,
the young men (Q)their music.
15 (R)The joy of our hearts has ceased;
(S)our dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 (T)The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this (U)our heart has become sick,
for these things (V)our eyes have grown dim,
18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
(W)jackals prowl over it.
19 (X)But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations.
20 (Y)Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 (Z)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old—
22 (AA)unless you have utterly rejected us,
and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
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