Plângerile 1
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Nenorocirile Ierusalimului
1 Vai! Cum stă părăsită acum cetatea aceasta atât de plină de popor altădată!
A rămas(A) ca o văduvă!
Ea, care altădată era mare între neamuri, fruntaşă(B) printre ţări,
a ajuns roabă astăzi!
2 Plânge amarnic noaptea(C) şi-i curg lacrimi(D) pe obraji.
Niciunul(E) din toţi(F) cei ce o iubeau n-o mângâie;
toţi prietenii ei au părăsit-o
şi i s-au făcut vrăjmaşi.
3 Iuda a plecat(G) în pribegie din pricina apăsării şi muncilor grele.
Locuieşte(H) în mijlocul neamurilor şi nu găseşte odihnă!
Toţi prigonitorii lui l-au ajuns tocmai când îi era mai mare strâmtorarea.
4 Drumurile Sionului sunt triste, căci nimeni nu se mai duce la sărbători,
toate porţile lui sunt pustii, preoţii lui oftează;
fecioarele lui sunt mâhnite şi el însuşi este plin de amărăciune.
5 Asupritorii(I) lui sar biruitori, vrăjmaşii lui sunt mulţumiţi.
Căci Domnul l-a smerit din pricina mulţimii(J) păcatelor lui;
copiii(K) lui au mers în robie înaintea asupritorului.
6 S-a dus de la fiica Sionului toată podoaba ei.
Căpeteniile ei au ajuns ca nişte cerbi care nu găsesc păşune
şi merg fără putere înaintea celui ce-i goneşte.
7 În zilele necazului şi ticăloşiei lui, Ierusalimul îşi aduce aminte
de toate bunătăţile de care a avut parte din zilele străbune;
când a căzut poporul lui în mâna asupritorului, nimeni nu i-a venit în ajutor,
iar vrăjmaşii se uitau la el şi râdeau de prăbuşirea lui.
8 Greu a păcătuit(L) Ierusalimul! De aceea a ajuns de scârbă.
Toţi cei ce-l preţuiau îl dispreţuiesc acum văzându-i goliciunea(M),
şi el însuşi se întoarce în altă parte şi oftează.
9 Necurăţia stătea lipită pe poala hainei lui
şi nu se gândea(N) la sfârşitul său.
A căzut greu de tot. Nimeni(O) nu-l mângâie. –
„Vezi-mi ticăloşia, Doamne, căci iată ce semeţ este vrăjmaşul!” –
10 Asupritorul a întins mâna la tot ce avea el mai(P) scump;
ba încă a văzut cum, în Locaşul lui cel Sfânt, au intrat(Q) neamurile,
cărora Tu le porunciseşi să nu intre(R) în adunarea Ta!
11 Tot poporul lui caută(S) pâine suspinând;
şi-au dat lucrurile scumpe pe hrană, numai ca să-şi ţină viaţa.
„Uită-Te, Doamne, şi priveşte cât de înjosit sunt!”
12 O, voi, care treceţi pe lângă mine,
priviţi şi vedeţi dacă(T) este vreo durere ca durerea mea,
ca durerea cu care m-a lovit Domnul în ziua mâniei Lui aprinse!
13 Mi-a azvârlit de sus în oase un foc care le arde;
mi-a întins un(U) laţ sub picioare şi m-a dat înapoi.
M-a lovit cu pustiire şi cu o lâncezeală de toate zilele!
14 Mâna Lui a legat jugul(V) nelegiuirilor mele,
care stau împletite şi legate de gâtul meu. Mi-a frânt puterea.
Domnul m-a dat în mâinile acelora cărora nu pot să le stau împotrivă.
15 Domnul a trântit la pământ pe toţi vitejii din mijlocul meu;
a strâns o oştire împotriva mea, ca să-mi prăpădească tineretul;
ca în teasc a călcat(W) Domnul pe fecioara, fiica lui Iuda.
16 De aceea plâng, îmi varsă lacrimi(X) ochii,
căci s-a depărtat de la mine Cel ce trebuia să mă(Y) mângâie, Cel ce trebuia să-mi învioreze viaţa;
fiii mei sunt zdrobiţi, căci vrăjmaşul a biruit. –
17 Sionul(Z) întinde mâinile rugător, şi nimeni(AA) nu-l mângâie.
Domnul a trimis împotriva lui Iacov, de jur împrejur, vrăjmaşi;
Ierusalimul a ajuns de batjocură în mijlocul lor. –
18 Domnul este drept(AB), căci m-am răzvrătit(AC) împotriva poruncilor Lui.
Ascultaţi, toate popoarele, şi vedeţi-mi durerea!
Fecioarele şi tinerii mei s-au dus în robie.
19 Mi-am chemat prietenii, dar m-au înşelat(AD),
preoţii şi bătrânii mei au murit în cetate,
căutând(AE) hrană ca să-şi ţină viaţa.
20 „Doamne, uită-Te la necazul meu. Lăuntrul meu(AF) fierbe,
mi s-a întors inima în mine, căci am fost neascultător.
Afară, sabia m-a(AG) lăsat fără copii; în casă, moartea.
21 M-au auzit suspinând, dar nimeni(AH) nu m-a mângâiat.
Toţi vrăjmaşii mei, când au aflat de nenorocirea mea, s-au bucurat că Tu ai adus-o,
dar vei aduce, vei vesti(AI) ziua când şi ei vor fi ca mine.
22 Adu toată răutatea lor înaintea(AJ) Ta
şi fă-le cum mi-ai făcut mie pentru toate fărădelegile mele!”
Căci suspinele mele sunt multe şi inima îmi este(AK) bolnavă.
Lamentations 1
English Standard Version
How Lonely Sits the City
1 (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.
2 (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.
3 (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]
4 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.
5 (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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 (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.
9 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
- Lamentations 1:3 Or under affliction
- Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes
- Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away
- Lamentations 1:9 Or end
- Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint; Hebrew bones and
- Lamentations 1:14 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Lamentations 1:21 Septuagint, Syriac Hear
- Lamentations 1:21 Syriac Bring
Lamentaciones 1
Dios Habla Hoy
1 ¡Cuán solitaria ha quedado
la ciudad antes llena de gente!
¡Tiene apariencia de viuda
la ciudad capital de los pueblos!
¡Sometida está a trabajos forzados
la princesa de los reinos!
2 Se ahoga en llanto por las noches;
lágrimas corren por sus mejillas.
De entre todos sus amantes
no hay uno que la consuele.
Todos sus amigos la han traicionado;
se han vuelto sus enemigos.
3 A más de sufrimientos y duros trabajos,
Judá sufre ahora el cautiverio.
La que antes reinaba entre los pueblos,
ahora no encuentra reposo.
Los que la perseguían, la alcanzaron
y la pusieron en aprietos.
4 ¡Qué tristes están los caminos de Sión!
¡No hay nadie que venga a las fiestas!
Las puertas de la ciudad están desiertas,
los sacerdotes lloran,
las jóvenes se afligen
y Jerusalén pasa amarguras.
5 Sus enemigos dominan,
sus adversarios prosperan.
Es que el Señor la ha afligido
por lo mucho que ha pecado.
Sus hijos fueron al destierro
llevados por el enemigo.
6 Desapareció de la bella Sión
toda su hermosura;
sus jefes, como venados,
andan en busca de pastos;
arrastrando los pies, avanzan
delante de sus cazadores.
7 Jerusalén recuerda aquellos días,
cuando se quedó sola y triste;
recuerda todas las riquezas que tuvo
en tiempos pasados;
recuerda cuando cayó en poder del enemigo
y nadie vino en su ayuda,
cuando sus enemigos la vieron
y se burlaron de su ruina.
8 Jerusalén ha pecado tanto
que se ha hecho digna de desprecio.
Los que antes la honraban, ahora la desprecian,
porque han visto su desnudez.
Por eso está llorando,
y avergonzada vuelve la espalda.
9 Tiene su ropa llena de inmundicia;
no pensó en las consecuencias.
Es increíble cómo ha caído;
no hay quien la consuele.
¡Mira, Señor, mi humillación
y la altivez del enemigo!
10 El enemigo se ha adueñado
de las riquezas de Jerusalén.
La ciudad vio a los paganos
entrar violentamente en el santuario,
¡gente a la que tú, Señor, ordenaste
que no entrara en tu lugar de reunión!
11 Todos sus habitantes lloran,
andan en busca de alimentos;
dieron sus riquezas a cambio de comida
para poder sobrevivir.
¡Mira, Señor, mi ruina!
¡Considera mi desgracia!
12 ¡Ustedes, los que van por el camino,
deténganse a pensar
si hay dolor como el mío,
que tanto me hace sufrir!
¡El Señor me mandó esta aflicción
al encenderse su enojo!
13 El Señor lanzó desde lo alto
un fuego que me ha calado hasta los huesos;
tendió una trampa a mi paso
y me hizo volver atrás;
me ha entregado al abandono,
al sufrimiento a cada instante.
14 Mis pecados los ha visto el Señor;
me han sido atados por él mismo,
y como un yugo pesan sobre mí:
¡acaban con mis fuerzas!
El Señor me ha puesto en manos de gente
ante la cual no puedo resistir.
15 El Señor arrojó lejos de mí
a todos los valientes que me defendían.
Lanzó un ejército a atacarme,
para acabar con mis hombres más valientes.
¡El Señor ha aplastado a la virginal Judá
como se aplastan las uvas para sacar vino!
16 Estas cosas me hacen llorar.
Mis ojos se llenan de lágrimas,
pues no tengo a nadie que me consuele,
a nadie que me dé nuevo aliento.
Entre ruinas han quedado mis hijos,
porque pudo más el enemigo que nosotros.
17 Sión extiende las manos suplicante,
pero no hay quien la consuele.
El Señor ha ordenado que a Jacob
lo rodeen sus enemigos;
Jerusalén es para ellos
objeto de desprecio.
18 El Señor hizo lo debido,
porque me opuse a sus mandatos.
¡Escúchenme, pueblos todos;
contemplen mi dolor!
¡Mis jóvenes y jovencitas
han sido llevados cautivos!
19 Pedí ayuda a mis amantes,
pero ellos me traicionaron.
Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos
murieron en la ciudad:
¡andaban en busca de alimentos
para poder sobrevivir!
20 ¡Mira, Señor, mi angustia!
¡Siento que me estalla el pecho!
El dolor me oprime el corazón
cuando pienso en lo rebelde que he sido.
Allá afuera la espada mata a mis hijos,
y aquí adentro también hay muerte.
21 La gente escucha mis lamentos,
pero no hay quien me consuele.
Todos mis enemigos saben de mi mal,
y se alegran de que tú lo hayas hecho.
¡Haz que venga el día que tienes anunciado,
y que les vaya a ellos como me ha ido a mí!
22 Haz que llegue a tu presencia
toda la maldad que han cometido;
trátalos por sus pecados
como me has tratado a mí,
pues es mucho lo que lloro;
¡tengo enfermo el corazón!
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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