1 H ow solitary and lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become! She who was great among the nations and princess among the provinces has become a tributary!

¡Cómo yace solitaria la ciudad de tanta gente! Se ha vuelto como una viuda la grande entre las naciones; la princesa entre las provincias se ha convertido en tributaria.

2 S he weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers (allies) she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.

Amargamente llora en la noche, y las lágrimas corren por sus mejillas; no hay quien la consuele entre todos sus amantes. Todos sus amigos la han traicionado, se le han convertido en enemigos.

3 J udah has gone into exile from the affliction and laborious servitude. She dwells among the nations, but she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her amid the straits.

Judá ha ido al destierro bajo aflicción y bajo dura servidumbre. Ella habita entre las naciones, mas no halla descanso; todos sus perseguidores la han alcanzado en medio de la angustia.

4 T he roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly or the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh and groan, her maidens are grieved and vexed, and she herself is in bitterness.

Los caminos de Sion están de luto, porque nadie viene a las fiestas solemnes. Todas sus puertas están desoladas, gimen sus sacerdotes, sus vírgenes están afligidas, y ella misma está amargada.

5 H er adversaries have become the head; her enemies prosper. For the Lord has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her young children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

Sus adversarios se han convertido en sus amos, sus enemigos prosperan, porque el Señor la ha afligido por la multitud de sus transgresiones; sus niños han ido cautivos delante del adversario.

6 F rom the Daughter of Zion all her beauty and majesty have departed. Her princes have become like harts that find no pasture; they have fled without strength before the pursuer.

De la hija de Sion se ha ido todo su esplendor. Sus príncipes son como ciervos que no hallan pasto, y huyen sin fuerzas delante del perseguidor.

7 J erusalem remembers in the days of her affliction, in the days of her wanderings and her bitterness, all the pleasant and precious things that she had from the days of old. When her people fell into and at the hands of the adversary, and there was none to help her, the enemy looked at her, and they mocked at her desolations and downfall.

Jerusalén recuerda en los días de su aflicción y de su vagar todos sus tesoros que existían desde los tiempos antiguos, cuando su pueblo cayó en mano del adversario sin que nadie la ayudara. Al verla sus adversarios, se burlaron de su ruina.

8 J erusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an unclean thing and has been removed. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; yes, she herself groans and sighs and turns away.

En gran manera ha pecado Jerusalén, por lo cual se ha vuelto cosa inmunda. Todos los que la honraban la desprecian porque han visto su desnudez, y ella gime y se vuelve de espaldas.

9 H er filthiness was in and on her skirts; she did not consider her final end. Therefore she has come down singularly and astonishingly; she has no comforter. O Lord, look at my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself!

Su inmundicia está en sus faldas; no consideró su futuro, y ha caído de manera sorprendente; no hay quien la consuele. Mira, oh Señor, mi aflicción, porque se ha engrandecido el enemigo.

10 T he adversary has spread out his hand upon all her precious and desirable things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary — when You commanded that they should not even enter Your congregation.

El adversario ha extendido su mano a todos sus tesoros; ciertamente ella ha visto a las naciones entrar en su santuario, a las que tú ordenaste que no entraran en tu congregación.

11 A ll her people groan and sigh, seeking for bread; they have given their desirable and precious things for food to revive their strength and bring back life. See, O Lord, and consider how wretched and lightly esteemed, how vile and abominable, I have become!

Todo su pueblo gime buscando pan; han dado sus tesoros a cambio de comida para restaurar sus vidas. Mira, oh Señor, y observa que me están despreciando.

12 I s it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was dealt out to me, with which the Lord has afflicted me in the day of His fierce anger!

Vosotros, todos los que pasáis por el camino, ¿no os importa esto? Observad y ved si hay dolor como mi dolor, con el que fui atormentada, con el que el Señor me afligió el día de su ardiente ira.

13 F rom above He has sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back. He has made me hopelessly miserable and faint all the day long.

Desde lo alto El envió fuego que penetró en mis huesos. Ha tendido una red a mis pies, me ha hecho volver atrás, me ha dejado desolada, desfallecida todo el día.

14 T he yoke of my transgressions is bound by His hand; they were twined together; they were set upon my neck. He has made my strength fail and stumble; the Lord has delivered me into the hands of those I am unable to resist or withstand.

Atado ha sido el yugo de mis transgresiones, por su mano han sido entrelazadas, han caído sobre mi cuello. El ha hecho que me falten las fuerzas; el Señor me ha entregado en manos contra las cuales no puedo resistir.

15 T he Lord has made of no account all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has proclaimed a set time against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

A todos mis valientes ha rechazado el Señor de en medio de mí; ha convocado contra mí un tiempo determinado para quebrantar a mis jóvenes; el Señor ha hollado como en un lagar a la virgen hija de Judá.

16 F or these things I weep; my eyes overflow with tears, because a comforter, one who could refresh and restore my soul, is far from me. My children are desolate and perishing, for the enemy has prevailed.

Por estas cosas lloro yo; mi ojo, mi ojo derrama agua, porque lejos de mí está el consolador, el que reanima mi alma. Mis hijos están desolados porque ha prevalecido el enemigo.

17 Z ion stretches forth her hands, but there is no comforter for her. The Lord has commanded concerning and against Jacob that his neighbors should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

Sion extiende sus manos, no hay quien la consuele. El Señor ha ordenado contra Jacob que los que lo rodean sean sus adversarios; Jerusalén se ha vuelto cosa inmunda en medio de ellos.

18 T he Lord is righteous (just and in the right); for I have rebelled against His commandment (His word). Hear, I pray you, all you peoples, and look at my sorrow and suffering; my maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.

El Señor es justo, pues me he rebelado contra su mandamiento. Oíd ahora, pueblos todos, y ved mi dolor: mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes han ido al cautiverio.

19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city while they sought food to save their lives.

Llamé a mis amantes, mas ellos me han engañado. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos han perecido en la ciudad, cuando buscaban alimento para sí a fin de restaurar sus fuerzas.

20 B ehold, O Lord, how distressed I am! My vital parts (emotions) are in tumult and are deeply disturbed; my heart cannot rest and is violently agitated within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the house the sword bereaves, at home there is death!

Mira, oh Señor, que estoy angustiada; hierven mis entrañas, mi corazón se revuelve dentro de mí, porque he sido muy rebelde. En la calle la espada me deja sin hijos, en la casa es como la muerte.

21 h ave heard that I sigh and groan, that I have no comforter. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have done it. You will bring the day that you have foretold and proclaimed; and they will become like me.

Han oído que gimo, y no hay quien me consuele. Todos mis enemigos han oído de mi mal, se regocijan de que tú lo hayas hecho. ¡Oh, si tú trajeras el día que has anunciado, para que sean ellos como yo!

22 L et all their wickedness come before You; and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my sighs and groans are many and my heart is faint.

Venga toda su maldad delante de ti, y trátalos como a mí me has tratado por todas mis transgresiones; porque son muchos mis gemidos, y desfallece mi corazón.