1 ¡ 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.

How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!

2 A margamente 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.

She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.

3 J udá 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.

Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.

4 L os 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.

The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter.

5 S us 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.

Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the Lord has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.

6 D e 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.

All her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have fled without strength Before the pursuer.

7 J erusalén 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.

In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.

8 E n 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.

Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.

9 S u 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.

Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future. Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. “ See, O Lord, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!”

10 E l 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.

The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your congregation.

11 T odo 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.

All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. “See, O Lord, and look, For I am despised.”

12 V osotros, 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.

“Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the Lord inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.

13 D esde 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.

“From on high He sent fire into my bones, And it prevailed over them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate, Faint all day long.

14 A tado 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.

“The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

15 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.

“The Lord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.

16 P or 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.

“For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed.”

17 S ion 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.

Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

18 E l 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.

“The Lord is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.

19 L lamé 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.

“I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.

20 M ira, 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.

“See, O Lord, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword slays; In the house it is like death.

21 H an 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!

“They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become like me.

22 V enga 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.

“Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint.”