1 ¡ Cómo el Señor nubló, en Su ira, A la hija de Sion! Ha arrojado del cielo a la tierra La gloria de Israel, Y no se ha acordado del estrado de Sus pies En el día de Su ira.

¶ Aleph How has the Lord darkened the daughter of Zion in his anger! He has cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel and not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger!

2 E l Señor ha devorado, no ha perdonado Ninguna de las moradas de Jacob. Ha derribado en Su furor Las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, Las ha echado por tierra; Ha profanado al reino y a sus príncipes.

Beth The Lord has destroyed and has not forgiven; he has destroyed in his wrath all the habitations of Jacob; he has thrown down to the ground the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he has polluted the kingdom and its princes.

3 E n el ardor de Su ira ha exterminado Todas las fuerzas de Israel; Retiró Su diestra En presencia del enemigo; Y se ha encendido en Jacob como llamas de fuego Devorando todo en derredor.

Gimel He has cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he has caused his right hand to draw back in the presence of the enemy, and he burned in Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.

4 H a entesado Su arco como enemigo, Ha afirmado Su diestra como adversario Y ha matado todo lo que era agradable a la vista; En la tienda de la hija de Sion Ha derramado Su furor como fuego.

Daleth He has bent his bow like an enemy; he strengthened his right hand as an adversary and slew everything of beauty that could be seen in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he poured out his fury like fire.

5 S e ha vuelto el Señor como enemigo: Ha devorado a Israel, Ha devorado todos sus palacios, Ha destruido sus fortalezas Y ha multiplicado en la hija de Judá El lamento y el duelo.

He The Lord was as an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all her palaces; he has dissipated his strong holds and has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

6 Y ha tratado con violencia a Su tabernáculo, como a cabaña de huerto; Ha destruido Su lugar de reunión. El Señor ha hecho olvidar en Sion La fiesta solemne y el día de reposo, Y en el furor de Su ira ha rechazado Al rey y al sacerdote.

Vau And he has violently taken away his tabernacle as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his congregation; the LORD has caused the solemnities and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and has rejected in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

7 E l Señor ha rechazado Su altar, Ha despreciado Su santuario; Ha entregado en manos del enemigo Los muros de sus palacios. Gritos se han dado en la casa del Señor Como en día de fiesta solemne.

Zain The Lord has cast off his altar; he has abhorred his sanctuary; he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have shouted in the house of the LORD as in the day of a feast.

8 E l Señor determinó destruir La muralla de la hija de Sion; Ha extendido el cordel, No ha retraído Su mano de destruir, Y ha hecho que se lamenten el antemuro y el muro; A una desfallecen.

Cheth The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he has stretched out the line; he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they were destroyed together.

9 S e han hundido en la tierra sus puertas, El ha destruido y quebrado sus cerrojos. Su rey y sus príncipes están entre las naciones; Ya no hay ley; Tampoco sus profetas hallan Visión del Señor.

Teth Her gates were thrown to the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are carried off among the Gentiles; there is no law; nor have her prophets found vision from the LORD.

10 E stán sentados en tierra, en silencio, Los ancianos de la hija de Sion. Han echado polvo sobre sus cabezas, Se han ceñido de cilicio. Han inclinado a tierra sus cabezas Las vírgenes de Jerusalén.

¶ Jod The elders of the daughter of Zion sat upon the ground and are silent: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the daughters of Jerusalem hung their heads down to the ground.

11 M is ojos se consumen por las lágrimas, Hierven mis entrañas; Mi hiel se derrama por tierra, A causa de la destrucción de la hija de mi pueblo (Jerusalén), Cuando niños y lactantes desfallecen En las calles de la ciudad.

Caph My eyes fail with tears; my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings faint in the streets of the city.

12 D icen a sus madres: “¿Dónde hay grano y vino?” Mientras desfallecen como heridos En las calles de la ciudad, Mientras exhalan su espíritu En el regazo de sus madres.

Lamed They said to their mothers, Where is the wheat and the wine? fainting as the dead in the streets of the city, pouring out their souls into their mothers’ bosom.

13 ¿ Cómo he de amonestarte ? ¿A qué te compararé, Hija de Jerusalén? ¿A qué te igualaré al consolarte, Virgen hija de Sion ? Porque grande como el mar es tu ruina; ¿Quién te podrá sanar ?

Mem What witness shall I take to thee? Or unto whom shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? Unto whom shall I compare thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is as great as the sea: who shall heal thee?

14 T us profetas tuvieron para ti Visiones falsas y necias, Y no manifestaron tu iniquidad Para que regresaras de tu cautiverio, Sino que vieron para ti oráculos falsos y engañosos.

Nun Thy prophets have preached vanity and foolishness unto thee; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have preached unto thee vain prophecies and digressions.

15 B aten palmas contra ti Todos los que pasan por el camino; Silban y mueven sus cabezas Contra la hija de Jerusalén, diciendo: “¿Es ésta la ciudad de la cual decían: ‘La perfección de la hermosura, El gozo de toda la tierra ?’”

Samech All that passed by clapped their hands over thee and whistled and wagged their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

16 H an abierto su boca contra ti Todos tus enemigos; Silban y rechinan los dientes. Dicen: “La hemos devorado. Ciertamente éste es el día que esperábamos; Lo hemos alcanzado, lo hemos visto.”

Pe All thine enemies opened their mouths regarding thee; they whistled and gnashed their teeth; they said, Swallow her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.

17 E l Señor ha hecho lo que se propuso, Ha cumplido Su palabra Que había ordenado desde tiempos antiguos. Ha derribado sin perdonar, Ha hecho que se alegre el enemigo sobre ti, Ha exaltado el poder de tus adversarios.

Ain The LORD has done that which he had determined; he has fulfilled his word that he had commanded from the time of old; he has destroyed and has not forgiven; and he has caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee; he has raised up the horn of thine adversaries.

18 E l corazón de ellos clamó al Señor: “Muralla de la hija de Sion, Corran tus lágrimas como un río día y noche, No te des reposo, No tengan descanso tus ojos.

Tsade Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion; let tears run down like a river day and night; give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

19 L evántate, da voces en la noche Al comenzar las vigilias. Derrama como agua tu corazón Ante la presencia del Señor. Alza hacia El tus manos Por la vida de tus pequeños, Que desfallecen de hambre En las esquinas de todas las calles.”

Koph Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

20 M ira, oh Señor, y observa: ¿A quién has tratado así ? ¿Habían de comerse las mujeres el fruto de sus entrañas, A los pequeños criados con cariño? ¿Habían de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor El sacerdote y el profeta ?

Resh Look, O LORD, and consider unto whom thou hast shaken thus. Shall the women eat their fruit, the little ones that they are bringing up? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

21 Y acen por tierra en las calles Jóvenes y ancianos; Mis vírgenes y mis mancebos Han caído a espada. Has matado en el día de Tu ira, Has hecho matanza, no has perdonado.

Schin The young and the old lay on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men fell by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed and hast not forgiven.

22 C omo en día de fiesta solemne convocaste Mis terrores de todas partes; Y no hubo en el día de la ira del Señor Quien escapara ni sobreviviera. A los que crié y mantuve, Mi enemigo los exterminó.

Tau Thou hast called as to a day of solemnity my terrors from everywhere, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up my enemy has consumed.