1 H ow the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.

¡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.

2 T he Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

El 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.

3 H e has cut off in fierce anger Every horn of Israel; He has drawn back His right hand From before the enemy. He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire Devouring all around.

En 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.

4 S tanding like an enemy, He has bent His bow; With His right hand, like an adversary, He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye; On the tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out His fury like fire.

Ha 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.

5 T he Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, And has increased mourning and lamentation In the daughter of Judah.

Se 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.

6 H e has done violence to His tabernacle, As if it were a garden; He has destroyed His place of assembly; The Lord has caused The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest.

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.

7 T he Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on the day of a set feast.

El 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.

8 T he Lord has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together.

El 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.

9 H er gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the Lord.

Se 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.

10 T he elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.

Están 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.

11 M y eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.

Mis 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.

12 T hey say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers’ bosom.

Dicen 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.

13 H ow shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?

¿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 ?

14 Y our prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

Tus 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.

15 A ll who pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “ Is this the city that is called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth’?”

Baten 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 ?’”

16 A ll your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it! ”

Han 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.”

17 T he Lord has done what He purposed; He has fulfilled His word Which He commanded in days of old. He has thrown down and has not pitied, And He has caused an enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

El 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.

18 T heir heart cried out to the Lord, “O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief; Give your eyes no rest.

El 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.

19 “ Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”

Levántate, 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.”

20 “ See, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Mira, 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 ?

21 “ Young and old lie On the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered and not pitied.

Yacen 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.

22 “ You have invited as to a feast day The terrors that surround me. In the day of the Lord ’s anger There was no refugee or survivor. Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed.”

Como 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.