1 E l Señor, en su furor, hundió a Sión en profunda oscuridad. Derribó del cielo la hermosura de Israel; la hizo caer por tierra; en el día de su furor no se acordó del estrado de sus pies.

How the Lord has covered Zion with a cloud in His anger! He has thrown the shining-greatness of Israel from heaven to earth. In the day of His anger He has not remembered the place where He rests His feet.

2 E l Señor destruyó, y no perdonó; destruyó, en su furor, todas las tiendas de Jacob; derribó las fortalezas de la capital de Judá; humilló al rey y a sus príncipes.

The Lord has destroyed all the places of Jacob. In His anger He has broken down the strong-places of Judah. He has brought the nation and its leaders down to the ground in shame.

3 E n el ardor de su ira, puso fin al poderío de Israel; le retiró su apoyo cuando se enfrentó al enemigo; se encendió en Jacob un fuego que todo lo devoró.

In burning anger He has cut off all the strength of Israel. He would not help us fight against those who hate us. He has burned like a hot fire in Jacob, destroying everything around it.

4 C ual enemigo, cual adversario, el Señor tensó su arco; afirmó su diestra y destruyó todo lo bello; ¡en las calles de la hermosa Sión cundió su enojo como fuego!

He has pulled back His bow string like one who fights against us. He has set His right hand like one who hates us, and has killed all that we liked to see. He has poured out His anger like fire on the tent of Zion.

5 E l Señor se volvió nuestro enemigo y destruyó a Israel; destruyó todos sus palacios, derribó sus fortalezas, y aumentó la tristeza y el lamento de Judá.

The Lord has become like one who hates us. He has destroyed Israel. He has destroyed all its beautiful houses. He has destroyed its strong-places, and has caused much sorrow and crying for the people of Judah.

6 C omo quien deshace la enramada de un huerto, dejó en ruinas la sede principal de sus festividades; en Sión, el Señor echó al olvido las fiestas y los días de reposo; en el ardor de su ira desechó al rey y al sacerdote.

He has broken down His house like a garden tent. He has destroyed His chosen meeting place. The Lord has caused the special suppers and Day of Rest to be forgotten in Zion. And He has hated the king and the religious leader in His anger.

7 E l Señor rechazó su altar, menospreció su santuario; dejó caer en manos del enemigo los muros de sus palacios; en el templo del Señor éstos vociferan como si fuera un día de fiesta.

The Lord has had nothing to do with His altar. He has left His holy place. He has given the walls of her beautiful houses over to those who hate us. They have made a noise in the house of the Lord as on the day of a special supper.

8 E l Señor decidió destruir las murallas de la bella ciudad de Sión; con el nivel en la mano, no desistió de su plan de destrucción; entre lamentos, el muro y el antemuro fueron juntamente destruidos.

The Lord plans to destroy the wall of the people of Zion. He marked how long it was, and has not kept His hand from destroying. He has caused tower and wall to cry in sorrow. They suffer together.

9 L as puertas se vinieron abajo cuando el Señor destruyó sus cerrojos; esparcidos entre los paganos se hallan su rey y sus príncipes; ya no hay ley, ni los profetas reciben visiones del Señor.

Her gates have gone down into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her iron pieces. Her king and leaders have been sent among the nations. The Law is no more. And her men who spoke for God have no more special dreams from the Lord.

10 E n la bella Sión, los ancianos se sientan en el suelo; en silencio y vestidos de luto se echan polvo sobre la cabeza. En Jerusalén, las doncellas inclinan humilladas la cabeza.

The leaders of the people of Zion sit quietly on the ground. They have thrown dust on their heads, and have dressed themselves in cloth made from hair. The pure young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

11 M is ojos se inundan en lágrimas, mis entrañas se conmueven; mi ánimo rueda por los suelos al ver destruida a mi amada ciudad, ¡al ver que los niños de pecho desfallecen por sus calles!

My eyes become weak from crying. My spirit is very troubled. My heart is poured out in sorrow, because my people have been destroyed, and because children and babies fall down weak in the city streets.

12 A sus madres les preguntan por el trigo y por el vino; se desploman por las calles, como heridos de muerte, y en el regazo de sus madres lanzan el último suspiro.

They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they fall down weak in the city streets like a man hurt in battle, and as they die in their mothers’ arms.

13 ¿ Qué te puedo decir, bella Jerusalén? ¿A quién puedo compararte? ¿Comparada con quién podría yo consolarte, virginal ciudad de Sión? ¡Grande como el mar es tu desgracia! ¿Quién podrá sanarte?

What can I say for you? What can I compare you with, O people of Jerusalem? What can I compare you with, that I may comfort you, O pure daughter of Zion? For you have been destroyed as much as the sea is large. And who can heal you?

14 T us profetas te hablaron de visiones falsas e ilusorias; tu cautiverio pudo haberse impedido, pero no te señalaron tu pecado; más bien, te engañaron con visiones sin sentido.

Your men who speak in God’s name have given you false and foolish dreams. They have not made your sin known, so you could return from where you are held. But they have told you false dreams that have led you the wrong way.

15 A l verte, todos los viandantes aplaudían; silbaban y movían con sorna la cabeza, y decían de la ciudad de Jerusalén: «¿Y ésta es la ciudad de hermosura perfecta, la que alegraba a toda la tierra?»

All who pass by clap their hands at you. They make fun of you and shake their heads at the people of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city which was called perfect in beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

16 T odos tus enemigos abrieron la boca contra ti; rechinando los dientes, decían con sorna: «¡Acabemos con ella! ¡Éste es el día esperado! ¡Nos ha tocado verlo y vivirlo!»

All who hate you have opened their mouths wide against you. They make fun of you and grind their teeth and say, “We have destroyed her! For sure this is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it!”

17 E l Señor ha llevado a cabo lo que había decidido hacer. Ha cumplido lo que hace mucho tiempo había decidido hacer. Destruyó, y no perdonó; hizo que el enemigo se burlara de ti. ¡El Señor enalteció el poder de tus adversarios!

The Lord has done what He planned. He has done what He had said He would do long ago. He has destroyed without pity. He has caused those who hate you to have joy over you. He has given strength to those who fight against you.

18 T us habitantes demandaban la ayuda del Señor. ¡Que tus lágrimas, bella Sión, corran día y noche como arroyo! ¡No reprimas el llanto de tus ojos!

Let your heart cry out to the Lord. O wall of the people of Zion, let your tears flow down like a river day and night. Give yourself no rest. Do not let your eyes stop crying.

19 P or la noche, al comenzar las guardias, ¡levántate y grita! ¡Vierte tu corazón, como un torrente, en la presencia del Señor! ¡Levanta hacia él las manos y ruega por la vida de tus pequeños, que desfallecen de hambre en las esquinas de las calles!

Get up and cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night hours. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are weak with hunger on every street.”

20 P onte a pensar, Señor: ¿A quién has tratado así? ¿Acaso han de comerse las madres a sus hijos, fruto de sus entrañas? ¿Acaso dentro de tu santuario han de asesinar a sacerdotes y profetas?

See, O Lord, and look! To whom have You done this? Should women eat their children, the little ones they have cared for? Should religious leaders and men of God be killed in the Lord’s holy place?

21 E n las calles, por los suelos, yacen cuerpos de niños y viejos; mis doncellas y mis jóvenes han muerto a filo de espada. ¡En el día de tu furor mataste y degollaste sin misericordia!

The young and the old lie in the dust of the streets. My pure young women and young men have been killed by the sword. You have killed them in the day of Your anger. You have killed without pity.

22 D e todas partes convocaste al terror, como si convocaras a una fiesta. En el día de tu furor, nadie, Señor, pudo escapar con vida. A los hijos que tuve y mantuve, el enemigo los aniquiló.

As people are asked to come to a special supper, You have sent trouble on every side. And no one got away or stayed alive in the day of the Lord’s anger. Those I have cared for and brought up have been destroyed by those who hate me.