1 C ómo oscureció el Señor en su furor a la hija de Sion! Derribó del cielo a la tierra la hermosura de Israel, Y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su furor.

How 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.

2 D estruyó el Señor, y no perdonó; Destruyó en su furor todas las tiendas de Jacob; Echó por tierra las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, Humilló al reino y a sus príncipes.

The 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.

3 C ortó con el ardor de su ira todo el poderío de Israel; Retiró de él su diestra frente al enemigo, Y se encendió en Jacob como llama de fuego que ha devorado alrededor.

He 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.

4 E ntesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, Y destruyó cuanto era hermoso. En la tienda de la hija de Sion derramó como fuego su enojo.

Standing 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.

5 E l Señor llegó a ser como enemigo, destruyó a Israel; Destruyó todos sus palacios, derribó sus fortalezas, Y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y el lamento.

The 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.

6 Q uitó su tienda como enramada de huerto; Destruyó el lugar en donde se congregaban; Jehová ha hecho olvidar las fiestas solemnes y los días de reposo en Sion, Y en el ardor de su ira ha desechado al rey y al sacerdote.

He 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.

7 D esechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario; Ha entregado en mano del enemigo los muros de sus palacios; Hicieron resonar su voz en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.

The 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.

8 J ehová determinó destruir el muro de la hija de Sion; Extendió el cordel, no retrajo su mano de la destrucción; Hizo, pues, que se lamentara el antemuro y el muro; fueron desolados juntamente.

The 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.

9 S us puertas fueron echadas por tierra, destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos; Su rey y sus príncipes están entre las naciones donde no hay ley; Sus profetas tampoco hallaron visión de Jehová.

Her 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.

10 S e sentaron en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sion; Echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, se ciñeron de cilicio; Las vírgenes de Jerusalén bajaron sus cabezas a tierra.

The 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.

11 M is ojos desfallecieron de lágrimas, se conmovieron mis entrañas, Mi hígado se derramó por tierra a causa del quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, Cuando desfallecía el niño y el que mamaba, en las plazas de la ciudad.

My 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.

12 D ecían a sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, Derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.

They 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.

13 ¿ Qué testigo te traeré, o a quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalén? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sion? Porque grande como el mar es tu quebrantamiento; ¿quién te sanará?

How 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?

14 T us profetas vieron para ti vanidad y locura; Y no descubrieron tu pecado para impedir tu cautiverio, Sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.

Your 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.

15 T odos los que pasaban por el camino batieron las manos sobre ti; Silbaron, y movieron despectivamente sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalén, diciendo: ¿Es esta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?

All 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’?”

16 T odos tus enemigos abrieron contra ti su boca; Se burlaron, y crujieron los dientes; dijeron: Devorémosla; Ciertamente este es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, lo hemos visto.

All 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! ”

17 J ehová ha hecho lo que tenía determinado; Ha cumplido su palabra, la cual él había mandado desde tiempo antiguo. Destruyó, y no perdonó; Y ha hecho que el enemigo se alegre sobre ti, Y enalteció el poder de tus adversarios.

The 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.

18 E l corazón de ellos clamaba al Señor; Oh hija de Sion, echa lágrimas cual arroyo día y noche; No descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.

Their 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.

19 L evántate, da voces en la noche, al comenzar las vigilias; Derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; Alza tus manos a él implorando la vida de tus pequeñitos, Que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.

“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.”

20 M ira, oh Jehová, y considera a quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres el fruto de sus entrañas, los pequeñitos a su tierno cuidado? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?

“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?

21 N iños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; Mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes cayeron a espada; Mataste en el día de tu furor; degollaste, no perdonaste.

“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.

22 H as convocado de todas partes mis temores, como en un día de solemnidad; Y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo; Los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.

“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.”