1 ¡ Qué sola ha quedado la ciudad populosa! La grande entre las naciones se ha vuelto como una viuda; la señora de provincias ha sido hecha tributaria.

How solitary and lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become! She who was great among the nations and princess among the provinces has become a tributary!

2 A margamente llora en la noche y las lágrimas corren por sus mejillas. Entre todos sus amantes no hay ninguno que la consuele; todos sus amigos le faltaron, se le volvieron enemigos.

She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers (allies) she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.

3 J udá ha ido en cautiverio afligida y en dura servidumbre; ha habitado entre las naciones, sin hallar descanso; todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron y pusieron en estrechuras.

Judah has gone into exile from the affliction and laborious servitude. She dwells among the nations, but she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her amid the straits.

4 L as calzadas de Sión están de luto, porque no hay quien venga a las fiestas solemnes; todas sus puertas están asoladas, sus sacerdotes gimen, sus vírgenes están afligidas y ella está llena de amargura.

The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly or the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh and groan, her maidens are grieved and vexed, and she herself is in bitterness.

5 S us enemigos fueron hechos príncipes, sus aborrecedores fueron prosperados, porque Jehová la afligió a causa de sus muchas rebeliones. Sus hijos fueron en cautividad delante del enemigo.

Her adversaries have become the head; her enemies prosper. For the Lord has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her young children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

6 D esapareció toda la hermosura de la hija de Sión; sus príncipes, como ciervos que no hallan pasto, anduvieron sin fuerzas delante del perseguidor.

From the Daughter of Zion all her beauty and majesty have departed. Her princes have become like harts that find no pasture; they have fled without strength before the pursuer.

7 J erusalén, cuando cayó su pueblo en manos del enemigo y no hubo quien la ayudara, se acordó de los días de su aflicción, de sus rebeliones, y de todas las cosas agradables que tuvo desde los tiempos antiguos. La miraron los enemigos y se burlaron de su caída.

Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction, in the days of her wanderings and her bitterness, all the pleasant and precious things that she had from the days of old. When her people fell into and at the hands of the adversary, and there was none to help her, the enemy looked at her, and they mocked at her desolations and downfall.

8 G ravemente ha pecado Jerusalén, por lo cual ha sido movida de su lugar; cuantos la honraban la desprecian al ver su vergüenza, y ella suspira y se vuelve atrás.

Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an unclean thing and has been removed. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; yes, she herself groans and sighs and turns away.

9 S u inmundicia está en sus faldas. No pensó en su fin. Cayó de manera sorprendente sin tener quien la consolara. Mira, Jehová, mi aflicción, porque el enemigo se ha engrandecido.

Her filthiness was in and on her skirts; she did not consider her final end. Therefore she has come down singularly and astonishingly; she has no comforter. O Lord, look at my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself!

10 E xtendió su mano el enemigo a todas sus cosas preciosas; ella ha visto entrar en su santuario a las gentes acerca de las cuales mandaste que no entraran en tu congregación.

The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her precious and desirable things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary — when You commanded that they should not even enter Your congregation.

11 T odo su pueblo buscó gimiendo su pan; por la comida, para seguir viviendo, dieron todas sus cosas preciosas, ¡Mira, Jehová, y ve cuán abatida estoy!

All her people groan and sigh, seeking for bread; they have given their desirable and precious things for food to revive their strength and bring back life. See, O Lord, and consider how wretched and lightly esteemed, how vile and abominable, I have become!

12 ¿ No os conmueve a cuantos pasáis por el camino? Mirad y ved si hay dolor como el dolor que me ha venido; porque Jehová me ha angustiado en el día de su ardiente furor.

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was dealt out to me, with which the Lord has afflicted me in the day of His fierce anger!

13 D esde lo alto envió un fuego que consume mis huesos, ha tendido una red a mis pies, me ha vuelto atrás, me dejó desolada y con dolor todo el día.

From above He has sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back. He has made me hopelessly miserable and faint all the day long.

14 É l ha atado con su mano el yugo de mis rebeliones: ataduras ha echado sobre mi cuello y ha debilitado mis fuerzas. ¡El Señor me ha entregado en manos contra las cuales no podré levantarme!

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by His hand; they were twined together; they were set upon my neck. He has made my strength fail and stumble; the Lord has delivered me into the hands of those I am unable to resist or withstand.

15 E l Señor pisoteó en medio de mí a todos mis hombres fuertes; llamó a gente contra mí, para destruir a mis jóvenes; pisoteó el Señor, como en un lagar, a la virgen hija de Judá.

The Lord has made of no account all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has proclaimed a set time against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

16 P or eso estoy llorando; por eso de mis ojos fluyen lágrimas, porque de mí se ha alejado el que consuela y da reposo a mi alma. Mis hijos han sido destruidos, porque el enemigo prevaleció.

For these things I weep; my eyes overflow with tears, because a comforter, one who could refresh and restore my soul, is far from me. My children are desolate and perishing, for the enemy has prevailed.

17 S ión extendió sus manos, mas no tiene quien la consuele; Jehová ordenó contra Jacob que sus vecinos fueran sus enemigos, y Jerusalén fue objeto de abominación entre ellos.

Zion stretches forth her hands, but there is no comforter for her. The Lord has commanded concerning and against Jacob that his neighbors should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them.

18 P ero Jehová es justo, pues yo me había rebelado contra su palabra. Oíd ahora, pueblos todos, ved mi dolor: mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes fueron llevados en cautiverio.

The Lord is righteous (just and in the right); for I have rebelled against His commandment (His word). Hear, I pray you, all you peoples, and look at my sorrow and suffering; my maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.

19 L lamé a voces a mis amantes, mas ellos me han engañado. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos perecieron en la ciudad, mientras buscaban comida para seguir viviendo.

I called to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city while they sought food to save their lives.

20 M ira, Jehová, que estoy atribulada, que mis entrañas hierven; mi corazón se trastorna dentro de mí, porque me he rebelado en gran manera. Por fuera hace estragos la espada; por dentro se enseñorea la muerte.

Behold, O Lord, how distressed I am! My vital parts (emotions) are in tumult and are deeply disturbed; my heart cannot rest and is violently agitated within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the house the sword bereaves, at home there is death!

21 M e han oído gemir, mas no hay quien me consuele. Todos mis enemigos han sabido de mi mal y se alegran de lo que tú hiciste; pero tú harás venir el día que has anunciado, y serán como yo.

have heard that I sigh and groan, that I have no comforter. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have done it. You will bring the day that you have foretold and proclaimed; and they will become like me.

22 V enga ante ti toda su maldad, y haz con ellos como hiciste conmigo por todas mis rebeliones, porque muchos son mis suspiros y mi corazón está adolorido.

Let all their wickedness come before You; and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my sighs and groans are many and my heart is faint.