1 H ow has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn’t remembered 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 all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: 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 all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours 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 H e has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath 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 has become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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 violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger 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 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 made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.

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 Y ahweh 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; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish 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 are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.

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, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have clothed themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down 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 do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the infants swoon 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 tell their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into 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 W hat shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like 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 foolish visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, to bring back your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.

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 that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men 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 wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, 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 Y ahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the 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 to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don’t let the apple of your eye cease.

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 A rise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for 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 L ook, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed 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 T he youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: You have killed 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 Y ou have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.

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.