Lamentaciones 1

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [[Alef] ¡Cómo está solitaria la ciudad populosa! Se ha quedado como una viuda la grande entre las naciones; la princesa entre las provincias tiene que pagar tributo.	1 ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.
2 [Bet] Pasa la noche llorando, las lágrimas corren por sus mejillas. No hay nadie que la consuele entre todos los que la amaban: todos sus amigos la han traicionado, se han convertido en enemigos.	2 BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and they have become her enemies.
3 [Guímel] Judá está desterrada, en la miseria y en la más dura esclavitud. Ella habita entre las naciones, sin encontrar un descanso. Todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron en angostos desfiladeros.	3 GHIMEL. Judah has migrated because of affliction and great servitude. She has lived among the nations and not found rest. All of her persecutors have apprehended her, amid torments.
4 [Dálet] Los caminos de Sión están de duelo, porque nadie acude a las fiestas. Todas sus puertas están desoladas, gimen sus sacerdotes, sus vírgenes están afligidas, ¡y qué amargura hay en ella!	4 DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.
5 [He] Sus adversarios han prevalecido, sus enemigos están tranquilos, porque el Señor la ha llenado de aflicción por sus muchas rebeldías. Sus niños han partido al cautiverio delante del adversario.	5 HE. Her enemies have been made her leaders; her adversaries have been enriched. For the Lord has spoken against her, because of the multitude of her iniquities. Her little ones have been led into captivity before the face of the tribulator.
6 [Vau] La hija de Sión ha perdido todo su esplendor. Sus príncipes parecían ciervos que no encuentran donde pastar: iban caminando sin fuerzas delante del perseguidor.	6 VAU. And all her elegance has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her leaders have become like rams that cannot find pasture, and they have gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.
7 [Zain] Jerusalén recuerda sus días de miseria y de vida errante, cuando cayó su pueblo en poder del adversario, sin que nadie la socorriera. Sus adversarios la miraban y se reían de su ruina.	7 ZAIN. Jerusalem has remembered the days of her affliction and the betrayal of all her desirable ones, whom she held from the days of antiquity, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and there was no one to be a helper. The enemies have looked upon her and mocked her Sabbaths.
8 [Jet] Jerusalén ha pecado gravemente y se ha convertido en algo inmundo. Los que la honraban la consideran despreciable, porque han visto su desnudez; también ella gime y se vuelve hacia atrás.	8 HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a grievous sin. Because of this, she has become unstable. All who glorified her have spurned her, because they have looked upon her disgrace. Then she groaned and turned away again.
9 [Tet] ¡Hasta en sus vestidos aparece su impureza! ¡Ella no pensó en el futuro, y cayó de manera portentosa, sin que nadie la consolara! «¡Mira, Señor, mi opresión porque triunfa el enemigo!».	9 TETH. Her filth is on her feet, and her end has not been remembered. She has been vehemently put down, having no consolation. O Lord, look upon my affliction, for the adversary has been lifted up.
10 [Iod] El adversario extendió su mano hacia todos sus tesoros. ¡Sí, ella ha visto a los paganos entrar en su Santuario, aunque tú mismo habías prohibido que entraran en tu asamblea!	10 JOD. The enemy has sent his hand against all her desirable ones. For she has watched the Gentiles enter her sanctuary, even though you instructed that they should not enter into your church.
11 [Caf] Todo su pueblo va gimiendo en busca de pan; dan sus tesoros a cambio de alimento para recobrar sus fuerzas. «¡Mira, Señor, y fíjate cómo estoy envilecida!».	11 CAPH. All her people are groaning and seeking bread. They have given up whatever was precious in exchange for food, so as to remain alive. See, O Lord, and consider, for I have become vile.
12 [Lámed] ¡Todos ustedes, los que pasan por el camino, fíjense bien y miren si hay un dolor comparable al mío: a este dolor que me atormenta, porque el Señor ha querido afligirme en el día de su furor!	12 LAMED. O all you who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. For he has made me a vintage, just as the Lord has spoken in the day of his furious anger.
13 [Mem] El envió un fuego desde lo alto, lo hizo bajar hasta mis huesos. Tendió una red a mis pies, me hizo retroceder. Me convirtió en una desolación, estoy siempre dolorida.	13 MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.
14 [Nun] El ha vigilado mis rebeldías, ellas se entrelazan en su mano. Su yugo está sobre mi cuello, hace flaquear mi fuerza. El Señor me ha puesto en unas manos a las que no puedo resistir.	14 NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.
15 [Sámec] El Señor derribó a mis valientes, que estaban dentro de mí. Convocó contra mí una asamblea para destrozar a mis jóvenes. El Señor pisoteó en el lagar a la virgen hija de Judá.	15 SAMECH. The Lord has taken away all of my great ones from my midst. He has called forth time against me, so as to crush my elect ones. The Lord has trampled the winepress, which was for the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 [Ain] A causa de esto, estoy llorando, mis ojos se deshacen en llanto, porque está lejos de mí el consolador que podría reanimarme. Mis hijos están desolados, porque triunfa el enemigo.	16 AIN. For this I weep, and my eyes bring forth water. For the consoler has been far away from me, changing my soul. My sons have become lost, because the enemy has prevailed.
17 [Pe] Sión extiende sus manos, pero nadie la consuela. El Señor dio órdenes contra Jacob a sus adversarios de alrededor. Jerusalén ha llegado a ser una cosa inmunda en medio de ellos.	17 PHE. Zion has reached out her hands; there is no one to console her. The Lord has given orders against Jacob; his enemies are all around him. Jerusalem among them is like a woman made unclean by menstruation.
18 [Sade] Pero el Señor es justo, porque yo fui rebelde a su palabra. ¡Oigan bien, todos los pueblos, y miren mi dolor! Mis vírgenes y mis jóvenes han partido al cautiverio.	18 SADE. The Lord is just, for it is I who has provoked his mouth to wrath. I beg all people to listen and to see my sorrow. My virgins and my youths have gone into captivity.
19 [Qof] Llamé a mis amantes, pero ellos me engañaron. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos han expirado en la ciudad, mientras buscaban alimento para recobrar sus fuerzas.	19 COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.
20 [Res] ¡Mira, Señor, cómo estoy angustiada, me hierven las entrañas! Mi corazón se conmueve en mi interior, porque he sido rebelde. Afuera, me priva de hijos la espada, adentro, la muerte.	20 RES. See, O Lord, that I am in tribulation. My bowels have been disturbed, my heart has been subverted within me, for I am filled with bitterness. Outside, the sword puts to death, and at home there is a similar death.
21 [Sin] ¡Oigan cómo estoy gimiendo, sin que nadie me consuele! Todos mis enemigos, al oír mi desgracia, se alegraron de lo que has hecho. ¡Que llegue el Día que tú has anunciado, y que ellos estén igual que yo!	21 SIN. They have heard that I groan and that there is no one to console me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they have rejoiced that you caused it. You have brought in a day of consolation, and so they shall become like me.
22 [Tau] ¡Que llegue hasta tu presencia toda su maldad! Trátalos como me trataste a mí por todas mis rebeldías, porque son muchos mis gemidos y mi corazón está sufriendo.	22 THAU. Let all their evil enter before you. And make vintage of them, just as you made vintage of me, because of all my iniquities. For my sighs are many, and my heart is grieving.