Lamentaciones 1

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Alef. ¡Cómo, ay, yace solitaria la Ciudad populosa! Como una viuda se ha quedado la grande entre las naciones. La Princesa entre las provincias sujeta está a 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. Llora que llora por la noche, y las lágrimas surcan sus mejillas. Ni uno hay que la consuele entre todos sus amantes. Todos sus amigos la han traicionado, ¡se le han trocado 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 postración y en extrema servidumbre. Sentada entre las naciones, no encuentra sosiego. La alcanzan todos sus perseguidores entre las angosturas.	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. Las calzadas de Sión están de luto, que nadie viene a las solemnidades. Todas sus puertas desoladas, sus sacerdotes gimiendo, afligidas sus vírgenes, ¡y ella misma en amargura!	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 están a la cabeza, sus enemigos bien felices, porque Yahveh la ha afligido por sus muchos delitos. 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. De la hija de Sión se ha ido todo su esplendor. Sus príncipes son como ciervos que no encuentran pasto, caminando van sin fuerzas delante del hostigador.	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 vida errante, cuando a manos del adversario sucumbía su pueblo, sin que nadie viniera en su ayuda. Los adversarios la miraban, riéndose 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. Mucho ha pecado Jerusalén, por eso se ha hecho cosa impura. Todos los que la honraban la desprecian, porque han visto su desnudez; y ella misma gime y se vuelve de espaldas.	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. Su inmundicia se pega a su ropa; no pensó ella en su fin, ¡y ha caído asombrosamente! No hay quien la consuele. «¡Mira, Yahveh, mi miseria, que el enemigo se agiganta!»	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 Yod. El adversario ha echado mano a todos sus tesoros; ha visto ella a las gentes entrar en su santuario, aquellos de quienes tú ordenaste: «¡No entrarán 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 Kaf. Su pueblo entero gime buscando pan; dan sus tesoros a cambio de alimento, por recobrar la vida. «Mira, Yahveh, y contempla qué envilecida estoy».	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. Vosotros, todos los que pasáis por el camino, mirad y ved si hay dolor semejante al dolor que me atormenta, con el que Yahveh me ha herido el día de su ardiente cólera.	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. Ha lanzado fuego de lo alto, lo ha metido en mis huesos. Ante mis pies ha tendido una red, me ha tirado hacia atrás; me ha dejado desolada, todo el día 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. Ligado ha sido el yugo de mis delitos, entrelazados por su mano. Sobre mi cuello su yugo doblega mi vigor. El Señor me ha dejado a merced de ellos, ¡ya no puedo tenerme!	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 Sámek. Ha desechado a todos mis valientes de en medio de mí el Señor. Ha convocado un concejo contra mí para acabar con mis jóvenes. El Señor ha pisado en 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. Por esto lloro yo; mi ojo, mi ojo se va en agua, porque está lejos de mí el consolador que reanime mi alma. Mis hijos están desolados, porque ha ganado 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. Tiende Sión sus manos: ¡no hay quien la consuele! Ha mandado Yahveh contra Jacob sus adversarios por doquier; Jerusalén se ha hecho cosa impura 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. Justo, justo es Yahveh, porque yo he sido indócil a sus órdenes. Escuchad, pues, pueblos todos, y mirad mi dolor. Mis doncellas y mis jóvenes han ido 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. He llamado a mis amantes: me han traicionado ellos. Mis sacerdotes y mis ancianos han expirado en la ciudad, mientras se buscaban alimento por recobrar la vida.	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, Yahveh, que estoy en angustias! ¡Me hierven las entrañas, el corazón se me retuerce dentro, pues he sido muy rebelde! Afuera, la espada priva de hijos, en casa es como 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. ¡Oye cómo gimo: no hay quien me consuele! Todos mis enemigos, enterados de mi mal, se alegran de lo que tú has hecho. ¡Haz que llegue el Día que tienes anunciado, para que sean como 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. ¡Llegue ante ti toda su maldad, y trátalos como a mí me trataste por todos mis delitos! Pues son muchos mis gemidos, y languidece mi corazón.	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.