¹How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

¹Kuidas küll on tuhmunud kuld, puhas kuld kuidas teiseks saanud! Pühamu kivid on paisatud kõigile tänavanurkadele.

²The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

²Kallid Siioni lapsed, puhtaima kullaga võrdsed, kuidas on nad nüüd saanud saviastjate sarnaseks, potisseppade käsitööks!

³Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

³Ðaakalidki ulatavad nisa, et imetada oma poegi, aga mu rahva tütar on julm, otsekui jaanalind kõrbes.

⁴The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

⁴Imiku keel jääb kinni suulakke janu pärast, lapsed paluvad leiba, aga pole, kes neile jagaks.

⁵They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

⁵Kes enne sõid maiustusi, närbuvad tänavail; keda hellitati purpuri peal, lebavad sõnnikuhunnikul.

⁶For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

⁶Mu rahva tütre süü on suurem kui patt Soodomas, mis paisati segi silmapilkselt, kätega aitamata.

⁷Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

⁷Tema vürstid olid puhtamad lumest, valgemad piimast, ihult korallidest verevamad, kujult otsekui safiirid.

⁸Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

⁸Nüüd on nad näost mustemad kui nõgi, neid ei tunta tänavail ära; nende nahk on kontidel kortsunud, kuivanud nagu puu.

⁹They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

⁹Õnnelikumad olid need, kes mõõgaga maha löödi, kui need, kes surid nälga, kes põllusaagi puudumisel kidusid nagu teibasse aetud.

¹⁰The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹⁰Kaastundlike naiste käed keetsid oma lapsi: need olid neile roaks mu rahva tütre hävingus.

¹¹The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

¹¹Issand valas välja oma viha, tegi teoks oma tulise raevu ja süütas Siionis tule, mis põletas selle alusmüüridki.

¹²The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

¹²Ei oleks uskunud maa kuningad ja kõik maailma elanikud, et vihamees ja vaenlane tuleb sisse Jeruusalemma väravaist.

¹³For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

¹³See on sündinud tema prohvetite pattude, tema preestrite süü pärast; nende pärast, kes valasid seal õigete verd.

¹⁴They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

¹⁴Nad vaarusid tänavail nagu pimedad, verega roojastatud, nõnda et nende riideid ei võinud puudutada.

¹⁵They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

¹⁵'Hoidke eest! Roojane!' hüüti nende kohta. 'Hoidke eest, hoidke eest, ärge puudutage!' Nad vaarusid ka põgenedes, rahvaste seas öeldi: 'Nad ei tohi jääda siia kauemaks!'

¹⁶The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

¹⁶Issanda pale hajutas nad, ta ei vaata enam nende peale. Preestritest ei peetud lugu, vanadele ei antud armu.

¹⁷As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

¹⁷Isegi veel siis, väsinud silmadega, me ootasime asjatult endile abi; oma vahitornidest piilusime rahva poole, kes meid ei päästnud.

¹⁸They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

¹⁸Meie samme luurati, me ei võinud käia oma turgudel; meie lõpp ligines, meie päevad said täis - tõesti, meie lõpp tuli!

¹⁹Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

¹⁹Meie jälitajad olid kiiremad kui kotkas taeva all; nad ajasid meid taga mägedel, varitsesid meid kõrbes.

²⁰The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

²⁰Issanda võitu, kes oli meile eluõhuks, püüti kinni nende aukudes, tema, kellest me ütlesime: 'Tema varjus me elame paganate seas!'

²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

²¹Rõõmutse ja ole rõõmus, Edomi tütar, kes elad Uusimaal! Sinulegi tuleb karikas: sa jääd joobnuks ja kisud enese paljaks.

²²The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

²²Sinu süü on lõppenud, Siioni tütar, enam ta ei vii sind vangi. Aga ta karistab su süüd, Edomi tütar, ta paljastab su patud.