¹How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

¹Betapa sunyi Yerusalem sekarang ini, kota yang dahulu ramai sekali. Dahulu unggul di antara bangsa-bangsa, kini menjadi seperti janda. Dahulu kota yang paling dipuja, kini telah dijadikan hamba.

²She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

²Sepanjang malam ia menangis sedih, air mata berderai di pipi. Tak seorang dari para kekasihnya yang mau menghibur dia. Ia dikhianati kawan-kawan yang telah berbalik menjadi lawan.

³Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

³Penduduk Yehuda meninggalkan negerinya, karena diperbudak dan sangat sengsara. Kini mereka tinggal di antara bangsa-bangsa tanpa tempat yang memberikan damai sentosa. Musuh mengepung mereka pada waktu mereka sengsara.

⁴The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

⁴Pada hari-hari raya tak seorang pun datang ke Rumah Allah. Gadis-gadis penyanyi di sana menderita, dan imam-imam berkeluh kesah. Tak ada orang di pintu-pintu gerbang, Kota Sion diliputi kesedihan.

⁵Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

⁵Musuh-musuhnya berjaya karena berhasil menguasainya. TUHAN membuat ia menderita, karena sangat banyak dosanya. Penduduknya telah ditawan, dan diangkut ke pembuangan.

⁶And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

⁶Kejayaan kota Yerusalem hanyalah kisah masa silam. Para pemimpinnya telah menjadi lemah seperti rusa yang sangat lapar. Mereka tak berdaya terhadap musuh yang mengejar.

⁷Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.

⁷Setelah runtuh dan sengsara, Yerusalem terkenang akan masa silamnya, ketika ia masih banyak harta; bagaimana penduduknya jatuh ke tangan musuh, dan tak seorang pun datang membantu. Lawan-lawannya hanya tertawa melihat keruntuhannya.

⁸Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

⁸Yerusalem mengotori diri sendiri dengan melakukan banyak dosa keji. Semua yang dahulu menghormati dia, kini menghinanya karena melihat ketelanjangannya. Ia berkeluh kesah, karena telah kehilangan muka.

⁹Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.

⁹Kenajisannya nampak dengan nyata tapi ia tak menghiraukan apa yang akan terjadi dengan dirinya. Sangat hebat keruntuhannya, tapi tak seorang pun menghibur dia. Maka ia memohon belas kasihan dari TUHAN, karena musuh-musuhnya telah menang.

¹⁰The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

¹⁰Segala harta bendanya telah dirampas oleh musuh-musuhnya. Ia bahkan harus melihat mereka memasuki Rumah Allah, suatu perbuatan yang dilarang oleh TUHAN bagi orang yang bukan umat-Nya.

¹¹All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

¹¹Dengan berkeluh kesah penduduknya mencari nafkah; barang berharga mereka tukar dengan roti, hanya supaya mereka tetap hidup dan jangan mati. Yerusalem berseru, "Ya TUHAN, lihatlah aku, perhatikanlah segala penderitaanku."

¹²Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

¹²"Hai orang-orang yang lewat di jalan, lihatlah dan perhatikan! Adakah siksa sebesar yang kuderita sekarang, siksa yang ditimpakan TUHAN kepadaku, karena marah-Nya yang sangat besar itu?

¹³From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

¹³Dari langit diturunkan-Nya api yang membakar sampai ke dalam batinku. Dipasang-Nya jerat di depanku yang membuat aku jatuh. Lalu dibiarkan-Nya aku seorang diri menderita sepanjang hari.

¹⁴The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

¹⁴Diambil-Nya semua dosaku, lalu mengikatnya menjadi satu, dan mengalungkannya pada leherku, sehingga beratnya melemahkan aku. TUHAN menyerahkan aku kepada seteru; aku tak berdaya melawan mereka itu.

¹⁵The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

¹⁵TUHAN menganggap rendah semua pahlawanku yang gagah. Dikerahkan-Nya tentara supaya semua orang mudaku binasa. Ia menginjak-injak bangsaku sampai hancur, seperti orang memeras buah anggur.

¹⁶For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

¹⁶Itu sebabnya air mataku bercucuran, tak ada yang memberi semangat dan penghiburan. Bangsaku telah kehilangan segala-galanya, karena musuh lebih berkuasa.

¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

¹⁷Aku mengangkat tangan minta bantuan, tapi tak ada yang memberi penghiburan. Dari segala pihak, TUHAN mengirim musuh; mereka datang memerangi aku. Aku diperlakukan seperti sampah, barang yang menjijikkan di tengah-tengah mereka.

¹⁸The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

¹⁸Tapi Tuhanlah yang benar, sebab perintah-Nya telah kulanggar. Dengarlah aku, hai bangsa-bangsa, lihatlah aku dalam derita. Para pemuda dan pemudiku ditawan, dan diangkut ke pembuangan.

¹⁹I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

¹⁹Aku memanggil kawan-kawan karibku tapi mereka mengkhianati aku. Para imam dan pemimpin bangsa semuanya telah mati di jalan-jalan kota. Ketika mencari makanan untuk mempertahankan nyawa.

²⁰Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

²⁰O, TUHAN! Perhatikanlah aku, hatiku cemas dan rusuh, hancur karena kedurhakaanku dahulu. Di jalan-jalan ada pembunuhan, di dalam rumah ada kematian.

²¹They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

²¹O, TUHAN! Dengarlah keluh-kesahku, tak ada yang menghibur aku. Musuh-musuhku gembira, karena Kau membuat aku celaka. Datanglah hari yang Kaujanjikan itu; buatlah mereka menderita seperti aku.

²²Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

²²Perhatikanlah semua kejahatan mereka itu, dan perlakukanlah mereka seperti Kau memperlakukan aku, karena semua dosa yang kulakukan terhadap-Mu. Aku merintih dalam derita, hatiku sedih dan merana."