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.

¹Emas yang berkilauan telah menjadi suram batu-batu Rumah Allah bertebaran di jalan.

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

²Dahulu para remaja Kota Sion seperti emas yang berharga, tapi kini diperlakukan seperti bejana tanah belaka.

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.

³Sedangkan induk serigala menyusukan anaknya, tapi umatku sangat kejam seperti burung unta di padang.

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.

⁴Bayi-bayi tak disusui, sehingga mati kehausan. Anak-anak minta makan, tapi tak ada yang memberikan.

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

⁵Mereka yang biasa menikmati makanan yang enak-enak, dan hidup dalam kemewahan, kini merangkak mencari makanan di timbunan sampah, dan mati kelaparan di jalan-jalan.

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.

⁶Umatku telah dihukum lebih berat dari penduduk Sodom yang dalam sekejap mata hancur oleh tangan Allah tanpa tindakan manusia.

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

⁷Dahulu pemimpin-pemimpin kami murni seperti kapas yang putih bersih. Mereka tegap dan kuat, segar bugar dan sehat.

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.

⁸Tapi kini wajah mereka lebih hitam dari jelaga terkapar di jalan-jalan tanpa ada yang dapat mengenali mereka. Kulit mereka berkerut pada tulang-tulang, seperti kayu yang kering kerontang.

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.

⁹Mereka sengsara dan mati perlahan-lahan, karena sama sekali tak punya makanan; yang mati di medan pertempuran, lebih beruntung dari yang mati kelaparan.

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

¹⁰Sangat dahsyat bencana itu yang menimpa umatku sehingga ibu-ibu yang berhati lembut merebus anak sendiri untuk pengisi perut.

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.

¹¹TUHAN melampiaskan amarah-Nya dan membakar Kota Sion sampai rata dengan tanah.

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.

¹²Di antara raja-raja dan penduduk dunia tidak satu pun yang percaya bahwa gerbang-gerbang kota Yerusalem dapat dimasuki oleh lawan.

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,

¹³Tapi hal itu telah terjadi, karena dosa para imam dan nabi. Mereka telah menumpahkan darah, dari orang yang tidak bersalah.

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

¹⁴Seperti orang buta mengembara di jalan-jalan begitulah pemimpin-pemimpin kota Yerusalem. Pakaian mereka kotor oleh darah sehingga tak ada yang mau menyentuh mereka.

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.

¹⁵Orang berkata, "Pergi dari sini! Kamu najis, jangan menjamah kami!" Maka pergilah mereka dan mengembara dari bangsa ke bangsa, tapi tidak diizinkan menetap oleh siapa pun juga.

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.

¹⁶TUHAN tak lagi memperhatikan umat-Nya; Ia sendiri yang menceraiberaikan mereka dan membuat imam-imam tak lagi dihargai; para pemimpin tiada yang mengasihani.

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.

¹⁷Mata kami lelah memandang, menantikan bantuan yang tak kunjung datang. Kami mengharapkan pertolongan suatu bangsa, yang sebenarnya tak dapat memberikan apa-apa.

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

¹⁸Kami tak dapat keluar ke jalan, keluar selalu diintai lawan. Akhir hidup kami mendekat, karena hari-hari kami sudah genap.

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

¹⁹Pengejar-pengejar kami cepat sekali jauh lebih cepat dari burung rajawali. Mereka mengejar kami di gunung, dan menghadang kami di padang gurun.

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.

²⁰Mereka menangkap raja pilihan TUHAN, orang yang kami andalkan sebagai pemberi kehidupan, dan pelindung terhadap lawan.

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.

²¹Hai bangsa Edom dan Us, silakan tertawa, bergembiralah, selama masih bisa! Bencana akan datang juga kepadamu dan karena mabuk engkau akan menelanjangi dirimu.

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.

²²Sion telah menjalani hukumannya atas dosa-dosa yang diperbuatnya; kini kami tidak akan dibiarkan TUHAN dan tak akan dibawa lagi ke dalam pembuangan. Tetapi engkau, hai Edom, akan dihukum TUHAN. Dosa-dosamu akan disingkapkan.