¹How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

¹Alef. Oj, ako zaoblačil Pán vo svojom hneve dcéru Siona! Svrhnul s nebies na zem slávu Izraelovu a nepamätal na podnož svojich nôh v deň svojho hnevu.

²The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

²Béth. Pán pohltil a neušetril niktorých príbytkov Jakobových; poboril vo svojej prchlivosti ohrady dcéry Júdovej; povalil ich na zem; poškvrnil kráľovstvo i jeho kniežatá.

³He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

³Gimel. Zoťal v páli hnevu každý roh Izraelov; stiahol nazpät svoju pravicu zpred nepriateľa a rozpálil sa proti Jakobovi jako plamenný oheň, ktorý žerie dookola.

⁴He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

⁴Daleth. Natiahol svoje lučište jako nepriateľ; postavil sa so svojou pravicou jako protivník; pobil všetko žiadostivé oku; do stánu dcéry Siona vylial svoju prchlivosť ako oheň.

⁵The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

⁵Hé. Pán sa stal podobným nepriateľovi; pohltil Izraela; pohltil všetky jeho paláce; zkazil jeho ohrady a rozmnožil v dcére Júdovej smútok a žiaľ.

⁶And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

⁶Vav. Násilne odstránil ako od zahrady svoj plot; zkazil miesto svojho shromaždenia; Hospodin učinil to, aby v zabudnutie prišla na Sione slávnosť a sobota, a v zúrivosti svojho hnevu zavrhol kráľa i kňaza.

⁷The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

⁷Zajin. Pán opovrhol svojím oltárom; zošklivil si svoju svätyňu; vydal múry jej palácov do ruky nepriateľa; kričali v dome Hospodinovom ako v deň slávnosti.

⁸The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

⁸Chet. Hospodin si umyslel zkaziť múr dcéry Siona; roztiahol mernú šnúru; neodvrátil svojej ruky, aby nebol pohltil, a spôsobil to, aby smútil val i múr; spolu zomdlievajú v žalosti.

⁹Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

⁹Tet. Jej brány sa prepadly do zeme; zahubil a skrúšil jej závory; jej kráľ a jej kniežatá sú medzi pohanmi, kde niet zákona; ani jej proroci nenachádzajú videnia od Hospodina.

¹⁰The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

¹⁰Jod. Sedia na zemi, mlčia starci dcéry Siona; posypali svoju hlavu prachom; opásali si smútočné vrece; panny Jeruzalema svesily svoju hlavu k zemi.

¹¹Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

¹¹Kaf. Moje oči hynú od sĺz; moje vnútornosti sú rozbúrené; moje jatra sa vylialy na zem pre skrúšenie dcéry môjho ľudu, keď nyje odrastlé dieťa i kojenec na uliciach mesta.

¹²They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.

¹²Lamed. Hovoria svojim matkám: Kde je obilie a víno? keď zomdlievajú ako zranený na smrť po uliciach mesta, keď sa rozlieva ich duša do lona ich matky.

¹³What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

¹³Mem. Čo ti mám svedčiť? Čo ti mám pripodobniť, dcéro Jeruzalema? Čo ti mám prirovnať, aby som ťa potešil, panno dcéra Siona? Lebo je veľké, jako more, tvoje skrúšenie. Kto ťa vylieči?!

¹⁴Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

¹⁴Nun. Tvoji proroci ti vídavali lož a nesmysel a neodkrývali tvojej neprávosti, aby odvrátili tvoje zajatie, ale ti vídali bremená lži a vídali ti zahnania.

¹⁵All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

¹⁵Samek. Tlieskajú nad tebou rukami všetci, ktorí idú pomimo cestou; pískajú a kývajú svojou hlavou nad dcérou Jeruzalema a hovoria: Či je toto to mesto, o ktorom hovorievali: Dokonalosť krásy, rozkoš celej zeme?

¹⁶All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

¹⁶Pe. Všetci tvoji nepriatelia otvárajú na teba svoje ústa, pískajú posmešne a škrípu zubami; hovoria: Pohltili sme; áno, toto je deň, na ktorý sme čakali, našli sme, vidíme.

¹⁷The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

¹⁷Ajin. Hospodin učinil, čo si umyslel; splnil svoju reč; ktorú bol prikázal od dávnych dní; poboril a neušetril; obveselil nad tebou nepriateľa; vyvýšil roh tvojich protivníkov.

¹⁸Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

¹⁸Tsadé. Ich srdce kričí k Pánovi. Múru dcéry Siona, vylievaj slzy jako potok vodne i vnoci; nedaj si pokoja; nech nemlčí zrenica tvojho oka!

¹⁹Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

¹⁹Khof. Povstaň, krič vnoci, hneď na počiatku nočných stráží; vylievaj svoje srdce jako vodu pred tvárou Pánovou; pozdvihuj k nemu svoje ruky za dušu svojich detí, ktoré nyjú a hynú hladom na rohu všetkých ulíc.

²⁰Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

²⁰Reš. Vidz, ó, Hospodine, a hľaď, komu si tak kedy učinil? Či azda jedia ženy svoj plod, deti, ktoré nanášajú na rukách kochajúc sa v nich? Či sa má zabíjať v svätyni Pánovej kňaz a prorok?

²¹The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

²¹Šin. Ležia na zemi po uliciach, mladý i starý, moje panny a moji mládenci, padli od meča; pobil si v deň svojho hnevu; pozabíjal si; neušetril si.

²²Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

²²Tav. Svolal si, jako na deň slávnosti, moje strachy všade naokolo, a nebolo v deň hnevu Hospodinovho nikoho, kto by bol ušiel alebo pozostal. Tých, ktorých som nosila na rukách a vychovala, zničil nepriateľ.