¹How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!

¹Kuidas küll istub üksinda see kord nii rahvarohke linn! Kes rahvaste seas oli suur, on saanud lesknaise sarnaseks. Vürstitar maakondade hulgas peab tegema orjatööd.

²She weepeth sore in the night, And her tear [is] on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.

²Ta nutab öösel kibedasti, pisarad voolavad tal üle näo. Pole tal trööstijat ühestki armastajast: kõik ta sõbrad on teda petnud, on saanud ta vaenlasteks.

³Removed hath Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She hath dwelt among nations, She hath not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.

³Juuda on sattunud viletsusse ja ränka orjusesse, ta elab paganate seas ega leia hingamist. Kõik jälitajad saavad ta kätte keset kitsikusi.

⁴The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted — and she hath bitterness.

⁴Siioni teed leinavad, et pole pühiks tulijaid. Kõik ta väravad on tühjad, ta preestrid ohkavad. Tema neitsid on kurvad ja tal enesel on kibe käes.

⁵Her adversaries have become chief, Her enemies have been at ease, For Jehovah hath afflicted her, For the abundance of her transgressions, Her infants have gone captive before the adversary.

⁵Tema rõhujad on saanud võimu, tema vaenlastel käib käsi hästi. Sest Issand on toonud talle häda tema paljude üleastumiste pärast. Tema lastel on tulnud minna vangidena vaenlase ees.

⁶And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been as harts — They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer.

⁶Siioni tütrelt on kõik ta toredus läinud. Tema vürstid on nagu hirved, kes ei leia karjamaad; nad astuvad jõuetult tagaajaja ees.

⁷Remembered hath Jerusalem [In] the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

⁷Jeruusalemm mõtleb oma viletsuse ja kodutuse päevil kõigile kallistele asjadele, mis tal muistsest ajast on olnud. Et ta rahvas langes vaenlase kätte ja tal ei olnud aitajat, siis näevad vaenlased seda ja naeravad tema lõppu.

⁸A sin hath Jerusalem sinned, Therefore impure she hath become, All who honoured her have esteemed her lightly, For they have seen her nakedness, Yea, she herself hath sighed and turneth backward.

⁸Jeruusalemm on raskesti patustanud, seepärast on ta saanud jäleduseks. Kõik, kes teda austasid, põlastavad teda, sest nad on näinud ta alastiolekut. Ka tema ise ohkab ja tõmbub pelgu.

⁹Her uncleanness [is] in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.

⁹Tema roojus on ta hõlmadel. Ta ei mõelnud oma lõpule ja on langenud hämmastaval viisil: tal pole trööstijat. Vaata, Issand, mu viletsust, sest vaenlane suurustab!

¹⁰His hand spread out hath an adversary On all her desirable things, For she hath seen — Nations have entered her sanctuary, Concerning which Thou didst command, `They do not come into the assembly to thee.`

¹⁰Vaenlane sirutab käe kõigi ta kalliste asjade järele; sest ta sai näha, et ta pühamusse tulid paganad, need, keda sa olid keelanud, et nad ei tuleks su kogudusse.

¹¹All her people are sighing — seeking bread, They have given their desirable things For food to refresh the body; See, O Jehovah, and behold attentively, For I have been lightly esteemed.

¹¹Kogu ta rahvas ohkab ja otsib leiba: nad annavad oma aarded toidu eest, et pidada hinge sees. Vaata, Issand, ja näe, kui põlatud ma olen!

¹²[Is it] nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.

¹²Kas see teile ei lähegi korda, kõik, kes te mööda lähete? Vaadake ja nähke! Ons olemas valu, minu valu sarnast, mis mulle on tehtud, millega Issand mind on nuhelnud oma tulise viha päeval?

¹³From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate — all the day sick.

¹³Ta läkitas kõrgusest tule mu luudesse ja vaevas neid; ta laotas mu jalgadele võrgu, ta tõrjus mind tagasi; ta jättis mind üksikuks igavesti haigena.

¹⁴Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.

¹⁴Mu üleastumiste ike on kokku seotud, tema käed põimisid need ühte: need tulid mu turjale, tema murdis mu jõu; Issand andis mu nende kätte, ma ei suuda üles tõusta.

¹⁵Trodden down all my mighty ones hath the Lord in my midst, He proclaimed against me an appointed time, To destroy my young men, A wine-press hath the Lord trodden, To the virgin daughter of Judah.

¹⁵Issand heitis kõrvale mu keskelt kõik vägevad; ta kutsus kokku peo minu vastu, et purustada mu noori mehi. Issand sõtkus surutõrt neitsile, Juuda tütrele.

¹⁶For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.

¹⁶Nende asjade pärast ma nutan, mu silmad, mu silmad voolavad vett. Sest kaugel on minust trööstija, kes turgutaks mu hinge. Mu lapsed on hävitatud, sest vaenlane on vägev.

¹⁷Spread forth hath Zion her hands, There is no comforter for her, Jehovah hath charged concerning Jacob, His neighbours [are] his adversaries, Jerusalem hath become impure among them.

¹⁷Siion laiutab käsi, tal ei ole trööstijat. Issand on käsutanud vaenlastena Jaakobi vastu selle enese naabrid. Jeruusalemm on muutunud nende seas jäleduseks.

¹⁸Righteous is Jehovah, For His mouth I have provoked. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

¹⁸Õiglane on tema, Issand, sest mina olen tõrkunud tema käsu vastu. Kuulge ometi, kõik rahvad, ja vaadake mu valu: mu neitsid ja noored mehed on läinud vangi.

¹⁹I called for my lovers, they — they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.

¹⁹Ma kutsusin oma armastajaid, nad petsid mind. Mu preestrid ja vanemad surid linnas, kui nad otsisid enesele toitu, et turgutada oma hinge.

²⁰See, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house [it is] as death.

²⁰Vaata, Issand, kuidas mul on kitsas käes: mu sisemus käärib, mu süda pööritab sees, sest ma olen kõvasti tõrkunud. Väljas teeb mõõk mind lastetuks, sees on päris surm.

²¹They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done [it], Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

²¹Nad on kuulnud, et ma ägan. Mul pole trööstijat. Kõik mu vaenlased on kuulnud mu õnnetusest, nad rõõmutsevad, et sina seda tegid. Too ometi päev, millest sa kuulutasid, et nende käsi käib samuti kui mul!

²²Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many [are] my sighs, and my heart [is] sick!

²²Tulgu kõik nende kurjus su palge ette, ja talita nendega, nagu sa talitasid minuga kõigi mu üleastumiste pärast! Jah, mu ohkeid on palju ja mu süda on haige.