¹How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens 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 dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought [them] down to the ground; he hath profaned 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³He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about.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 hath slain all that was pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion, he hath 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 is become as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied 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 cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger king and 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 rejected 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 Jehovah, as on the day of a set 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.

⁸Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he hath made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languish 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 nations: the law is no [more]; her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.

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, they keep silence; they have cast dust upon their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their head 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 are consumed with tears, my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, because of the ruin of the daughter of my people; because infant and suckling 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 swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul 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 shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will 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 vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.

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 shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, 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 open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth 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.

¹⁷Jehovah hath done what he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word which he had commanded from the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the 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 torrent day and night: give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye rest.

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 thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.

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.

²⁰See, Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat their fruit, the infants that they nursed? Shall priest and 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 child and the old man 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, thou hast not spared.

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 up, as on the day of a set feast, my terrors on every side; and in the day of Jehovah's anger there was none that escaped or remained: those that I have nursed 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.