¹How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has 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 weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has 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 dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her within 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 assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself 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 become the head, her enemies prosper; for Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

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

⁶From the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, 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 remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her, The adversaries saw her, they mocked at her desolations.

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 has grievously sinned; therefore she has become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns 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 was in her skirts; she didn’t remember her latter end; therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: see, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has 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 has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.

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 food to refresh the soul: look, Yahweh, and see; for I am become abject.

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 you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, With which Yahweh has 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 on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has 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 knit together, they have come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

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 has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.

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; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.

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

¹⁷Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

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.

¹⁸Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see 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 my elders gave up the spirit in the city, While they sought them food to refresh 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.

²⁰See, Yahweh; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaves, 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 my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like 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 you; Do to them, as you have done to 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."