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!

¹Alef. Oj, ako sedí samotné mesto, nedávno veľké čo do množstva ľudu! Je ako vdova. Mesto, predtým veľké medzi národami, kňažna medzi krajinami, dnes je poplatné!

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.

²Béth. Kňažna, ustavične plače, vnoci, a jej slzy tečú po jej lícach. Nemá nikoho, kto by potešil, nikoho zpomedzi všetkých svojich milovníkov. Všetci jej priatelia sa jej stali nevernými; obrátili sa jej v nepriateľov.

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.

³Gimel. Judea sa prestehovala do vyhnanstva pre horké trápenie a pre veľkú porobu. Ona býva medzi pohanmi! Nenachodí odpočinku. Všetci tí, ktorí ju honia, ju dostihujú medzi úzkosťami.

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.

⁴Daleth. Cesty dcéry Siona smutné, pretože niet tých, ktorí by prišli na slávnosť. Všetky jej brány spustlé. Jej kňazi vzdychajú. Jej panny sú strápené, a ona sama je plná horkosti.

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.

⁵Hé. Jej protivníci sú hlavou; jej nepriatelia sa majú dobre, lebo ju strápil Hospodin pre množstvo jej prestúpení. Jej malé deti odišly do zajatia pred tvárou a zrakmi protivníka.

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.

⁶Vav. A tak vyšla od dcéry Siona všetka jej sláva. Jej kniežatá sú jako jeleni, ktorí nenachodia paše a tak idú bez sily pred tým, ktorý prenasleduje.

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.

⁷Zajin. Dcéra Jeruzalema sa rozpomína vo dňoch svojho trápenia a vo svojom zmietaní na všetky svoje vzácne veci, ktoré boly jej od pradávnych dní, teraz keď upadol jej ľud do ruky protivníka, a keď nemá nikoho, kto by jej pomohol. Protivníci sa dívajú na ňu; smejú sa jej všestrannej zkaze.

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.

⁸Cheth. Ťažko hrešila dcéra Jeruzalema, preto sa stala nečistou odlúčenou; všetci, ktorí ju ctili, opovrhujú ňou, pretože vidia jej nahotu. Aj ona vzdychá a obrátila sa nazpät.

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.

⁹Teth. Jej nečistota je na jej podolkoch; nepamätala na svoj koniec a preto klesla predivne, hlboko; nemá nikoho, kto by ju potešil. Vidz, ó, Hospodine, moje trápenie, lebo sa veličí nepriateľ.

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.

¹⁰Jod. Protivník siahol svojou rukou na všetky jej vzácne veci, lebo sa musí dívať, ako pohania vchádzajú do jej svätyne, o ktorých si bol prikázal, aby ti nevošli do shromaždenia.

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.

¹¹Kaf. Všetok jej ľud vzdychá; hľadajú chlieb; dávajú svoje vzácne veci za pokrm, aby občerstvili dušu. Vidz, ó, Hospodine, a hľaď, že som znevážená!

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.

¹²Lamed. Či vám nič do toho, vy všetci, ktorí idete cestou pomimo? Hľaďte a vidzte, či je niekde bolesť ako moja bolesť, ktorá je spôsobená mne, ktorú strápil Hospodin v deň pále svojho hnevu?!

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.

¹³Mem. S výsosti poslal oheň do mojich kostí a pošliapal to; roztiahol mojim nohám sieť a obrátil ma nazpät; učinil ma pustinou, neduživou deň ako deň.

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.

¹⁴Nun. Jarmo mojich prestúpení mi je uviazané jeho rukou; splietly sa jako húžvy; vystúpily na moju šiju; spôsobil to, aby klesla moja sila. Pán ma vydal do rúk, z ktorých nemôžem povstať.

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.

¹⁵Samek. Pán pošliapal všetkých mojich udatných v mojom strede; svolal proti mne slávnostné shromaždenie, aby skrúšil mojich mládencov. Pán šliapal čereň panne dcére Júdovej.

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.

¹⁶Ajin. Pre tie veci ja plačem. Moje oko, moje oko tečie vodami, lebo je ďaleko odo mňa ten, ktorý by potešil, ten, ktorý by občerstvil moju dušu. Moji synovia sú vypustošení, lebo sa zmohol nepriateľ.

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.

¹⁷Pe. Dcéra Siona rozprestiera svoje ruky; nemá nikoho, kto by ju potešil. Hospodin prikázal o Jakobovi vôkol neho jeho protivníkom, aby ho sovreli. Dcéra Jeruzalema je ako nečistá, oddelená pre svoj neduh, medzi nimi.

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.

¹⁸Tsadé. Hospodin je spravedlivý, lebo som sa protivila jeho ústam. Nože počujte, všetky národy, a vidzte moju bolesť! Moje panny a moji mládenci odišli do zajatia!

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.

¹⁹Khof. Volala som na svojich milovníkov; oklamali ma. Moji kňazi a moji starci pomreli v meste, keď si hľadali pokrm, aby občerstvili svoju dušu.

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.

²⁰Reš. Vidz, ó, Hospodine, lebo mi je úzko. Moje vnútornosti sú rozbúrené; moje srdce sa prevrátilo vo mne, pretože som sa veľmi protivila. Vonku sirotí meč; vnútri jako smrť.

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.

²¹Šin. Čujú, že vzdychám, ale nemám nikoho, kto by potešil. Všetci moji nepriatelia počujúc o mojom nešťastí radujú sa, že si to ty učinil; uviedol si deň, ktorý si bol vyhlásil, ale budú podobní mne.

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.

²²Tav. Nech prijde všetka ich zlosť pred tvoju tvár, a učiň im, ako si učinil mne pre všetky moje prestúpenia, lebo je mnoho mojich vzdychov, a moje srdce je neduživé.