Lamentaciones 2
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1Comment le Seigneur, dans sa colère, couvrit-il d'un nuage la fille de Sion ! Il précipita du ciel sur la terre la splendeur d'Israël, et il ne se souvint pas de son marchepied au jour de sa colère.
2Le Seigneur engloutit toutes les demeures de Jacob sans pitié. Il renversa dans sa fureur les forteresses de la fille de Juda. Il les jeta à terre. Il profana le royaume et ses princes.
3Il abattit toute la puissance d'Israël dans son ardente colère. Il retira sa main droite face à l'ennemi. Il alluma dans Jacob comme un feu de flammes, qui dévore tout à l'entour.
4Il banda son arc comme un ennemi. Il se tint la main droite levée comme un adversaire. Il tua tout ce qui charmait les yeux. Dans la tente de la fille de Sion, il répandit sa fureur comme un feu.
5Le Seigneur devint comme un ennemi. Il engloutit Israël. Il engloutit tous ses palais. Il détruisit ses forteresses. Il multiplia les plaintes et les lamentations chez la fille de Juda.
6Il saccagea sa tente comme un jardin. Il détruisit son lieu d'assemblée. Le SEIGNEUR fit oublier dans Sion les fêtes solennelles et le sabbat. Dans l'indignation de sa colère, il rejeta le roi et le prêtre.
7Le Seigneur rejeta son autel. Il prit en horreur son sanctuaire. Il livra les murs de ses palais entre les mains de l'ennemi. Ils poussèrent des cris dans la maison du SEIGNEUR, comme en un jour de fête solennelle.
8Le SEIGNEUR résolut de détruire la muraille de la fille de Sion. Il tendit le cordeau. Il ne retira pas sa main avant de l'avoir anéantie ; Il fit gémir le rempart et la muraille. Ils dépérissent ensemble.
9Ses portes s'enfoncèrent dans la terre. Il détruisit et brisa ses verrous. Son roi et ses princes sont parmi les nations où il n'y a plus de loi. Même ses prophètes ne reçoivent plus de vision du SEIGNEUR.
10Les anciens de la fille de Sion sont assis par terre. Ils gardent le silence. Ils ont jeté de la poussière sur leurs têtes. Ils se sont revêtus de sacs. Les vierges de Jérusalem penchent la tête vers la terre.
11Mes yeux s'épuisent dans les larmes. Mon cœur est bouleversé. Ma douleur se déverse sur la terre, à cause du désastre de la fille de mon peuple, parce que les jeunes enfants et les nourrissons défaillent dans les rues de la ville.
12Ils demandent à leurs mères : « Où sont le blé et le vin ? » alors qu'ils défaillent comme des blessés dans les rues de la ville, alors qu'ils rendent l'âme sur le sein de leurs mères.
13Quel témoignage t'apporterai-je ? À quoi te comparerai-je, fille de Jérusalem ? À quoi t'assimilerai-je, pour te consoler, vierge, fille de Sion ? Car ta ruine est aussi vaste que la mer. Qui pourra te guérir ?
14Tes prophètes ont eu pour toi des visions fausses et insensées. Ils n'ont pas dévoilé ton iniquité, pour détourner ta captivité, mais ils t'ont annoncé des oracles mensongers et des causes de bannissement.
15Tous les passants battent des mains sur toi. Ils sifflent et hochent la tête sur la fille de Jérusalem : « Est-ce là la ville qu'on appelait « La perfection de la beauté », « la joie de toute la terre » ? »
16Tous tes ennemis ouvrent grand la bouche contre toi. Ils sifflent et grincent des dents. Ils disent : « Nous l'avons engloutie ! C'est bien le jour que nous attendions. Nous l'avons trouvé. Nous le voyons ! »
17Le SEIGNEUR a accompli ce qu'il avait résolu. Il a accompli sa parole qu'il avait ordonnée dès les jours anciens. Il a renversé, et n'a pas eu pitié. Il a fait de toi la joie de l'ennemi. Il a exalté la puissance de tes adversaires.
18Leur cœur a crié vers le Seigneur. Muraille de la fille de Sion, laisse couler tes larmes comme un torrent, jour et nuit ! Ne t'accorde aucun répit. Ne laisse pas tes yeux se reposer.
19Lève-toi, pousse des cris dans la nuit, au début des veilles ! Répands ton cœur comme de l'eau devant la face du Seigneur. Lève tes mains vers lui pour la vie de tes jeunes enfants, qui défaillent de faim au coin de chaque rue.
20« Regarde, SEIGNEUR, et vois qui tu as traité ainsi ! Les femmes devaient-elles dévorer leurs propres enfants, les petits enfants qu'elles berçaient sur leurs genoux ? Le prêtre et le prophète devaient-ils être massacrés dans le sanctuaire du Seigneur ?
21« Le jeune homme et le vieillard sont couchés par terre dans les rues. Mes vierges et mes jeunes gens sont tombés par l'épée. Tu les as tués au jour de ta colère. Tu as massacré sans pitié.
22« Tu as convoqué de toutes parts mes terreurs, comme pour un jour de fête solennelle. Il n'y a eu ni rescapé ni survivant au jour de la colère du SEIGNEUR. Mon ennemi a consumé ceux que j'avais soignés et élevés. »
Reina-Valera 1909
1¡CÓMO oscureció el Señor en su furor á la hija de Sión! Derribó del cielo á la tierra la hermosura de Israel, y no se acordó del estrado de sus pies en el día de su ira.
2Destruyó el Señor, y no perdonó; destruyó en su furor todas las tiendas de Jacob: echó por tierra las fortalezas de la hija de Judá, deslustró el reino y sus príncipes.
3Cortó con el furor de su ira todo el cuerno de Israel; hizo volver atrás su diestra delante del enemigo; y encendióse en Jacob como llama de fuego que ha devorado en contorno.
4Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, y mató toda cosa hermosa á la vista: en la tienda de la hija de Sión derramó como fuego su enojo.
5Fué el Señor como enemigo, destruyó á Israel; destruyó todos sus palacios, disipó sus fortalezas: y multiplicó en la hija de Judá la tristeza y lamento.
6Y quitó su tienda como de un huerto, destruyó el lugar de su congregación: Jehová ha hecho olvidar en Sión solemnidades y sábados, y ha desechado en el furor de su ira rey y sacerdote.
7Desechó el Señor su altar, menospreció su santuario, ha entregado en mano del enemigo los muros de sus palacios: dieron grita en la casa de Jehová como en día de fiesta.
8Jehová determinó destruir el muro de la hija de Sión; extendió el cordel, no retrajo su mano de destruir: hizo pues, se lamentara el antemuro y el muro; fueron destruídos juntamente.
9Sus puertas fueron echadas por tierra, destruyó y quebrantó sus cerrojos: su rey y sus príncipes están entre las gentes donde no hay ley; sus profetas tampoco hallaron visión de Jehová.
10Sentáronse en tierra, callaron los ancianos de la hija de Sión; echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas, ciñéronse de saco; las vírgenes de Jerusalem bajaron sus cabezas á tierra.
11Mis ojos desfallecieron de lágrimas, rugieron mis entrañas, mi hígado se derramó por tierra por el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo, cuando desfallecía el niño y el que mamaba, en las plazas de la ciudad.
12Decían á sus madres: ¿Dónde está el trigo y el vino? Desfallecían como heridos en las calles de la ciudad, derramando sus almas en el regazo de sus madres.
13¿Qué testigo te traeré, ó á quién te haré semejante, hija de Jerusalem? ¿A quién te compararé para consolarte, oh virgen hija de Sión? Porque grande es tu quebrantamiento como la mar: ¿quién te medicinará?
14Tus profetas vieron para ti vanidad y locura; y no descubrieron tu pecado para estorbar tu cautiverio, sino que te predicaron vanas profecías y extravíos.
15Todos los que pasaban por el camino, batieron las manos sobre ti; silbaron, y movieron sus cabezas sobre la hija de Jerusalem, diciendo: ¿Es ésta la ciudad que decían de perfecta hermosura, el gozo de toda la tierra?
16Todos tus enemigos abrieron sobre ti su boca, silbaron, y rechinaron los dientes; dijeron: Devoremos: cierto éste es el día que esperábamos; lo hemos hallado, vímoslo.
17Jehová ha hecho lo que tenía determinado, ha cumplido su palabra que él había mandado desde tiempo antiguo: destruyó, y no perdonó; y alegró sobre ti al enemigo, y enalteció el cuerno de tus adversarios.
18El corazón de ellos clamaba al Señor: Oh muro de la hija de Sión, echa lágrimas como un arroyo día y noche; no descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.
19Levántate, da voces en la noche, en el principio de las velas; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos á él por la vida de tus pequeñitos, que desfallecen de hambre en las entradas de todas las calles.
20Mira, oh Jehová, y considera á quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crías? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?
21Niños y viejos yacían por tierra en las calles; mis vírgenes y mis mancebos cayeron á cuchillo: mataste en el día de tu furor, degollaste, no perdonaste.
22Has llamado, como á día de solemnidad, mis temores de todas partes; y en el día del furor de Jehová no hubo quien escapase ni quedase vivo: los que crié y mantuve, mi enemigo los acabó.
King James Version
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
World English Bible
1How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
2The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
4He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has stood with his right hand as an adversary. He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.
5The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
6He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. The LORD has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.
7The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the LORD’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
8The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.
9Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not. Yes, her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
12They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
13What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?
14Your prophets have seen false and foolish visions for you. They have not uncovered your iniquity, to reverse your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations and causes of banishment.
15All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”
16All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
17The LORD has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
18Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.
19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
20“Look, LORD, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21“The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have slaughtered, and not pitied.
22“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of the LORD’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.