Lamentaciones 4

Glücklicher waren, die das Schwert erschlug, als die der Hunger erschlug, / die, (vom Hunger) durchbohrt, hinschmachteten, aus Mangel an Früchten des Feldes. /

Más dichosos fueron los muertos á cuchillo que los muertos del hambre; porque éstos murieron poco á poco por falta de los frutos de la tierra.

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.