1 Hvordan har Herrens vrede dekket Sions datter med skyer! Han har sendt Israels herlighet ned fra himmelen til jorden, uten å huske på sin fots hvilested på sin vredes dag.

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

2 Herren har uten medynk ødelagt alle Jakobs boliger; i sin vrede har han revet ned Judas datters festninger, og lagt dem på jorden, selv hennes konge og fyrster.

The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

3 I sin brennende vrede har han kuttet av hver Israels horn; hans høyre hånd har blitt trukket tilbake foran fienden: han har satt en ild i Jakob, som forårsaker ødeleggelse rundt omkring.

In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.

4 Hans bue er spent for angrep, hans hvilestand klar til slag, i sitt hat har han drept dem som var tiltalende for øyet: på Sions datters telt har han sluppet sin lidenskap løs som en ild.

His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

5 Herren har blitt som en fiende mot henne, sendt ødeleggelse over Israel; han har ødelagt alle hennes store hus og gjort sterkstedene til en ruin: økt sorg og smerte for Judas datter.

The Lord has become like one fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel; he has sent destruction on all her great houses, making waste his strong places: increasing the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

6 Og han har voldsomt fjernet sitt telt, som fra en hage; han har lagt sitt møtested øde: Herren har tatt bort minnet om fest og sabbat i Sion, og i sin vredes lidenskap står han mot konge og prest.

And he has violently taken away his tent, as from a garden; he has made waste his meeting-place: the Lord has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion, and in the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

7 Herren har gitt opp sitt alter og snudd seg i hat fra sitt hellige sted; han har overgitt murene på hennes store hus i angriperens hender: deres stemmer har vært høye i Herrens hus som på en hellig dag.

The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.

8 Herrens hensikt er å ødelegge Sions datters mur; hans snor er strukket ut, han har ikke holdt tilbake sin hånd fra ødeleggelse: han har sendt sorg over tårn og mur, de er sammen blitt svake.

It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

9 Hennes porter har sunket ned i jorden; han har ødelagt hennes låser: hennes konge og hennes fyrster er blant nasjonene der loven ikke er; selv hennes profeter har ikke hatt noen syn fra Herren.

Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.

10 De ansvarlige mennene i Sions datter sitter på jorden uten et ord; de har lagt støv på hodene, de er kledd i sekkestrie: Jerusalems jomfruers hoder er bøyd mot bakken.

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

11 Mine øyne er sløvet av gråt, mine indre deler er dypt beveget, mitt indre er tømt ut på jorden over ødeleggelsen av min folkedatter; for de små barna og spedbarna som faller uten styrke på byens åpne plasser.

My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

12 De sier til sine mødre: Hvor er korn og vin? mens de faller som såret på byens åpne plasser, mens livet deres er tømt ut på morens bryst.

They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.

13 Hva eksempel skal jeg gi deg? hvilken sammenligning skal jeg gjøre for deg, Sions jomfrudatter? hva skal jeg gjøre lik deg, så jeg kan gi deg trøst, Jerusalem? for din ødeleggelse er stor som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

14 De visjonene som dine profeter har sett for deg, er falske og tåpelige; de har ikke gjort din synd klar for deg, slik at din skjebne kunne bli endret: men de har sett falske ord for deg, drevet deg bort.

The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.

15 Alle som går forbi, klapper i hendene mot deg; de hveser og rister på hodet mot Jerusalems datter og sier: Er dette byen som var kronen på all skjønnhet, all jordens glede?

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

16 Alle dine hatere åpner munnen bredt mot deg; de hveser og plystrer gjennom tennene, og sier: Vi har fortært henne: visst er dette dagen vi har sett frem til; den har kommet, vi har sett det.

All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

17 Herren har gjort det som var hans hensikt; han har satt ut i livet de pålegg han ga i forgangen dager; revet ned uten medynk, gjort dine hatere glade over deg, løftet hornet til dem som var mot deg.

The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

18 La ditt rop gå opp til Herren: O mur til Sions datter, la din gråt flyte ned som en strøm dag og natt; gi deg ingen hvile, la ikke dine øyne holde tilbake sorgens tårer.

Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.

19 Stå opp! gi rop i natten, når nattevaktene begynner; la ditt hjerte flyte ut som vann foran Herrens ansikt, løft opp dine hender til ham for dine små barns liv som faller ned, svake av matmangel, på toppen av hver gate.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

20 Se! Herre, se hvem du har gjort dette mot! Skal kvinnene ta som sin mat kroppens frukt, barna de holder i armene? skal presten og profeten bli drept på Herrens hellige sted?

Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?

21 De unge mennene og de gamle ligger utstrakt på jorden i gatene; mine jomfruer og mine unge menn er blitt drept med sverdet: du har sendt død over dem på din vredes dag, forårsaket død uten medynk.

The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.

22 Som på en hellig møtedag har du latt angsten omslutte meg på alle kanter, og ingen slapp unna eller ble reddet på Herrens vredes dag: de som jeg holdt i armene, som jeg tok vare på, er sendt til sin ødeleggelse av min hater.

As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.