Lamentaciones 3

1Yo soy el hombre que ha experimentado la aflicción bajo la vara de la ira de (Dios).

2Me llevó y me hizo andar en tinieblas, y no en luz.

3No cesa de volver contra mí su mano todo el día.

4Ha consumido mi carne y mi piel, ha roto mis huesos;

5ha construido contra mí, me ha cercado de amargura y dolor.

6Me colocó en lugar tenebroso, como los muertos de ya hace tiempo.

7Me tiene rodeado por todos lados, y no puedo salir; me ha cargado de pesadas cadenas.

8GUIMEL. Aun cuando clamo y pido auxilio obstruye Él mi oración.

9GUIMEL. Cierra mi camino con piedras sillares, trastorna mis senderos.

10Fue para mí como oso en acecho, como león en emboscada;

11torció mis caminos y me destrozó, me convirtió en desolación;

12tendió su arco, y me hizo blanco de sus saetas.

13Clavó en mi hígado las hijas de su aljaba;

14soy el escarnio de todo mi pueblo, su cantilena diaria.

15Me hartó de angustias, me embriagó de ajenjo.

16Me quebró los dientes con cascajo, me sumergió en cenizas.

17Alejaste de mi alma la paz; no sé ya lo que es felicidad;

18por eso dije: “Pereció mi gloria y mi esperanza en Yahvé.”

19Acuérdate de mí aflicción y de mi inquietud, del ajenjo y de la amargura.

20Mi alma se acuerda sin cesar y está abatida dentro de mí;

21meditando en esto recobro esperanza.

22HET. Es por la misericordia de Yahvé que no hayamos perecido, porque nunca se acaban sus piedades.

23HET. Se renuevan cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.

24“Yahvé es mi porción, dice mi alma, por eso espero en Él.”

25Bueno es Yahvé para quien en Él espera, para el que le busca.

26Bueno es aguardar en silencio la salvación de Yahvé.

27Bueno es para el hombre llevar el yugo desde su juventud.

28Siéntese aparte en silencio, pues (Dios) se lo ha impuesto;

29ponga en el polvo su boca; quizá haya esperanza;

30ofrezca la mejilla al que le hiere, hártese de oprobio.

31Porque no para siempre desecha el Señor;

32después de afligir usa de misericordia según la multitud de sus piedades;

33pues no de buena gana humilla El, ni aflige a los hijos de los hombres.

34¿Acaso el Señor no está viendo cómo son pisoteados todos los cautivos de la tierra?

35¿Cómo se tuerce el derecho de un hombre ante la faz del Altísimo?

36¿Cómo se hace injusticia a otro en su causa?

37¿Quién puede decir algo, y esto se realiza sin la orden de Yahvé?

38¿No proceden de la boca del Altísimo los males y los bienes?

39¿Por qué se queja el hombre viviente?

40“Examinemos y escudriñemos nuestros caminos y convirtámonos a Yahvé.

41Alcemos nuestro corazón, con nuestras manos, a Dios en el cielo.

42Hemos pecado, y hemos sido rebeldes; Tú no has perdonado.

43Te cubriste de tu ira y nos perseguiste, mataste sin piedad;

44pusiste una nube delante de Ti para que no penetrase la oración;

45nos convertiste en desecho y basura en medio de las naciones.

46Abren contra nosotros su boca todos nuestros enemigos;

47nos amenazan el terror y la fosa, la devastación y la ruina;

48Mis ojos derraman ríos de agua por el quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo.

49Se deshacen mis ojos sin cesar en continuo llanto,

50hasta que Yahvé levante la vista y mire desde el cielo.

51Mis ojos me consumen el alma por todas las hijas de mi ciudad.

52Como a ave me dieron caza los que me odian sin motivo,

53me encerraron en la cisterna, pusieron sobre mí la losa,

54las aguas subieron por encima de mi cabeza, y dije: “Perdido estoy.”

55Desde lo más profundo de la fosa invoqué tu nombre;

56Tú oíste mi voz. ¡No cierres tus oídos a mis suspiros, a mis clamores!

57Cuando te invoqué te acercaste y dijiste: “No temas.”

58Tú, Señor, defendiste mi alma, salvaste mi vida,

59Tú ves, oh Yahvé, mi opresión; hazme justicia;

60ves todos sus deseos de venganza, todas sus maquinaciones contra mí.

61Tú, oh Yahvé, oíste todos sus insultos, todas sus tramas contra mí,

62las palabras de mis enemigos, y cuanto maquinan contra mí siempre.

63Mira, cuando se sientan y cuando se levantan, soy yo el objeto de sus canciones.

64Tú les darás, oh Yahvé, su merecido, conforme a la obra de sus manos.

65Cegarás su corazón, los (cubrirás) con tu maldición;

66los perseguirás con furor y los destruirás debajo del cielo, oh Yahvé.

1[Aleph Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.

2Aleph Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, et non in lucem.

3Aleph Tantum in me vertit et convertit manum suam tota die.

4Beth Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam; contrivit ossa mea.

5Beth Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me felle et labore.

6Beth In tenebrosis collocavit me, quasi mortuos sempiternos.

7Ghimel Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; aggravavit compedem meum.

8Ghimel Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.

9Ghimel Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit.

10Daleth Ursus insidians factus est mihi, leo in absconditis.

11Daleth Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me; posuit me desolatam.

12Daleth Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me quasi signum ad sagittam.

13He Misit in renibus meis filias pharetræ suæ.

14He Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.

15He Replevit me amaritudinibus; inebriavit me absinthio.

16Vau Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos; cibavit me cinere.

17Vau Et repulsa est a pace anima mea; oblitus sum bonorum.

18Vau Et dixi: Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino.

19Zain Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ, absinthii et fellis.

20Zain Memoria memor ero, et tabescet in me anima mea.

21Zain Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.

22Heth Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti; quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.

23Heth Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.

24Heth Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea; propterea exspectabo eum.

25Teth Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.

26Teth Bonum est præstolari cum silentio salutare Dei.

27Teth Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum ab adolescentia sua.

28Jod Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit, quia levavit super se.

29Jod Ponet in pulvere os suum, si forte sit spes.

30Jod Dabit percutienti se maxillam: saturabitur opprobriis.

31Caph Quia non repellet in sempiternum Dominus.

32Caph Quia si abjecit, et miserebitur, secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.

33Caph Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo et abjecit filios hominum.

34Lamed Ut conteret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terræ.

35Lamed Ut declinaret judicium viri in conspectu vultus Altissimi.

36Lamed Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo; Dominus ignoravit.

37Mem Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret, Domino non jubente?

38Mem Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona?

39Mem Quid murmuravit homo vivens, vir pro peccatis suis?

40Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.

41Nun Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos.

42Nun Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus; idcirco tu inexorabilis es.

43Samech Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos; occidisti, nec pepercisti.

44Samech Opposuisti nubem tibi, ne transeat oratio.

45Samech Eradicationem et abjectionem posuisti me in medio populorum.

46Phe Aperuerunt super nos os suum omnes inimici.

47Phe Formido et laqueus facta est nobis vaticinatio, et contritio.

48Phe Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, in contritione filiæ populi mei.

49Ain Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit, eo quod non esset requies.

50Ain Donec respiceret et videret Dominus de cælis.

51Ain Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ.

52Sade Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis.

53Sade Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me.

54Sade Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum; dixi: Perii.

55Coph Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine, de lacu novissimo.

56Coph Vocem meam audisti; ne avertas aurem tuam a singultu meo et clamoribus.

57Coph Appropinquasti in die quando invocavi te; dixisti: Ne timeas.

58Res Judicasti, Domine, causam animæ meæ, redemptor vitæ meæ.

59Res Vidisti, Domine, iniquitatem illorum adversum me: judica judicium meum.

60Res Vidisti omnem furorem, universas cogitationes eorum adversum me.

61Sin Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine, omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me.

62Sin Labia insurgentium mihi, et meditationes eorum adversum me tota die.

63Sin Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide; ego sum psalmus eorum.

64Thau Redes eis vicem, Domine, juxta opera manuum suarum.

65Thau Dabis eis scutum cordis, laborem tuum.

66Thau Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos sub cælis, Domine.]

1Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.

2Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.

3Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.

4Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

5Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.

6Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

7Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

8Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

9Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

10Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

11Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

12Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.

13He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

14He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

15He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

16Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

17Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

18Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

19Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.

20Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

21Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.

22Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

23Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.

24Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

25Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

27Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

29Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

30Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

31Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

32Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

33Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

34Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,

35Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

36Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

37Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

38Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

39Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?

40Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

41Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

42Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

43Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.

44Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.

45Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

46Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

48Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

50Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.

51Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

52Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

53Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

54Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

55Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

56Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

57Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

58Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

59Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

60Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.

61Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.

62Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

63Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

64Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

65Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

66Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.