Lamentations · Free Bible Version
Lamentations 5 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Lord, please remember what's happened to us. Look at us and see how we've been humiliated!
1 ACUÉRDATE, oh Jehová, de lo que nos ha sucedido: ve y mira nuestro oprobio.
1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
2 The land we used to own has been handed over to strangers, our houses have been given to foreigners.
2 Nuestra heredad se ha vuelto á extraños, nuestras casas á forasteros.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We have lost our fathers, and our mothers are widows.
3 Huérfanos somos sin padre, nuestras madres como viudas.
3 We are orphans and fatherless. Our mothers are as widows.
4 The water we drink we have to pay for; our firewood comes at a price.
4 Nuestra agua bebemos por dinero; nuestra leña por precio compramos.
4 We must pay for water to drink. Our wood is sold to us.
5 Like animals we're driven along with harnesses around our necks; we're worn out but don't find any rest.
5 Persecución padecemos sobre nuestra cerviz: nos cansamos, y no hay para nosotros reposo.
5 Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
6 We allied ourselves with Egypt and Assyria so we could have plenty of food.
6 Al Egipcio y al Asirio dimos la mano, para saciarnos de pan.
6 We have given our hands to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our forefathers sinned and they're gone, but we're being punished for their sins.
7 Nuestros padres pecaron, y son muertos; y nosotros llevamos sus castigos.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants of our conqueror rule over us; no one can save us from their power.
8 Siervos se enseñorearon de nosotros; no hubo quien de su mano nos librase.
8 Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.
9 We take our lives in our hands when we look for food, because of the armed raiders in the desert.
9 Con peligro de nuestras vidas traíamos nuestro pan delante del cuchillo del desierto.
9 We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the fever caused by hunger.
10 Nuestra piel se ennegreció como un horno á causa del ardor del hambre.
10 Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
11 They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
11 Violaron á las mujeres en Sión, á las vírgenes en las ciudades de Judá.
11 They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; they show elders no respect.
12 A los príncipes colgaron por su mano; no respetaron el rostro de los viejos.
12 Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.
13 Young men are forced to work at hand-mills; boys stagger under bundles of wood.
13 Llevaron los mozos á moler, y los muchachos desfallecieron en la leña.
13 The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.
14 The elders have abandoned their places at the city gate; the young men have given up playing their music.
14 Los ancianos cesaron de la puerta, los mancebos de sus canciones.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate, and the young men from their music.
15 There's no more happiness for us; our dancing has turned into mourning.
15 Cesó el gozo de nuestro corazón; nuestro corro se tornó en luto.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. What a disaster has come upon us because we have sinned!
16 Cayó la corona de nuestra cabeza: ¡ay ahora de nosotros! porque pecamos.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of all this, we're sick at heart; because of all these things, we can hardly look;
17 Por esto fué entristecido nuestro corazón, por esto se entenebrecieron nuestros ojos:
17 For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
18 Because of Mount Zion, which has been abandoned, and where only foxes roam.
18 Por el monte de Sión que está asolado; zorras andan en él.
18 for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.
19 But you, Lord, live forever! You rule for all generations!
19 Mas tú, Jehová, permanecerás para siempre: tu trono de generación en generación.
19 You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation.
20 So why have you forgotten us for such a long time? Why have you abandoned us for so many years?
20 ¿Por qué te olvidarás para siempre de nosotros, y nos dejarás por largos días?
20 Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
21 Bring us back to you, Lord, so we can be with you again. Please remake our lives like they used to be.
21 Vuélvenos, oh Jehová, á ti, y nos volveremos: renueva nuestros días como al principio.
21 Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.
22 Or have you have completely rejected us? Are you still really furious with us?
22 Porque repeliendo nos has desechado; te has airado contra nosotros en gran manera.
22 But you have utterly rejected us. You are very angry against us.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 44:13–16; Psalm 89:50–51; Lamentations 3:61; Psalm 79:12; Jeremiah 15:15
- 2 Isaiah 1:7; Zephaniah 1:13; Deuteronomy 28:30–68; Psalm 79:1–2; Isaiah 63:18
- 3 Jeremiah 18:21; Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 15:8; Hosea 14:3
- 4 Isaiah 3:1; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezekiel 4:9–17
- 5 Lamentations 1:14; Nehemiah 9:36–37; Jeremiah 28:14; Jeremiah 27:11–12; Deuteronomy 28:48
- 6 Hosea 12:1; Hosea 9:3; Jeremiah 2:18; Hosea 7:11; Genesis 24:2
- 7 Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2; Jeremiah 14:20; Exodus 20:5
- 8 Nehemiah 5:15; Zechariah 11:6; Proverbs 30:22; Psalm 7:2; Hosea 2:10
- 9 Ezekiel 4:16–17; Ezekiel 12:18–19; Jeremiah 40:9–12; Jeremiah 41:18; Jeremiah 41:1–10
- 10 Lamentations 4:8; Job 30:30; Psalm 119:83; Lamentations 3:4
- 11 Isaiah 13:16; Zechariah 14:2; Deuteronomy 28:30
- 12 Lamentations 4:16; Isaiah 47:6; Jeremiah 52:10–11; Lamentations 2:20; Jeremiah 52:25–27
- 13 Judges 16:21; Matthew 23:4; Isaiah 47:2; Exodus 23:5; Nehemiah 5:1–5
- 14 Jeremiah 7:34; Isaiah 24:7–11; Revelation 18:22; Ezekiel 26:13; Lamentations 1:4
- 15 Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 25:10; Amos 6:4–7; Psalm 30:11; James 4:9–10
- 16 Psalm 89:39; Isaiah 3:9–11; Job 19:9; Jeremiah 13:18; Lamentations 1:1
- 17 Psalm 6:7; Isaiah 1:5; Lamentations 2:11; Job 17:7; Isaiah 38:14
- 18 Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 9:11; Lamentations 2:8–9; Isaiah 32:13–14; Psalm 74:2–3
- 19 Psalm 102:12; Hebrews 1:8–12; Psalm 45:6; Psalm 145:13; Psalm 102:25–27
- 20 Psalm 44:24; Psalm 13:1; Jeremiah 14:19–21; Isaiah 64:9–12; Psalm 74:1
- 21 Psalm 80:3; Psalm 80:7; Psalm 85:4; Jeremiah 31:18; Psalm 80:19
- 22 Psalm 60:1–2; Hosea 1:6; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 44:9; Isaiah 64:9
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