2 — Lamentations

1Aleph. How hath the Lord covered with obscurity the daughter of Sion in his wrath! how hath he cast down from heaven to the earth the glorious one of Israel, and hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.ALEPH. Come mai il Signore nel furor suo ha coperta di caligine la figliuola di Sion? Egli ha cacciata dal ciel sulla terra la gloria d'Israele, e non si è ricordato dello sgabello de' piedi suoi nel giorno del suo furore.HOW hath our Lord in his furie couered the daughter of Sion with darknes: cast forth the noble one of Israel from heauen to the earth, and hath not remembred the footestoole of his feete in the day of his furie.Aleph. Quomodo obtexit caligine in furore suo / Dominus filiam Sion; / projecit de cælo in terram / inclytam Israël, / et non est recordatus scabelli pedum suorum / in die furoris sui ! 2Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.BETH. Il Signore ha distrutto senza eccezione tutto quello, che era di bello in Giacobbe: ha smantellati nel suo furore i baluardi della vergine di Giuda, gli ha agguagliati al suolo: ha trattato come profano il regno, e i suoi principi.Our Lord hath cast downe headlong, and hath not spared, al the beautiful thinges of Iacob: he hath destroyed in his furie the munitions of the virgin of Iuda, and cast it downe to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom, and the princes therof.Beth. Præcipitavit Dominus, nec pepercit / omnia speciosa Jacob: / destruxit in furore suo / muntiones virginis Juda, / et dejecit in terram; / polluit regnum et principes ejus. 3Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.GHIMEL. Egli ha ridotta in polvere nell'ira sua furibonda tutta la possanza d'Israele: l'ausiliatrice sua destra ritrasse indietro al venir del nimico, e quasi fuoco accese in Giacobbe, che ogni cosa all'intorno divora colla sua fiamma.He hath broken euerie horne of Israel in the wrath of furie: he hath turned away his right hand backward from the face of the enemie: and he hath kinled in Iacob as it were the fyre of a flame deuouring round about.Ghimel. Confregit in ira furoris sui / omne cornu Israël; / avertit retrorsum dexteram suam / a facie inimici, / et succendit in Jacob quasi ignem / flammæ devorantis in gyro. 4Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.DALETH. Egli come nemico tese il suo arco, e come avversario puntò la sua destra: tutto uccise quel, che era di bello a vedersi nel padiglione della figliuola di Sion: scagliò qual fuoco la sua indegnazione.He hath bent his bow as an enemie, he hath fastned his right hand as an aduersarie: and he hath killed al, that was fayre to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath powred out his indignation as fyre.Daleth. Tetendit arcum suum quasi inimicus, / firmavit dexteram suam quasi hostis, / et occidit omne quod pulchrum erat visu / in tabernaculo filiæ Sion; / effudit quasi ignem / indignationem suam.

5He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women.HE. Il Signore è diventato come nemico: ha precipitato Israele, ha precipitate tutte le sue mura, ha dissipati i suoi baluardi, e tutti ha umiliati gli uomini, e le donne della figliuola di Giuda.Our Lord is become as an enemie: he hath cast downe Israel headlong, he hath cast downe headlong al her walles: he hath destroyed the munitions therof, and hath replenished in the daughter of Iuda the humbled man and humbled woman.He. Factus est Dominus velut inimicus, / præcipitavit Israël: / præcipitavit omnia mœnia ejus, / dissipavit munitiones ejus, / et replevit in filia Juda / humiliatum et humiliatam. 6Vau. And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath thrown down his tabernacle: the Lord hath caused feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Sion: and hath delivered up king and priest to reproach, and to the indignation of his wrath.VAU. E ha rovesciatala sua tenda come quella di un orto, e ha atterrato il suo padiglione: il Signore ha fatte dimenticare in Sionne le solennità, e i sabati, ed ha abbandonati all'obbrobrio, e all'indegnazione sua furibonda e il re, e il sacerdote.And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden, he hath throwen downe his tabernacle: our Lord hath brought festiuitie and sabbath in Sion to obliuion: and king and priest into reproch, and into the indignation of his furie.Vau. Et dissipavit quasi hortum tentorium suum; / demolitus est tabernaculum suum. / Oblivioni tradidit Dominus in Sion / festivitatem et sabbatum; / et in opprobrium, et in indignationem furoris sui, / regem et sacerdotem. 7Zain. The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath cursed his sanctuary: he hath delivered the walls of the towers thereof into the hand of the enemy: they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.ZAIN. Il Signore ha rigettato il suo altare, ha maledetto il suo santuario: ha date in potere del nemico le sue mura, e le torri. Hanno alzate le voci nella casa del Signore, come ne' dì solenni.Our Lord hath reiected, he hath cursed his sanctification: he hath deliuered the walles of the towers therof into the hand of the enemie: they haue made a noyse in the house of our Lord, as in a solemne day.Zain. Repulit Dominus altare suum; / maledixit sanctificationi suæ: / tradidit in manu inimici / muros turrium ejus. / Vocem dederunt in domo Domini / sicut in die solemni. 8Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he hath stretched out his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the wall hath been destroyed together.HETH. Determinò il Signore di distrugger le mura della figliuola di Sion, tese sua corda, e non ritrasse sua mano dal demolire, e l'antemurale gemé, e il muro insieme fu atterrato.Our Lord hath meant to destroy the wal of the daughter of Sion: he hath streched out his corde, and hath not turned away his hand from destruction: and the forewal hath mourned, and the wal is destroyed together.Heth. Cogitavit Dominus dissipare / murum filiæ Sion; / tetendit funiculum suum, / et non avertit manum suam a perditione: / luxitque antemurale, / et murus pariter dissipatus est.

9Teth. Her 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, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord.TETH. Le sue porte sono confitte nella terra: egli guastò, e spezzò le sue serrature: esiliò il suo re, e i suoi principi tralle nazioni: non v'ha più legge, e i suoi profeti non hanno visione dal Signore.Her gates are fastned in the ground: he hath destroyed, and broken ber barres: her king and her princes in the Gentiles: there is no law, and her prophets haue not found vision from our Lord.Teth. Defixæ sunt in terra portæ ejus, / perdidit et contrivit vectes ejus; / regem ejus et principes ejus in gentibus: / non est lex, / et prophetæ ejus non invenerunt / visionem a Domino. 10Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.JOD. Seggono per terra, in silenzio gli anziani della figliuola di Sion: hanno cosperse le loro teste di cenere, sono vestiti di cilizi; si son gittate col capo per terra le vergini di Gerusalemme.The ancients of the daughter of Sion haue sitten on the ground, they haue held their peace: they haue sprinkled their heades with dust, they are girded with heare clothes, the virgins of Ierusalem haue cast downe their heades to the ground.Jod. Sederunt in terra, conticuerunt / senes filiæ Sion; / consperserunt cinere capita sua, / accincti sunt ciliciis: / abjecerunt in terram capita sua / virgines Jerusalem. 11Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city.CAPH. Gli occhi miei venner meno per la copia delle lagrime, le mie viscere si conturbarono, il cuor mi cadde per terra per lo scempio della figlia del popol mio, quando i fanciulli, e i bambini di latte venivan meno per le piazze della città.Myne eies haue fayled for teares, my bowels are trubled: my liuer is powred out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the litle one, and the sucking faynted in the streetes of the towne.Caph. Defecerunt præ lacrimis oculi mei, / conturbata sunt viscera mea; / effusum est in terra jecur meum / super contritione filiæ populi mei, / cum deficeret parvulus et lactens / in plateis oppidi. 12Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.LAMED. Ei dicevano alle loro madri: Dov' è il grano, ed il vino? Allorché quasi fosser feriti venivan mancando pelle piazze della città, allorché rendevan loro spiriti in seno alle madri loro.They sayd to their mothers: Where is wheate and wyne? when they faynted as the wounded in the streets of the citie: when they yelded vp the ghostes in the bosome of their mothers.Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt: / Ubi est triticum et vinum ? / cum deficerent quasi vulnerati / in plateis civitatis, / cum exhalarent animas suas / in sinu matrum suarum.

13Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?MEM. A qual cosa ti paragonerò, od a guai cosa ti assomiglierò, o figliuola di Gerusalemme? A chi agguaglerò per consolarti, o vergine figlia di Sion? Grande qual mare e la tua afflizione: chi appresterà a te medicina?Wherto shal I compare thee? or wherto shal I liken thee ô daughter of Ierusalem: wherto shal I make thee equal, and comfort thee ô virgin daughter of Sion? For great is thy destruction as the sea: who shal heale thee?Mem. Cui comparabo te, vel cui assimilabo te, / filia Jerusalem ? / cui exæquabo te, et consolabor te, / virgo, filia Sion ? / magna est enim velut mare contritio tua: / quis medebitur tui ? 14Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee: and they have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments.NUN. I tuoi profeti ti profetizzarono cose false, ed insulse, ne a te disvelavan la tua iniquità per muoverti a penitenza: ed ei profetavano a te falsamente annunzi gravi, e discacciamenti.Thy prophetes haue sene false and foolish thinges for thee: neither haue they opened thyne iniquitie, to prouoke thee to penance, but they haue sene false burdens and banishements for thee.Nun. Prophetæ tui viderunt tibi / falsa et stulta; / nec aperiebant iniquitatem tuam, / ut te ad pœnitentiam provocarent; / viderunt autem tibi assumptiones falsas, / et ejectiones. 15Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?SAMECH. Batteron palma a palma sopra di te tutti quei, che passavano per la strada, facean fischiate, e scuotevano il capo verso la figliuola di Gerusalemme, dicendo: È ella questa la città di perfetta bellezza, il gaudio di tutta quanta la terra?Al that passed by the way haue clapped their handes vpon thee: they haue hissed, and moued their head vpon the daughter of Ierusalem, saying: Is this the citie of perfect beautie, the ioy of al the earth?Samech. Plauserunt super te manibus / omnes transeuntes per viam; / sibilaverunt et moverunt caput suum / super filiam Jerusalem: / Hæccine est urbs, dicentes, perfecti decoris, / gaudium universæ terræ ? 16Phe. All thy enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and have said: We will swallow her up: lo, this is the day which we looked for: we have found it, we have seen it.PHE. Contro di te aperser la bocca tutti i tuoi nemici, fecero fischiate, e digrignavano i denti, e dissero: Noi la divoreremo: ecco il giorno aspettato da noi, l'abbiam trovato, l'abbiam veduto.Al thyne enemies haue opened their mouth vpon thee: they haue hissed, and gnashed with the teeth, and haue sayd: We wil deuour: Loe this is the day, which we expected: we haue found it, we haue sene it.Phe. Aperuerunt super te os suum / omnes inimici tui: / sibilaverunt, et fremuerunt dentibus, / et dixerunt: Devorabimus: / en ista est dies quam exspectabamus; / invenimus, vidimus.

17Ain. The Lord hath done that which he purposed, he hath fulfilled his word, which he commanded in the days of old: he hath destroyed, and hath not spared, and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, and hath set up the horn of thy adversaries.AIN. Il Signore ha fatto quello, che stabilì, ha adempiuta la sua parola annunziata sino da' giorni antichi: ti ha distrutta senza remissione; e ti ha renduta argomento di allegrezza pe' tuoi nemici, ed ha innalzata la possanza di color, che ti odiavano.Our Lord hath done the thinges that he meant, he hath accomplished his word, which he commanded from the dayes of old: he hath destroyed, and hath not spared, and he hath made the enemie ioyful ouer thee, and hath exalted the horne of thine aduersaries.Ain. Fecit Dominus quæ cogitavit; / complevit sermonem suum, / quem præceperat a diebus antiquis: / destruxit, et non pepercit, / et lætificavit super te inimicum, / et exaltavit cornu hostium tuorum. 18Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the walls of the daughter of Sion: Let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no rest, and let not the apple of thy eye cease.SADE. Il loro cuore alzò le grida al Signore sulle mura della figliuola di Sion: versa dì, e notte a guisa di torrente le lagrime, non darti riposo, e quiete non abbia la pupilla dell'occhio tuo.Their hart hath cryed to our Lord vpon the walles of the daughter of Sion: Shede teares as a torrent by day, and night: geue no rest to thyself, neither let the aple of thyne eye cease.Sade. Clamavit cor eorum ad Dominum / super muros filiæ Sion: / Deduc quasi torrentem lacrimas / per diem et noctem; / non des requiem tibi, / neque taceat pupilla oculi tui. 19Coph. Arise, give praise in the night, in the beginning of the watches: pour out thy heart like water, before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands to him for the life of thy little children, that have fainted for hunger at the top of all the streets.COPH. Alzati, (dà laude) al Signore la notte, al cominciar delle vigilie: spandi com' acqua il cuor tuo al cospetto del Signore; alza a lui le tue mani per l'anima de' tuoi fanciulli venuti meno per la fame ad ogni angolo di tutte le strade.Arise, prayse in the night in the beginning of the watches: powre out thy hart as waters before the sight of our Lord: lift vp thy handes to him for the life of thy litle ones, which haue fainted for famine in the head of al high wayes.Coph. Consurge, lauda in nocte, / in principio vigiliarum; / effunde sicut aquam cor tuum / ante conspectum Domini: / leva ad eum manus tuas / pro anima parvulorum tuorum, / qui defecerunt in fame / in capite omnium compitorum. 20Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?RES. Mira, o Signore, e considera chi tu abbi desolata in tal guisa. E sarà dunque vero, che mangin le donne i propri parti, i bambini della grandezza della palma della mano: E sarà egli ucciso nel santuario del Signore il sacerdote, e il profeta?See ô Lord, and consider whom thou hast vintaged thus: shal wemen then eate their owne fruite, litle ones of the measure of a spanne? is the priest, and the prophet slaine in the sanctuarie of our Lord?Res. Vide, Domine, et considera / quem vindemiaveris ita. / Ergone comedent mulieres fructum suum, / parvulos ad mensuram palmæ ? / si occiditur in sanctuario Domini / sacerdos et propheta ?

21Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.SIN. Giacquer fuora per terra (uccisi) i fanciulli, e i vecchi: le mie vergini, e i miei giovani son caduti di spada: gli hai uccisi nel giorno del tuo furore, senza remissione gli hai percossi.The childe and the old man lay on the ground without: my virgins and my yongmen are fallen by the sword: thou hast killed in the day of thy furie: thou hast strooken, neither hast thou had mercie.Sin. Jacuerunt in terra foris / puer et senex; / virgines meæ et juvenes mei / ceciderunt in gladio: / interfecisti in die furoris tui, / percussisti, nec misertus es. 22Thau. Thou hast called as to a festival, those that should terrify me round about, and there was none in the day of the wrath of the Lord that escaped and was left: those that I brought up, and nourished, my enemy hath consumed them.THAU. Tu hai chiamata come ad una gran festa questa nazione, che da ogni banda mi spaventasse, e nel giorno del tuo furore nissuno fu, che scappar potesse, e restar salvo: quegli, che io alle vai, e nutrii, li consumò il nemico.Thou hast called as it were to a solemne day, those that should terrifie me round about, and there was none in the day of the furie of our Lord, that escaped and was left: whom I brought vp, & nourished, mine enemie hath consumed them.Thau. Vocasti quasi ad diem solemnem, / qui terrerent me de circuitu; / et non fuit in die furoris Domini qui effugeret, / et relinqueretur: / quos educavi et enutrivi, / inimicus meus consumpsit eos.