4 — Lamentations

1Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?ALEPH. Come mai si è oscurato l'oro, il suo bel colore si è cangiato, sono disperse le pietre del santuario pegli angoli di tutte le piazze?HOW is the gold darkned, the best colour changed, the stones of the sanctuarie dispersed in the head of al streetes?Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum est aurum, / mutatus est color optimus ! / dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii / in capite omnium platearum ! 2Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter’s hands?BETH. I figliuoli illustri di Sion, che eran vestiti di oro finissimo, come mai sono stimati quasi vasi di terra cotta, lavoro di uno stovigliaio?The noble children of Sion, & they that were clothed with the principal gold: how are they reputed as earthen vessels, the worke of the potters handes?Beth. Filii Sion inclyti, / et amicti auro primo: / quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea, / opus manuum figuli ! 3Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.GHIMEL. Ma le lamie stesse scuoprono le loro mammelle, allattano i loro parti: crudele la figlia del popol mio, che imita lo struzzolo del deserto.Yea euen the lamiaes haue opened their breast, they haue geuen sucke to their yong, the daughter of my people is cruel, as the ostrich in the desert.Ghimel. Sed et lamiæ nudaverunt mammam, / lactaverunt catulos suos: / filia populi mei crudelis / quasi struthio in deserto. 4Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.DALETH. La lingua del bambino di latte rimase attaccata al palato di lui per la sete: i fanciulli domandavan del pane, e non era chi lor lo spezzasse.The tongue of the suckling hath clouen to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the litle ones haue asked bread, and there was none that brake it vnto them.Daleth. Adhæsit lingua lactentis / ad palatum ejus in siti; / parvuli petierunt panem, / et non erat qui frangeret eis. 5He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.HE. Quelli, che banchettavano tralle delizie, son periti in mezzo alle strade: quegli, che erano stati allevati nella porpora, hanno brancicato lo sterco.They that fed vol•ptuously, haue dyed in the wayes: they that were brought vp in scarlet, haue imbraced the dung.He. Qui vescebantur voluptuose, / interierunt in viis; / qui nutriebantur in croceis, / amplexati sunt stercora.

6Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.VAU. Ed è stata maggiore l'iniquità della figlia del popol mio, che il peccato di Sodoma, la quale fu atterrata in un punto, e mano di uomo non principiò a minarla.And the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom: which was ouerthrowen in a moment, and handes tooke nothing in her.Vau. Et major effecta est iniquitas filiæ populi mei / peccato Sodomorum, / quæ subversa est in momento, / et non ceperunt in ea manus. 7Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.ZAIN. I suoi Nazaret eran più candidi che la neve più puri del latte, rosseggiaci più dell'avorio, più belli dei saffiri.Her Nazareites whiter then snow, purer then milke, •u•dier then the old yuorie, fayrer then the sapphire.Zain. Candidiores Nazaræi ejus nive, / nitidiores lacte, / rubicundiores ebore antiquo, / sapphiro pulchriores. 8Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.HETH. La loro faccia è più nera dei carboni, e non si riconoscono pelle strade: la loro pelle è attaccata alle ossa, e in aridita, e fatta simile al legno.Their face is made blacker then coales, and they are not knowne in the streetes: their skinne hath clouen to their bones, it is withered, and is made as wood.Heth. Denigrata est super carbones facies eorum / et non sunt cogniti in plateis; / adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus: / aruit, et facta est quasi lignum. 9Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.TETH. Migliore fu la condizione di que', che furon uccisi di spada, che di quelli, che moriron di fame: perocché questi si strussero consunti per la sterilità della terra.It was better with them that were slaine with the sword, then with them that were killed by famine: because these pyned away consumed by the barrennes of the countrie.Teth. Melius fuit occisis gladio / quam interfectis fame, / quoniam isti extabuerunt consumpti / a sterilitate terræ. 10Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.JOD. Le mani delle donne compassionevoli misero a cuocere i loro figli; questi furono il loro cibo nella calamità della figlia del popol mio.The handes of pitiful wemen haue sodden their owne children: they were made their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Jod. Manus mulierum misericordium / coxerunt filios suos; / facti sunt cibus earum / in contritione filiæ populi mei.

11Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.CAPH. Il Signore ha sfogato il suo furore, ha versata l'ira di sua indignazione, ha acceso in Sion il fuoco, che ha divorate le sue fondamenta.Our Lord hath accomplished his furie, he hath powred out the wrath of his indignation: and he hath kindled a fyre in: Sion, and it hath deuoured the fundations therof.Caph. Complevit Dominus furorem suum, / effudit iram indignationis suæ: / et succendit ignem in Sion, / et devoravit fundamenta ejus. 12Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.LAMED. Non credevano i re della terra, e gli abitatori tutti del mondo, che il nemico, e l'avversario entrerebbe nelle porte di Gerusalemme;The kinges of the earth, and al the inhabitants of the world did not beleue, that the aduersarie and the enemie should enter in by the gates of Ierusalem.Lamed. Non crediderunt reges terræ, / et universi habitatores orbis, / quoniam ingrederetur hostis et inimicus / per portas Jerusalem. 13Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.MEM. Pe' peccati, e pelle iniquità de' suoi profeti, e de' suoi sacerdoti, i quali sparsero in mezzo a lei il sangue de' giusti.For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priestes, which haue shed the bloudMem. Propter peccata prophetarum ejus, / et iniquitates sacerdotum ejus, / qui effuderunt in medio ejus / sanguinem justorum. 14Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.NUN. Andavano errando quai ciechi pelle piazze, lordati di sangue, e non potend'altro, si alzavan le estremità della veste:of iust men in the middes of her. The blind wandered in the streetes, they were polluted with bloud: and when they could not, they held their skirtes.Nun. Erraverunt cæci in plateis, / polluti sunt in sanguine; / cumque non possent, / tenuerunt lacinias suas. 15Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.SAMECH. Ritiratevi impuri che siete, dicevan gridando agli altri, ritiratevi, andate via, non ci toccate: perocché hanno fatta rissa, e sdegnati disser tralle nazioni: Ei non abiterà più tra di loro.Depart ye polluted, they cryed to them: depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they brawled, & were moued: they said among the Gentiles: He wil adde no more to dwel among thē.Samech. Recedite polluti, clamaverunt eis; / recedite, abite, nolite tangere: / jurgati quippe sunt, et commoti dixerunt inter gentes: / Non addet ultra ut habitet in eis.

16Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.PHE. La faccia (irata) del Signore gli ha dispersi: ei non volgerà più ad esse il suo sguardo: non hanno avuto rispetto alla faccia de' sacerdoti, né hanno avuto compassione pe' seniori.The face of our Lord hath diuided them, he wil not adde to respect them: they haue not reuerenced the faces of the priests, neither had they pitie on the ancients.Phe. Facies Domini divisit eos, / non addet ut respiciat eos; / facies sacerdotum non erubuerunt, / neque senum miserti sunt. 17Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.AIN. Quando noi oravamo tuttora in piedi, si stancarono gli occhi nostri rivolti al vano soccorso nostro, e ad una nazione, che non poteva salvarci.Whiles we yet stood, our eyes fayled towards our vaine helpe, when we looked attentiue to a nation, that was not able to saue.Ain. Cum adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi nostri / ad auxilium nostrum vanum; / cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem / quæ salvare non poterat. 18Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.SADE. I nostri piedi trovavano inciampo nell'andar pelle nostre piazze, il nostro fine si appressò, i nostri giorni si son compiuti, perchè è venuto il nostro termine.Our steppes slipped in the way of our streetes, our end draweth nere: our dayes are accomplished, because our end is come.Sade. Lubricaverunt vestigia nostra / in itinere platearum nostrarum; / appropinquavit finis noster, completi sunt dies nostri, / quia venit finis noster. 19Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.COPH. I nemici nostri furono più veloci, che le aquile del cielo, ci hanno per seguitati pelle montagne, ci hanno tese insidie nel deserto.Our persecuters were swifter then the eagles of the heauen: vpon the mountaines they pursued vs, in the desert they lay in waite against vs.Coph. Velociores fuerunt persecutores nostri / aquilis cæli; / super montes persecuti sunt nos, / in deserto insidiati sunt nobis. 20Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.RES. Il Cristo, il Signore, spirito di nostra bocca e stato preso pe' nostri peccati: cui noi abbiam detto: all'ombra tua viveremo tralle nazioni.The spirit of our mouth Christ our Lord is taken in our sinnes: to whom we haue said: In thy shadow shal we liue among the Gentiles.Res. Spiritus oris nostri, christus Dominus, / captus est in peccatis nostris, / cui diximus: In umbra tua / vivemus in gentibus.

21Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made drunk, and naked.SIN. Rallegrati, e fa festa, o figlia di Edom, che abiti nella terra di Hus: a te ancora giungerà il calice, sarai inebriata, e denudata.Reioyce, and be glad ô daughter of Edom, which dwellest in the Land of Hus: to thee also shal the cuppe come, thou shalt be made drunken, and naked.Sin. Gaude et lætare, filia Edom, / quæ habitas in terra Hus ! / ad te quoque perveniet calix: inebriaberis, / atque nudaberis. 22Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he hath visited thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins.THAU. La tua iniquità ha un termine, o figlia di Sion: ei non ti farà più cangiar di paese. Egli punirà la tua iniquità, o figlia di Edom, discoprirà i tuoi peccati.Thine iniquitie is accomplished ô daughter of Sion, he wil adde no more to transport thee: he hath visited thine iniquitie ô daughter of Edom, he hath discouered thy sinnes.Thau. Completa est iniquitas tua, filia Sion: / non addet ultra ut transmigret te. / Visitavit iniquitatem tuam, filia Edom; / discooperuit peccata tua.