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Auflage 2017
Lament for Babylon
“Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
“Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
Steig herab, Tochter Babel, Jungfrau, setz dich in den Staub! Setz dich auf die Erde, wo kein Thron ist, Tochter Chaldäas! Denn nicht mehr wirst du dich Zarte und Verwöhnte nennen lassen.
“Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
Nimm die Mühle und mahle das Mehl! Decke auf deinen Schleier, hebe hoch das Kleid, decke auf die Schenkel, wate durch Ströme!
“Your nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.”
Deine Scham wird entblößt, deine Schande wird sichtbar. Ich nehme Rache und treffe auf keinen Menschen.
Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
The Holy One of Israel.
Unser Erlöser: HERR der Heerscharen ist sein Name, der Heilige Israels.
“Sit silently, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
Setz dich hin und verstumme, geh ins Dunkel, Tochter Chaldäas! Denn nicht mehr wirst du dich nennen lassen Herrin von Königreichen.
“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Ich war zornig über mein Volk, ich entweihte mein Erbe und gab sie in deine Hand. Doch du hast ihnen kein Erbarmen erwiesen, du hast den Greisen dein allzu schweres Joch auferlegt.
“Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’
These things you did not consider
Nor remember the outcome of them.
These things you did not consider
Nor remember the outcome of them.
Du dachtest: Ich bleibe für immer und ewig die Herrin. Du hast dir diese Dinge nicht zu Herzen genommen, hast nie an ihr Ende gedacht.
“Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
Nun aber höre, du üppige Frau, die du in Sicherheit lebst und in deinem Herzen denkst: Ich und keine sonst! Niemals sitze ich da als Witwe, Kinderlosigkeit kenne ich nicht.
“But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.
Doch beides wird zu dir kommen, plötzlich, an einem Tag: Kinderlosigkeit und Witwenschaft. Mit ganzer Wucht kommen sie über dich, trotz all deiner Zauberei und trotz der Macht deiner beschwörenden Formeln.
“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
‘No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
‘No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
Du hast dich auf deine bösen Taten verlassen und gedacht: Es sieht mich ja keiner. Deine Weisheit und dein Wissen verleiteten dich, in deinem Herzen zu denken: Ich und keine sonst!
“But evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you suddenly.
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you suddenly.
Doch es wird ein Unheil über dich kommen, das du nicht mildern kannst. Ein Verderben wird dich überfallen, das du nicht zu bannen vermagst. Und plötzlich wird dein Untergang kommen, an den du niemals gedacht hast.
“Stand fast now in your spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
Stell dich doch hin mit deinen beschwörenden Formeln und mit deinen vielen Zaubersprüchen, mit denen du dich seit deiner Jugend abgemüht hast! Vielleicht kannst du dir helfen, vielleicht das Unglück verscheuchen.
“You are wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.
Let now the astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.
Du hast dich geplagt um deine vielen Berater; sollen sie doch auftreten und dich retten, sie, die den Himmel deuten und die Sterne betrachten, die dir an jedem Neumond verkünden, was über dich kommt.
“Behold, they have become like stubble,
Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
Siehe, sie sind wie Spreu geworden, die das Feuer verbrennt. Sie können sich nicht retten vor der Gewalt der Flammen. Das ist keine Glut, an der man sich wärmt, kein Feuer, um das man herumsitzt.
“So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Who have trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own way;
There is none to save you.
Who have trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own way;
There is none to save you.
So ergeht es all deinen Zauberern, um die du dich seit deiner Jugend bemüht hast: Ein jeder taumelt vor sich hin, es gibt keinen, der dich rettet.