耶利米哀歌 2
1 怎麼! 上主竟然發怒，使熙雍女郎暗淡無光! 將以色列的榮華由高天拋在地上! 在他震怒之日，不再想念自己的腳凳!
Aleph. Hou hath the Lord hilid the douyter of Sion with derknesse in his strong veniaunce? he hath caste doun fro heuene in to erthe the noble citee of Israel; and bithouyte not on the stool of hise feet, in the dai of his strong veniaunce.
2 上主毫不留情地破壞了雅各伯所有的牧場；他滿含怒氣，夷平了猶大女郎的一切保壘，將她的君王及首長推倒在地，加以侮辱。
Beth. The Lord castide doun, and sparide not alle the faire thingis of Jacob; he distried in his strong veniaunce the strengthis of the virgyn of Juda, and castide doun in to erthe; he defoulide the rewme, and the princes therof.
3 他怒火炎炎，粉碎了以色列的一切勢力；在仇人前，抽回他的右手；他像吞滅四周的烈火，焚燒了雅各伯；
Gymel. He brak in the ire of his strong veniaunce al the horn of Israel; he turnede a bak his riyt hond fro the face of the enemy; and he kyndlide in Jacob, as fier of flawme deuowrynge in cumpas.
4 他像敵人一樣，安穩地舉起自己的右手；拉開他的弓。像敵人似的屠殺了一切英俊的少年；在熙雍女郎的帳幕內，發洩了他似火的烈怒。
Deleth. He as an enemye bente his bouwe, he as an aduersarie made stidfast his riyt hond; and he killide al thing that was fair in siyt in the tabernacle of the douytir of Sion; he schedde out his indignacioun as fier.
5 上主好像一個仇人，毀滅了以色列，毀滅了她所有的宮室，蕩平了她的一切保壘，增加猶大女郎的哀號哭泣。
He. The Lord is maad as an enemy; he castide doun Israel, he castide doun alle the wallis therof; he destriede the strengthis therof, and fillide in the douyter of Juda a man maad low, and a womman maad low.
6 上主像破壞園圃一樣，破壞了他自己的帷幔，毀滅了自己的會幕，使人在熙雍忘卻慶節和安息日；他在烈怒下，廢棄了君王和司祭。
Vau. And he scateride his tent as a gardyn, he distried his tabernacle; the Lord yaf to foryetyng in Sion a feeste dai, and sabat; and the kyng and prest in to schenschipe, and in to the indignacioun of his strong veniaunce.
7 上主厭棄了自己的祭壇，嫌惡了自己的聖所；將宮殿的牆垣交在敵人手中，讓他們在上主的殿宇內，叫囂喧嚷，好像節日一樣。
Zai. The Lord puttide awei his auter, he curside his halewyng; he bitook in to the hondis of enemy the wallis of the touris therof; thei yauen vois in the hous of the Lord, as in a solempne dai.
8 上主已經決意毀壞熙雍女郎的牆垣，既展開了繩索，決不抽回自己的手，直到將它完全推翻，使城郭和保壘哀哭，一同傾覆。
Heth. The Lord thouyte to distrie the wal of the douyter of Sion; he stretchide forth his coorde, and turnede not awei his hond fro perdicioun; the forwal, ether the outerward, mourenyde, and the wal was distried togidere.
9 城門已陷於地中，上主已折斷她的門閂，她的君王首長，流落異鄉，再沒有法律；她的眾先知也不再獲得上主的神視。
Teth. The yatis therof ben piyt in the erthe, he loste and al to-brak the barris therof; the kyng therof and the princes therof among hethene men; the lawe is not, and the profetis therof founden not of the Lord a visioun.
10 熙雍女郎的眾長老，坐在地上默然不語，頭上撒上灰土，腰間束著麻衣；耶路撒冷的處女都俯首至地。
Joth. Thei saten in erthe, the elde men of the douytir of Sion weren stille; thei bispreynten her heedis with aische, the eldere men of Juda ben girt with hairis; the virgyns of Juda castiden doun to erthe her heedis.
11 我的眼痛哭，至於失明，五內沸騰，肝腦塗地。眼見我的女兒──人民遭受摧殘，眼看著幼童乳兒昏厥在城中的街道上。
Caph. Myn iyen failiden for teeris, myn entrails weren disturblid; my mawe was sched out in erthe on the sorewe of the douyter of my puple; whanne a litil child and soukynge failide in the stretis of the citee.
12 他們對母親說：「那裏有餅有酒﹖」他們在城中的街道上，正奄奄一息，有如受傷的人，在母親的懷中，氣絕夭折!
Lameth. Thei seiden to her modris, Where is wheete, and wyn? whanne thei failiden as woundid men in the stretis of the citee; whanne thei senten out her soulis in the bosum of her modris.
13 耶路撒冷女郎! 我可用什麼來譬喻你，拿什麼來比擬你呢﹖處女，熙雍女郎! 我可用什麼來幫助你，拿什麼來安慰你呢﹖因為你的創傷，浩大如海，又有誰能夠治愈你﹖
Men. To whom schal Y comparisoun thee? ether to whom schal Y licne thee, thou douyter of Jerusalem? to whom schal Y make thee euene, and schal Y coumforte thee, thou virgyn, the douyter of Sion? for whi thi sorewe is greet as the see; who schal do medicyn to thee?
14 你的眾先知有關你的神視，盡是虛幻欺詐；他們從未揭露你的罪惡，以挽回你的命運；他們關於你所提供的神諭，盡是虛幻和騙局。
Nun. Thi profetis sien to thee false thingis, and fonned; and openyden not thi wickidnesse, that thei schulden stire thee to penaunce; but thei sien to thee false takyngis, and castyngis out.
15 所有過路的人，都向你鼓掌，向耶路撒冷女郎噓唏，且搖頭說：「難道這就是人人所說美麗無比，全世界的喜悅﹖」
Sameth. Alle men passynge on the weie flappiden with hondis on thee; thei hissiden, and mouyden her heed on the douyter of Jerusalem; and seiden, This is the citee of perfit fairnesse, the ioie of al erthe.
16 你的仇人都向你張開口，噓唏而切齒說：「我們終於吞滅了她! 這就是我們所期待的一日，我們終於得到手，終於看見了! 」
Ayn. Alle thin enemyes openyden her mouth on thee; thei hissiden, and gnaistiden with her teeth, and seiden, We schulen deuoure; lo! this is the dai which we abididen, we founden, we sien.
17 上主實踐了自己的計劃，完成了他昔日所宣告的斷語；實行破壞，毫無憐憫，使仇人幸災樂禍，使敵人高舉他的角。
Phe. The Lord dide tho thingis whiche he thouyte, he fillide hise word which he hadde comaundid fro elde daies; he distriede, and sparide not; and made glad the enemy on thee, and enhaunside the horn of thin enemyes.
18 處女，熙雍女郎! 你應該從心裏呼號上主；白天黑夜，讓眼淚像江河般地湧流，不要歇息也不要讓你的眼睛休息。
Sade. The herte of hem criede to the Lord, on the wallis of the douyter of Syon; leede thou forth teeris as a stronde, bi dai and niyt; yyue thou not reste to thee, nether the appil of thin iye be stille.
19 夜間每到交更時分，你該起來哀禱，像傾水似的，向上主傾訴你心；應為了你嬰兒的性命，向上主舉起你的雙手，因為他們因饑餓而昏迷街頭!
Coph. Rise thou togidere, herie thou in the nyyt, in the begynnyng of wakyngis; schede out thin herte as watir, bifore the siyt of the Lord; reise thin hondis to hym for the soulis of thi litle children, that failiden for hungur in the heed of alle meetyngis of weies.
20 上主，請你迴目憐視! 你這樣做，究竟是對付誰呢﹖難道婦女應該吃掉自己的兒子﹖吃掉自己孕育的嬰兒﹖難道在上主的聖所裏，應該殺死司祭和先知﹖
Res. Se thou, Lord, and byholde, whom thou hast maad so bare; therfor whether wymmen schulen ete her fruyt, litle children at the mesure of an hond? for a prest and profete is slayn in the seyntuarie of the Lord.
21 街上遍地躺臥的，盡是孩童和老人；喪身刀下的，盡是我的處女和少年；在你震怒之日，你斬殺誅戮，毫不留情。
Syn. A child and an elde man laien on the erthe withoutforth; my virgyns and my yonge men fellen doun bi swerd; thou hast slayn hem in the dai of thi strong veniaunce, thou smotist `and didist no merci.
22 你由四方給我召來施行恐怖的人，好像過節一樣；在上主發怒之日，無人能夠逃脫，或者幸免；我孕育撫養的，我的仇人都殺盡滅絕。
Thau. Thou clepidist, as to a solempne dai, hem that maden me aferd of cumpas; and noon was that ascapide in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord, and was left; myn enemy wastide hem, whiche Y fedde, and nurschide up.
