耶利米哀歌 2
1 主何竟发怒，使黑云遮蔽锡安城！ 他将以色列的华美从天扔在地上； 在他发怒的日子并不记念自己的脚凳。
How the Lord has spread a cloud of his anger over the Daughter of Zion! He has thrown down Israel's glory from heaven to earth. He has deserted his Temple from the time he became angry.
2 主吞灭雅各一切的住处，并不顾惜。 他发怒倾覆犹大民的保障， 使这保障坍倒在地； 他辱没这国和其中的首领。
The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the places where the descendants of Jacob lived. In his anger he has torn down the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. He has demolished and degraded the kingdom and its leaders.
3 他发烈怒，把以色列的角全然砍断， 在仇敌面前收回右手。 他像火焰四围吞灭，将雅各烧毁。
In his fury he has destroyed all of Israel's power, refusing to help as the enemy attacked. He was like a fire blazing in the land of Jacob, burning everything up.
4 他张弓好像仇敌； 他站着举起右手， 如同敌人将悦人眼目的，尽行杀戮。 在锡安百姓的帐棚上 倒出他的忿怒，像火一样。
He has fired arrows from his bow as if he were their enemy; he has used his power against them like an attacker. He has killed all the beloved children; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
5 主如仇敌吞灭以色列和锡安的一切宫殿， 拆毁百姓的保障； 在犹大民中加增悲伤哭号。
The Lord has become like an enemy, completely destroying Israel and its palaces, demolishing its fortresses, making the Daughter of Judah cry and mourn more and more.
6 他强取自己的帐幕，好像是园中的窝棚， 毁坏他的聚会之处。 耶和华使圣节和安息日在锡安都被忘记， 又在怒气的愤恨中藐视君王和祭司。
He has torn down his Temple as if was a garden shed; he has destroyed his meeting place. The Lord has made Zion forget about her religious festivals and Sabbaths. In his fury he has disowned both king and priest.
7 耶和华丢弃自己的祭坛， 憎恶自己的圣所， 将宫殿的墙垣交付仇敌。 他们在耶和华的殿中喧嚷， 像在圣会之日一样。
The Lord has discarded his altar; he has abandoned his Temple. He has handed it over to the enemy. They were shouting triumphantly in the Lord's Temple just as worshipers did on festival days.
8 耶和华定意拆毁锡安的城墙； 他拉了准绳， 不将手收回，定要毁灭。 他使外郭和城墙都悲哀， 一同衰败。
The Lord was determined to destroy the defensive walls of the Daughter of Zion. He measured out what he would destroy, and didn't hesitate to do it. He made the battlements and walls weep; they both disintegrated.
9 锡安的门都陷入地内； 主将她的门闩毁坏，折断。 她的君王和首领落在没有律法的列国中； 她的先知不得见耶和华的异象。
Her gates have collapsed to the ground; he has destroyed their bars, breaking them apart. Her king and her princes have been exiled to other countries. No one follows the Law anymore, and even her prophets no longer receive visions from the Lord.
10 锡安城的长老坐在地上默默无声； 他们扬起尘土落在头上，腰束麻布； 耶路撒冷的处女垂头至地。
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust over their heads and put on clothes made of sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed down, their heads to the ground.
11 我眼中流泪，以致失明； 我的心肠扰乱，肝胆涂地， 都因我众民遭毁灭， 又因孩童和吃奶的在城内街上发昏。
My eyes are worn out from crying; inside I am in turmoil. I'm sick and exhausted over the destruction of Jerusalem, the daughter of my people, because children and infants are fainting in the city streets.
12 那时，他们在城内街上发昏，好像受伤的， 在母亲的怀里，将要丧命； 对母亲说：谷、酒在哪里呢？
They cry out to their mothers, “We need food and drink!” fainting in the city streets as if they're wounded, their lives fading away in their mothers' arms.
13 耶路撒冷的民哪，我可用什么向你证明呢？ 我可用什么与你相比呢？ 锡安的民哪，我可拿什么和你比较，好安慰你呢？ 因为你的裂口大如海， 谁能医治你呢？
What can I tell you? What shall I compare you to, Daughter of Jerusalem? What can I say you're like in order to comfort you, virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound gapes as wide as the sea—who could ever heal you?
14 你的先知为你见虚假和愚昧的异象， 并没有显露你的罪孽， 使你被掳的归回； 却为你见虚假的默示 和使你被赶出本境的缘故。
The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they didn't point out your guilt to prevent you being taken into captivity. Instead they presented to you visions that were false and deceptive.
15 凡过路的都向你拍掌。 他们向耶路撒冷城嗤笑，摇头，说： 难道人所称为全美的， 称为全地所喜悦的，就是这城吗？
Everyone who passes by mock you, clapping their hands, hissing and shaking their heads in scorn at the Daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this really the city that people called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” they ask.
16 你的仇敌都向你大大张口； 他们嗤笑，又切齿说： 我们吞灭她。 这真是我们所盼望的日子临到了！ 我们亲眼看见了！
All your enemies open their mouths at you, hissing and gnashing their teeth, “We've swallowed her up! This is the day we've been waiting for. Now it's here and we've seen it happen!”
17 耶和华成就了他所定的， 应验了他古时所命定的。 他倾覆了，并不顾惜， 使你的仇敌向你夸耀； 使你敌人的角也被高举。
The Lord has achieved what he decided; he has done what he warned he would. Just as he determined to do long ago, he has destroyed you, showing no mercy. He has allowed the enemy gloat over your defeat, and he has given power to those who attack you.
18 锡安民的心哀求主。 锡安的城墙啊，愿你流泪如河， 昼夜不息； 愿你眼中的瞳人泪流不止。
The people cry out to the Lord from the bottom of their hearts. Daughter of Zion, let your walls stream down with tears like a river all day and night. Don't stop, go on crying!
19 夜间，每逢交更的时候要起来呼喊， 在主面前倾心如水。 你的孩童在各市口上受饿发昏； 你要为他们的性命向主举手祷告。
Get up and cry out as the night begins. Pour out your sad thoughts like water before the Lord. Hold up your hands to him in prayer for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at every street corner.
20 耶和华啊，求你观看！ 见你向谁这样行？ 妇人岂可吃自己所生育手里所摇弄的婴孩吗？ 祭司和先知岂可在主的圣所中被杀戮吗？
Lord, please think about it! Who have you ever treated this way? Should women have to eat their children, the little ones they love? Should priests and prophets be killed in the Lord's Temple?
21 少年人和老年人都在街上躺卧； 我的处女和壮丁都倒在刀下； 你发怒的日子杀死他们。 你杀了，并不顾惜。
The dead, young and old, lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and young women, have been killed by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you have slaughtered them without mercy.
22 你招聚四围惊吓我的， 像在大会的日子招聚人一样。 耶和华发怒的日子， 无人逃脱，无人存留。 我所摇弄所养育的婴孩， 仇敌都杀净了。
You invited enemies to attack me from every direction like you were inviting them to a religious festival. At the time when the Lord was angry nobody escaped, nobody survived. My enemy has destroyed the children I looked after and loved.
