耶利米哀歌 2
1 主何竟發怒，使黑雲遮蔽錫安城！ 他將以色列的華美從天扔在地上； 在他發怒的日子並不記念自己的腳凳。
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 主吞滅雅各一切的住處，並不顧惜。 他發怒傾覆猶大民的保障， 使這保障坍倒在地； 他辱沒這國和其中的首領。
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 他發烈怒，把以色列的角全然砍斷， 在仇敵面前收回右手。 他像火焰四圍吞滅，將雅各燒毀。
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 他張弓好像仇敵； 他站着舉起右手， 如同敵人將悅人眼目的，盡行殺戮。 在錫安百姓的帳棚上 倒出他的忿怒，像火一樣。
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 主如仇敵吞滅以色列和錫安的一切宮殿， 拆毀百姓的保障； 在猶大民中加增悲傷哭號。
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 他強取自己的帳幕，好像是園中的窩棚， 毀壞他的聚會之處。 耶和華使聖節和安息日在錫安都被忘記， 又在怒氣的憤恨中藐視君王和祭司。
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 耶和華丟棄自己的祭壇， 憎惡自己的聖所， 將宮殿的牆垣交付仇敵。 他們在耶和華的殿中喧嚷， 像在聖會之日一樣。
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 耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆； 他拉了準繩， 不將手收回，定要毀滅。 他使外郭和城牆都悲哀， 一同衰敗。
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 錫安的門都陷入地內； 主將她的門閂毀壞，折斷。 她的君王和首領落在沒有律法的列國中； 她的先知不得見耶和華的異象。
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 錫安城的長老坐在地上默默無聲； 他們揚起塵土落在頭上，腰束麻布； 耶路撒冷的處女垂頭至地。
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 我眼中流淚，以致失明； 我的心腸擾亂，肝膽塗地， 都因我眾民遭毀滅， 又因孩童和吃奶的在城內街上發昏。
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 那時，他們在城內街上發昏，好像受傷的， 在母親的懷裏，將要喪命； 對母親說：穀、酒在哪裏呢？
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，我可用甚麼向你證明呢？ 我可用甚麼與你相比呢？ 錫安的民哪，我可拿甚麼和你比較，好安慰你呢？ 因為你的裂口大如海， 誰能醫治你呢？
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 你的先知為你見虛假和愚昧的異象， 並沒有顯露你的罪孽， 使你被擄的歸回； 卻為你見虛假的默示 和使你被趕出本境的緣故。
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 凡過路的都向你拍掌。 他們向耶路撒冷城嗤笑，搖頭，說： 難道人所稱為全美的， 稱為全地所喜悅的，就是這城嗎？
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 你的仇敵都向你大大張口； 他們嗤笑，又切齒說： 我們吞滅她。 這真是我們所盼望的日子臨到了！ 我們親眼看見了！
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 耶和華成就了他所定的， 應驗了他古時所命定的。 他傾覆了，並不顧惜， 使你的仇敵向你誇耀； 使你敵人的角也被高舉。
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 錫安民的心哀求主。 錫安的城牆啊，願你流淚如河， 晝夜不息； 願你眼中的瞳人淚流不止。
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 夜間，每逢交更的時候要起來呼喊， 在主面前傾心如水。 你的孩童在各市口上受餓發昏； 你要為他們的性命向主舉手禱告。
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 耶和華啊，求你觀看！ 見你向誰這樣行？ 婦人豈可吃自己所生育手裏所搖弄的嬰孩嗎？ 祭司和先知豈可在主的聖所中被殺戮嗎？
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臥； 我的處女和壯丁都倒在刀下； 你發怒的日子殺死他們。 你殺了，並不顧惜。
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 你招聚四圍驚嚇我的， 像在大會的日子招聚人一樣。 耶和華發怒的日子， 無人逃脫，無人存留。 我所搖弄所養育的嬰孩， 仇敵都殺淨了。
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.
