< 耶利米哀歌 1 >

1 先前滿有人民的城, 現在何竟獨坐! 先前在列國中為大的, 現在竟如寡婦; 先前在諸省中為王后的, 現在成為進貢的。
ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.
2 她夜間痛哭,淚流滿腮; 在一切所親愛的中間沒有一個安慰她的。 她的朋友都以詭詐待她, 成為她的仇敵。
BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and they have become her enemies.
3 猶大因遭遇苦難, 又因多服勞苦就遷到外邦。 她住在列國中,尋不着安息; 追逼她的都在狹窄之地將她追上。
GHIMEL. Judah has migrated because of affliction and great servitude. She has lived among the nations and not found rest. All of her persecutors have apprehended her, amid torments.
4 錫安的路徑因無人來守聖節就悲傷; 她的城門淒涼; 她的祭司歎息; 她的處女受艱難,自己也愁苦。
DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.
5 她的敵人為首; 她的仇敵亨通; 因耶和華為她許多的罪過使她受苦; 她的孩童被敵人擄去。
HE. Her enemies have been made her leaders; her adversaries have been enriched. For the Lord has spoken against her, because of the multitude of her iniquities. Her little ones have been led into captivity before the face of the tribulator.
6 錫安城的威榮全都失去。 她的首領像找不着草場的鹿; 在追趕的人前無力行走。
VAU. And all her elegance has departed, from the daughter of Zion. Her leaders have become like rams that cannot find pasture, and they have gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.
7 耶路撒冷在困苦窘迫之時, 就追想古時一切的樂境。 她百姓落在敵人手中,無人救濟; 敵人看見,就因她的荒涼嗤笑。
ZAIN. Jerusalem has remembered the days of her affliction and the betrayal of all her desirable ones, whom she held from the days of antiquity, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and there was no one to be a helper. The enemies have looked upon her and mocked her Sabbaths.
8 耶路撒冷大大犯罪, 所以成為不潔之物; 素來尊敬她的,見她赤露就都藐視她; 她自己也歎息退後。
HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a grievous sinz. Because of this, she has become unstable. All who glorified her have spurned her, because they have looked upon her disgrace. Then she groaned and turned away again.
9 她的污穢是在衣襟上; 她不思想自己的結局, 所以非常地敗落, 無人安慰她。 她說:耶和華啊,求你看我的苦難, 因為仇敵誇大。
TETH. Her filth is on her feet, and her end has not been remembered. She has been vehemently put down, having no consolation. O Lord, look upon my affliction, for the adversary has been lifted up.
10 敵人伸手,奪取她的美物; 她眼見外邦人進入她的聖所- 論這外邦人,你曾吩咐不可入你的會中。
JOD. The enemy has sent his hand against all her desirable ones. For she has watched the Gentiles enter her sanctuary, even though you instructed that they should not enter into your church.
11 她的民都歎息,尋求食物; 他們用美物換糧食,要救性命。 他們說:耶和華啊,求你觀看, 因為我甚是卑賤。
CAPH. All her people are groaning and seeking bread. They have given up whatever was precious in exchange for food, so as to remain alive. See, O Lord, and consider, for I have become vile.
12 你們一切過路的人哪,這事你們不介意嗎? 你們要觀看: 有像這臨到我的痛苦沒有- 就是耶和華在他發烈怒的日子使我所受的苦?
LAMED. O all you who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. For he has made me a vintage, just as the Lord has spoken in the day of his furious anger.
13 他從高天使火進入我的骨頭, 剋制了我; 他鋪下網羅,絆我的腳, 使我轉回; 他使我終日淒涼發昏。
MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.
14 我罪過的軛是他手所綁的, 猶如軛繩縛在我頸項上; 他使我的力量衰敗。 主將我交在我所不能敵擋的人手中。
NUN. Vigilant is the yoke of my iniquities. They have been folded together in his hand and imposed on my neck. My virtue has been weakened. The Lord has given me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.
15 主輕棄我中間的一切勇士, 招聚多人攻擊我, 要壓碎我的少年人。 主將猶大居民踹下, 像在酒醡中一樣。
SAMECH. The Lord has taken away all of my great ones from my midst. He has called forth time against me, so as to crush my elect ones. The Lord has trampled the winepress, which was for the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 我因這些事哭泣; 我眼淚汪汪; 因為那當安慰我、救我性命的, 離我甚遠。 我的兒女孤苦, 因為仇敵得了勝。
AIN. For this I weep, and my eyes bring forth water. For the consoler has been far away from me, changing my soul. My sons have become lost, because the enemy has prevailed.
17 錫安舉手,無人安慰。 耶和華論雅各已經出令, 使四圍的人作他仇敵; 耶路撒冷在他們中間像不潔之物。
PHE. Zion has reached out her hands; there is no one to console her. The Lord has given orders against Jacob; his enemies are all around him. Jerusalem among them is like a woman made unclean by menstruation.
18 耶和華是公義的! 他這樣待我,是因我違背他的命令。 眾民哪,請聽我的話, 看我的痛苦; 我的處女和少年人都被擄去。
SADE. The Lord is just, for it is I who has provoked his mouth to wrath. I beg all people to listen and to see my sorrow. My virgins and my youths have gone into captivity.
19 我招呼我所親愛的, 他們卻愚弄我。 我的祭司和長老正尋求食物、救性命的時候, 就在城中絕氣。
COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.
20 耶和華啊,求你觀看, 因為我在急難中。 我心腸擾亂; 我心在我裏面翻轉, 因我大大悖逆。 在外,刀劍使人喪子; 在家,猶如死亡。
RES. See, O Lord, that I am in tribulation. My bowels have been disturbed, my heart has been subverted within me, for I am filled with bitterness. Outside, the sword puts to death, and at home there is a similar death.
21 聽見我歎息的有人; 安慰我的卻無人! 我的仇敵都聽見我所遭的患難; 因你做這事,他們都喜樂。 你必使你報告的日子來到, 他們就像我一樣。
SIN. They have heard that I groan and that there is no one to console me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they have rejoiced that you caused it. You have brought in a day of consolation, and so they shall become like me.
22 願他們的惡行都呈在你面前; 你怎樣因我的一切罪過待我, 求你照樣待他們; 因我歎息甚多,心中發昏。
THAU. Let all their evil enter before you. And make vintage of them, just as you made vintage of me, because of all my iniquities. For my sighs are many, and my heart is grieving.

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