耶利米哀歌 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
耶和华惩罚耶路撒冷
2 主的怒气像乌云一样遮盖锡安城[a]，
祂使以色列的荣美从天上坠下。
祂发怒的时候并不顾念自己的脚凳。
2 主毫不留情地毁灭雅各一切的住处，
祂在烈怒中夷平犹大的堡垒，
让以色列及其首领蒙羞。
3 祂发烈怒毁灭以色列全军。
敌人袭来时，祂收回大能的手。
祂像烈焰一样吞噬雅各。
4 祂抬起右手张弓搭箭，
宛若仇敌，
杀戮一切悦人眼目的人，
将祂的怒火撒向锡安城的帐篷。
5 主像敌人一样毁灭以色列，
吞噬她的宫殿，夷平她的堡垒，
使犹大人哀哭不止。
6 祂摧毁自己的居所，
如同摧毁花园；
祂摧毁自己规定的聚会之处，
使锡安的人民忘记安息日和节期。
祂在烈怒中弃绝所有的君王和祭司。
7 主撇弃自己的祭坛，
憎恶自己的圣所，
把耶路撒冷的殿墙交给敌人。
他们像过节一样，
在耶和华的殿中喧嚷吵闹。
8 耶和华决意拆毁锡安的城墙，
祂拉了准线，
定意毁灭，决不停止。
祂使城墙和壁垒一同悲哀哭泣。
9 锡安的城门陷入地中，
主摧毁、砍断她的门闩。
她的君王和首领流落异乡，
律法不复存在，
她的先知得不到从耶和华而来的异象。
10 锡安城的长老腰束麻布，
头蒙灰尘，坐在地上，
默然不语；
耶路撒冷的少女垂头至地。
11 我哭得眼睛失明，
心如刀割，肝胆欲碎，
因为人民惨遭毁灭，
儿童和婴孩昏倒在街头。
12 孩子们问母亲：
“哪里有饼和酒呢？”
他们像受伤的勇士，
昏倒在城中的街头，
在母亲怀中奄奄一息。
13 耶路撒冷啊，我该说什么呢？
谁能与你的苦难相比呢？
锡安啊，我用什么话语才能安慰你呢？
你的伤口深如海洋，
谁能医治你呢？
14 你的先知所见的异象虚假无用。
他们没有揭露你的罪恶，
以致你被掳。
他们给你的预言虚假谬误。
15 路人都拍掌嘲笑你。
他们向耶路撒冷城摇头，
嗤笑道：
“这就是那被誉为完美无瑕、
普世喜悦的城吗？”
16 敌人都幸灾乐祸地讥讽你，
他们咬牙切齿地说：
“我们吞灭了她！
这是我们期待已久的日子！
我们终于见到这一天了！”
17 耶和华实现了祂的计划，
成就了祂很久以前的应许。
祂毫不留情地毁灭了你，
使你的仇敌幸灾乐祸，
耀武扬威。
18 锡安的城墙啊，
你要从心里向主呼求！
你的眼泪要像江河一样昼夜涌流，
不歇不眠。
19 你要在夜间起来，
在主面前整夜呼求，
向祂倾心吐意；
你要为饿昏街头的孩童向主举手祷告。
20 “耶和华啊，求你看看，
你曾这样对付过谁呢？
母亲岂能吃自己的孩子？
祭司和先知岂能在主的圣所中被杀？
21 “老人和小孩陈尸街头，
少男少女都丧身刀下。
你在发怒的日子杀了他们，
毫不留情。
22 “你从四面八方召人攻击我，
如同召集人过节。
耶和华发怒的日子，
无人得以逃脱，无人得以幸免。
敌人杀光了我养育的孩子。”
Lamentations 2
New King James Version
God’s Anger with Jerusalem
2 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a (A)cloud in His anger!
(B)He cast down from heaven to the earth
(C)The beauty of Israel,
And did not remember (D)His footstool
In the day of His anger.
2 The Lord has swallowed up and has (E)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
(F)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 He has cut off in fierce anger
Every [a]horn of Israel;
(G)He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
(H)He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.
4 (I)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain (J)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.
5 (K)The Lord was like an enemy.
He has swallowed up Israel,
He has swallowed up all her palaces;
(L)He has destroyed her strongholds,
And has increased mourning and lamentation
In the daughter of Judah.
6 He has done violence (M)to His [b]tabernacle,
(N)As if it were a garden;
He has destroyed His place of assembly;
The Lord has caused
The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion.
In His burning indignation He has (O)spurned the king and the priest.
7 The Lord has spurned His altar,
He has (P)abandoned His sanctuary;
He has [c]given up the walls of her palaces
Into the hand of the enemy.
(Q)They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
As on the day of a set feast.
8 The Lord has [d]purposed to destroy
The (R)wall of the daughter of Zion.
(S)He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and (T)broken her bars.
(U)Her king and her princes are among the [e]nations;
(V)The Law is no more,
And her (W)prophets find no [f]vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(X)Sit on the ground and keep silence;
[g]They (Y)throw dust on their heads
And (Z)gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Bow their heads to the ground.
11 (AA)My eyes fail with tears,
My [h]heart is troubled;
(AB)My [i]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (AC)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they swoon like the wounded
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
In their mothers’ bosom.
13 How shall I (AD)console[j] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?
14 Your (AE)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (AF)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (AG)prophecies and delusions.
15 All who [k]pass by (AH)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (AI)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
(AJ)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”
16 (AK)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, (AL)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (AM)day we have waited for;
We have found it, (AN)we have seen it!”
17 The Lord has done what He (AO)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to (AP)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [l]horn of your adversaries.
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(AQ)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [m]your eyes no rest.
19 “Arise, (AR)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(AS)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger (AT)at the head of every street.”
20 “See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
(AU)Should the women eat their offspring,
The children [n]they have cuddled?
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “Young(AV) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the (AW)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.
22 “You have invited as to a feast day
(AX)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
(AY)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have (AZ)destroyed.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:3 Strength
- Lamentations 2:6 Lit. booth
- Lamentations 2:7 delivered
- Lamentations 2:8 determined
- Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
- Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation
- Lamentations 2:10 A sign of mourning
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver
- Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to
- Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way
- Lamentations 2:17 Strength
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
- Lamentations 2:20 Vg. a span long
Lamentations 2
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Was Like an Enemy
The Prophet Speaks:
2 The Lord was angry!
So he disgraced[a] Zion
though it was Israel's pride
and his own place of rest.
In his anger he threw Zion down
from heaven to earth.
2 The Lord had no mercy!
He destroyed the homes
of Jacob's descendants.
In his anger he tore down
every walled city in Judah;
he toppled the nation
together with its leaders,
leaving them in shame.
3 The Lord was so furiously angry
that he wiped out
the whole army[b] of Israel
by not supporting them
when the enemy attacked.
He was like a raging fire
that swallowed up
the descendants of Jacob.
4 He attacked like an enemy
with a bow and arrows,
killing our loved ones.
He has burned to the ground
the homes on Mount Zion.[c]
5 The Lord was like an enemy!
He left Israel in ruins
with its palaces
and fortresses destroyed,
and with everyone in Judah
moaning and weeping.
6 He shattered his temple
like a hut in a garden;[d]
he completely wiped out
his meeting place,
and did away with festivals
and Sabbaths
in the city of Zion.
In his fierce anger he rejected
our king and priests.
7 The Lord abandoned his altar
and his temple;
he let Zion's enemies
capture her fortresses.
Noisy shouts were heard
from the temple,
as if it were a time
of celebration.
8 The Lord had decided
to tear down the walls of Zion
stone by stone.
So he started destroying
and did not stop
until walls and fortresses
mourned and trembled.
9 Zion's gates have fallen
facedown on the ground;
the bars that locked the gates
are smashed to pieces.
Her king and royal family
are prisoners
in foreign lands.
Her priests don't teach,
and her prophets don't have
a message from the Lord.
10 Zion's leaders are silent.
They just sit on the ground,
tossing dirt on their heads
and wearing sackcloth.
Her young women can do nothing
but stare at the ground.
11 My eyes are red from crying,
my stomach is in knots,
and I feel sick all over.
My people are being wiped out,
and children lie helpless
in the streets of the city.
12 A child begs its mother
for food and drink,
then blacks out
like a wounded soldier
lying in the street.
The child slowly dies
in its mother's arms.
13 Zion, how can I comfort you?
How great is your pain?[e]
Lovely city of Jerusalem,
how can I heal your wounds,
gaping as wide as the sea?
14 Your prophets deceived you
with false visions
and lying messages—
they should have warned you
to leave your sins
and be saved from disaster.
15 Those who pass by
shake their heads and sneer
as they make fun and shout,
“What a lovely city you were,
the happiest on earth,
but look at you now!”
16 Zion, your enemies curse you
and snarl like wild animals,
while shouting,
“This is the day
we've waited for!
At last, we've got you!”
17 The Lord has done everything
that he had planned
and threatened long ago.
He destroyed you without mercy
and let your enemies boast
about their powerful forces.[f]
18 Zion, deep in your heart
you cried out to the Lord.
Now let your tears overflow
your walls day and night.
Don't ever lose hope
or let your tears stop.
19 Get up and pray for help
all through the night.
Pour out your feelings
to the Lord,
as you would pour water
out of a jug.
Beg him to save your people,
who are starving to death
at every street crossing.
Jerusalem Speaks:
20 Think about it, Lord!
Have you ever been this cruel
to anyone before?
Is it right for mothers
to eat their children,
or for priests and prophets
to be killed in your temple?
21 My people, both young and old,
lie dead in the streets.
Because you were angry,
my young men and women
were brutally slaughtered.
22 When you were angry, Lord,
you invited my enemies
like guests for a party.
No one survived that day;
enemies killed my children,
my own little ones.
Footnotes
- 2.1 disgraced: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 2.3 army: The Hebrew text has “horn,” which refers to the horn of a bull, one of the most powerful animals in ancient Palestine.
- 2.4 the homes on Mount Zion: Or “the temple on Mount Zion.”
- 2.6 He … garden: Or “He shattered the temple walls, as if they were the walls of a garden.”
- 2.13 How great … pain: Or “What are you really like?” or “What can I say about you?”
- 2.17 powerful forces: The Hebrew text has “horn,” which refers to the horn of a bull, one of the most powerful animals in ancient Palestine.
Lamentações de Jeremias 2
Nova Versão Transformadora
A ira de Deus pelo pecado
2 Em sua ira, o Senhor
cobriu com uma sombra a bela Sião.[a]
A mais gloriosa das cidades de Israel
foi lançada por terra das alturas dos céus.
No dia de sua grande ira,
o Senhor não teve compaixão nem mesmo de seu templo.[b]
2 Sem piedade, o Senhor destruiu
todas as casas de Israel.[c]
Em sua ira, derrubou
os muros fortificados da bela Jerusalém.[d]
Jogou-os por terra
e humilhou o reino e seus governantes.
3 Toda a força de Israel
desapareceu sob a sua ira ardente.
Retirou sua proteção
durante os ataques do inimigo.
Como labaredas de fogo,
consome tudo ao redor.
4 Prepara o arco para atacar seu povo,
como se fosse seu inimigo.
Usa contra eles sua força
para matar os melhores jovens.
Derrama como fogo sua fúria
sobre a tenda da bela Sião.
5 Sim, o Senhor derrotou Israel
como se fosse seu inimigo.
Destruiu seus palácios
e demoliu suas fortalezas.
Trouxe tristeza e choro sem fim
sobre a bela Jerusalém.
6 Derrubou com violência seu templo,
como uma cabana num jardim.
O Senhor fez cair no esquecimento
as festas sagradas e os sábados.
Reis e sacerdotes caíram juntos
diante de sua ira ardente.
7 O Senhor rejeitou seu altar
e desprezou seu santuário.
Entregou os palácios de Jerusalém
a seus inimigos.
No templo do Senhor, gritam
como se fosse um dia de celebração.
8 O Senhor se decidiu
a derrubar os muros da bela Sião.
Traçou planos detalhados para sua destruição
e fez o que planejou.
Por isso as fortificações e os muros
caíram diante dele.
9 Os portões de Jerusalém afundaram na terra;
ele despedaçou suas trancas.
Seu rei e seus príncipes foram exilados entre as nações;
sua lei deixou de existir.
Seus profetas não recebem mais
visões do Senhor.
10 Os líderes da bela Jerusalém
sentam-se no chão em silêncio.
Vestem-se de pano de saco
e jogam pó sobre a cabeça.
As moças de Jerusalém
abaixam a cabeça, envergonhadas.
11 Chorei até que não tivesse mais lágrimas;
meu coração está aflito.
Meu espírito se derrama de angústia,
quando vejo a calamidade de meu povo.
Crianças pequenas e bebês
desfalecem e morrem nas ruas.
12 Clamam às mães:
“Estamos com fome e sede!”.
Desfalecem nas ruas,
como o guerreiro ferido na batalha.
Lutam para respirar
e morrem lentamente nos braços maternos.
13 Que posso dizer a seu respeito?
Quem alguma vez viu tamanha tristeza?
Ó filha de Jerusalém, a que posso compará-la em sua angústia?
Ó filha virgem de Sião, como posso consolá-la?
Sua ferida é mais profunda que o mar;
quem pode curá-la?
14 Seus profetas anunciaram
visões inúteis e mentiras.
Não lhe mostraram seus pecados
para salvá-la do exílio.
Em vez disso, anunciaram mensagens enganosas
e a encheram de falsa esperança.
15 Todos que passam caçoam de você;
zombam da bela Jerusalém[e] e a insultam:
“Esta é a cidade chamada de ‘A Mais Bela do Mundo’
e ‘Alegria de Toda a Terra’?”.
16 Todos os seus inimigos falam mal de você;
zombam, rosnam e dizem:
“Finalmente a destruímos!
Esperamos tanto por este dia,
e enfim ele chegou!”.
17 Mas foi o Senhor que fez tudo que planejou;
cumpriu as promessas de trazer calamidade
feitas muito tempo atrás.
Destruiu Jerusalém sem compaixão;
fez seus inimigos se alegrarem com sua derrota
e lhes deu poder sobre ela.
18 Chorem em alta voz[f] diante do Senhor,
ó muros da bela Sião!
Que suas lágrimas corram
dia e noite como um rio.
Não se permitam descanso algum,
nem deem alívio a seus olhos.
19 Levantem-se no meio da noite e clamem,
derramem como água o coração diante do Senhor.
Levantem as mãos em oração
e supliquem por seus filhos,
pois desfalecem de fome
pelas ruas.
20 “Ó Senhor, pensa nisso!
Acaso deves tratar teu povo dessa maneira?
Devem as mães comer os próprios filhos,
que elas criaram com tanto carinho?
Devem os sacerdotes e os profetas ser mortos
dentro do templo do Senhor?
21 “Estão jogados nas ruas,
jovens e velhos,
rapazes e moças,
mortos pelas espadas do inimigo.
Tu os mataste em tua ira
e os massacraste sem piedade.
22 “Convocaste terrores de todos os lados,
como se os chamasses para uma ocasião solene.
No dia da ira do Senhor,
ninguém escapou nem sobreviveu.
Os filhos que levei em meus braços e criei
o inimigo destruiu.”
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