耶利米哀歌 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
刑罚、悔改和盼望
3 我在耶和华烈怒的杖下受尽痛苦。
2 祂把我赶进黑暗，
使我不见光明，
3 又屡屡攻击我，终日不断。
4 祂使我皮肉枯槁，
祂折断我的骨头。
5 祂使我四面受困，
尝尽痛苦艰辛。
6 祂使我住在幽暗中，
像久已死去的人。
7 祂围困我，使我无法逃脱，
祂给我戴上沉重的铜链。
8 即使我哀哭呼求，
祂也掩耳不听。
9 祂用凿好的石头阻挡我的去路，
使我的道路曲折难行。
10 祂像埋伏的巨熊，
又像伺机突袭的猛狮，
11 把我拖离大路，
将我撕成碎片，一片凄凉。
12 祂弯弓搭箭，把我当箭靶，
13 用箭袋中的箭射穿我的心脏。
14 我成了万人的笑柄，
他们终日唱歌讽刺我。
15 祂使我饱受苦楚，尝尽苦涩。
16 祂用石头打断我的牙齿，
把我践踏在尘土中。
17 我失去平安，
忘记了什么是快乐。
18 我说：“我精疲力竭，
对耶和华失去盼望。”
19 想起我的痛苦和漂泊流离，
就如苦艾和胆汁一样苦涩。
20 那情景萦绕心头，
使我心情沉重。
21 然而，我想起这事，
便有了盼望，
22 就是耶和华的慈爱永不终止，
祂的怜悯永无穷尽。
23 祂的慈爱和怜悯每天早晨都是新的，
祂的信实无比伟大！
24 我心里知道，
耶和华是我的产业，
我要仰望祂。
25 耶和华必赐福给那些等候和寻求祂的人，
26 因此，默然等候耶和华的拯救是美好的。
27 年轻时负轭受苦是有益的。
28 受耶和华管教时，
要默然独坐。
29 要谦卑，脸伏于地，
或许还有希望。
30 要任人打脸，甘心忍受凌辱。
31 因为主不会永远撇弃人。
32 主尽管使人忧伤，
祂依然怜悯人，
因为祂有无限的慈爱。
33 祂不愿使人忧伤、痛苦。
34 将囚犯踩在脚下，
35 在至高者面前冤枉他人，
36 审理案件时颠倒是非，
都是主所不容许的。
37 若非主许可，
谁的话可以兑现呢？
38 祸福岂不都出自至高者的口吗？
39 世人因自己的罪受罚，
又何必怨天尤人呢？
40 我们要省察自己的行为，
重新归向耶和华。
41 让我们举起双手，
诚心向天上的上帝祷告说：
42 “我们犯罪、背叛，
你没有赦免我们。
43 “你满怀愤怒地追赶我们，
毫不留情地杀戮我们。
44 你以密云遮盖自己，
以致祷告达不到你那里。
45 你使我们在列国中沦为废物、渣滓。
46 “我们的仇敌都幸灾乐祸。
47 我们充满恐惧，
面临陷阱、残害和毁灭。”
48 因同胞被毁灭，我泪流成河。
49 我的眼泪涌流不息，
50 直到耶和华从天上垂顾。
51 目睹城中妇女的遭遇，
我痛苦不已。
52 敌人无故地追捕我，
如同捕猎飞鸟。
53 他们把我推进坑里，
又用石头砸我。
54 水已经漫过我的头，
我想我要灭亡了。
55 耶和华啊，
我在深渊呼求你的名。
56 你曾垂听我的呼求，
求你现在不要掩耳不听我的祈祷。
57 我向你呼求的时候，
你曾走近我身旁，
安慰我说：“不用害怕！”
58 主啊，你为我申了冤，
救赎了我的性命。
59 耶和华啊，你已明察我的冤情，
求你为我主持公道。
60 你看见了他们怎样仇恨我、
谋害我。
61 你听见了他们怎样辱骂我、
谋害我。
62 他们整天诽谤我，图谋害我。
63 你看！他们或坐下或起来，
都唱歌讽刺我。
64 耶和华啊，
求你按照他们的所作所为报应他们！
65 求你使他们心里顽固，
好让你的咒诅落在他们身上！
66 求你发怒追赶他们，
从世上铲除他们！
Lamentations 3
International Standard Version
The Lord’s Purposes for Affliction
3 I am a man familiar with affliction—
under the rod of God’s[a] anger.
2 He has led me—brought me
into darkness, not into light.
3 He truly turned his hand against me,
again and again, all day long.
4 He made my flesh and skin prematurely old;
he broke my bones.
5 He laid siege against me,
surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.
6 He has forced me to live in darkness,
like those who are long dead.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
he placed heavy chains on me.
8 Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
9 He impeded my way with blocks of stone,
making my paths uneven.
10 He is like[b] a bear that lies in wait for me,
a lion in hiding.
11 He forced me off my path,
tearing me to pieces and making me desolate.
12 He bent his bow,
aiming at me with his arrow.
13 He caused his war arrows[c]
to pierce my vital organs.
14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people,
the object of their taunts throughout the day.
15 He has filled me with bitterness,
making me drink wormwood.
16 He broke my teeth on gravel,
covering me with dust.
17 You have removed peace from my life;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.[d]
18 So I say, “My strength is gone
as is my hope in the Lord.”
19 Remember my affliction and homelessness—
wormwood and gall!
20 My mind keeps reflecting on it,
and I become depressed.[e]
21 This is what comes to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s gracious love we are not consumed,
since his compassions never end.
23 They are new every morning—
great is your faithfulness!
24 “The Lord is all I have,”[f] says my soul,
“Therefore I will trust in him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the person who searches for him.
26 It is good to hope and wait patiently
for the Lord’s salvation.
27 It is good when a young man carries the yoke
of discipline[g] in his youth.
28 He is to sit apart and remain silent,
because the Lord[h] has laid it upon him.
29 Let him fall face down in the dust,
so there may yet be hope.
30 He will endure being slapped in the face,
bringing him public disgrace.
31 Indeed, the Lord will not always
reject us[i]—
32 though he causes grief,
his compassion abounds according to his gracious love.
33 For he does not deliberately hurt
or grieve human beings.
34 When any of the prisoners of the earth
are crushed underfoot,
35 when a person’s rights are perverted
in defiance of the Most High.
36 When a man is thwarted in his appeal,
does the Lord condone[j] it?
37 Who can command, and it happens,
without the Lord having ordered it?
38 Do not both good and evil things proceed
from the mouth of the Most High?
39 Why should anyone living complain,
any mortal, about being punished for sin?
40 Let us examine our lifestyles,
putting them to the test,
and turn back to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our hearts
and our hands
to God in heaven.
42 As for us, we have sinned and rebelled;
but you have not pardoned us.[k]
43 Clothing yourself with anger, you pursued us.
You killed without pity,
44 You covered yourself with a cloud
that prayer cannot pierce.
45 You have reduced us to scum and garbage
among the nations.
46 All our enemies
jeer at us with gaping mouths.
47 Panic and pitfalls beset us,
along with devastation and ruin.
48 My eyes run with rivers of tears
over the destruction of my cherished[l] people.
49 My tears pour[m] down ceaselessly;
I am far from relief
50 until the Lord bends down
to see from heaven.
51 What I see[n] grieves my soul
because of all the young women[o] of my city.
52 My enemies hunted me like a bird,
viciously and without justification.
53 They dumped me alive into a pit,
sealing me in with stone.[p]
54 Water closed over my head,
and I said, “I’m a dead man.”[q]
55 I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths of the Pit,[r]
56 You heard my voice—
don’t close your ear to my sighs and cries.[s]
57 You drew near when I called out to you.
You said, “Stop being afraid”
58 Lord, you have defended my cause;
you have redeemed my life.
59 Lord, you observed how I have been wronged;
now make your ruling in my case.
60 You examined their plans for vengeance,
all of their plots against me.
61 Lord, you listened to their insults—
all their plots against me,
62 the whisperings of my opponents,
their scheming against me all day long.
63 Watch! Whether they sit down or stand up,
they mock me with their songs.
64 Pay them back, Lord,
according to their actions.
65 Give them an anguished heart;
may your curse be upon them!
66 Pursue them in your anger
and destroy them from under the Lord’s heaven.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:1 Lit. his
- Lamentations 3:10 The Heb. lacks like
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. caused the sons of his arrows
- Lamentations 3:17 Lit. forgotten prosperity
- Lamentations 3:20 Lit. and sinks within me
- Lamentations 3:24 Lit. is my portion
- Lamentations 3:27 The Heb. lacks of discipline
- Lamentations 3:28 Lit. because he
- Lamentations 3:31 The Heb. lacks us
- Lamentations 3:36 Lit. see
- Lamentations 3:42 The Heb. lacks us
- Lamentations 3:48 Lit. of the daughter of
- Lamentations 3:49 Lit. My eye pours
- Lamentations 3:51 Lit. My eye
- Lamentations 3:51 Lit. the daughters
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit. pit, casting a stone at me
- Lamentations 3:54 Lit. “I’m cut off.”
- Lamentations 3:55 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife
- Lamentations 3:56 Lit. my relief, to my cry
Lamentations 3
King James Version
3 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission.
50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
Lamentations 3
Contemporary English Version
There Is Still Hope
The Prophet Speaks:
3 I have suffered much
because God was angry.
2 He chased me into a dark place,
where no light could enter.
3 I am the only one he punishes
over and over again,
without ever stopping.
4 God caused my skin and flesh
to waste away,
and he crushed my bones.
5 He attacked and surrounded me
with hardships and trouble;
6 he forced me to sit in the dark
like someone long dead.
7 God built a fence around me
that I cannot climb over,
and he chained me down.
8 Even when I shouted
and prayed for help,
he refused to listen.
9 God put big rocks in my way
and made me follow
a crooked path.
10 God was like a bear or a lion
waiting in ambush for me;
11 he dragged me from the road,
then tore me to shreds.[a]
12 God took careful aim
and shot his arrows
13 straight through my heart.
14 I am a joke to everyone—
no one ever stops
making fun of me.
15 God has turned my life sour.
16 He made me eat gravel
and rubbed me in the dirt.
17 I cannot find peace
or remember happiness.
18 I tell myself, “I am finished!
I can't count on the Lord
to do anything for me.”
19 Just thinking of my troubles
and my lonely wandering
makes me miserable.
20 That's all I ever think about,
and I am depressed.[b]
21 Then I remember something
that fills me with hope.
22 The Lord's kindness never fails!
If he had not been merciful,
we would have been destroyed.[c]
23 The Lord can always be trusted
to show mercy each morning.
24 Deep in my heart I say,
“The Lord is all I need;
I can depend on him!”
25 The Lord is kind to everyone
who trusts and obeys him.
26 It is good to wait patiently
for the Lord to save us.
27 When we are young,
it is good to struggle hard
28 and to sit silently alone,
if this is what
the Lord intends.
29 Being rubbed in the dirt
can teach us a lesson;[d]
30 we can also learn from insults
and hard knocks.
31 The Lord won't always reject us!
32 He causes a lot of suffering,
but he also has pity
because of his great love.
33 The Lord doesn't enjoy
sending grief or pain.
34 Don't trample prisoners
under your feet
35 or cheat anyone out of
what is rightfully theirs.
God Most High sees everything,
36 and he knows when you refuse
to give someone a fair trial.
37 No one can do anything
without the Lord's approval.
38 Good and bad each happen
at the command
of God Most High.
39 We're still alive!
We shouldn't complain
when we are being punished
for our sins.
40 Instead, we should think
about the way we are living,
and turn back to the Lord.
41 When we lift our hands
in prayer to God in heaven,
we should offer him our hearts
and say, 42 “We've sinned!
We've rebelled against you,
and you haven't forgiven us!
43 Anger is written all over you,
as you pursue and slaughter us
without showing pity.
44 You are behind a wall of clouds
that blocks out our prayers.
45 You allowed nations
to treat us like garbage;
46 our enemies curse us.
47 We are terrified and trapped,
caught and crushed.”
48 My people are destroyed!
Tears flood my eyes,
49 and they won't stop
50 until the Lord looks down
from heaven and helps.
51 I am horrified when I see
what enemies have done
to the young women of our city.
52 No one had reason to hate me,
but I was hunted down
like a bird.
53 Then they tried to kill me
by tossing me into a pit
and throwing stones at me.
54 Water covered my head—
I thought I was gone.
55 From the bottom of the pit,
I prayed to you, Lord.
56 I begged you to listen.
“Help!” I shouted. “Save me!”
You answered my prayer
57 and came when I was in need.
You told me, “Don't worry!”
58 You rescued me
and saved my life.
59 You saw them abuse me, Lord,
so make things right.
60 You know every plot
they have made against me.
61 Yes, you know their insults
and their evil plans.
62 All day long they attack
with words and whispers.
63 No matter what they are doing,
they keep on mocking me.
64 Pay them back for everything
they have done, Lord!
65 Put your curse on them
and make them suffer.[e]
66 Get angry and go after them
until not a trace is left
under the heavens.
Footnotes
- 3.11 shreds: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 11.
- 3.20 I am depressed: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 3.22 destroyed: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 22.
- 3.29 lesson: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 29.
- 3.65 make them suffer: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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