我們成了喪父的孤兒,
我們的母親成了寡婦。
我們喝水要付錢,
燒的柴要用錢買。
敵人緊追不捨,
我們疲憊不堪,不得安歇。

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We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (A)widows.

We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
(B)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks

We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.(A)
We must buy the water we drink;(B)
    our wood can be had only at a price.(C)
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(D) and find no rest.(E)

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