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向耶和华祷告诉苦

耶和华啊!求你记念我们所遭遇的!垂顾关注我们的耻辱。

我们的产业转归外人,我们的房屋归给异族。

我们成为孤儿,没有父亲,我们的母亲好象寡妇一样。

我们所喝的水要用银子买,我们的柴也付代价而得。

我们被人追赶,颈项带上重轭;我们疲乏,得不着歇息。

我们臣服埃及和亚述,为要得着粮食充饥。

我们的先祖犯了罪,现在他们不在了;我们却要担负他们的罪孽。

奴仆辖制我们;没有人救我们脱离他们的手。

因为旷野有刀剑的威胁,我们要冒生命的危险才得到粮食。

10 我们因饥饿而发烧,我们的皮肤好象火炉一般的热。

11 妇女在锡安被污辱,处女在犹大的城镇被强暴。

12 众领袖被敌人吊起来;长老也不受人尊敬。

13 青年人推磨吃苦;孩童因背木柴而跌倒。

14 众长老不再坐在城门口;青年人不再唱歌作乐。

15 我们心里不再欢乐;我们的舞蹈变为哀哭。

16 冠冕从我们的头上掉下来。我们有祸了;因为我们犯了罪。

17 为了这事,我们心里愁烦;为了这事,我们的眼睛昏花;

18 因为锡安山荒凉,野狗就在山上到处出没。

祈求复兴

19 但耶和华啊,你永远坐着为王;你的宝座代代长存。

20 你为甚么永远忘记我们?为甚么长久离弃我们?

21-22 耶和华啊!除非你真的弃绝我们,

你向我们所发的怒气难收,

不然,求你使我们归向你,好使我们回转过来;

求你更新我们的日子,像古时一样。

Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.(A)
Our inheritance(B) has been turned over to strangers,(C)
    our homes(D) to foreigners.(E)
We have become fatherless,
    our mothers are widows.(F)
We must buy the water we drink;(G)
    our wood can be had only at a price.(H)
Those who pursue us are at our heels;
    we are weary(I) and find no rest.(J)
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria(K)
    to get enough bread.
Our ancestors(L) sinned and are no more,
    and we bear their punishment.(M)
Slaves(N) rule over us,
    and there is no one to free us from their hands.(O)
We get our bread at the risk of our lives
    because of the sword in the desert.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.(P)
11 Women have been violated(Q) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders(R) are shown no respect.(S)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate;
    the young men have stopped their music.(T)
15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.(U)
16 The crown(V) has fallen from our head.(W)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!(X)
17 Because of this our hearts(Y) are faint,(Z)
    because of these things our eyes(AA) grow dim(AB)
18 for Mount Zion,(AC) which lies desolate,(AD)
    with jackals prowling over it.

19 You, Lord, reign forever;(AE)
    your throne endures(AF) from generation to generation.
20 Why do you always forget us?(AG)
    Why do you forsake(AH) us so long?
21 Restore(AI) us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;
    renew our days as of old
22 unless you have utterly rejected us(AJ)
    and are angry with us beyond measure.(AK)

Prayer for Restoration

Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
(C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.

We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
(E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
(F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

(I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (J)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men (K)ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their (L)music.

15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into (M)mourning.
16 (N)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(O)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is (P)desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.

19 You, O Lord, (Q)remain forever;
(R)Your throne from generation to generation.
20 (S)Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
21 (T)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be [b]restored;
Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!

Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
  2. Lamentations 5:21 returned