Lamentations 5
New King James Version
Prayer for Restoration
5 Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
5 (E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
6 (F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 (I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 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
- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
- Lamentations 5:21 returned
耶利米哀歌 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
向耶和華禱告訴苦
5 耶和華啊！求你記念我們所遭遇的！垂顧關注我們的恥辱。
2 我們的產業轉歸外人，我們的房屋歸給異族。
3 我們成為孤兒，沒有父親，我們的母親好像寡婦一樣。
4 我們所喝的水要用銀子買，我們的柴也付代價而得。
5 我們被人追趕，頸項帶上重軛；我們疲乏，得不著歇息。
6 我們臣服埃及和亞述，為要得著糧食充飢。
7 我們的先祖犯了罪，現在他們不在了；我們卻要擔負他們的罪孽。
8 奴僕轄制我們；沒有人救我們脫離他們的手。
9 因為曠野有刀劍的威脅，我們要冒生命的危險才得到糧食。
10 我們因飢餓而發燒，我們的皮膚好像火爐一般的熱。
11 婦女在錫安被污辱，處女在猶大的城鎮被強暴。
12 眾領袖被敵人吊起來；長老也不受人尊敬。
13 青年人推磨吃苦；孩童因背木柴而跌倒。
14 眾長老不再坐在城門口；青年人不再唱歌作樂。
15 我們心裡不再歡樂；我們的舞蹈變為哀哭。
16 冠冕從我們的頭上掉下來。我們有禍了；因為我們犯了罪。
17 為了這事，我們心裡愁煩；為了這事，我們的眼睛昏花；
18 因為錫安山荒涼，野狗就在山上到處出沒。
祈求復興
19 但耶和華啊，你永遠坐著為王；你的寶座代代長存。
20 你為甚麼永遠忘記我們？為甚麼長久離棄我們？
21-22 耶和華啊！除非你真的棄絕我們，
你向我們所發的怒氣難收，
不然，求你使我們歸向你，好使我們回轉過來；
求你更新我們的日子，像古時一樣。
Lamentations 5
English Standard Version
Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord
5 (A)Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see (B)our disgrace!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
5 (D)Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
6 We have given the hand to (E)Egypt, and to (F)Assyria,
to get bread enough.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
(G)and we bear their iniquities.
8 (H)Slaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 (I)We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (J)Our skin is hot as an oven
with (K)the burning heat of famine.
11 Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
12 (L)Princes are hung up by their hands;
(M)no respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to (N)grind at the mill,
and boys stagger (O)under loads of wood.
14 (P)The old men have left the city gate,
the young men (Q)their music.
15 (R)The joy of our hearts has ceased;
(S)our dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 (T)The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this (U)our heart has become sick,
for these things (V)our eyes have grown dim,
18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
(W)jackals prowl over it.
19 (X)But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations.
20 (Y)Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 (Z)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old—
22 (AA)unless you have utterly rejected us,
and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
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