예레미야애가 4
Korean Living Bible
함락 후의 예루살렘
4 아, 슬프다! 금이 광택을 잃고 순금이 변했으며 성전의 돌들이 거리에 흩어 졌구나!
2 시온의 젊은이들이 순금처럼 소중하더니 이제는 흔한 질그릇처럼 되고 말았네.
3 여우도 제 새끼에게 젖을 먹이는데 내 백성은 잔인하여 사막의 타조 같구나.
4 젖먹이가 목이 말라 그 혀가 입천장에 붙고 아이들이 먹을 것을 구걸하나 주는 자가 없구나.
5 맛있는 것만 먹던 자가 이제는 거리에서 처량한 신세가 되었고 좋은 옷만 입고 자라던 자가 이제는 잿더미에 누웠네.
6 전에 소돔성이 사람의 손을 대지 않고도 순식간에 무너지더니 이제 내 백성의 죄가 그 소돔 사람들의 죄보다 크구나.
7 전에는 귀족들의 몸이 눈보다 더 깨끗하고 우유보다 더 희며 그 혈색이 산호보다 붉고 그 외모가 청옥 같았다.
8 그러나 지금은 그 얼굴이 숯보다 검고 그 가죽이 뼈에 붙어 막대기같이 되었으니 아무도 그들을 길거리에서 알아볼 수 없게 되었네.
9 칼날에 죽는 자가 굶어서 죽는 자보다 나은 것은 농산물이 부족하여 먹을 것이 없으므로 그들이 점점 시들어 죽어 가기 때문이다.
10 내 백성이 멸망할 때 인자한 어머니가 자기 손으로 자식을 삶아 먹었다.
11 여호와께서 몹시 화가 나셔서 그의 무서운 분노를 쏟아 시온에 불을 지르고 그 터전까지 태워 버리셨네.
12 침략군이 예루살렘 성문으로 들어가리라고는 세상의 그 누구도 믿지 않았다.
13 이런 일이 일어나게 된 것은 예언자들의 죄와 제사장들의 죄 때문이니 그들이 죄 없는 자들의 피를 흘렸음이라.
14 그들이 맹인처럼 거리를 방황하며 그 옷이 피로 더럽혀졌으니 아무도 만질 수 없게 되었구나.
15 사람들이 그들에게 “저리 가거라. 부정하다! 가거라! 가거라! 만지지 말아라!” 하고 외치는구나. 그들이 먼 땅으로 도망하여 이리저리 방황할 때에 그들을 반겨 주는 자가 아무도 없었다.
16 여호와께서 그들을 흩어 버리고 다시는 돌보지 않으시니 이방인들이 제사장들을 존경하지 않고 장로들을 대우하지 않는구나.
17 우리가 쓸데없는 도움을 바라다가 우리 눈이 쇠약해졌으니 우리를 구원하지 못할 나라에 도움을 기대하였음이라.
18 사람들이 우리를 일일이 살피고 있으므로 우리가 거리에 걸어다닐 수 없구나. 우리의 날이 다하고 우리의 종말이 이르렀다.
19 우리를 추격하는 자들이 공중의 독수리보다 빨라서 우리가 산으로 도망하여도 그들이 우리를 추격하고 우리가 광야에 숨어도 그들이 거기서 잠복하여 우리를 기다리는구나.
20 여호와께서 택하신 자, 곧 우리의 생명과 같은 왕이 그들의 함정에 빠지고 말았네. 그는 우리가 세상의 모든 침략자들로부터 우리를 보호해 줄 것으로 믿었던 자인데 … … .
21 우스 땅에 사는 에돔 사람들아, 기뻐하고 즐거워하라. 진노의 잔이 너희에게도 지나갈 것이니 너희가 취하여 벌거벗은 자가 되리라.
22 처녀 시온아, 네 죄의 형벌이 끝났다. 주께서 다시는 네가 사로잡혀가지 않게 하시리라. 그러나 에돔아, 주께서 너를 벌하시고 네 죄를 드러내실 것이다.
Lamentations 4
Expanded Bible
The Attack on Jerusalem
4 See how the gold has ·lost its shine [lost its luster; L become dim/dark],
how the pure gold has ·dulled [changed]!
The stones of the ·Temple [L Holy Place] are scattered
at ·every street corner [L the top of every street].
2 The precious ·people [children; sons] of ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple]
were ·more valuable than [worth their weight in] gold,
but now they are thought of as clay jars
·made by [L the work of] the hands of a potter.
3 Even ·wild dogs [jackals] ·give their milk [L prepare the breast]
to ·feed [suckle; nurse] their young,
but [L the daughter of] my people are ·cruel [violent]
like ostriches in the ·desert [wilderness; Job 39:14–16].
4 The ·babies [L nurslings] are so thirsty
their tongues stick to ·the roofs of their mouths [L their palates].
Children ·beg [ask] for bread,
but no one ·gives [offers] them any.
5 Those who once ate ·fine foods [delicacies; C the food of the rich; Prov. 23:3, 6]
are ·now starving [L desolate] in the streets.
People who ·grew up [were nurtured] ·wearing nice clothes [L in purple/or crimson; C expensive clothes often associated with royalty]
now ·pick through [cling to] ·trash piles [ash heaps; 1 Sam. 2:8; Job 2:8; Ps. 113:7].
6 ·My people have been punished
more than Sodom was [L The iniquity/or punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin/or punishment of Sodom].
·Sodom [L …which] was ·destroyed [L overturned] suddenly,
and no hands ·reached out to help her [or were wrung; Gen. 19; Deut. 29:23; Is. 1:9–10; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46–56; Matt. 10:15; Jude 7; Rev. 11:8].
7 ·Our [or Her] princes were purer than snow,
and whiter than milk.
Their bodies were redder than ·rubies [or coral];
they looked like ·sapphires [lapis lazuli].
8 But now ·they [L their faces] are blacker than coal,
and no one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin ·hangs [or shrivels] on their bones;
it is as dry as wood.
9 Those who were ·killed [L pierced] ·in the war [L by the sword] were better off
than those ·killed [L pierced] by ·hunger [famine].
They ·starve in pain and die [drain/waste away],
·because there is no food from the field [L deprived of the produce of the field; Jer. 11:22; 14:12–18].
10 With their own hands ·kind [compassionate] women
·cook [boil] their own children.
They became food
when ·my [L the daughter of my] people were ·destroyed [fractured; broken; Deut. 28:56–57].
11 The Lord turned loose all of his anger;
he poured out his ·strong [L hot] anger.
He set fire to ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple; Ps. 74:4–7],
·burning it down to the [L consuming its] foundations.
12 Kings of the earth and ·people [L the inhabitants] of the world
could not believe
that enemies and foes
could enter the gates of Jerusalem [C since God had made his presence known there; Ps. 48:1–2].
13 It happened because her prophets sinned
and her priests did evil [Jer. 1:17–19; 2:7–8, 26; 4:9; 13:12–14].
They ·killed [L poured out blood] in ·the city [L its midst]
·those who did what was right [the righteous].
14 They wandered in the streets
as if they were blind.
They were ·dirty [defiled; C in a ritual sense] with blood [C as if covered with menstrual blood; Lev. 15],
so no one ·would [was able to] touch their clothes.
15 “·Go away [Turn aside]! ·You are unclean [L Unclean!; C in a ritual sense],” people shouted at them.
“·Get away [Turn aside]! ·Get away [Turn aside]! Don’t touch us!”
So they ran away and wandered.
Even the other nations said, “Don’t stay here.”
16 The Lord himself ·scattered [dispersed] them
and did not ·look after [regard] them anymore.
No one respects the priests
or ·honors [has favor for] the elders.
17 Also, our eyes ·grew tired [failed],
looking for help ·that never came [in vain; without purpose; 2:11; Ps. 69:3; 119:82, 123].
We kept watch ·from our towers [or eagerly]
for a nation ·to save us [L that could not save us/give us victory; C Judah had hoped that Egypt would rescue them from Babylon; Jer. 2:18, 36].
18 ·Our enemies [L They] ·hunted [dogged] ·us [L our steps],
so we could not even walk in the ·streets [public areas].
Our end is near. Our ·time [L days] ·is [L fill] up.
Our end has come.
19 Those who ·chased [pursued] us
were faster than eagles in the ·sky [heavens].
They ·ran [chased] us into the mountains
and ambushed us in the ·desert [wilderness].
20 The Lord’s ·appointed king [anointed; C Judah’s king], ·who was our very breath [L the breath of our life/nostrils],
was caught in their traps [2 Kin. 25:5–7].
We had said about him, “We will ·be protected by him [L live in his shadow/shade]
among the nations.”
21 Be happy and ·glad [rejoice], ·people [L daughter] of Edom,
you who live in the land of Uz [C city in Edom; Job 1:1; Jer. 25:20].
The cup [C of God’s judgment] will ·come [pass] to you;
then you will get drunk and go naked [Jer. 25:15–38; 49:12–13].
22 Your ·punishment [or iniquity] is complete, ·Jerusalem [L daughter of Zion; C the location of the Temple].
He will not send you into ·captivity again [exile].
But the Lord will punish the ·sins [iniquity] of Edom;
he will ·uncover [expose] your ·evil [sin].
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