耶利米哀歌 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
哀歎錫安的遭遇
1 從前人煙稠密的城中，現在怎麼竟然孤獨地坐在那裡。
從前在列國中為大的，現在怎麼竟然像個寡婦。
從前在眾省份中為王后的，現在怎麼竟然成了奴隸。
2 她在夜間痛哭，淚流滿面。
在她所有親愛的人中，沒有一個安慰她的。
她所有的朋友都以詭詐待她，都成了她的仇敵。
3 猶大受盡痛苦，飽經勞役，更遭流徙異地。
她住在列國中，找不著安居之所。
在困境之中，追趕她的人把她追上了。
4 通往錫安道路悲哀，因為沒有人去守節。
錫安一切的城門冷落，祭司唉哼，
處女憂傷，錫安也受盡痛苦。
5 錫安的敵人成為主人；她的仇敵亨通。
因為她的過犯眾多，耶和華就使她受苦。
她的孩童在敵人面前被擄去。
6 錫安（“錫安”原文作“錫安的女子”）所有的尊榮，都離開了她的居民。
她的眾領袖都像找不著牧場的鹿；
在追趕的人面前無力逃走。
7 耶路撒冷在困苦飄流的日子，就追念她昔日的一切珍寶。
她的人民落在敵人手裡的時候，沒有人幫助她。
敵人看見她，就譏笑她的滅亡。
8 耶路撒冷犯了大罪，因此成了不潔之物。
素來尊敬她的現在都藐視她，因為看見她赤身露體；
她自己也唉哼，轉身退避。
9 她的污穢沾滿了衣裙；她從不思想自己的結局。
所以她令人驚異地敗落了；沒有人安慰她。
她說：“耶和華啊！求你看看我的苦難，因為仇敵顯為大。”
10 敵人伸手奪取她的一切珍寶，
她看著外族人闖入她的聖所：
你曾禁止他們進入你的會中。
11 她所有的人民都在唉哼，到處尋覓食物；
他們為了維持生命，拿自己的珍寶去換取糧食。
她說：“耶和華啊！求你垂看，求你鑒察，因為我被人藐視。”
耶路撒冷自述苦況
12 所有過路的人啊！你們毫不在意嗎？
你們要細察要觀看，有沒有痛苦像我所受的痛苦，
就是耶和華在他發烈怒的日子使我所受的痛苦。
13 他從高天降火，使火進入我的骨頭裡（按照《馬索拉文本》，“他從高天降火，使火進入我的骨頭裡”作“他從高天降火進入我的骨頭裡，他管理火”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯）。
他設置網羅絆我的腳，使我退去。
他使我孤單淒涼，終日愁煩。
14 我的過犯像軛一樣被綁好；是他親手纏綁的。
我的過犯加在我的頸上，他使我的氣力衰弱。
主把我交在我不能對抗的人手中。
15 主丟棄我中間的所有勇士；
他招聚了一大群人來攻擊我，要打碎我的青年人。
主踐踏猶大女兒中的處女，像踐踏壓酒池一樣。
16 為了這些事我不住哭泣，我的眼不住流下淚水；
因為那安慰我、使我重新振作的，都遠離了我。
我的兒女孤單淒涼，因為仇敵得勝了。
17 錫安伸出雙手，但沒有人安慰她。
論到雅各，耶和華已經下令，使他四圍的人都與他為敵；
耶路撒冷在他們中間，已經成了不潔的東西。
神的公義
18 耶和華是公義的，他這樣待我，是因為我違背了他的命令。
萬民哪！請你們聽我的話！看看我的痛苦！
我的少女和青年人都已經被擄去了。
19 我向我所愛的人呼求，他們卻欺騙我。
我的祭司和長老為了延續生命，尋找糧食的時候，
就在城中氣絕身亡了。
20 耶和華啊！你看，患難臨到我！我的心腸激動，
我的心在我裡面翻轉，因為我曾經非常悖逆。
街上有刀劍使人喪子，屋裡也有死亡。
21 有人聽見我的唉哼，卻沒有人安慰我，
我所有的仇敵都聽見我的災難；你作了這事，他們就歡樂。
願你使你所宣告的日子來臨那時，他們就必像我一樣。
22 願他們的一切惡行都擺在你面前，願你對付他們，
好像你因我的一切過犯對付我一樣。
因為我唉哼甚苦，我心裡愁煩。
Lamentations 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Lament over Jerusalem א Aleph
1 How[a] she sits alone,(A)
the city(B) once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.(C)
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labour.
ב Beth
2 She weeps bitterly during the night,(D)
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.[b](E)
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
ג Gimel
3 Judah has gone into exile
following[c] affliction and harsh slavery;
she lives among the nations
but finds no place to rest.(F)
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in narrow places.
ד Daleth
4 The roads to Zion(G) mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.(H)
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.
ה He
5 Her adversaries have become her masters;(I)
her enemies are at ease,(J)
for the Lord has made her suffer
because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away
as captives before the adversary.
ו Waw
6 All the splendour(K) has vanished
from Daughter Zion.(L)
Her leaders are like stags
that find no pasture;
they stumble away exhausted
before the hunter.(M)
ז Zayin
7 During the days of her affliction and homelessness(N)
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
ח Cheth
8 Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.[d]
All who honoured her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.
ט Teth
9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts.(O)
She never considered her end.
Her downfall was astonishing;(P)
there was no one to comfort her.
Lord, look on my affliction,
for the enemy boasts.
י Yod
10 The adversary has seized
all her precious belongings.
She has even seen the nations
enter her sanctuary –
those you had forbidden
to enter your assembly.(Q)
כ Kaph
11 All her people groan
while they search for bread.(R)
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.(S)
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
ל Lamed
12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by?(T)
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine,
which was dealt out to me,
which the Lord made me suffer
on the day of his burning anger?(U)
מ Mem
13 He sent fire from on high(V) into my bones;
he made it descend.[e](W)
He spread a net for my feet(X)
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
ill all day long.
נ Nun
14 My transgressions have been formed into a yoke,[f][g](Y)
fastened together by his hand;
they have been placed on my neck,
and the Lord has broken my strength.
He has handed me over
to those I cannot withstand.
ס Samek
15 The Lord has rejected(Z)
all the mighty men within me.
He has summoned an army[h] against me
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah(AA)
like grapes in a winepress.(AB)
ע Ayin
16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes flow[i] with tears.(AC)
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,(AD)
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
פ Pe
17 Zion stretches out her hands;
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbours should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure(AE) among them.
צ Tsade
18 The Lord is just,
for I have rebelled against his command.(AF)
Listen, all you people;
look at my pain.
My young women and young men
have gone into captivity.(AG)
ק Qoph
19 I called to my lovers,(AH)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.(AI)
ר Resh
20 Lord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;(AJ)
my heart is broken,[j]
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.(AK)
שׁ Shin
21 People have heard me groaning,(AL)
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that you have caused it.(AM)
Bring on the day you have announced,
so that they may become like me.(AN)
ת Taw
22 Let all their wickedness come before you,
and deal with them
as you have dealt with me
because of all my transgressions.(AO)
For my groans are many,
and I am sick at heart.
Footnotes
- 1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.
- 1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies
- 1:3 Or because of
- 1:8 Or become impure
- 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
- 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
- 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
- 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time
- 1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows
- 1:20 Lit is turned within me
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