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Lamentations 3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Lamentations 3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
God’s Steadfast Love Endures
3 I am one who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s[a] wrath;(A)
2 he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;
3 against me alone he turns his hand,
again and again, all day long.(B)
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
he has broken my bones;(C)
5 he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
6 he has made me sit in darkness
like the dead of long ago.(D)
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has put heavy chains on me;(E)
8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;(F)
9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;(G)
11 he led me off my way and tore me to pieces;
he has made me desolate;
12 he bent his bow and set me
as a mark for his arrow.(H)
13 He shot into my vitals
the arrows of his quiver;
14 I have become the laughingstock of all my people,
the object of their taunt songs all day long.(I)
15 He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood.
16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel;
he has made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is;
18 so I say, “Gone is my glory
and all that I had hoped for from the Lord.”
19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
is wormwood and gall!(J)
20 My soul continually thinks of it
and is bowed down within me.(K)
21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,[b]
his mercies never come to an end;(L)
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.(M)
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”(N)
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(O)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(P)
27 It is good for one to bear
the yoke in youth,(Q)
28 to sit alone in silence
when the Lord[c] has imposed it,(R)
29 to put one’s mouth to the dust
(there may yet be hope),
30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(S)
31 For the Lord will not
reject forever.(T)
32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(U)
33 for he does not willingly afflict
or grieve anyone.(V)
34 When all the prisoners of the land
are crushed under foot,
35 when justice is perverted
in the presence of the Most High,(W)
36 when one’s case is subverted—
does the Lord not see it?(X)
37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?(Y)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that evil and good come?(Z)
39 Why should any who draw breath complain
about the punishment of their sins?(AA)
40 Let us test and examine our ways
and return to the Lord.(AB)
41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands
to God in heaven.(AC)
42 We have transgressed and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.(AD)
43 You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
killing without pity;(AE)
44 you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us filth and rubbish
among the peoples.(AF)
46 All our enemies
have opened their mouths against us;(AG)
47 panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and destruction.(AH)
48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of my people.[d]
49 My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,(AI)
50 until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees.(AJ)
51 My eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the young women in my city.
52 Those who were my enemies without cause
have hunted me like a bird;(AK)
53 they flung me alive into a pit
and hurled stones on me;(AL)
54 water closed over my head;
I said, “I am lost.”(AM)
55 I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;(AN)
56 you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear
to my cry for help, but give me relief!”(AO)
57 You came near when I called on you;
you said, “Do not fear!”(AP)
58 You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.(AQ)
59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;
judge my cause.
60 You have seen all their malice,
all their plots against me.(AR)
61 You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
all their plots against me.
62 The whispers and murmurs of my assailants
are against me all day long.
63 Whether they sit or rise—see,
I am the object of their taunt songs.
64 Pay them back for their deeds, O Lord,
according to the work of their hands!
65 Give them anguish of heart;
your curse be on them!
66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them
from under the Lord’s heavens.(AS)
Плач 3
Священное Писание (Восточный перевод), версия с «Аллахом»
Плач 3
Священное Писание (Восточный перевод), версия с «Аллахом»
Великая верность Аллаха
3 Я человек, испытавший горе,
потому что Вечный покарал меня
жезлом Своего гнева.
2 Он погнал меня и ввёл
во тьму, а не в свет.
3 Несомненно, Он обратил Свою руку против меня
и обращает её снова и снова в течение всего дня.
4 Он состарил кожу мою и плоть мою,
сокрушил кости мои.
5 Он осадил меня и окружил
горечью и тяготою.
6 Погрузил меня во мрак,
как давно умерших.
7 Окружил меня стеной, чтобы я не мог выйти,
заковал меня в тяжёлые цепи.
8 Даже когда я взываю и прошу о помощи,
Он не обращает внимания на мою молитву.
9 Камнями Он преградил мне путь,
искривил стези мои.
10 Он подобен медведю в засаде
или затаившемуся льву.
11 Сбил меня с пути и растерзал меня,
оставив без помощи.
12 Натянул Он Свой лук
и сделал меня мишенью для стрел Своих.
13 Он пронзил моё сердце
стрелами из Своего колчана.
14 Стал я посмешищем для всего моего народа,
весь день в песнях насмехаются надо мной.
15 Он напоил меня горькими травами
и насытил горечью.
16 Камнями сокрушил зубы мои,
втоптал меня в пыль.
17 Лишена душа моя мира,
я позабыл о благоденствии.
18 И сказал я: «Исчезло величие моё
и надежда моя на Вечного».
19 Помню лишь о страдании и скитании,
во мне лишь горечь и желчь.
20 Сильна память об этом,
поникла душа моя.
21 Но вот, что говорю я себе,
вот, что даёт мне надежду:
22 «Милость Вечного никогда не иссякает,[a]
сострадание Его не истощается.
23 Они обновляются[b] каждое утро;
велика верность Твоя!»
24 Я сказал себе: «Вечный – часть моя,
потому я буду надеяться на Него».
25 Благ Вечный к тем, кто уповает на Него,
к тем, кто ищет Его.
26 Благо тому, кто молча ожидает
спасения от Вечного.
27 Благо человеку, который несёт ярмо
в юности своей.
28 Пусть сидит в уединении и молчании,
потому что бремя это возложил на него Вечный.
29 Пусть склонится в смирении,
может быть, есть ещё надежда.
30 Пусть подставляет щёку свою бьющему
и насыщается бесчестием,
31 ведь Владыка не отвергает людей навеки!
32 И хотя Он посылает страдания,
Он же потом и помилует
по Своей великой любви.
33 Ведь не по изволению сердца Своего
Он приносит бедствие и горе людям.
34 А когда топчут ногами
всех узников земли,
35 лишают человека правосудия
перед лицом Высочайшего,
36 притесняют человека на суде –
разве Владыка всего этого не видит?
37 Кто может сказать – и исполнится,
если Владыка не повелит этому случиться?
38 Не по слову ли Высочайшего
приходят бедствие и благо?
39 Для чего жаловаться человеку,
ведь он остался жив, хоть и был наказан за грехи свои?
40 Проверим же пути наши и испытаем их,
и вернёмся к Вечному.
41 Вознесём сердца наши и руки
к Аллаху на небесах и скажем:
42 «Мы согрешили и восстали против тебя,
и Ты не простил нас.
43 Ты покрыл Себя гневом и преследовал нас,
губя без пощады.
44 Ты скрыл Себя облаком,
чтобы не доходила наша молитва.
45 Ты сделал нас грязью и сором
среди народов.
46 Все враги наши широко разинули
пасть свою на нас.
47 Мы страдали от ужаса и западни,
опустошения и разорения».
48 Ручьями слёзы текут из глаз моих,
потому что народ мой уничтожен.
49 Слёзы мои будут течь,
не останавливаясь,
без перерыва,
50 пока Вечный не посмотрит с небес
и не увидит.
51 Я смотрю, и горечь наполняет душу мою
за всех дочерей моего города.
52 Без причины враги мои пытались
поймать меня, словно птицу,
53 бросили меня в яму
и камнями закидали меня.
54 Воды сомкнулись над моей головой,
и я подумал: «Погиб я».
55 Я воззвал к имени Твоему, о Вечный,
из ямы глубокой.
56 Ты услышал голос мой;
не закрывай же ухо Своё
от моей мольбы и плача моего.
57 Ты приближался, когда я взывал к Тебе,
и говорил: «Не бойся».[c]
58 О Владыка, Ты защищал дело души моей,
искуплял жизнь мою.
59 Ты видишь, Вечный, угнетение моё,
рассуди же тяжбу мою.
60 Ты видишь всю их мстительность,
все их заговоры против меня.
61 О Вечный, Ты слышишь их оскорбления,
все их заговоры против меня,
62 как враги перешёптываются
обо мне весь день.
63 Взгляни на них! Сидят ли они, стоят ли,
они насмехаются надо мною в своих песнях.
64 Воздай им, Вечный,
по делам их рук.
65 Мраком покрой их сердца,
и пусть проклятие Твоё будет на них.
66 Преследуй их в гневе
и истреби их из поднебесья, о Вечный.
Lamentations 3
New International Version
Lamentations 3
New International Version
3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness(C) rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me(D)
again and again, all day long.
4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old(E)
and has broken my bones.(F)
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness(G) and hardship.(H)
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.(I)
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(J)
he has weighed me down with chains.(K)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,(L)
he shuts out my prayer.(M)
9 He has barred(N) my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.(O)
10 Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion(P) in hiding,(Q)
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(R) me
and left me without help.
12 He drew his bow(S)
and made me the target(T) for his arrows.(U)
13 He pierced(V) my heart
with arrows from his quiver.(W)
14 I became the laughingstock(X) of all my people;(Y)
they mock me in song(Z) all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
and given me gall to drink.(AA)
16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;(AB)
he has trampled me in the dust.(AC)
17 I have been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(AD)
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness(AE) and the gall.(AF)
20 I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast(AG) within me.(AH)
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love(AI) we are not consumed,(AJ)
for his compassions never fail.(AK)
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.(AL)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(AM)
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;(AN)
26 it is good to wait quietly(AO)
for the salvation of the Lord.(AP)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
28 Let him sit alone in silence,(AQ)
for the Lord has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust(AR)—
there may yet be hope.(AS)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,(AT)
and let him be filled with disgrace.(AU)
31 For no one is cast off
by the Lord forever.(AV)
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.(AW)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
or grief to anyone.(AX)
34 To crush underfoot
all prisoners in the land,
35 to deny people their rights
before the Most High,(AY)
36 to deprive them of justice—
would not the Lord see such things?(AZ)
37 Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?(BA)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?(BB)
39 Why should the living complain
when punished for their sins?(BC)
40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(BD)
and let us return to the Lord.(BE)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven,(BF) and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled(BG)
and you have not forgiven.(BH)
43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued(BI) us;
you have slain without pity.(BJ)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud(BK)
so that no prayer(BL) can get through.(BM)
45 You have made us scum(BN) and refuse
among the nations.
46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
wide(BO) against us.(BP)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,(BQ)
ruin and destruction.(BR)”
48 Streams of tears(BS) flow from my eyes(BT)
because my people are destroyed.(BU)
49 My eyes will flow unceasingly,
without relief,(BV)
50 until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.(BW)
51 What I see brings grief to my soul
because of all the women of my city.
52 Those who were my enemies without cause
hunted me like a bird.(BX)
53 They tried to end my life in a pit(BY)
and threw stones at me;
54 the waters closed over my head,(BZ)
and I thought I was about to perish.(CA)
55 I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths(CB) of the pit.(CC)
56 You heard my plea:(CD) “Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief.”
57 You came near(CE) when I called you,
and you said, “Do not fear.”(CF)
58 You, Lord, took up my case;(CG)
you redeemed my life.(CH)
59 Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me.(CI)
Uphold my cause!(CJ)
60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance,
all their plots against me.(CK)
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.
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