Lamentations:Chapter 4

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Lamentations:Chapter 4

哀歌	Lamentations
¹怎麼！黃金竟暗淡無光，純金竟變了色！聖所的石頭都散亂在街頭！	¹Aleph. How is the gold become dim, the finest colour is changed, the stones of the sanctuary are scattered in the top of every street?
²熙雍的子女，原比純金尊貴，怎麼現在竟被看作瓦器，被看作陶人的出品！	²Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter's hands?
³豺狼尚且露出乳房，哺養自己的幼兒；我的女兒──人民，竟然殘暴不仁，好似曠野中的鴕鳥！	³Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.
⁴嬰兒的舌頭，乾渴得緊貼上顎；幼童飢餓求食，卻無人分給他們。	⁴Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.
⁵昔日飽享山珍海錯，今日竟餓死街頭；一向衣飾華麗，而今卻滿身糞土。	⁵He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
⁶我的女兒──人民的罪罰，比索多瑪的還重，索多瑪頃刻間傾覆了，並非假手於人。	⁶Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her.
⁷昔日，她的少年，比雪還潔白，比乳還皎潔；他們的皮膚，比珊瑚還紅潤，他們的身體好似一片青玉。	⁷Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
⁸而今，他們的容貌，比炭還黑，在街上已辨認不出，皮包骨頭，枯瘦如柴；	⁸Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.
⁹死於刀下的，比死於饑餓的，即因缺乏田產，日漸衰弱而死的，更為幸運。	⁹Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.
¹⁰柔情的婦女竟要親手烹食自己的子女；在我的女兒──人民遭受浩劫時，子女竟成了母親的食物。	¹⁰Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
¹¹上主大發震怒，傾洩了他的怒火，火燒熙雍，焚毀了他的基礎。	¹¹Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
¹²地上的君王和世上的居民，誰也不相信：仇敵能進入耶路撒冷的城門。	¹²Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.
¹³這是由於她先知們的罪惡，和她司祭們的過犯：他們在城中心，傾流了義人的血；	¹³Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
¹⁴他們身染血污，像瞎子一樣，徘徊街頭，叫人不能觸摸他們的衣服。	¹⁴Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.
¹⁵「不潔！退避！」人們喊說：「退避！不可接近！」如果他們逃亡，漂流異邦，異邦人又說：「不要讓他們留居此地。」	¹⁵Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.
¹⁶上主的怒容驅散他們，不再垂顧他們；人也不再尊敬司祭，不再敬重長老。	¹⁶Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.
¹⁷我們還在望眼欲穿，幻想着我們的救援；我們仍在瞭望台上，期望着那不能施救的異邦。	¹⁷Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.
¹⁸敵人正在追蹤我們的足跡，阻止我們在街上行走；我們的結局已近，我們的日子已滿；的確，我們的終期已到。	¹⁸Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
¹⁹追捕我們的人，比凌空的飛鳥還要快速；他們在山上搜索我們，在曠野裏窺伺我們。	¹⁹Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
²⁰連我們的氣息──上主的受傅者，也落在他們的陷阱中：我們原希望在他的福蔭下，生活在異邦人中。	²⁰Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
²¹住在胡茲地的厄東女郎！你歡欣喜樂罷！苦爵也要輪到你喝；你將要醉倒，而赤身裸體。	²¹Sin. Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Hus: to thee also shall the cup come, thou shalt be made drunk, and naked.
²²熙雍女郎！你的罪債已經償還，上主不再使你流徙；厄東女郎！他必要懲罰你的過犯，揭露你的罪惡。	²²Thau. Thy iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Sion, he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he visited thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath discovered thy sins.

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