Lamentations:Chapter 4

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Lamentations:Chapter 4

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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！	¹How tarnished the gold has become. The fine gold has lost its luster. Why, the sacred stones lie strewn at every street corner!
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！	²Oh, the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold - but now reckoned no more than earthen jars from a potter's mold!
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！	³Even jackals bare their breasts to suckle their young, but my people have become heartless, like ostriches in the desert land.
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。	⁴In thirst the infant's tongue cleaves to the roof of its mouth. Children are begging for alms, but there is no one to help 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。	⁵Those accustomed to fine food now lie dying in the streets. Those accustomed to wear purple now lie destitute upon the ash heaps.
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。	⁶The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant, without a helping hand.
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。	⁷Brighter than snow were their rulers, even whiter than milk; their bodies rosier than coral, their beauty as radiant as sapphires.
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；	⁸Now they look blacker than soot, unrecognized in the streets. Their emaciated form shows lack of food, their skin shriveled and dry as 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。	⁹Better to have died by the sword than to have perished in hunger. The famine-stricken people perish, and slowly, wretchedly, pass away.
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。	¹⁰Once loving mothers, our women have cooked their own children and made them their food: such has been the crash 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。	¹¹Yahweh has given full vent to his wrath; pouring out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has consumed her foundation.
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。	¹²Never had kings believed nor the world thought possible that the enemy could break through 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；	¹³But this happened because of the priests, who sinned, because of the prophets who transgressed, shedding in her midst the blood of the just.
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。	¹⁴They wandered like blind men, groping through the streets, so defiled with blood that none could touch their garments.
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。」	¹⁵"Go away!" people cried at them. "Do not touch us! You are unclean!" They became fugitives wandering about, but even the nations would drive them out.
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。	¹⁶Yahweh himself has dispersed them; no longer does he watch over them. The priests are shown no honor; the elders are given no favor.
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。	¹⁷Our watchmen strained their eyes, looking for help in vain. We anxiously waited for an ally, who failed to save us.
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。	¹⁸Like dogs our enemies hounded us and kept us off the streets. As our end drew near, we knew our days were numbered.
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。	¹⁹Swifter were our pursuers, than the eagles in the sky. Over the hills they chased us, they waylaid 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。	²⁰Our life's breath, Yahweh's anointed, was taken captive in their pit - he of whom we said, "In his protection we shall live among the nations."
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。	²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. But you shall be drunk and stripped bare, for to you also the cup will pass.
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。	²²Your ordeal, daughter of Zion, will end; for your exile will not be prolonged. But Edom's daughter will be chastised, and her wickedness will be exposed.

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