| 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！ |
1How tarnished is the gold, how changed the noble metal; How 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！ |
2Zion's precious sons, fine gold their counterpart, Now worth no more than earthen jars made by the hands of a potter! |
| 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！ |
3 Even the jackals bare their breasts and suckle their young; The daughter of my people has become as cruel as 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。 |
4The tongue of the suckling cleaves to the roof of its mouth in thirst; The babes cry for food, but there is no one to give it to 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 dainty food perish in the streets; Those brought up in purple now cling to 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 the daughter of my people is greater than the penalty of Sodom, Which was overthrown in an instant without the turning of a 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 her princes, whiter than milk, More ruddy than coral, more precious than 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； |
8Now their appearance is blacker than soot, they are unrecognized on the streets; Their skin shrinks on their bones, as 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 for those who perish by the sword than for those who die of hunger, Who waste away, as though pierced through, lacking the fruits of the field! |
| 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。 |
10The hands of compassionate women boiled their own children, To serve them as mourners' food in the downfall 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。 |
11The LORD has spent his anger, poured out his blazing wrath; He has kindled a fire in Zion that has consumed her foundations. |
| 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。 |
12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the world's inhabitants, That enemy or foe could enter 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； |
13 Because of the sins of her prophets and the crimes of her priests, Who shed 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 staggered blindly in the streets, soiled with blood, So that people could not touch even 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"Away you unclean!" they cried to them, "Away, away, do not draw near!" If they left and wandered among the nations, nowhere could they remain. |
| 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。 |
16The LORD himself has dispersed them, he regards them no more; He does not receive the priests with favor, nor show kindness to the elders. |
| 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。 |
17 Our eyes ever wasted away, looking in vain for aid; From our watchtower we watched for a nation that could not 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。 |
18Men dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, and came; our time had expired. |
| 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。 |
19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the air, They harassed us on the mountains and waylaid us in the desert. |
| 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。 |
20 The anointed one of the LORD, our breath of life, was caught in their snares, He in whose shadow we thought we could live on 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。 |
21 Though you rejoice and are glad, O daughter Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz, To you also shall the cup be passed; you shall become 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。 |
22Your chastisement is completed, O daughter Zion, he will not prolong your exile; But your wickedness, O daughter Edom, he will punish, he will lay bare your sins. |
