哀歌:Chapter 4

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哀歌:Chapter 4

哀歌	Lamentations
¹怎么！黄金竟暗淡无光，纯金竟变了色！圣所的石头都散乱在街头！	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，原比纯金尊贵，怎么现在竟被看作瓦器，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，哺养自己的幼儿；我的女儿──人民，竟然残暴不仁，好似旷野中的鸵鸟！	³Even jackals bare their breasts to suckle their young, but my people have become heartless, like ostriches in the desert land.
⁴婴儿的舌头，干渴得紧贴上颚；幼童饥饿求食，却无人分给他们。	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昔日饱享山珍海错，今日竟饿死街头；一向衣饰华丽，而今却满身粪土。	⁵Those accustomed to fine food now lie dying in the streets. Those accustomed to wear purple now lie destitute upon the ash heaps.
⁶我的女儿──人民的罪罚，比索多玛的还重，索多玛顷刻间倾覆了，并非假手于人。	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，比雪还洁白，比乳还皎洁；他们的皮肤，比珊瑚还红润，他们的身体好似一片青玉。	⁷Brighter than snow were their rulers, even whiter than milk; their bodies rosier than coral, their beauty as radiant as sapphires.
⁸而今，他们的容貌，比炭还黑，在街上已辨认不出，皮包骨头，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死于刀下的，比死于饥饿的，即因缺乏田产，日渐衰弱而死的，更为幸运。	⁹Better to have died by the sword than to have perished in hunger. The famine-stricken people perish, and slowly, wretchedly, pass away.
¹⁰柔情的妇女竟要亲手烹食自己的子女；在我的女儿──人民遭受浩劫时，子女竟成了母亲的食物。	¹⁰Once loving mothers, our women have cooked their own children and made them their food: such has been the crash of my people!
¹¹上主大发震怒，倾泄了他的怒火，火烧熙雍，焚毁了他的基础。	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，谁也不相信：仇敌能进入耶路撒冷的城门。	¹²Never had kings believed nor the world thought possible that the enemy could break through the gates of Jerusalem.
¹³这是由于她先知们的罪恶，和她司祭们的过犯：他们在城中心，倾流了义人的血；	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他们身染血污，像瞎子一样，徘徊街头，叫人不能触摸他们的衣服。	¹⁴They wandered like blind men, groping through the streets, so defiled with blood that none could touch their garments.
¹⁵「不洁！退避！」人们喊说：「退避！不可接近！」如果他们逃亡，漂流异邦，异邦人又说：「不要让他们留居此地。」	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上主的怒容驱散他们，不再垂顾他们；人也不再尊敬司祭，不再敬重长老。	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我们还在望眼欲穿，幻想着我们的救援；我们仍在瞭望台上，期望着那不能施救的异邦。	¹⁷Our watchmen strained their eyes, looking for help in vain. We anxiously waited for an ally, who failed to save us.
¹⁸敌人正在追踪我们的足迹，阻止我们在街上行走；我们的结局已近，我们的日子已满；的确，我们的终期已到。	¹⁸Like dogs our enemies hounded us and kept us off the streets. As our end drew near, we knew our days were numbered.
¹⁹追捕我们的人，比凌空的飞鸟还要快速；他们在山上搜索我们，在旷野里窥伺我们。	¹⁹Swifter were our pursuers, than the eagles in the sky. Over the hills they chased us, they waylaid us in the wilderness.
²⁰连我们的气息──上主的受傅者，也落在他们的陷阱中：我们原希望在他的福荫下，生活在异邦人中。	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住在胡兹地的厄东女郎！你欢欣喜乐罢！苦爵也要轮到你喝；你将要醉倒，而赤身裸体。	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！你的罪债已经偿还，上主不再使你流徙；厄东女郎！他必要惩罚你的过犯，揭露你的罪恶。	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.

哀歌:Chapter 4

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