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！	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，原比纯金尊贵，怎么现在竟被看作瓦器，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！	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。	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。	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。	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。	⁷Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire.
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；	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。	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。	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上主大发震怒，倾泄了他的怒火，火烧熙雍，焚毁了他的基础。	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，谁也不相信：仇敌能进入耶路撒冷的城门。	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；	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。	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。」	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上主的怒容驱散他们，不再垂顾他们；人也不再尊敬司祭，不再敬重长老。	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。	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。	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。	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。	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。	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。	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.

哀歌:Chapter 4

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