Lamentations 1

1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

1 从前人烟稠密的城， 现在何其荒凉！ 从前扬威列邦的强国， 现在竟像寡妇！ 从前在诸省贵为公主， 现在却沦为奴婢！

2 She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

2 她在夜间痛哭，泪流满面。 情人中没有一个前来安慰。 朋友都出卖她，与她为敌。

3 Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

3 犹大饱受苦难和奴役， 被掳往远方，流落异邦， 找不到安居之所。 她在走投无路之际被追敌擒获。

4 The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

4 通往锡安的道路满目凄凉， 因为无人前去过节。 她的城门冷落， 她的祭司悲叹， 她的少女哀伤，她痛苦不已。

5 Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

5 仇敌做了她的主人， 她的敌人安逸发达。 因为她作恶多端， 耶和华叫她饱受困苦， 她的孩子被敌人掳去。

6 All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

6 少女锡安的尊荣消逝， 她的首领像找不到草吃的鹿， 无力逃脱敌人的追赶。

7 In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

7 在困苦流离中， 耶路撒冷想起昔日的荣华。 如今，她的人民落在敌人手中， 无人援救。 她的仇敌幸灾乐祸，嘲笑她的灭亡。

8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

8 耶路撒冷罪大恶极， 沦为污秽之物。 从前尊重她的人看见她赤身裸体，就蔑视她。 她只能哀叹、退避。

9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

9 她的裙子沾满污秽， 她未曾想过自己的结局。 她的败落令人震惊， 无人安慰。 她哭喊道：“耶和华啊， 仇敌已经获胜， 求你垂顾我的苦难！”

10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

10 敌人伸手夺去她的一切珍宝。 她目睹外族人闯入圣殿， 耶和华禁止他们进入祂的会众。

11 All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

11 她的人民呻吟着四处觅食， 用珍宝换取粮食维生。 她说：“耶和华啊，求你垂顾我， 因为我被人蔑视。

12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

12 “路人啊，你们都无动于衷吗？ 你们看看， 耶和华向我发烈怒，降祸于我， 还有谁比我更痛苦呢？

13 He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

13 “祂从高天降下火来， 使火在我骨中燃烧； 祂在我脚前设下网罗， 使我返回； 祂使我凄凉孤寂，终日痛苦。

14 My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

14 “我的罪恶连接成轭， 祂亲手把它们绑在一起， 系在我的颈项上， 使我精疲力尽。 主把我交给我无力抵挡的敌人。

15 The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

15 “主弃绝我所有的勇士， 召集军队攻击我， 打垮我的青年。 主践踏处女犹大， 如同在榨酒池中踩踏。

16 For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

16 “我为此哭泣， 泪流满面， 却无人安慰、鼓励我。 我的儿女凄凉孤苦， 因为仇敌已经得胜。”

17 Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

17 锡安伸手求助，却无人安慰她。 耶和华已命四周邻国与雅各为敌。 耶路撒冷在他们当中成了污秽之物。

18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

18 “但耶和华是公义的， 因为我违背了祂的命令。 万国啊，请听我的话， 看看我的痛苦！ 我的少男少女都被掳去。

19 I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

19 “我向情人们求助， 他们却欺骗我。 我的祭司和长老在觅食求生时， 倒毙在城中。

20 See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

20 “耶和华啊， 看看我是多么痛苦！ 我愁肠百结， 我的心灵翻腾， 因为我极其悖逆。 街上有刀剑夺命， 家中有死亡笼罩。

21 People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

21 “人们听见我的哀叹， 却无人安慰我。 敌人听说你降给我的灾难， 都幸灾乐祸。 愿你宣告的审判之日来临， 叫他们像我一样受苦！

22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

22 “愿他们的恶行都摆在你眼前！ 你怎样因我一切的罪恶而惩罚我， 愿你也照样惩罚他们！ 我叹息不绝，心中哀伤。”