Lamentations 5

1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

1 耶和华啊，求你顾念我们的遭遇， 看看我们所受的耻辱！

2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

2 我们的土地被陌生人侵占， 我们的房屋落入外族人手中。

3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

3 我们成了丧父的孤儿， 我们的母亲成了寡妇。

4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

4 我们喝水要付钱， 烧的柴要用钱买。

5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

5 敌人紧追不舍， 我们疲惫不堪，不得安歇。

6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

6 为了得到食物， 我们向埃及、亚述卑躬屈膝。

7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

7 我们的祖先犯了罪， 已经逝去， 我们却要承担他们的罪责。

8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

8 奴仆做了我们的主人， 无人从他们手中解救我们。

9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

9 旷野中杀机四伏， 我们冒着生命危险才得到粮食。

10 Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

10 我们因饥饿而发热， 皮肤热如烤炉。

11 Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

11 妇女在锡安遭强暴， 少女在犹大的城邑被奸污。

12 Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

12 首领双手被吊起来， 老人得不到尊敬。

13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

13 青年被迫推磨， 孩童肩背柴捆，步履蹒跚。

14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

14 老人不再坐在城门口， 青年不再弹琴奏乐。

15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

15 我们心中的快乐消失， 我们的舞蹈变成了哀哭。

16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

16 荣耀的冠冕从我们头上落下。 我们犯了罪，我们有祸了！

17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

17 此情此景使我们黯然神伤， 泪眼模糊。

18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

18 锡安山一片荒凉， 豺狼四处游荡。

19 You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

19 耶和华啊，你永远掌权， 你的宝座世代长存。

20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

20 你为何永远忘记我们？ 为何如此长久地弃绝我们？

21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

21 耶和华啊，求你使我们回到你身边， 让我们归向你， 恢复我们昔日的繁荣！

22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

22 难道你完全弃绝了我们， 仍然向我们大发烈怒吗？