Lamentations 5

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

1 耶和华啊，求你记念我们所遭遇的事， 观看我们所受的凌辱。

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

2 我们的产业归与外邦人； 我们的房屋归与外路人。

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

3 我们是无父的孤儿； 我们的母亲好像寡妇。

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

4 我们出钱才得水喝； 我们的柴是人卖给我们的。

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

5 追赶我们的，到了我们的颈项上； 我们疲乏不得歇息。

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

6 我们投降埃及人和亚述人， 为要得粮吃饱。

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

7 我们列祖犯罪，而今不在了； 我们担当他们的罪孽。

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

8 奴仆辖制我们， 无人救我们脱离他们的手。

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

9 因为旷野的刀剑， 我们冒着险才得粮食。

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

10 因饥饿燥热， 我们的皮肤就黑如炉。

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

11 敌人在锡安玷污妇人， 在犹大的城邑玷污处女。

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

12 他们吊起首领的手， 也不尊敬老人的面。

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

13 少年人扛磨石， 孩童背木柴，都绊跌了。

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

14 老年人在城门口断绝； 少年人不再作乐。

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

15 我们心中的快乐止息， 跳舞变为悲哀。

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

16 冠冕从我们的头上落下； 我们犯罪了，我们有祸了！

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

17 这些事我们心里发昏， 我们的眼睛昏花。

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

18 锡安山荒凉， 野狗 行在其上。

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

19 耶和华啊，你存到永远； 你的宝座存到万代。

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？ 为何许久离弃我们？

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

21 耶和华啊，求你使我们向你回转， 我们便得回转。 求你复新我们的日子，像古时一样。

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

22 你竟全然弃绝我们， 向我们大发烈怒？