Lamentations 5

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

1 耶和華啊，求你記念我們所遭遇的事， 觀看我們所受的凌辱。

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

2 我們的產業歸與外邦人； 我們的房屋歸與外路人。

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

3 我們是無父的孤兒； 我們的母親好像寡婦。

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

4 我們出錢才得水喝； 我們的柴是人賣給我們的。

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

5 追趕我們的，到了我們的頸項上； 我們疲乏不得歇息。

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

6 我們投降埃及人和亞述人， 為要得糧吃飽。

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

7 我們列祖犯罪，而今不在了； 我們擔當他們的罪孽。

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

8 奴僕轄制我們， 無人救我們脫離他們的手。

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

9 因為曠野的刀劍， 我們冒着險才得糧食。

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

10 因飢餓燥熱， 我們的皮膚就黑如爐。

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

11 敵人在錫安玷污婦人， 在猶大的城邑玷污處女。

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

12 他們吊起首領的手， 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，都絆跌了。

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

14 老年人在城門口斷絕； 少年人不再作樂。

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

15 我們心中的快樂止息， 跳舞變為悲哀。

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

16 冠冕從我們的頭上落下； 我們犯罪了，我們有禍了！

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

17 這些事我們心裏發昏， 我們的眼睛昏花。

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

18 錫安山荒涼， 野狗 行在其上。

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

19 耶和華啊，你存到永遠； 你的寶座存到萬代。

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

20 你為何永遠忘記我們？ 為何許久離棄我們？

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

21 耶和華啊，求你使我們向你回轉， 我們便得回轉。 求你復新我們的日子，像古時一樣。

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

22 你竟全然棄絕我們， 向我們大發烈怒？