凄惨的耶路撒冷
1从前人烟稠密的城，
现在何其荒凉！
从前扬威万邦的强国，
现在竟像寡妇一样。
从前在诸省做公主的，
现在却沦为奴婢。
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通往锡安1:4 “锡安”又称“耶路撒冷”。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敌人做了她的主人，
兴旺发达。
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。
仇敌看见她，都嘲笑她的灭亡。
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她的裙子沾满污秽，
她未曾想过自己的结局。
她的败落无比凄惨，
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敌人伸手夺去她的一切珍宝。
她目睹外族人闯入圣殿——那是耶和华禁止他们进入的地方。
11她的人民呻吟着四处觅食，
用珍宝换取粮食维生。
耶路撒冷的哀叹
她说：“耶和华啊，求你眷顾我，
因为我被人蔑视。
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“祂从高天降下火来，
焚烧我的骨头；
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“我的罪恶连接成轭，
祂亲手把它们编在一起，
绑在我的颈项上，
使我筋疲力尽。
主把我交给我无力抵挡的敌人。
15“主藐视我所有的勇士，
召集军队攻击我，
打垮我的青年。
主践踏犹大人1:15 “犹大人”希伯来文是“犹大的纯洁少女”。，
如同在榨酒池踩踏。
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锡安伸手求助，却无人理睬。
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“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！
我的年轻男女都被掳去。
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“耶和华啊，
看看我是多么痛苦！
我的内脏搅动，
我的心灵翻腾，
因为我背叛了你。
街上有屠杀，
家中有死亡。
21“人们听见我的哀叹，
却无人安慰我。
敌人看见你降给我的灾难，
都幸灾乐祸。
愿你应许的审判之日来临，
叫他们像我一样受苦！
22“愿他们的恶行都摆在你眼前！
你怎样因我的罪恶而惩罚我，
愿你也照样惩罚他们！
我叹息不绝，心中哀伤。”
This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. 1How deserted lies the city,
once so full of people!
How like a widow is she,
who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
has now become a slave.
2Bitterly she weeps at night,
tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
there is no-one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.
3After affliction and harsh labour,
Judah has gone into exile.
She dwells among the nations;
she finds no resting-place.
All who pursue her have overtaken her
in the midst of her distress.
4The roads to Zion mourn,
for no-one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she is in bitter anguish.
5Her foes have become her masters;
her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief
because of her many sins.
Her children have gone into exile,
captive before the foe.
6All the splendour has departed
from Daughter Zion.
Her princes are like deer
that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled
before the pursuer.
7In 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,
there was no-one to help her.
Her enemies looked at her
and laughed at her destruction.
8Jerusalem has sinned greatly
and so has become unclean.
All who honoured her despise her,
for they have all seen her naked;
she herself groans
and turns away.
9Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
she did not consider her future.
Her fall was astounding;
there was none to comfort her.
‘Look, Lord, on my affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed.’
10The enemy laid hands
on all her treasures;
she saw pagan nations
enter her sanctuary –
those you had forbidden
to enter your assembly.
11All her people groan
as they search for bread;
they barter their treasures for food
to keep themselves alive.
‘Look, Lord, and consider,
for I am despised.’
12‘Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering
that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
in the day of his fierce anger?
13‘From on high he sent fire,
sent it down into my bones.
He spread a net for my feet
and turned me back.
He made me desolate,
faint all the day long.
14‘My sins have been bound into a yoke1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins;
by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands
of those I cannot withstand.
15‘The Lord has rejected
all the warriors in my midst;
he has summoned an army against me
to1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will crush my young men.
In his winepress the Lord has trampled
Virgin Daughter Judah.
16‘This is why I weep
and my eyes overflow with tears.
No-one is near to comfort me,
no-one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.’
17Zion stretches out her hands,
but there is no-one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
that his neighbours become his foes;
Jerusalem has become
an unclean thing among them.
18‘The Lord is righteous,
yet I rebelled against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
look on my suffering.
My young men and young women
have gone into exile.
19‘I called to my allies
but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
perished in the city
while they searched for food
to keep themselves alive.
20‘See, Lord, how distressed I am!
I am in torment within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,
for I have been most rebellious.
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is only death.
21‘People have heard my groaning,
but there is no-one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
they rejoice at what you have done.
May you bring the day you have announced
so that they may become like me.
22‘Let all their wickedness come before you;
deal with them
as you have dealt with me
because of all my sins.
My groans are many
and my heart is faint.’
