Lamentations 3

我是因耶和华忿怒的杖， 遭遇困苦的人。

wǒ shì yīn yē hé huá fèn nù de zhàng ， zāo yù kùn kǔ de rén 。

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

他引导我，使我行在黑暗中， 不行在光明里。

tā yǐn dǎo wǒ ， shǐ wǒ xíng zài hēi àn zhōng ， bù xíng zài guāng míng lǐ 。

He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

他真是终日再三反手攻击我。

tā zhēn shi zhōng rì zài sān fǎn shǒu gōng jī wǒ 。

Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.

他使我的皮肉枯干； 他折断 我的骨头。

tā shǐ wǒ de pí ròu kū gān ； tā zhé duàn wǒ de gǔ tou 。

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

他筑垒攻击我， 用苦楚 和艰难围困我。

tā zhù lěi gōng jī wǒ ， yòng kǔ chǔ hé jiān nán wéi kùn wǒ 。

He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

他使我住在幽暗之处， 像死了许久的人一样。

tā shǐ wǒ zhù zài yōu àn zhī chù ， xiàng sǐ le xǔ jiǔ de rén yí yàng 。

He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

他用篱笆围住我，使我不能出去； 他使我的铜链沉重。

tā yòng lí ba wéi zhù wǒ ， shǐ wǒ bù néng chū qù ； tā shǐ wǒ de tóng liàn chén zhòng 。

He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.

我哀号求救； 他使我的祷告不得上达。

wǒ āi háo qiú jiù ； tā shǐ wǒ de dǎo gào bù dé shàng dá 。

Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

他用凿过的石头挡住我的道； 他使我的路弯曲。

tā yòng záo guò de shí tou dǎng zhù wǒ de dào ； tā shǐ wǒ de lù wān qū 。

He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.

他向我如熊埋伏， 如狮子在隐密处。

tā xiàng wǒ rú xióng mái fú ， rú shī zi zài yǐn mì chù 。

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.

他使我转离正路， 将我撕碎，使我凄凉。

tā shǐ wǒ zhuǎn lí zhèng lù ， jiāng wǒ sī suì ， shǐ wǒ qī liáng 。

He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.

他张弓将我当作箭靶子。

tā zhāng gōng jiāng wǒ dàng zuò jiàn bǎ zǐ 。

He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

他把箭袋中的箭射入我的肺腑。

tā bǎ jiàn dài zhōng de jiàn shè rù wǒ de fèi fǔ 。

He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

我成了众民的笑话； 他们终日以我为歌曲。

wǒ chéng le zhòng mín de xiào hua ； tā men zhōng rì yǐ wǒ wéi gē qǔ 。

I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.

他用苦楚充满我，使我饱用茵 。

tā yòng kǔ chǔ chōng mǎn wǒ ， shǐ wǒ bǎo yòng yīn 。

He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

他又用沙石碜断我的牙， 用灰尘将我蒙蔽。

tā yòu yòng shā shí chěn duàn wǒ de yá ， yòng huī chén jiāng wǒ méng bì 。

He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.

你使我远离平安， 我忘记好处。

nǐ shǐ wǒ yuǎn lí píng ān ， wǒ wàng jì hǎo chù 。

You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.

我就说：我的力量衰败； 我在耶和华那里毫无指望！

wǒ jiù shuō ： wǒ de lì liang shuāi bài ； wǒ zài yē hé huá nà li háo wú zhǐ wàng ！

I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”

耶和华啊，求你记念我 如茵 和苦胆的困苦窘迫。

yē hé huá a ， qiú nǐ jì niàn wǒ rú yīn hé kǔ dǎn de kùn kǔ jiǒng pò 。

Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.

我心想念这些， 就在里面忧闷。

wǒ xīn xiǎng niàn zhè xiē ， jiù zài lǐ miàn yōu mèn 。

My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

我想起这事， 心里就有指望。

wǒ xiǎng qǐ zhè shì ， xīn li jiù yǒu zhǐ wàng 。

This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.

我们不致消灭， 是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱； 是因他的怜悯不致断绝。

wǒ men bú zhì xiāo miè ， shì chū yú yē hé huá zhū bān de cí ài ； shì yīn tā de lián mǐn bú zhì duàn jué 。

It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

每早晨，这都是新的； 你的诚实极其广大！

měi zǎo chén ， zhè dōu shì xīn de ； nǐ de chéng shí jí qí guǎng dà ！

They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

我心里说：耶和华是我的分， 因此，我要仰望他。

wǒ xīn li shuō ： yē hé huá shì wǒ de fèn ， yīn cǐ ， wǒ yào yǎng wàng tā 。

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

凡等候耶和华，心里寻求他的， 耶和华必施恩给他。

fán děng hòu yē hé huá ， xīn li xún qiú tā de ， yē hé huá bì shī ēn gěi tā 。

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

人仰望耶和华， 静默等候他的救恩， 这原是好的。

rén yǎng wàng yē hé huá ， jìng mò děng hòu tā de jiù ēn ， zhè yuán shì hǎo de 。

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

人在幼年负轭， 这原是好的。

rén zài yòu nián fù è ， zhè yuán shì hǎo de 。

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

他当独坐无言， 因为这是耶和华加在他身上的。

tā dāng dú zuò wú yán ， yīn wèi zhè shì yē hé huá jiā zài tā shēn shang de 。

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

他当口贴尘埃， 或者有指望。

tā dāng kǒu tiē chén āi ， huò zhě yǒu zhǐ wàng 。

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.

他当由人打他的腮颊， 要满受凌辱。

tā dāng yóu rén dǎ tā de sāi jiá ， yào mǎn shòu líng rǔ 。

Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

因为主必不永远丢弃人。

yīn wèi zhǔ bì bù yǒng yuǎn diū qì rén 。

For the Lord will not cast off forever.

主虽使人忧愁， 还要照他诸般的慈爱发怜悯。

zhǔ suī shǐ rén yōu chóu ， hái yào zhào tā zhū bān de cí ài fā lián mǐn 。

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

因他并不甘心使人受苦， 使人忧愁。

yīn tā bìng bù gān xīn shǐ rén shòu kǔ ， shǐ rén yōu chóu 。

For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

人将世上被囚的踹 在脚下，

rén jiāng shì shàng bèi qiú de chuài zài jiǎo xià ，

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

或在至高者面前屈枉人，

huò zài zhì gāo zhě miàn qián qū wǎng rén ，

to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

或在人的讼事上颠倒是非， 这都是主看不上的。

huò zài rén de sòng shì shàng diān dǎo shì fēi ， zhè dōu shì zhǔ kàn bú shàng de 。

to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

除非主命定， 谁能说成就成呢？

chú fēi zhǔ mìng dìng ， shuí néng shuō chéng jiù chéng ne ？

Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

祸福不都出于至高者的口吗？

huò fú bù dōu chū yú zhì gāo zhě de kǒu ma ？

Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

活人因自己的罪受罚， 为何发怨言呢？

huó rén yīn zì jǐ de zuì shòu fá ， wèi hé fā yuàn yán ne ？

Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

我们当深深考察自己的行为， 再归向耶和华。

wǒ men dāng shēn shēn kǎo chá zì jǐ de xíng wéi ， zài guī xiàng yē hé huá 。

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

我们当诚心向天上的 神举手祷告。

wǒ men dāng chéng xīn xiàng tiān shàng de shén jǔ shǒu dǎo gào 。

Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

我们犯罪背逆， 你并不赦免。

wǒ men fàn zuì bèi nì ， nǐ bìng bú shè miǎn 。

“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.

你自被怒气遮蔽，追赶我们； 你施行杀戮，并不顾惜。

nǐ zì bèi nù qì zhē bì ， zhuī gǎn wǒ men ； nǐ shī xíng shā lù ， bìng bú gù xī 。

“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.

你以黑云遮蔽自己， 以致祷告不得透入。

nǐ yǐ hēi yún zhē bì zì jǐ ， yǐ zhì dǎo gào bù dé tòu rù 。

You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

你使我们在万民中成为污秽和渣滓。

nǐ shǐ wǒ men zài wàn mín zhōng chéng wéi wū huì hé zhā zǐ 。

You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.

我们的仇敌都向我们大大张口。

wǒ men de chóu dí dōu xiàng wǒ men dà dà zhāng kǒu 。

“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭， 都临近我们。

kǒng jù hé xiàn kēng ， cán hài hé huǐ miè ， dōu lín jìn wǒ men 。

Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”

因我众民遭的毁灭， 我就眼泪下流如河。

yīn wǒ zhòng mín zāo de huǐ miè ， wǒ jiù yǎn lèi xià liú rú hé 。

My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

我的眼多多流泪， 总不止息，

wǒ de yǎn duō duō liú lèi ， zǒng bù zhǐ xī ，

My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,

直等耶和华垂顾， 从天观看。

zhí děng yē hé huá chuí gù ， cóng tiān guān kàn 。

until the LORD looks down, and sees from heaven.

因我本城的众民， 我的眼，使我的心伤痛。

yīn wǒ běn chéng de zhòng mín ， wǒ de yǎn ， shǐ wǒ de xīn shāng tòng 。

My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

无故与我为仇的追逼我， 像追雀鸟一样。

wú gù yǔ wǒ wéi chóu de zhuī bī wǒ ， xiàng zhuī què niǎo yí yàng 。

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

他们使我的命在牢狱中断绝， 并将一块石头抛在我身上。

tā men shǐ wǒ de mìng zài láo yù zhōng duàn jué ， bìng jiāng yí kuài shí tou pāo zài wǒ shēn shang 。

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

众水流过我头， 我说：我命断绝了！

zhòng shuǐ liú guò wǒ tóu ， wǒ shuō ： wǒ mìng duàn jué le ！

Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

耶和华啊， 我从深牢中求告你的名。

yē hé huá a ， wǒ cóng shēn láo zhōng qiú gào nǐ de míng 。

I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.

你曾听见我的声音； 我求你解救， 你不要掩耳不听。

nǐ céng tīng jiàn wǒ de shēng yīn ； wǒ qiú nǐ jiě jiù ， nǐ bú yào yǎn ěr bù tīng 。

You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”

我求告你的日子，你临近我， 说：不要惧怕！

wǒ qiú gào nǐ de rì zi ， nǐ lín jìn wǒ ， shuō ： bú yào jù pà ！

You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

主啊，你伸明了我的冤； 你救赎了我的命。

zhǔ a ， nǐ shēn míng le wǒ de yuān ； nǐ jiù shú le wǒ de mìng 。

Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

耶和华啊，你见了我受的委屈； 求你为我伸冤。

yē hé huá a ， nǐ jiàn le wǒ shòu de wěi qu ； qiú nǐ wèi wǒ shēn yuān 。

LORD, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

他们仇恨我，谋害我， 你都看见了。

tā men chóu hèn wǒ ， móu hài wǒ ， nǐ dōu kàn jiàn le 。

You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.

耶和华啊，你听见他们辱骂我的话， 知道他们向我所设的计，

yē hé huá a ， nǐ tīng jiàn tā men rǔ mà wǒ de huà ， zhī dào tā men xiàng wǒ suǒ shè de jì ，

You have heard their reproach, LORD, and all their plans against me,

并那些起来攻击我的人口中所说的话， 以及终日向我所设的计谋。

bìng nà xiē qǐ lái gōng jī wǒ de rén kǒu zhōng suǒ shuō de huà ， yǐ jí zhōng rì xiàng wǒ suǒ shè de jì móu 。

the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.

求你观看， 他们坐下，起来，都以我为歌曲。

qiú nǐ guān kàn ， tā men zuò xia ， qǐ lái ， dōu yǐ wǒ wéi gē qǔ 。

You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.

耶和华啊，你要按着他们手所做的 向他们施行报应。

yē hé huá a ， nǐ yào àn zhe tā men shǒu suǒ zuò de xiàng tā men shī xíng bào yìng 。

You will pay them back, LORD, according to the work of their hands.

你要使他们心里刚硬， 使你的咒诅临到他们。

nǐ yào shǐ tā men xīn li gāng yìng ， shǐ nǐ de zhòu zǔ lín dào tā men 。

You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

你要发怒追赶他们， 从耶和华的天下除灭他们。

nǐ yào fā nù zhuī gǎn tā men ， cóng yē hé huá de tiān xià chú miè tā men 。

You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.