• 5:1　Remember, O Jehovah, what has come upon us; Look and see our reproach.
  • 耶和华阿，求你记念我们所遭遇的事；注视观看我们所受的凌辱。
  • 5:2　Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
  • 我们的产业，转归异族人；我们的房屋，转归外地人。
  • 5:3　We are orphans without father; Our mothers are like widows.
  • 我们成了无父的孤儿；我们的母亲，好像寡妇。
  • 5:4　We have drunk our water for money; Our wood comes to us at a price.
  • 我们出钱才得水喝；我们的柴是出了代价买来的。
  • 5:5　On our necks are our pursuers; We are weary; we have no rest.
  • 追赶我们的，到了我们的颈项上；我们疲乏，不得歇息。
  • 5:6　We have given our hand to Egypt And to Assyria, so as to be satisfied with bread.
  • 我们投降埃及人和亚述人，为要得粮吃饱。
  • 5:7　Our fathers sinned and they are not, And we ourselves bear their iniquities.
  • 我们列祖犯罪，而今不在了，我们却担当他们的罪孽。
  • 5:8　Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand.
  • 奴仆辖制我们；无人救我们脱离他们的手。
  • 5:9　We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword from the wilderness.
  • 因为旷野的刀剑，我们冒性命的危险，才得粮食。
  • 5:10　Our skin is black like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.
  • 因饥饿的燥热，我们的皮肤黝黑如炉。
  • 5:11　They have ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
  • 他们在锡安玷污妇人，在犹大的城邑玷污处女。
  • 5:12　Princes were hanged by them. The faces of the elders were not honored.
  • 首领被他们吊起，老人的面也不受尊敬。
  • 5:13　The young men bore the mill, And the young boys stumbled under the wood.
  • 少年人扛磨石，孩童背木柴而绊跌。
  • 5:14　The old men have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
  • 老年人在城门口绝迹，少年人不再奏乐。
  • 5:15　The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has been turned into mourning.
  • 我们心中的欢乐止息，跳舞转为悲哀。
  • 5:16　The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us! For we have sinned.
  • 冠冕从我们的头上落下；我们有祸了，因我们犯了罪。
  • 5:17　Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;
  • 为这事我们的心发昏；为这些事我们的眼昏花。
  • 5:18　Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate-Foxes rove in it.
  • 因为锡安山荒凉，狐狸行在其上。
  • 5:19　You, O Jehovah, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
  • 耶和华阿，你存到永远，你的宝座，存到万代。
  • 5:20　Why do You forget us forever And forsake us for so long a time?
  • 你为何永远忘记我们，为何长久离弃我们？
  • 5:21　Turn to us, O Jehovah, and we will be turned; Renew our days as before.
  • 耶和华阿，求你使我们回转，我们便得回转；求你更新我们的日子，像古时一样。
  • 5:22　Or have You utterly rejected us? Are You exceedingly angry with us?
  • 或是你已经全然弃绝我们，向我们大发烈怒？