예레미야애가 3
Korean Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
고통의 의미
3 나는 그가 진노하여 몽둥이로 치실 때 그 아픔을 모두 겪은 사람이다.
2 그가 나를 쫓아내어 빛도 없는 어둠 속을 헤매게 하고
3 나를 치려고 든 손으로 온 종일 나를 치고 또 쳤다.
4 그가 내 살과 가죽을 늙게 하고
내 뼈를 짓부수었으며
5 비탄과 고통으로 나를 에워싸 공격하고
6 죽은 지 오랜 자들처럼 어둠 속에 머물게 하였다.
7 내 둘레에 벽을 쌓아 나를 가두고
내게 쇠사슬을 채워 꼼짝 못하게 하였다.
8 내가 울부짖으며 살려 달라 외쳐도
내 기도를 귀담아 듣지도 않았다.
9 내가 가려는 길을 돌무더기로 막고
내 길을 굽게 하였다.
10 덮치려 기다리는 곰처럼
숨어 있는 사자처럼
11 나를 곁길로 빠지게 한 다음
갈기갈기 찢어서 길 가에 버려두고
12 활시위를 당긴 다음
나를 과녁으로 삼고 화살을 날리었다.
13 화살통에서 뽑은 화살로 내 심장을 꿰뚫으니
14 나는 내 온 백성의 웃음거리가 되고
그들은 온 종일 나를 비웃어 노래를 부른다.
15 그가 쓴 풀로 내 배를 채우고
쓸개즙에 넌덜머리나게 하였다.
16 내게 자갈을 씹게 하여 나의 이를 모조리 부러뜨리고
나를 진흙 속에 밀어 넣고 짓밟았다.
17 내게서 평안을 빼앗으니
나는 행복이 무엇인지 잊어버렸다.
18 그래서 나는 말한다.
“이제 내게서는 찬란함도 사라지고
주께 두었던 나의 희망도 모두 끝나버렸다.”
19 나는 모두 기억합니다.
내가 당한 아픔
나의 방황
내가 마신 쑥물과 쓸개즙을 기억합니다.
20 그것들의 기억이 너무도 생생하여 내 마음이 무겁습니다.
21 그러나 이 일들을 떠올리며 오히려 희망을 가지게 됩니다.
22 주의 크신 사랑 덕분에 우리가 깡그리 망하지는 않았다.
그분의 자비는 결코 다하지 않기 때문이다.
23 당신의 자비는 아침마다 새롭고
당신의 신실하심은 크기도 하십니다.
24 나는 늘 자신에게 이른다.
“주는 내가 가진 모든 것[a]
그러기에 나는 그분을 기다리리라[b].”
25 주께서는 당신을 기다리는 사람과
당신을 찾는 사람에게 복을 내리신다.
26 주의 구원을 조용히 기다리는 것이 좋다.
27 젊은 시절에 멍에를 짊어지는[c] 것이 좋다.
28 멍에를 진 사람은 잠자코 홀로 있어야 한다.
주께서 그것을 지워주셨기 때문이다.
29 아직도 희망이 있을지 모르니
흙먼지 속에 얼굴을 묻고 있어야 한다.
30 때리려고 하는 사람에게 뺨을 내밀고
모욕을 당해도 참아야 한다.
31 주께서는 사람을 언제까지나 버려두지 않으시기 때문이다.
32 고통을 주시기는 하나
그의 변함없는 크신 사랑 때문에 자비 또한 베푸시리라.
33 그분이 좋아서 고통을 안기시고
슬픔을 주는 것이 아니시다.
34 이 땅에서 옥에 갇힌 모든 사람이 발아래 짓밟히는 일
35 지극히 높으신 분 앞에서 사람의 권리를 빼앗는 일
36 억울한 판결을 내리는 일
이런 모든 일들을 주께서 보지 않으실 줄 아느냐?
37 주께서 허락하지 않으시면 그 누가 어떤 말을 하고
그 말을 이루어지게 할 수 있더냐?
38 궂은일이나 좋은 일이나 모두
지극히 높으신 분의 입에서 떨어지는 명령으로 일어나는 것이 아니더냐?
39 어찌하여 살아 있는 사람이 자기의 죗값으로 받는 벌을 불평할까보냐?
40 우리 모두 살아온 길을 돌이켜 살펴보고
주께로 돌아가자.
41 우리 모두 하늘에 계신 하나님께 우리의 마음을 열고
두 손을 들어 올리며 아뢰자.
42 “우리가 죄를 지어 주님을 거역하였습니다.
주께서는 우리를 용서하지 않으셨습니다.
43 주께서는 몹시 노하셔서 우리를 내쫓으시고
사정없이 우리를 죽이셨습니다.
44 당신께서는 구름으로 자신을 두르시어
우리의 기도가 당신께 이르지 못하게 하셨습니다.
45 당신께서는 우리를 뭇 민족 가운데 찌꺼기와 쓰레기가 되게 하셨습니다.
46 모든 원수들이 입을 열어 우리를 해치는 말을 합니다.
47 우리는 두려움을 겪고
덫에 걸리고
파멸과 파괴를 당하였습니다.”
48 나의 백성이 망하는 것을 보니 눈에서 눈물이 냇물처럼 흐릅니다.
49 나의 눈에서 쉼 없이 눈물이 흘러넘치리라.
50 주께서 하늘에서 보시고 우리를 돌아보실 때까지 흐르리라.
51 나의 도성에 사는 가엾은 이 여인들을 보니
나의 영혼이 슬프지 않을 수 없습니다.
52 까닭 없이 나의 원수가 된 자들이
새를 사냥하듯 나를 쫓습니다.
53 그들은 나를 죽이려고 물웅덩이에 처넣고
나에게 돌을 던졌습니다.
54 나의 머리 위로 물이 흘러넘치니
“나는 이제 죽는구나.” 생각했습니다.
55 오, 주님
깊은 구덩이 속에서 내가 주의 이름을 불렀습니다.
56 주여, 나의 기도를 들어주소서.
“주여 살려 달라 당신께 비오니
당신의 귀를 막지 마소서.”
57 내가 당신을 부를 때 당신은 가까이 오소서.
말씀해주소서.
“무서워하지 말아라.”라고.
58 오, 주님
나의 변호를 받아주소서.
나의 목숨을 살려주소서.
59 오, 주님
당신은 내가 당한 억울한 일을 보시옵소서.
나에게 바른 판결을 내려주시옵소서.
60 당신은 그들이 내게 품은 복수심과
나를 해치려는 음모를 보시옵소서.
61 오, 주님
당신은 나를 비웃는 소리와
나를 해치려는 음모와
62 나의 원수들이
나를 해치려고 온 종일 수군대는 소문을 다 들으소서.
63 보십시오.
그들은 앉으나 서나 나를 비웃는 노래를 불러댑니다.
64 오, 주님
그들이 저지른 일을 그대로 갚아 주십시오.
65 그들의 마음을 너울로 덮어 깨닫지 못하게 하시고
그들에게 저주를 내려주십시오.
66 진노로 그들을 뒤쫓아
주의 하늘 아래에서 그들을 깡그리 없애버리십시오.
Lamentations 3
King James Version
3 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission.
50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
Lamentations 3
New King James Version
The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope
3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
2 He has led me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
3 Surely He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.
4 He has aged (A)my flesh and my skin,
And (B)broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and [a]woe.
6 (C)He has set me in dark places
Like the dead of long ago.
7 (D)He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out;
He has made my chain heavy.
8 Even (E)when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
10 (F)He has been to me a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in [b]ambush.
11 He has turned aside my ways and (G)torn me in pieces;
He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow
And (H)set me up as a target for the arrow.
13 He has caused (I)the [c]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my [d]loins.
14 I have become the (J)ridicule of all my people—
(K)Their taunting song all the day.
15 (L)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.
16 He has also broken my teeth (M)with gravel,
And [e]covered me with ashes.
17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [f]prosperity.
18 (N)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
(O)The wormwood and the [g]gall.
20 My soul still remembers
And [h]sinks within me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (P)hope.
22 (Q)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (R)fail not.
23 They are new (S)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (T)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (U)hope in Him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who (V)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (W)hope (X)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 (Y)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 (Z)Let him sit alone and keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
29 (AA)Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
30 (AB)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
31 (AC)For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
33 For (AD)He does not afflict [i]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,
36 Or subvert a man in his cause—
(AE)The Lord does not approve.
37 Who is he (AF)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (AG)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (AH)Why should a living man [j]complain,
(AI)A man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (AJ)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
42 (AK)We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.
45 You have made us an (AL)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
46 (AM)All our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.
47 (AN)Fear and a snare have come upon us,
(AO)Desolation and destruction.
48 (AP)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 (AQ)My eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
50 Till the Lord from heaven
(AR)Looks down and sees.
51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies (AS)without cause
Hunted me down like a bird.
53 They [k]silenced my life (AT)in the pit
And (AU)threw [l]stones at me.
54 (AV)The waters flowed over my head;
(AW)I said, “I am cut off!”
55 (AX)I called on Your name, O Lord,
From the lowest (AY)pit.
56 (AZ)You have heard my voice:
“Do not hide Your ear
From my sighing, from my cry for help.”
57 You (BA)drew near on the day I called on You,
And said, (BB)“Do not fear!”
58 O Lord, You have (BC)pleaded the case for my soul;
(BD)You have redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, You have seen [m]how I am wronged;
(BE)Judge my case.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
All their (BF)schemes against me.
61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,
62 The lips of my enemies
And their whispering against me all the day.
63 Look at their (BG)sitting down and their rising up;
I am their taunting song.
64 (BH)Repay them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
65 Give them [n]a veiled heart;
Your curse be upon them!
66 In Your anger,
Pursue and destroy them
(BI)From under the heavens of the (BJ)Lord.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:5 hardship or weariness
- Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. sons of
- Lamentations 3:13 Lit. kidneys
- Lamentations 3:16 Lit. bent me down in
- Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good
- Lamentations 3:19 bitterness
- Lamentations 3:20 Lit. bowed down
- Lamentations 3:33 Lit. from His heart
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
- Lamentations 3:53 LXX put to death
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit. a stone on
- Lamentations 3:59 Lit. my wrong
- Lamentations 3:65 A Jewish tradition sorrow of
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