哀歌 5
Japanese Living Bible
悔悟の祈り
5 主よ、私たちの身に起こったことをみな
思い出してください。
私たちが、どんなに大きな悲しみを
忍ばなければならないかに、目を留めてください。
2 私たちの家にも、国にも、
見知らぬ外国人が住みついています。
3 父親は死に、母親は未亡人となり、
私たちは孤児となりました。
4 飲み水にさえ、金を払わなければならなくなりました。
たきぎを買おうとすると、
とほうもない値段をつけられます。
5 私たちは支配者の足もとにひれ伏し、
いつ終わるとも知れない労働にせき立てられます。
6 パンを得るために、
エジプトやアッシリヤに頭を下げます。
7 私たちの先祖は罪を犯しましたが、
さばきが下る前に死にました。
私たちは、彼らの受けるはずの刑罰を
背負い込んだのです。
8 以前は私たちに仕えていた召使が、
今では主人に取って代わりました。
私たちを救ってくれる者は一人もいません。
9 私たちは、
敵に襲われていのちを落とすのを覚悟して、
食べ物を探しに荒野へ行きました。
10 皮膚は、飢えのため黒ずんできました。
11 敵はエルサレムの女や、
ユダの町々の娘を辱めました。
12 指導者たちは彼らの手でつるされ、
長老たちもさげすまれました。
13 彼らは、ひき臼をひかせるために若い人たちを、
重い荷をかつがせるために幼い子どもたちを、
労働力として連れ去りました。
14 もう町の門に、老人たちは座っていません。
若者が踊ったり歌ったりする姿も、
もう見ません。
15 喜びを忘れ、
踊りは死の踊りとなりました。
16 私たちの栄光は去り、
頭から冠が転げ落ちました。
私たちが罪を犯したために、
災いが降りかかったのです。
17 私たちの心は弱って疲れはて、目はかすんでいます。
18 エルサレムと神殿は荒れはてて、住む人もなく、
いるのは廃墟を歩き回る野獣だけです。
19 主よ。あなたはいつまでも変わらないお方で、
御座は永久に続きます。
20 それなのになぜ、私たちを忘れてしまったのですか。
なぜ、こんなに長い間、
見捨てておくのですか。
21 私たちに御顔を向け、
もう一度、みもとに戻してください。
それだけが私たちの望みです。
以前の喜びを返してください。
22 それとも、神は私たちを
すっかり見放してしまったのですか。
まだ私たちを怒っているのでしょうか。
Lamentations 5
New King James Version
Prayer for Restoration
5 Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans and waifs,
Our mothers are like (D)widows.
4 We pay for the water we drink,
And our wood comes at a price.
5 (E)They pursue at our [a]heels;
We labor and have no rest.
6 (F)We have given our hand (G)to the Egyptians
And the (H)Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 (I)Our fathers sinned and are no more,
But we bear their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives,
Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
11 They (J)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
13 Young men (K)ground at the millstones;
Boys staggered under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their (L)music.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased;
Our dance has turned into (M)mourning.
16 (N)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(O)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
18 Because of Mount Zion which is (P)desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.
19 You, O Lord, (Q)remain forever;
(R)Your throne from generation to generation.
20 (S)Why do You forget us forever,
And forsake us for so long a time?
21 (T)Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be [b]restored;
Renew our days as of old,
22 Unless You have utterly rejected us,
And are very angry with us!
Footnotes
- Lamentations 5:5 Lit. necks
- Lamentations 5:21 returned
Lamentations 5
English Standard Version
Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord
5 (A)Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see (B)our disgrace!
2 (C)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
our mothers are like widows.
4 We must pay for the water we drink;
the wood we get must be bought.
5 (D)Our pursuers are at our necks;
we are weary; we are given no rest.
6 We have given the hand to (E)Egypt, and to (F)Assyria,
to get bread enough.
7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
(G)and we bear their iniquities.
8 (H)Slaves rule over us;
there is none to deliver us from their hand.
9 (I)We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 (J)Our skin is hot as an oven
with (K)the burning heat of famine.
11 Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
12 (L)Princes are hung up by their hands;
(M)no respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to (N)grind at the mill,
and boys stagger (O)under loads of wood.
14 (P)The old men have left the city gate,
the young men (Q)their music.
15 (R)The joy of our hearts has ceased;
(S)our dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 (T)The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this (U)our heart has become sick,
for these things (V)our eyes have grown dim,
18 for Mount Zion which lies desolate;
(W)jackals prowl over it.
19 (X)But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations.
20 (Y)Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
21 (Z)Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored!
Renew our days as of old—
22 (AA)unless you have utterly rejected us,
and you remain exceedingly angry with us.
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