Lamentations 4
1 How is the golde become so dimme? the most fine golde is changed, and the stones of the Sanctuarie are scattered in the corner of euery streete.
ああ黄金は光をうしなひ純金は色を變じ 聖所の石はもろもろの街衢の口に投すてられたり
2 The noble men of Zion coparable to fine golde, howe are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, euen the worke of the handes of the potter!
ああ精金にも比ぶべきシオンの愛子等は陶噐師の手の作なる土の器のごとくに見做る
3 Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
山犬さへも乳房をたれてその子に乳を哺す 然るにわが民の女は殘忍荒野の鴕鳥のごとくなれり
4 The tongue of the sucking childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the yong children aske bread, but no man breaketh it vnto them.
乳哺兒の舌は渇きて上顎にひたと貼き 幼兒はパンをもとむるも擘てあたふる者なし
5 They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.
肥甘物をくらひ居りし者はおちぶれて街衢にあり 紅の衣服にて育てられし者も今は塵堆を抱く
6 For the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom, that was destroyed as in a moment, and none pitched campes against her.
今我民の女のうくる愆の罰はソドムの罪の罰よりもおほいなり ソドムは古昔人に手を加へらるることなくして瞬く間にほろぼされしなり
7 Her Nazarites were purer then the snowe, and whiter then ye milke: they were more ruddie in bodie, then the redde precious stones; they were like polished saphir.
わが民の中なる貴き人は從前には雪よりも咬潔に乳よりも白く 珊瑚よりも躰紅色にしてその形貌のうるはしきこと藍玉のごとくなりしが
8 Nowe their visage is blacker then a cole: they can not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered like a stocke.
いまはその面くろきが上に黒く 街衢にあるとも人にしられず その皮は骨にひたと貼き 乾きて枯木のごとくなれり
9 They that be slaine with the sword are better, then they that are killed with hunger: for they fade away as they were striken through for the fruites of the fielde.
劍にて死る者は饑て死る者よりもさいはひなり そは斯る者は田圃の産物の罄るによりて漸々におとろへゆき刺れし者のごとくに成ばなり
10 The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, which were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
わが民の女のほろぶる時には情愛ふかき婦人等さへも手づから己の子等を煮て食となせり
11 The Lord hath accomplished his indignation: he hath powred out his fierce wrath, he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath deuoured the foundations thereof.
ヱホバその憤恨をことごとく洩し 烈しき怒をそそぎ給ひ シオンに火をもやしてその基礎までも焼しめ給へり
12 The Kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not haue beleeued that the aduersarie and the enemie should haue entred into the gates of Ierusalem:
地の諸王も世のもろもろの民もすべてヱルサレムの門に仇や敵の打いらんとは信ぜざりき
13 For the sinnes of her Prophets, and the iniquities of her Priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middes of her.
斯なりしはその預言者の罪によりその祭司の愆によれり かれらは即はち正しき者の血をその邑の中にながしたりき
14 They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.
今かれらは盲人のごとく街衢にさまよひ 身は血にて汚れをれば人その衣服にふるるあたはず
15 But they cried vnto them, Depart, ye polluted, depart, depart, touch not: therefore they fled away, and wandered: they haue sayd among the heathen, They shall no more dwell there.
人かれらに向ひて呼はり言ふ 去れよ穢らはし 去れ去れ觸るなかれと 彼らはしり去りて流離ば異邦人の中間にても人々また言ふ 彼らは此に寓るべからずと
16 The anger of the Lord hath scattered them, he will no more regard them: they reuerenced not the face of the Priestes, nor had compassion of the Elders.
ヱホバ怒れる面をもてこれを散し給へり 再びこれを顧みたまはじ 人々祭司の面をも尊ばず長老をもあはれまざりき
17 Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.
われらは頼まれぬ救援を望みて目つかれおとろふ 我らは俟ゐたりしが救拯をなすこと能はざる國人を待をりぬ
18 They hunt our steppes that we cannot goe in our streetes: our ende is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.
敵われらの脚をうかがへば我らはおのれの街衢をも歩くことあたはず 我らの終ちかづけり 我らの日つきたり 即ち我らの終きたりぬ
19 Our persecuters are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.
我らを追ふものは天空ゆく鷲よりも迅し 山にて我らを追ひ 野に伏てわれらを伺ふ
20 The breath of our nostrels, the Anoynted of the Lord was taken in their nets, of whome we sayde, Vnder his shadowe we shalbe preserued aliue among the heathen.
かの我らが鼻の氣息たる者ヱホバに膏そそがれたるものは陷阱にて執へられにき 是はわれらが異邦にありてもこの蔭に住んとおもひたりし者なり
21 Reioyce and be glad, O daughter Edom, that dwellest in the lande of Vz, the cuppe also shall passe through vnto thee: thou shalt be drunken and vomit.
ウズの地に住むエドムの女よ悦び樂しめ 汝にもまたつひに杯めぐりゆかん なんぢも醉て裸になるべし
22 Thy punishment is accomplished, O daughter Zion: he will no more carie thee away into captiuitie, but he will visite thine iniquitie, O daughter Edom, he wil discouer thy sinnes.
シオンの女よ なんぢが愆の罰はをはれり 重ねてなんぢを擄へゆきたまはじ エドムの女よ なんぢの愆を罰したまはん 汝の罪を露はしたまはん
