I said,‘ I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

我说：我从你眼前虽被驱逐，我仍要仰望你的圣殿。

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐，然而我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐，然而我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我心想，你已经驱逐我离开你的面，但我要再瞻仰你的圣殿。

我说：‘我虽从你眼前被赶逐，我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐了；我却要再次仰望你圣洁的殿！’

我說：我從你眼前雖被驅逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐，然而我仍要仰望你的聖殿。』

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐，然而我仍要仰望你的聖殿。』

我心想，你已經驅逐我離開你的面，但我要再瞻仰你的聖殿。

我說：‘我雖從你眼前被趕逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。’

我心裏說：「我既被驅逐、離開你眼前，怎能再仰望你的聖殿堂呢？」

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐了；我卻要再次仰望你聖潔的殿！』

我曰、我自爾目前見擲、然仍瞻望爾之聖殿、

子率爾吐詞、見絕於爾、然余猶望爾之聖殿、

我言雖已絕絕原文作被逐於主之目前、猶有冀望、復得瞻仰主之聖殿、或作我言已絕於主前豈復得瞻仰主之聖殿乎

I said,‘ I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

Then I said,‘ I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’

Then I said,‘ O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’

And I said,“ I have been banished from your sight, yet I will look once more toward your holy temple.”

So I said,‘ I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Then I said,‘ I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

I said,‘ I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

I was afraid and said,“ I’ve been cut off from you!” But you heard my cry for your favor. You heard me when I called out to you for help.

Because of your great love I can come into your house. With deep respect I bow down toward your holy temple.

And they turn back to you with all their heart and soul. Suppose it happens in the land where they were taken as prisoners. There they pray toward the land you gave their people long ago. They pray toward the city you have chosen. And they pray toward the temple I’ve built for your Name.

Daniel found out that the king had signed the order. In spite of that, he did just as he had always done before. He went home to his upstairs room. Its windows opened toward Jerusalem. He went to his room three times a day to pray. He got down on his knees and gave thanks to his God.

But I will throw you out of my land. That is exactly what I did to the people of Ephraim. And they are your relatives.” ’

I’m sure it was for my benefit that I suffered such great pain. You love me. You kept me from going down into the pit of death. You have put all my sins behind your back.

But the city of Zion said,“ The Lord has deserted me. The Lord has forgotten me.”

Then the Lord said to me,“ Son of man, these bones stand for all the people of Israel. The people say,‘ Our bones are dried up. We’ve lost all hope. We are destroyed.’

Then the Lord said to me,“ Suppose Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me. Even then my heart would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me! Let them go!

When they get here, they will find out even more about your great name. They’ll hear about how you reached out your mighty hand and powerful arm. So they’ll come and pray toward this temple.

But suppose one of your people prays to you. They ask you to help them. They are aware of how much their own heart is suffering. And they spread out their hands toward this temple to pray.Then listen to them from heaven. It’s the place where you live. Forgive them. Take action. Deal with everyone in keeping with everything they do. You know their hearts. In fact, you are the only one who knows every human heart.

And they turn back to you with all their heart and soul. Suppose it happens in the land of their enemies who took them away as prisoners. There they pray to you toward the land you gave their people long ago. They pray toward the city you have chosen. And they pray toward the temple I’ve built for your Name.

Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.

I said,“ I’m enjoying the best years of my life. Must I now go through the gates of death? Will the rest of my years be taken away from me?”I said,“ Lord, I’ll never see you again while I’m still alive. I’ll never see people anymore. I’ll never again be with those who live in this world.My body is like a shepherd’s tent. It has been pulled down and carried off. My life is like a piece of cloth that I’ve rolled up. You have cut it off from the loom. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.I waited patiently until sunrise. But like a lion you broke all my bones. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

I cried out to God for help. I cried out to God to hear me.When I was in trouble, I looked to the Lord for help. During the night I lifted up my hands in prayer. But I refused to be comforted.God, I remembered you, and I groaned. I thought about you, and I became weak.You kept me from going to sleep. I was so troubled I couldn’t speak.I thought about days gone by. I thought about the years of long ago.I remembered how I used to sing praise to you in the night. I thought about it, and here is what I asked myself.“ Will the Lord turn away from us forever? Won’t he ever show us his kindness again?