I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

我如同旷野的鹈鹕；我好像荒场的鸮鸟。

我如同旷野的鹈鹕，好像荒地的猫头鹰。

我如同旷野的鹈鹕，好像荒地的猫头鹰。

我就像旷野中的鸮鸟，又像废墟中的猫头鹰。

我像旷野的鹈鹕，又像废墟里的猫头鹰。

我像是旷野中的鹈鹕，又像废墟中的猫头鹰；

我如同曠野的鵜鶘；我好像荒場的鴞鳥。

我如同曠野的鵜鶘，好像荒地的貓頭鷹。

我如同曠野的鵜鶘，好像荒地的貓頭鷹。

我就像曠野中的鴞鳥，又像廢墟中的貓頭鷹。

我像曠野的鵜鶘，又像廢墟裡的貓頭鷹。

我好比曠野的叫梟，我如同荒場的鴟鴞。

我像是曠野中的鵜鶘，又像廢墟中的貓頭鷹；

我如曠野之鵜鶘、荒墟之鴟鴞兮、

余若鵜鶘、居彼曠野、余若鸕鶿、止於野水兮、

我如曠野之鵜鶘、又如荒墟之鴟鴞、

形容消瘦盡。長噓更短歎。

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I’m like a desert owl. I’m like an owl among destroyed buildings.

I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far off wilderness.

I am like an eagle owl, like a little owl among the ruins.

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

The herds shall lie down in her midst, Every beast of the nation. Both the pelican and the bittern Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars; Their voice shall sing in the windows; Desolation shall be at the threshold; For He will lay bare the cedar work.

And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying,“ Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it, Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And He shall stretch out over it The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.And thorns shall come up in its palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortresses; It shall be a habitation of jackals, A courtyard for ostriches.The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals, And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion; Also the night creature shall rest there, And find for herself a place of rest.There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs And hatch, and gather them under her shadow; There also shall the hawks be gathered, Every one with her mate.

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches,

I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.My skin grows black and falls from me; My bones burn with fever.

Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!