耶利米哀歌 4
1 黄金何其失光！ 纯金何其变色！ 圣所的石头倒在各市口上。
How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
2 锡安宝贵的众子好比精金， 现在何竟算为窑匠手所做的瓦瓶？
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 野狗尚且把奶乳哺其子， 我民的妇人倒成为残忍， 好像旷野的鸵鸟一般。
Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 吃奶孩子的舌头因干渴贴住上膛； 孩童求饼，无人擘给他们。
The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
5 素来吃美好食物的， 现今在街上变为孤寒； 素来卧朱红褥子的， 现今躺卧粪堆。
Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6 都因我众民的罪孽比所多玛的罪还大； 所多玛虽然无人加手于她， 还是转眼之间被倾覆。
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
7 锡安的贵胄素来比雪纯净， 比奶更白； 他们的身体比红宝玉更红， 像光润的蓝宝石一样。
Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.
8 现在他们的面貌比煤炭更黑， 以致在街上无人认识； 他们的皮肤紧贴骨头， 枯干如同槁木。
Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.
9 饿死的不如被刀杀的， 因为这是缺了田间的土产， 就身体衰弱，渐渐消灭。
Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
10 慈心的妇人，当我众民被毁灭的时候， 亲手煮自己的儿女作为食物。
The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 耶和华发怒成就他所定的， 倒出他的烈怒； 在锡安使火着起， 烧毁锡安的根基。
The LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
12 地上的君王和世上的居民都不信 敌人和仇敌能进耶路撒冷的城门。
The kings of the earth did not believe, neither did all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 这都因她先知的罪恶和祭司的罪孽； 他们在城中流了义人的血。
It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.
14 他们在街上如瞎子乱走， 又被血玷污， 以致人不能摸他们的衣服。
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.
15 人向他们喊着说： 不洁净的，躲开，躲开！ 不要挨近我！ 他们逃走飘流的时候， 列国中有人说： 他们不可仍在这里寄居。
“Go away!” they cried to them. “Unclean! Go away! Go away! Do not touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, “They cannot live here any more.”
16 耶和华发怒，将他们分散， 不再眷顾他们； 人不重看祭司，也不厚待长老。
The LORD’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They did not respect the persons of the priests. They did not favor the elders.
17 我们仰望人来帮助， 以致眼目失明，还是枉然； 我们所盼望的，竟盼望一个不能救人的国！
Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18 仇敌追赶我们的脚步像打猎的， 以致我们不敢在自己的街上行走。 我们的结局临近； 我们的日子满足； 我们的结局来到了。
They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 追赶我们的比空中的鹰更快； 他们在山上追逼我们， 在旷野埋伏，等候我们。
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
20 耶和华的受膏者好比我们鼻中的气， 在他们的坑中被捉住； 我们曾论到他说： 我们必在他荫下， 在列国中存活。
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations.
21 住乌斯地的以东民哪，只管欢喜快乐； 苦杯也必传到你那里； 你必喝醉，以致露体。
Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. The cup will pass through to you also. You will be drunken, and will make yourself naked.
22 锡安的民哪，你罪孽的刑罚受足了， 耶和华必不使你再被掳去。 以东的民哪，他必追讨你的罪孽， 显露你的罪恶。
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.
