Lamentations 4
1 [ALEPH-BET] How the gold has become dim, Changed the best—the pure gold! Stones of the sanctuary are poured out At the head of all out-places.
黄金何其失光！ 纯金何其变色！ 圣所的石头倒在各市口上。
2 The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How they have been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
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？
3 Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people has become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
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。
4 The tongue of a suckling has cleaved to his palate with thirst, Infants asked for bread, they have no dealer [of it] out.
吃奶孩子的舌头因干渴贴住上膛； 孩童求饼，无人擘给他们。
5 Those eating of delicacies have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
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。
6 And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.
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。
7 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
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。
8 Their face has been darker than blackness, They have not been known in out-places, Their skin has cleaved to their bone, It has withered—it has been as wood.
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。
9 Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
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。
10 The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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。
11 YHWH has completed His fury, He has poured out the fierceness of His anger, And He kindles a fire in Zion, And it devours her foundations.
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。
12 The kings of earth did not believe, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That an adversary and enemy would come Into the gates of Jerusalem.
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。
13 Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
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。
14 They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been defiled with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
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。
15 “Turn aside—unclean,” they called to them, “Turn aside, turn aside, do not touch,” For they fled—indeed, they have wandered, They have said among nations: “They do not add to sojourn.”
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。
16 The face of YHWH has divided them, He does not add to behold them, They have not lifted up the face of priests, They have not favored [the] old and elderly.
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。
17 While we exist—consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watchtower we have watched for a nation [that] does not save.
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！
18 They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near has been our end, fulfilled our days, For our end has come.
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。
19 Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
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。
20 The breath of our nostrils—the anointed of YHWH, Has been captured in their pits, of whom we said: “We live among nations in his shadow.”
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。
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even to you a cup passes over, You are drunk, and make yourself naked.
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。
22 Completed [is] your iniquity, daughter of Zion, He does not add to remove you, He has inspected your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He has removed [you] because of your sins!
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。
