Lamentations 4
1 The gold has become tarnished; how the purest gold has changed! The holy stones are scattered at the corner of every street.
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 were worth their weight in pure gold, but now they are worth no more than clay jars, the work of the potter's hands!
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 the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert.
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 the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth by thirst; the children ask for food, but there is none for them.
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 who used to feast on the finest food now starve in the streets. Those who were brought up wearing scarlet clothing now lie on piles of ashes.
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 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment and no hands were wrung for 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 Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their form was like sapphire.
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 appearance now is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry 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 Those who have been killed by the sword were happier than those killed by hunger, who wasted away, pierced by the lack of any harvest from 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 compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the time when the daughter of my people was being destroyed.
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 Yahweh showed all his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed 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 the earth did not believe, nor did any of the inhabitants of the world believe, that enemies or opponents could enter 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 This happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests who have shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
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 wandered, blind, through the streets. They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes.
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 “Away! Unclean!” people cried at them. “Away! Away! Do not touch!” So they wandered about; people said among the nations, “They can stay here no longer.”
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 Yahweh himself scattered them; he does not watch over them anymore. They do not honor the priests, and they did not show any favor to the elders.
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 Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.
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 followed our steps, we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near and our days were numbered, our end had 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 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the sky. They chased us to the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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 in our nostrils—Yahweh's anointed one—he was the one who was captured in their pits; of whom it was said, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
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, daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and strip 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 Daughter of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; he will not extend your exile. But daughter of Edom, he will punish; he will uncover 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。
