Lamentations 4

1 How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

1 黄金竟失去光泽， 纯金竟变色， 宝石竟被弃之街头。

2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

2 锡安的宝贝儿女本来贵如纯金， 现在竟被视为陶匠制作的瓦器！

3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

3 豺狼尚且哺养自己的幼儿， 我的百姓却像荒野的鸵鸟般残忍。

4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

4 婴儿干渴难忍，舌头紧贴上膛； 孩童乞求食物，却无人给予。

5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

5 昔日吃美味佳肴的， 如今在街头穷困潦倒； 穿锦衣紫袍长大的， 如今躺卧在粪堆中。

6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

6 虽然无人攻击，所多玛却在顷刻之间倾覆。 我的百姓比所多玛受到的惩罚更重。

7 Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

7 锡安的首领曾比雪纯净， 比奶更白， 身体比红宝石更红润， 相貌美如蓝宝石。

8 But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

8 现在，他们的面目比煤炭还黑， 走在街上无人认得。 他们骨瘦如柴，干如枯木。

9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

9 死于刀下的胜过死于饥饿的， 就是因田间缺粮而饿死的人。

10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 我的百姓遭毁灭时， 慈母亲手煮自己的儿女充饥。

11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.

11 耶和华大发烈怒， 倾倒祂的怒气， 在锡安燃起大火， 焚毁城的根基。

12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

12 地上的君王和世上的居民都不相信敌人能闯进耶路撒冷的城门。

13 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

13 这都是因为她先知的罪行和祭司的过犯。 他们在城中杀害义人。

14 They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

14 他们如盲人在街上游荡， 沾满血污， 无人敢碰他们的衣服。

15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

15 人们向他们喊道： “走开！你们是不洁的！ 走开！走开！不要靠近我们。” 于是他们逃亡、流荡， 列国的人说： “他们不可再住在我们这里。”

16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

16 耶和华亲自驱散他们， 不再眷顾他们； 人们不再尊重祭司， 也不再恩待长老。

17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

17 我们望眼欲穿， 盼望援军的到来， 盼望的却是无力拯救之国。

18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

18 敌人步步紧逼， 使我们不敢上自己的街。 我们的结局近了， 我们的日子到头了， 我们的结局来了！

19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

19 追赶我们的人比飞鹰更快， 他们在山上追捕我们， 在旷野伏击我们。

20 The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

20 我们的生命之气—— 耶和华膏立的王落入他们的陷阱。 我们原希望借他的荫庇立足于列国中。

21 So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

21 你们住在乌斯地区的以东人啊， 只管欢喜作乐吧！ 因为盛满耶和华愤怒的杯也要传到你们那里。 你们必喝醉，以致赤身露体。

22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

22 少女锡安啊！你已经受到了应得的刑罚， 耶和华必不再使你流亡。 少女以东啊，耶和华要因你的罪过而惩罚你， 揭露你的罪恶！