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 is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

 

4:2 锡安宝贵的众子好比精金，现在何竟算为窑匠手所作的瓦瓶。

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

 

4:3 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 sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

 

4:4 吃奶孩子的舌头因乾渴贴住上膛。孩童求饼，无人擘给他们。

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

 

4:5 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。

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

 

4:6 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 punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

 

4:7 锡安的贵胄素来比雪纯净，比奶更白。他们的身体比红宝玉（或作珊瑚）更红，像光润的蓝宝石一样。

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

 

4:8 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，枯乾如同槁木。

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

 

4:9 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。

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

 

4:10 慈悲的妇人，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 sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

 

4:11 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 hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

 

4:12 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, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

 

4:13 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。

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

 

4:14 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 have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

 

4:15 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。

They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

 

4:16 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 anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

 

4:17 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。

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

 

4:18 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, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

 

4:19 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 persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

 

4:20 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 shall live among the heathen.

 

4:21 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, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

 

4:22 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 thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.