1 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 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 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 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst.
The young children ask bread,
and no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets.
Those who were brought up in purple embrace dunghills.
6 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 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 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 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 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 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath.
He has poured out his fierce anger.
He has kindled a fire in Zion,
which has devoured its foundations.
12 The kings of the earth didn’t believe,
neither did all the inhabitants of the world,
that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 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 They wander as blind men in the streets.
They are polluted with blood,
So that men can’t touch their garments.
15 "Go away!" they cried to them.
"Unclean! Go away! Go away! Don’t touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations,
"They can’t live here any more."
16 Yahweh’s anger has scattered them.
He will not pay attention to them any more.
They didn’t respect the persons of the priests.
They didn’t favor the elders.
17 Our eyes still fail,
looking in vain for our help.
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18 They hunt our steps,
so that we can’t go in our streets.
Our end is near.
Our days are fulfilled,
for our end has come.
19 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 The breath of our nostrils,
the anointed of Yahweh,
was taken in their pits;
of whom we said,
under his shadow we will live among the nations.
21 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 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.
1 黄金怎么竟然失去光泽， 纯金怎么竟然变色？圣殿的石头都被拋弃在各街头上。
2 锡安尊贵的众民， 本来和精金一样贵重； 现在怎么竟被看为瓦器， 好像陶匠手中所作的呢？
3 野狗尚且用乳房哺养它们的幼儿； 但我的众民变得多么残忍， 像旷野的鸵鸟一样。
4 婴儿的舌头因干渴而紧贴上膛； 孩童求饼， 却没有人分给他们。
5 那些从前吃美食的， 现今都在街上孤单凄凉； 那些从前在豪奢生活中长大的， 现今却在垃圾堆中打滚。
6 我众民（"我众民"原文作"我子民的女子"）的罪孽比所多玛的罪恶更大； 所多玛在转眼之间倾覆了， 尽管无人攻击它。
7 锡安的贵族素来比雪更明亮， 比奶更洁白； 他们的身体比红宝石更红润， 他们的样貌像蓝宝石一样美丽。
8 现在他们的面貌比煤炭还黑， 在街上再没有人认得他们； 他们皮包骨头， 枯瘦如柴。
9 那些死于刀下的比饿死的还好； 饿死的因缺乏田间的出产， 就日渐消瘦而死亡。
10 慈心的妇人亲手烹煮自己所生的孩子； 在我众民（"我众民"原文作"我子民的女子"）遭毁灭的时候， 孩子竟成了母亲的食物。
11 耶和华大发震怒， 倾倒他的烈怒； 他在锡安放火， 吞灭了锡安的根基。
12 地上的君王， 以及世上所有的居民都不相信， 会有任何敌人攻进耶路撒冷的城门。
13 因为锡安先知的罪恶， 和祭司的罪孽， 就是他们在城中流了义人的血，
14 所以， 他们像瞎子在街上流荡， 他们被血玷污， 没有人可以触摸他们的衣服。
15 有人向他们喊叫： "走开！ 你们不洁的人； 走开！ 走开！ 不要触摸我。"他们到处逃亡飘流的时候， 列国的人就说： "他们再不能在这里寄居。"
16 耶和华亲临分散他们， 不再看顾他们； 人不再尊重祭司， 也不厚待长老。
17 我们徒然等待帮助， 等到双目失去视力； 我们在瞭望台上期望一个不能拯救我们的国家来临。
18 敌人追踪我们， 使我们不敢在自己的街道上行走。我们的结局近了， 我们的日子满了； 我们的结局已经到了。
19 追赶我们的比空中的鹰还快； 他们在山上追赶我们， 在旷野埋伏攻击我们。
20 耶和华所膏立的， 我们鼻孔的气息， 在他们的陷坑中被捉住； 我们论到他曾说： "我们要在他的荫庇之下， 在列国中存活。"
21 以东人哪， 乌斯地的居民哪， 欢喜快乐吧！ 这杯也要传到你那里， 你必喝醉以致赤身露体。
22 锡安的居民（"居民"原文作"女子"）哪！ 你的刑罚已经受够了， 耶和华必不再使你流亡； 以东的居民哪！ 他必惩罚你的罪孽， 揭露你的罪恶。