| 耶利米哀歌-Lamentations 第 4 章 |
| 4:1 | 黃金何竟失光！極純的金何竟變色！聖所的石頭倒在各街頭上。 How the gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary lie poured out At the head of every street. |
| 4:2 | 錫安寶貴的眾子，好比精金，現在何竟算為窯匠的手所作的瓦瓶。 The precious sons of Zion, Comparable to fine gold, How they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, The work of the hands of a potter. |
| 4:3 | 野狗尚且把奶乳哺崽子，我民的女子倒成為殘忍，好像曠野的鴕鳥一般。 Even the jackals present the breast; They nurse their young ones; But the daughter of my people has become cruel, Like the ostriches in the wilderness. |
| 4:4 | 吃奶孩子的舌頭，因乾渴貼住上膛；孩童求餅，無人擘給他們。 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves To the roof of his mouth for thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. |
| 4:5 | 素來吃美好食物的，現今在街上變為淒涼；素來在朱紅褥子中養大的，現今抱臥糞堆； Those who fed on delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace dung heaps. |
| 4:6 | 我民的罪孽，比所多瑪的罪還大；所多瑪雖然無人加手於她，還是轉眼之間被傾覆。 And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater Than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment; And no hands were laid on her. |
| 4:7 | 錫安的貴胄素來比雪純淨，比奶更白；他們的身體比珊瑚更紅，樣貌像藍寶石一樣。 Her nobles were purer than snow; They were whiter than milk; They were redder in body than corals; Their figure was like sapphire. |
| 4:8 | 現在他們的面貌比黑炭更黑，以致在街上無人認識；他們的皮膚緊貼骨頭，枯乾如同木柴。 Their visage is darker than black coal; They are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled up on their bones; It has dried up; it has become like wood. |
| 4:9 | 餓死的不如被刀殺的，因為他們缺乏田間的出產，就受折磨，漸漸消瘦死亡。 Those who were slain by the sword are better Than those slain by famine; For these pine away stricken through, Because of the lack of the produce of the field. |
| 4:10 | 慈憐的婦人親手煮自己的兒女；當我民被毀滅的時候，他們的兒女成了自己的食物。 The hands of compassionate women Have boiled their own children; They have become their food In the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| 4:11 | 耶和華發盡祂的怒氣，倒出祂的烈怒。祂在錫安使火著起，燒燬錫安的根基。 Jehovah has accomplished His wrath; He has poured out His burning anger. And He has kindled a fire in Zion, And it has consumed its foundations. |
| 4:12 | 地上的君王和世上的居民，都不信敵人和仇敵能進耶路撒冷的城門。 The kings of the earth did not believe, Neither did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter Into the gates of Jerusalem. |
| 4:13 | 這都因她申言者的罪，和祭司的罪孽；他們在城中流了義人的血。 It is because of the sins of her prophets, And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed the blood of the righteous In her midst. |
| 4:14 | 他們在街上瞎闖亂走，又被血玷污，以致人不能摸他們的衣服。 They have wandered about blind in the streets; They are polluted with blood; So that men cannot touch Their garments. |
| 4:15 | 人向他們喊著說，走開！不潔淨的！走開，走開，不要碰我！他們逃走飄流的時候，列國中有人說，他們不可仍在這裡寄居。 They cried out to them, Depart! Unclean! Depart, depart; do not touch! When they fled away and wandered about, men said among the nations, They will no longer sojourn there. |
| 4:16 | 耶和華的怒氣將他們分散，不再眷顧他們；人不重看祭司，也不厚待長老。 The anger of Jehovah has scattered them; He will no longer regard them. They did not \caps0 2honor the priests, Nor did they favor the elders. |
| 4:17 | 我們仍在仰望幫助，以致眼目昏花，還是枉然；我們所盼望的，竟是一個不能救人的國。 Our eyes do yet fail, Looking in vain for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save. |
| 4:18 | 他們像打獵的追蹤我們的腳步，以致我們不能在自己的街上行走；我們的結局臨近，我們的日子滿足，因為我們的結局來到了。 They hunted our steps, So that we cannot walk in our streets; Our end drew near; our days were fulfilled; For our end had come. |
| 4:19 | 追趕我們的比空中的鷹更快；他們在山上追逼我們，在曠野埋伏等候我們。 Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of heaven; They hotly pursued us on the mountains; They lay in wait for us in the wilderness. |
| 4:20 | 耶和華的受膏者好比我們鼻中的氣，在他們的坑中被捉住；我們曾論到他說，我們必在他蔭下，在列國中存活。 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, Has been captured in their pits, Of whom we said, Under his shadow We will live among the nations. |
| 4:21 | 住在烏斯地的以東女子阿，只管歡喜快樂；這杯也必傳到你那裡；你必喝醉，以致露體。 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass through to you also; You will become drunk and make yourself naked. |
| 4:22 | 錫安的女子阿，你為罪孽所受的懲罰已經足彀了；耶和華必不使你再被遷徙。以東的女子阿，祂必追討你的罪孽，揭露你的罪。 The punishment for your iniquity has been accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no longer take you into exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins. |
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