1撫今追昔自歎苦難難當黃金怎麼竟然失去光澤，純金怎麼竟然變色？聖殿的石頭都被拋棄在各街頭上。
1How 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錫安尊貴的眾民，本來和精金一樣貴重；現在怎麼竟被看為瓦器，好像陶匠手中所作的呢？
2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3野狗尚且用乳房哺養牠們的幼兒；但我的眾民變得多麼殘忍，像曠野的鴕鳥一樣。
3Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4嬰兒的舌頭因乾渴而緊貼上膛；孩童求餅，卻沒有人分給他們。
4The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.
5那些從前吃美食的，現今都在街上孤單淒涼；那些從前在豪奢生活中長大的，現今卻在垃圾堆中打滾。
5Those who fed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6我眾民（“我眾民”原文作“我子民的女子”）的罪孽比所多瑪的罪惡更大；所多瑪在轉眼之間傾覆了，儘管無人攻擊它。
6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.
7錫安的貴族素來比雪更明亮，比奶更潔白；他們的身體比紅寶石更紅潤，他們的樣貌像藍寶石一樣美麗。
7Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
8現在他們的面貌比煤炭還黑，在街上再沒有人認得他們；他們皮包骨頭，枯瘦如柴。
8Their 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 a stick.
9那些死於刀下的比餓死的還好；餓死的因缺乏田間的出產，就日漸消瘦而死亡。
9Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
10慈心的婦人親手烹煮自己所生的孩子；在我眾民（“我眾民”原文作“我子民的女子”）遭毀滅的時候，孩子竟成了母親的食物。
10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11耶和華大發震怒，傾倒他的烈怒；他在錫安放火，吞滅了錫安的根基。
11Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
12地上的君王，以及世上所有的居民都不相信，會有任何敵人攻進耶路撒冷的城門。
12The kings of the earth didn’t believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
13懲罰不義的領袖因為錫安先知的罪惡，和祭司的罪孽，就是他們在城中流了義人的血，
13It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
14所以，他們像瞎子在街上流蕩，他們被血玷污，沒有人可以觸摸他們的衣服。
14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
15有人向他們喊叫：“走開！你們不潔的人；走開！走開！不要觸摸我。”他們到處逃亡飄流的時候，列國的人就說：“他們再不能在這裡寄居。”
15Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don’t touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall not live here any more.
16耶和華親臨分散他們，不再看顧他們；人不再尊重祭司，也不厚待長老。
16The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn’t respect the persons of the priests, they didn’t favor the elders.
17我們徒然等待幫助，等到雙目失去視力；我們在瞭望臺上期望一個不能拯救我們的國家來臨。
17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
18敵人追蹤我們，使我們不敢在自己的街道上行走。我們的結局近了，我們的日子滿了；我們的結局已經到了。
18They 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追趕我們的比空中的鷹還快；他們在山上追趕我們，在曠野埋伏攻擊我們。
19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20耶和華所膏立的，我們鼻孔的氣息，在他們的陷坑中被捉住；我們論到他曾說：“我們要在他的蔭庇之下，在列國中存活。”
20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
21以東遭報以東人哪，烏斯地的居民哪，歡喜快樂吧！這杯也要傳到你那裡，你必喝醉以致赤身露體。
21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.
22錫安得安慰錫安的居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）哪！你的刑罰已經受夠了，耶和華必不再使你流亡；以東的居民哪！他必懲罰你的罪孽，揭露你的罪惡。
22The 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.