1抚今追昔自叹苦难难当
1How is the gold become dim, Changed the best — the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
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？
2The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
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。
3Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
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。
4Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
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。
5Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
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。
6And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.
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。
7Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
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。
8Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.
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。
9Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
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。
10The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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。
11Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.
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。
12Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
13惩罚不义的领袖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，
13Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
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。
14They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
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。”
15`Turn aside — unclean,` they called to them, `Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,` For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: `They do not add to sojourn.`
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。
16The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
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。
17While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
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。
18They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
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。
19Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
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。”
20The breath of our nostrils — the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: `In his shadow we do live among nations.`
21以东遭报以东人哪，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。
21Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.
22锡安得安慰锡安的居民（“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。
22Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of thy sins!