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耶利米哀歌-Lamentations 第 4 章

4:1黄金何竟失光!极纯的金何竟变色!圣所的石头倒在各街头上。
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锡安宝贵的众子,好比精金,现在何竟算为窑匠的手所作的瓦瓶。
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,我民的女子倒成为残忍,好像旷野的鸵鸟一般。
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吃奶孩子的舌头,因干渴贴住上膛;孩童求饼,无人擘给他们。
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素来吃美好食物的,现今在街上变为凄凉;素来在朱红褥子中养大的,现今抱卧粪堆;
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。
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锡安的贵胄素来比雪纯净,比奶更白;他们的身体比珊瑚更红,样貌像蓝宝石一样。
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现在他们的面貌比黑炭更黑,以致在街上无人认识;他们的皮肤紧贴骨头,枯干如同木柴。
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饿死的不如被刀杀的,因为他们缺乏田间的出产,就受折磨,渐渐消瘦死亡。
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慈怜的妇人亲手煮自己的儿女;当我民被毁灭的时候,他们的儿女成了自己的食物。
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耶和华发尽祂的怒气,倒出祂的烈怒。祂在锡安使火着起,烧毁锡安的根基。
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,都不信敌人和仇敌能进耶路撒冷的城门。
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这都因她申言者的罪,和祭司的罪孽;他们在城中流了义人的血。
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他们在街上瞎闯乱走,又被血玷污,以致人不能摸他们的衣服。
They have wandered about blind in the streets; They are polluted with blood; So that men cannot touch Their garments.
4:15人向他们喊着说,走开!不洁净的!走开,走开,不要碰我!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 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耶和华的怒气将他们分散,不再眷顾他们;人不重看祭司,也不厚待长老。
The anger of 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我们仍在仰望帮助,以致眼目昏花,还是枉然;我们所盼望的,竟是一个不能救人的国。
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他们像打猎的追踪我们的脚步,以致我们不能在自己的街上行走;我们的结局临近,我们的日子满足,因为我们的结局来到了。
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 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 Jehovah, Has been captured in their pits, Of whom we said, Under his shadow We will live among the nations.
4:21住在乌斯地的以东女子阿,只管欢喜快乐;这杯也必传到你那里;你必喝醉,以致露体。
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锡安的女子阿,你为罪孽所受的惩罚已经足彀了;耶和华必不使你再被迁徙。以东的女子阿,祂必追讨你的罪孽,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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