Font Size
耶利米哀歌 4
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
耶利米哀歌 4
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
錫安眾子自嘆苦難
4 黃金何其失光，純金何其變色！聖所的石頭倒在各市口上！ 2 錫安寶貴的眾子好比精金，現在何竟算為窯匠手所做的瓦瓶！ 3 野狗尚且把奶乳哺其子，我民的婦人倒成為殘忍，好像曠野的鴕鳥一般。 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。 5 素來吃美好食物的，現今在街上變為孤寒；素來臥朱紅褥子的，現今躺臥糞堆。 6 都因我眾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。 7 錫安的貴胄素來比雪純淨，比奶更白，他們的身體比紅寶玉[a]更紅，像光潤的藍寶石一樣。 8 現在他們的面貌比煤炭更黑，以致在街上無人認識；他們的皮膚緊貼骨頭，枯乾如同槁木。 9 餓死的不如被刀殺的，因為這是缺了田間的土產，就身體衰弱，漸漸消滅。 10 慈心的婦人，當我眾民被毀滅的時候，親手煮自己的兒女作為食物。
自認罪愆
11 耶和華發怒成就他所定的，倒出他的烈怒，在錫安使火著起，燒毀錫安的根基。 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。 13 這都因她先知的罪惡和祭司的罪孽，他們在城中流了義人的血。 14 他們在街上如瞎子亂走，又被血玷汙，以致人不能摸他們的衣服。 15 人向他們喊著說：「不潔淨的，躲開！躲開！不要挨近我！」他們逃走漂流的時候，列國中有人說：「他們不可仍在這裡寄居。」 16 耶和華發怒，將他們分散，不再眷顧他們。人不重看祭司，也不厚待長老。
預言以東遭報
17 我們仰望人來幫助，以至眼目失明，還是枉然。我們所盼望的，竟盼望一個不能救人的國。 18 仇敵追趕我們的腳步像打獵的，以致我們不敢在自己的街上行走。我們的結局臨近，我們的日子滿足，我們的結局來到了。 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。 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。」
錫安受慰
21 住烏斯地的以東民哪，只管歡喜快樂！苦杯也必傳到你那裡，你必喝醉，以致露體。 22 錫安的民哪，你罪孽的刑罰受足了，耶和華必不使你再被擄去。以東的民哪，他必追討你的罪孽，顯露你的罪惡！
Footnotes
- 耶利米哀歌 4:7 或作：珊瑚。
耶利米哀歌 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶利米哀歌 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
淪陷的耶路撒冷
4 黃金竟失去光澤，
純金竟變色，
寶石竟被棄之街頭。
2 錫安的寶貝子民本來貴如黃金，
現在竟被視為陶匠製作的瓦器！
3 豺狼尚且哺養自己的幼兒，
我的子民卻像荒野的鴕鳥一樣殘忍無情。
4 嬰兒乾渴難忍，舌頭緊貼上膛；
孩童乞求食物，卻無人給予。
5 昔日錦衣玉食、生活奢侈的，
如今卻流落街頭，
躺臥在糞堆中。
6 雖然無人攻擊，所多瑪卻在頃刻之間傾覆。
我子民比所多瑪受到的懲罰更重。
7 錫安的首領曾比雪純淨，
比奶更白，
身體比紅寶石更紅潤，
相貌美如藍寶石。
8 現在，他們的面目比煤炭還黑，
走在街上無人認得。
他們骨瘦如柴，乾如枯木。
9 死於刀下的勝過死於饑餓的，
後者因田間缺糧而活活餓死。
10 我的百姓遭毀滅時，
慈母親手煮自己的兒女充饑。
11 耶和華大發烈怒，
傾倒祂的怒氣，
在錫安燃起大火，
焚毀城的根基。
12 世上的君王和居民都不相信敵人能闖進耶路撒冷的城門。
13 這都是因為她的先知和祭司的罪行。
他們在城中殺害義人。
14 他們如盲人在街上遊蕩，
沾滿血污，
無人敢碰他們的衣服。
15 人們向他們喊道：
「走開！你們是不潔的！
走開！走開！不要靠近我們。」
於是他們逃亡、流蕩，
列國的人說：
「他們不可住在我們這裡。」
16 耶和華親自驅散他們，
不再眷顧他們；
人們不再尊重祭司，
也不再敬重長老。
17 我們望眼欲穿，
盼望援軍的到來，
盼來的國家卻無力拯救我們。
18 敵人步步緊逼，
使我們不敢上自己的街。
我們的結局近了，
我們的日子到頭了，
我們的末日來了！
19 追趕我們的人比飛鷹更快，
他們在山上追捕我們，
在曠野伏擊我們。
20 耶和華膏立的王——我們的生命之氣落入他們的陷阱。
我們原希望藉他的蔭庇立足於列國中。
21 烏斯地區的以東人啊，
只管歡喜作樂吧！
因為盛滿耶和華憤怒的杯也要傳到你們那裡。
你們必喝醉，以致赤身露體。
22 錫安城啊！你已經受到了應得的刑罰，
耶和華必不再使你流亡。
以東啊，耶和華要懲罰你，
揭露你的罪惡！
Lamentations 4
New International Version
Lamentations 4
New International Version
4 [a]How the gold has lost its luster,
the fine gold become dull!
The sacred gems are scattered
at every street corner.(A)
2 How the precious children of Zion,(B)
once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
the work of a potter’s hands!
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.(C)
4 Because of thirst(D) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;(E)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.(F)
5 Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(G)
now lie on ash heaps.(H)
6 The punishment of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,(I)
which was overthrown in a moment
without a hand turned to help her.
7 Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.
8 But now they are blacker(J) than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;(K)
it has become as dry as a stick.
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;(L)
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.(M)
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(N)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
11 The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;(O)
he has poured out(P) his fierce anger.(Q)
He kindled a fire(R) in Zion
that consumed her foundations.(S)
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
nor did any of the peoples of the world,
that enemies and foes could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.(T)
13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,(U)
who shed within her
the blood(V) of the righteous.
14 Now they grope through the streets
as if they were blind.(W)
They are so defiled with blood(X)
that no one dares to touch their garments.
15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
“Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(Y) about,
people among the nations say,
“They can stay here no longer.”(Z)
16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
he no longer watches over them.(AA)
The priests are shown no honor,
the elders(AB) no favor.(AC)
17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain(AD) for help;(AE)
from our towers we watched
for a nation(AF) that could not save us.
18 People stalked us at every step,
so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(AG)
19 Our pursuers were swifter
than eagles(AH) in the sky;
they chased us(AI) over the mountains
and lay in wait for us in the desert.(AJ)
20 The Lord’s anointed,(AK) our very life breath,
was caught in their traps.(AL)
We thought that under his shadow(AM)
we would live among the nations.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Lamentations 4
King James Version
Lamentations 4
King James Version
4 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 For 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 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional) (CUVMPT)
Copyright © 2011 by Global Bible Initiative
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.