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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 honor the priests, / Nor did they favor the elders.

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.

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.

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.

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.

住在乌斯地的以东女子啊，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.

锡安的女子啊，你为罪孽所受的惩罚已经足够了；耶和华必不使你再被迁徙。以东的女子啊，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.