和 哀4:1 黄金何其失光！纯金何其变色！圣所的石头倒在各市口上。
K 哀4:1 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.
N 哀4:1 How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street.
和 哀4:2 锡安宝贵的众子好比精金，现在何竟算为窑匠手所做的瓦瓶？
K 哀4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
N 哀4:2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands!
和 哀4:3 野狗尚且把奶乳哺其子，我民的妇人倒成为残忍，好像旷野的鸵鸟一般。
K 哀4:3 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.
N 哀4:3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert.
和 哀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。
K 哀4:4 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.
N 哀4:4 Because of thirst the infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.
和 哀4:5 素来吃美好食物的，现今在街上变为孤寒；素来卧朱红褥子的，现今躺卧粪堆。
K 哀4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
N 哀4:5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those nurtured in purple now lie on ash heaps.
和 哀4:6 都因我众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。
K 哀4:6 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.
N 哀4:6 The punishment of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment without a hand turned to help her.
和 哀4:7 锡安的贵胄素来比雪纯净、比奶更白；他们的身体比红宝玉（或作“珊瑚”）更红，像光润的蓝宝石一样。
K 哀4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
N 哀4:7 Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
和 哀4:8 现在他们的面貌比煤炭更黑，以致在街上无人认识；他们的皮肤紧贴骨头，枯干如同槁木。
K 哀4:8 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.
N 哀4:8 But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
和 哀4:9 饿死的不如被刀杀的，因为这是缺了田间的土产，就身体衰弱，渐渐消灭。
K 哀4:9 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.
N 哀4:9 Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.
和 哀4:10 慈心的妇人，当我众民被毁灭的时候，亲手煮自己的儿女作为食物。
K 哀4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
N 哀4:10 With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.
和 哀4:11 耶和华发怒成就他所定的，倒出他的烈怒，在锡安使火着起，烧毁锡安的根基。
K 哀4:11 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.
N 哀4:11 The LORD has given full vent to his wrath; he has poured out his fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.
和 哀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。
K 哀4:12 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.
N 哀4:12 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world's people, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
和 哀4:13 这都因她先知的罪恶和祭司的罪孽，他们在城中流了义人的血。
K 哀4:13 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,
N 哀4:13 But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.
和 哀4:14 他们在街上如瞎子乱走，又被血玷污，以致人不能摸他们的衣服。
K 哀4:14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
N 哀4:14 Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments.
和 哀4:15 人向他们喊着说：“不洁净的，躲开，躲开！不要挨近我！”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。”
K 哀4:15 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.
N 哀4:15 "Go away! You are unclean!" men cry to them. "Away! Away! Don't touch us!" When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, "They can stay here no longer."
和 哀4:16 耶和华发怒，将他们分散，不再眷顾他们。人不重看祭司，也不厚待长老。
K 哀4:16 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.
N 哀4:16 The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.
和 哀4:17 我们仰望人来帮助，以致眼目失明，还是枉然。我们所盼望的，竟盼望一个不能救人的国！
K 哀4:17 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.
N 哀4:17 Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
和 哀4:18 仇敌追赶我们的脚步像打猎的，以致我们不敢在自己的街上行走。我们的结局临近，我们的日子满足，我们的结局来到了。
K 哀4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
N 哀4:18 Men 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.
和 哀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。
K 哀4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
N 哀4:19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.
和 哀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。”
K 哀4:20 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.
N 哀4:20 The LORD'S anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.
和 哀4:21 住乌斯地的以东民哪，只管欢喜快乐，苦杯也必传到你那里；你必喝醉，以致露体。
K 哀4:21 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.
N 哀4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who live in the land of Uz. But to you also the cup will be passed; you will be drunk and stripped naked.
和 哀4:22 锡安的民哪，你罪孽的刑罚受足了，耶和华必不使你再被掳去。以东的民哪，他必追讨你的罪孽，显露你的罪恶。
K 哀4:22 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.
N 哀4:22 O Daughter of Zion, your punishment will end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O Daughter of Edom, he will punish your sin and expose your wickedness.