[和合本] 先前满有人民的城，现在何竟独坐！先前在列国中为大的，现在竟如寡妇！先前在诸省中为王后的，现在成为进贡的。
[新标点] （耶路撒冷的忧患）先前满有人民的城，现在何竟独坐！先前在列国中为大的，现在竟如寡妇；先前在诸省中为王后的，现在成为进贡的。
[和合修] （【本哀歌原文第一至第四章都是字母诗】耶路撒冷的忧患）唉！先前人口稠密的城市，现在为何独坐！先前在列国中为大的，现在竟如寡妇！先前在各省中为王后的，现在竟成为服苦役的人！
[新译本] 从前人烟稠密的城中，现在怎么竟然孤独地坐在那里。从前在列国中为大的，现在怎么竟然像个寡妇。从前在众省分中为王后的，现在怎么竟然成了奴隶。
[当代修] （凄惨的耶路撒冷）从前人烟稠密的城，现在何其荒凉！从前扬威万邦的强国，现在竟像寡妇一样。从前在诸省做公主的，现在却沦为奴婢。
[现代修] 从前人烟稠密的城市，现在孤零零地躺在那里。从前为世界所尊崇，现在像寡妇一样寂寞。从前是诸省之后，现在却沦落为奴婢。
[吕振中] 怎么啦！先前满有人民的城，现在竟自独坐阿！先前在列国中为大的，现在竟如寡妇阿！先前在诸省中为王后的，现在竟成了作苦工的阿！
[思高本] （耶城遭浩劫）以色列被掳充军以后，耶路撒冷成了一片荒凉，耶肋米亚痛哭流泪的坐着，唱了这篇哀歌，凭吊耶路撒冷，呜咽说： 怎么！这个人烟稠密的京都，却孤坐独处！从前是万民的主母，现在好像成了寡妇；往日是诸郡的王后，如今竟然成了奴仆！
[文理本] 噫嘻是邑、昔则居民充盈、今则何其寂寞兮、昔为邦国之长、今如嫠妇兮、昔于诸州为郡主、今则供役兮、
[GNT] How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.
[BBE] See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!
[KJV] How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
[NKJV] How lonely sits the city [That was] full of people! [How] like a widow is she, Who [was] great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!
[KJ21] How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! How she has become as a widow! She that was great among the nations and princess among the provinces, how she has become tributary!
[NASB] (The Sorrows of Zion) How lonely sits the city That once had many people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the (Or districts)provinces Has become a forced laborer!
[NRSV] How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become a vassal.
[WEB] How the city sits solitary, that was full of people!She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!
[ESV] How lonely sits the citythat was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.
[NIV] How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave.
[NIrV] The city of Jerusalem is so empty! It used to be full of people. But now it's like a woman whose husband has died. She used to be great among the nations. She was like a queen among the kingdoms. But now she is a slave.
[HCSB] How she sits alone, the city [once] crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a slave.
[CSB] How she sits alone, the city [once] crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a slave.
[AMP] HOW SOLITARY and lonely sits the city [Jerusalem] that was [once] full of people! How like a widow has she become! She who was great among the nations and princess among the provinces has become a tributary [in servitude]!
[NLT] Jerusalem, once so full of people, is now deserted. She who was once great among the nations now sits alone like a widow. Once the queen of all the earth, she is now a slave.
[YLT] How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!