耶利米書 10
1 以色列家! 請聽上主對你們所說的話。
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
2 上主這樣說：「你們不要學：不要畏懼天上的異兆：這是異民所畏懼的。
This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
3 因為這些民族所敬畏的是「虛無」，是由森林所砍來的樹木，是匠人用斧製作的作品，
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.
4 裝飾上金銀，用鐵釘鎚釘住，叫它不動搖；
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
5 像胡瓜園裏的草木，不能言語；常需要人搬運，不能行走；你們不要害怕，因為它不能害人，也不能施救。
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
6 上主，沒有誰相似你；你是偉大的，你的名大有德能。
There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
7 萬民的君王! 誰能不敬畏你﹖這是你應得的，因為萬民中所有的智者和他們所有的王國中，沒有誰與你相似；
Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
8 你們全是愚昧無知。他們的教義全是虛偽不實，他們只不過是木偶；
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
9 是由塔爾士採來的銀打成的薄片，是由敖非爾採來的黃金，是藝人和銀匠的製造品；穿的紫錦紅衣，都是工匠的作品。
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
10 只有上主是真天主，是生活的天主，永遠的君王；衪一震怒，大志便戰慄，萬民都不能抵受衪的憤怒。
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
11 [關於他們，你們應這樣說：那未能創造天地火神祗，只有從天上地消滅。]
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
12 上主的才智展佈了諸天地。
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
13 衪一聲號令，使天上的水怒號，使雲彩從地極上騰，使雷電霹靂造成豪雨，使暴風從他的倉庫出發疾駛。
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
14 人都要自覺愚昧無知；每個銀匠必因自己的彫像感到羞愧，因為所鑄的像，只是「虛無」，沒有氣息；
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
15 是「虛無」，是愚人的作品；懲罰時期一到，它們都要滅亡。
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
16 那位作雅各伯產業的，與他們迴然不同，因為衪是萬物的造主，以色列是作衪產業的支派，衪的名字叫「萬軍火上主」。
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
17 你這被圍困的城池，快從地上拾起你的行囊!
Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
18 因為上主這樣說：「看，這一次我必要遠遠拋棄這地的居民磨難他們，使他們覺悟。」
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
19 唉! 我已遭破壞，我的創傷已不可治療，但我仍想：這只不過是疾病，我還能忍受。
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
20 我的帳幕已破壞，我的繩索都已裂斷，我的孩子都已離去，不復存在；再沒有人支搭我的帳幕，張設我的帷帳。
My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
21 為民牧者既然愚蠢，不尋求上主，為此他們一事無成，羊群都已四散，
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
22 聽有個音訊傳來：將有大騷動從北方而來，要使猶大的城邑荒涼，成為豺狼的巢穴。
Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
23 上主，我知道，人的道路不尸由人的，行走的人也不能隨便操縱自己的步伐。
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
24 上主，你懲戒我，只好按照正義，不要隨你的憤怒，免得我歸於烏有。
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
25 願你對不認識你的異民，和不呼求你名的宗族，發洩你的憤怒，因為他們併吞了雅各伯，毀滅破壞，蹂躝了她的住所。
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
