耶利米書 14
1 有上主的話傳給耶肋米亞說：
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2 「猶大悲哀，城門蕭條，人人垂頭至地，耶路撒冷哀號四起。
Judah mourneth, and her gates languish; they lie grieved on the ground; and the distressed cry of Jerusalem ascendeth upward.
3 顯貴派童僕去打水，來到井邊，卻不見有水，帶著空器回去，迷惑慚愧，遮住自己的頭。
And their nobles have sent out their subordinates for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded, and cover their head.
4 因為地上不落雨，田地無法耕耘，農夫們都已絕望，遮住自己的頭。
Because of the ground which is cracked open, since there hath been no rain in the land, are the ploughmen ashamed, they cover their head.
5 甚至母鹿在田間生產，因為沒有青草，也得拋棄自己的幼雛。
Yea, the hind also bringeth forth her young in the field, and forsaketh [them], because there is no grass.
6 野獸站在童山上，像黟狗一般喘息；雙目失神，因為沒有草吃。
And the wild asses stand on the mountain-tops, they snuff up the wind like serpents: their eyes fail, because there are no herbs.
7 上主，我們的罪過若指證我們，但求你因你的名而施救，因為我們屢次失節，得罪了你。
If our iniquities testify against us, O Lord, do thou act for the sake of thy name; for our backslidings are many; against thee have we sinned.
8 你是以色列的希望，是她在患難中的救主。為什麼你在本鄉好像是個陌生人，好像是個投宿一夜的旅客﹖
O thou hope of Israel, his saviour in time of trouble, why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfarer that turneth aside to lodge for a night?
9 為什麼你好像是個沈睡的人，好像是個不能施救的勇士﹖上主，你常在我們之中，我們是歸你名下的人，求你不要離棄我們。
Why shouldst thou be as a man that is surprised, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou art in the midst of us, O Lord, and we are called by thy name: abandon us not.
10 上主論人民說：「他們這樣愛好遊蕩，沒有約束自己的腳，為此上主不喜悅他們；現在憶起了他們的過犯，就懲罰他們的罪惡」。
Thus hath said the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander about, their feet have they not restrained: therefore the Lord doth not receive them in favor; now will he remember their iniquity, and will punish their sins.
11 上主對我說：「你不要為這人民求情!
Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not in behalf of this people for their good.
12 既使他們齋戒，我也不會俯聽他們的呼籲；既使他們奉獻全燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納，反而要用戰爭、飢饉和瘟疫將他們消滅」。
When they fast, I will not hear their entreaty: and when they offer burnt-offering and meat-offering, I will not receive them in favor; but by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence, will I make an end of them.
13 我於是說：「哎呀! 我主上主! 你看，先知們對他們說：你們決不會見到戰爭，你們決不會遭受饑荒，在這地方我必賜給你們真正的平安」。
Then said I, Ah, Lord Eternal! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but a permanent peace will I give you in this place.
14 上主對我說：「先知們以我的名預言謊話，我並沒有派遺他們，也沒有對他們說過話。他們給你們所預言的，是荒謬的幻象空妄的卜筮，存心騙人的欺詐。
Then said the Lord unto me, Falsehood do the prophets prophesy in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, neither have I spoken unto them: a vision of falsehood, and divination, and idolatrous folly, and the deceit of their heart do they prophesy unto you.
15 為此上主這樣說：關於那些以我名義說預言的先知，我既沒有他們，而他們反說：在這 中2不會有戰爭和饑饉，他們就必死於戰爭和饑饉。
Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, when I have not sent them, while they say, Sword and famine shall not come in this land: By the sword and by the famine shall these prophets come to their end.
16 至於聽他們向自己講說預言的人民，必因饑饉和戰爭，陳屍在耶路撒冷街頭，沒有人掩埋他們和他們的妻室子女；我必將他們的邪惡都傾注在他們身上。
And the people to whom they prophesy shall lie cast down in the streets of Jerusalem by means of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters; for I will pour out their wickedness over them.
17 你應將這話轉告他們：我眼淚直流，晝夜不息，因為我的處女──人民──大受摧殘，受了嚴重的打擊。
But thou shalt say unto them this word. My eyes shall run down with tears night and day, and they shall not cease; for with a great breach is the virgin-daughter of my people broken, with a very painful blow.
18 我若走入田間，看見刀劍的遺屍；我若進入城裏，看見饑饉的可怖慘狀；就連先知和先知們也流亡到他們素不相識的地方」。
If I go forth into the field, behold, there are the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold, there are those that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest travel round into a land that they know not.
19 難道你決意拋棄猶大，實心厭惡熙雍﹖為什麼你打擊我們，致使我們醫治無望﹖我們原是期待和平，卻不見好轉；希望醫治的時日，卻只見恐怖!
Hast thou entirely rejected Judah? or hath thy soul loathing on Zion? why hast thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us? we hoped for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold, there is terror!
20 上主，我們承認我們的罪惡，和我們祖先的過犯；我們實在得罪了你。
We know, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
21 願你為了你的名，不要嫌棄，不要輕慢你光榮的御! 望你記憶，不要廢除你與我們訂的盟約!
Do not cast us off, for the sake of thy name, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22 異民的「虛無」中，有能降雨的嗎﹖或是諸天能自施甘霖﹖難道不只是你，上主我們的天主! 我們寄望於你，因為你行了這一切事。
Are there any among the vanities of the nations those that bestow rain? or can the heavens give forth showers? Behold, thou art this, O Lord our God, and we will hope in thee; for thou hast done all these things.
