耶利米書 23
1 禍哉，那把我牧場上的羊群摧殘和趕散的牧人──上主的斷語──
“Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.
2 為此上主，以色列的天主，對牧放我民的牧人這樣說：「你們驅散趕走了我的羊群，不加照顧；現在，看，我必依照你們的惡行來懲罰你們──上主的斷語──
Because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to the shepherds who pasture my people: You have scattered my flock, and you have driven them away, and you have not visited them. Behold, I will visit upon you because of your evil pursuits, says the Lord.
3 我要從我以前驅散牠們所到的各地，集合我尚存的羊，引導牠們再回自己的羊棧，叫牠們滋生繁殖；
And I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the entire earth, from the places to which I had cast them out. And I will return them to their own fields. And they will increase and be multiplied.
4 我要興起牧者來牧放牠們，使牠們無恐無懼，再也不會失掉一個──上主的斷語。
And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.
5 看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必給達味興起一支正義的苗芽，叫他執政為王，斷事明智，在地上執行公道正義。
Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch. And a king will reign, and he will be wise. And he will exercise judgment and justice upon the earth.
6 在他的日子裏，猶大必獲救，以色列必居享安寧；人將稱他為：「上主是我們的正義。」
In those days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’
7 為此，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──人不再以『那領以色列子民由埃及地上來的上主，永在』的話起誓，
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when they will no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’
8 卻要以『那領以色列家的後裔，由北方，由他驅逐他們所到的各地回來，使他們再住在自己故鄉的上主，永在』的話起誓。
but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led away and brought back the offspring of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from the entire earth,’ from the places to which I had cast them out. And they will live in their own land.”
9 論到先知：我的心在我懷內已破碎，我渾身骨骸戰慄；為了上主，為了他的聖言，我好像成了一個醉漢，成了一個不勝酒力的人，
To the prophets: “My heart is crushed within me. All my bones are trembling. I have become like an inebriated man, and like a man maddened by wine, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his holy words.
10 因為地上充滿了犯奸的人，為此，地受詛咒，只有哀傷，原野草場已枯乾；他們奔走的是邪路，他們的勢力是不義。
For the earth is full of adulterers! And the earth has mourned before the face of evil talk. The plains of the desert have dried up, and their course has become hazardous, and their firmness has become uneven.”
11 實在，先知和司祭都不虔誠，以至連在我的殿裏，也發現了他們的邪惡──上主的斷語──
“For both the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and I have found their wickedness within my own house, says the Lord.
12 因此，他們的道路為他們必將變為滑道，他們必被驅入黑暗，必要跌倒；因為到了降罰他們的年分，我必給他們招來災禍──上主的斷語──
For this reason, their way will be like a slippery path in the dark. For they will be impelled forward, and they will fall in it. For I will bring evils over them, in the year of their visitation, says the Lord.
13 在撒瑪黎雅的先知中，我亦發現了可惡的事：他們竟奉巴耳的名義說預言，使我的以色列民誤入歧途。
And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel.
14 在耶路撒冷的先知中，我更發現了極可惡的事：他們竟犯姦淫，行動虛偽，助長惡人的勢力，致使誰也不痛悔自己的邪惡；他們對我猶如索多瑪，其中的居民好像哈摩辣人。
And in the prophets of Jerusalem, I have seen the likeness of adulterers and the path of falsehood. And they have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that each one would not convert from his malice. They have all become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants have become like Gomorrah.”
15 為此，萬軍的上主論先知這樣說：看啊! 我必叫他們吃苦艾，喝毒水，因為全地邪惡蔓延，都是出於耶路撒冷的先知。
Because of this, thus says the Lord of hosts to the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them absinthe, and I will give them gall to drink. For from the prophets of Jerusalem corruption has gone forth over the entire earth.”
16 萬軍的上主這樣說：不要聽向你們說預言的先知的話；他們只使你們妄想，他們講的，並非出自上主的口，而只是他們心中的幻想。
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you. They speak a vision from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 他們對那輕視我的人肯定：「上主說：你們必享平安。」對一切隨從自己頑固的心行事的人說：「災禍不會來到你們身上。」
To those who blaspheme me, they say: ‘The Lord has said: You shall have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the depravity of his own heart, they have said: ‘No evil will overwhelm you.’”
18 其實，有誰參加過上主的會議，親自聽見過他的話﹖有誰曾留意聽他的話，而實在聽到了﹖
For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?
19 看，上主的憤怒，如暴風發作，像旋風在惡人的頭上旋轉。
Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious.
20 上主的烈怒必不止息，直到他執行和完成了他心裏的計劃；到末日你自必能徹底明瞭。
The fury of the Lord will not return until it succeeds, and until it completes the plan of his heart. In the last days, you will understand this counsel.
21 我並沒有派遣這些先知，他自卻自動奔走；我並沒有對他們說話，他們卻擅說預言。
“I did not send these prophets, yet they hurry forward. I was not speaking to them, yet they were prophesying.
22 假使他們果真參加過我的會議，就該使我的人民聽到我的話，叫他們離棄自己邪道，和自己邪惡的行為。
If they had stood in my counsel, and if I had made my words known to my people, certainly I would have turned them away from their evil ways and from their most wicked plans.
23 難道對近處的，我是天主──上主的斷語──對遠處的，我就不是天主了嗎﹖
Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?
24 人若隱藏在暗處，我就看不見了嗎﹖──上主的斷語──
If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?
25 我聽見了這些先知說的，他們奉我名預言虛妄說：我做了一夢，我做了一夢!
I have heard what the prophets have said, prophesying falsehoods in my name, and also saying: ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’
26 先知在民間妄說預言，宣講自己心中的幻想，要到幾時呢﹖
How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who predict what is false, and who prophesy deceptions from their own heart?
27 他們互相傳述自己的夢幻，企圖使我的人民忘記我的名，如同他們的祖先為了巴耳而忘記了我的名一樣。
They want to cause my people to forget my name, by means of their dreams, which each of them describes to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for the sake of Baal.
28 得了夢的先知，讓他傳夢；得了我的話的，就該忠實傳述我的話；麥稈怎能與麥粒相比﹖──上主的斷語──
The prophet who has had a dream, let him describe the dream. And he who receives my word, let him speak my word in truth. For what has the chaff to do with the wheat, says the Lord?
29 我的話豈不是像火﹖──上主的斷語──豈不是像擊碎巖石的鐵鎚﹖
Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?
30 為此，看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰互相竊取我話的先知。
Therefore, behold: I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words, each one from his neighbor.
31 看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰那些轉動自己的舌頭，妄說「神諭」的先知。
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: ‘The Lord says it.’
32 看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰那些預言和傳述幻夢，以自己的謊妄語迷惑我人民的先知；我既沒有派遣他們，也沒有對他們有所吩咐，他們對這人民就決不能有任何貢獻──上主的斷語。
Behold, I am against the prophets, who dream what is false, says the Lord; who explain and so seduce my people with their falsehoods and with their miracles, though I did not send them, nor did I command them. They have offered nothing beneficial to this people, says the Lord.
33 若是這人民，先知或司祭問你什麼是「上主的重擔﹖」你就答應他們說：你們就是重擔，我要將你們拋棄──上主的斷語──
Therefore, if this people, or a prophet, or a priest questions you, saying, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden. And certainly I will cast you away, says the Lord.’
34 凡是問「上主的重擔」的先知、司祭或人民，我必懲罰這人和他的家。
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ I will visit upon that man and upon his house.
35 你們應每人對自己的鄰人和兄弟這樣說：「上主有了什麼答覆﹖」或「上主說了什麼﹖」
And then you will speak in this way, each one to his neighbor and to his brother: ‘What has the Lord answered? And what has the Lord said?’
36 不應再提「上主的重擔；」不然，各人的話必要成為自己的重擔，因為你們歪曲了永生的天主，萬軍的上主，和我們的天主的話。
And the burden of the Lord will no longer be called to mind. For each one’s own word will be a burden. For you have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts, our God.
37 你應這樣問先知說：「上主對你有了什麼答覆﹖」或「上主說了什麼﹖」
And then you will speak in this way to the prophet: ‘What has the Lord answered you? And what has the Lord spoken?’
38 如果你們還說：「上主的重擔。」上主就要這樣說：就因你們還說「上主的重擔」這句話──我原派人對你們說：不要再說「上主的重擔」──
But if you say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ then because of this, thus says the Lord: Since you have spoken this word, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ though I sent to you telling you not to say: ‘The burden of the Lord,’
39 為此，看，我要把你們卸下，把你們和我賜與你及你們祖先的城市，由我面前遠遠拋棄，
because of this, behold, I will take you away, like a burden, and I will forsake you, as well as the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, before my face.
40 使你們永遠受辱，受永遠不能忘的污辱。
And I will give you over to an everlasting reproach and an eternal disgrace, which shall never be wiped away into oblivion.”
