耶利米書 30
1 這是上主傳給耶肋米亞的話：
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 上主以色列的天主這樣說：「凡我對你說的話，你都要寫在一本書上，
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, saying: You shall write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
3 因為，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必轉變我人民以色列和猶大的命運──上主說──使他們回去佔領我賜給他們祖先的土地。」
For behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will convert the turning away of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord. And I will return them to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.”
4 以下是上主論及以色列和猶大說的話：
And these are the words which the Lord has spoken to Israel and to Judah:
5 上主這樣說：「人聽到了恐怖的喊叫：只有恐慌，沒有平安。
For thus says the Lord: ‘We have heard a voice of terror. There is dread, and there is no peace.’
6 你們且自問自究：是否男人要生產﹖為什麼我竟見人人兩手叉腰，像正在生產的婦女，個個面色顯得蒼白﹖
Inquire and see, does a male give birth? Then why have I seen every man with his hand on his lower back, like a woman bearing a child? And why have all of their faces turned pale?
7 噫! 這一天，真偉大，無可比擬，雖為雅各伯是痛苦的時期，但他們將由此而得救。
Woe! For that day is great, and there is nothing like it. For it is the time of tribulation for Jacob, but he will be saved from it.
8 到了那一天──萬軍上主的斷語──我要折斷他們頸上所負的軛，粉碎他們的鎖鏈，他們不再作外方人的奴隸，
And this shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts: I will crush his yoke from your neck, and I will break open his bands. And strangers will no longer rule over him.
9 只服事上主，他們的天主，和我給他們興起的君王達味。
Instead, they will serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 為此，我的僕人雅各伯，你不用害怕──上主的斷語──以色列，你不要驚慌；因為，看，我必從遠方救出你來，從充軍之地救回你的後裔；使雅各伯歸來，居享安寧，無所恐懼，
Therefore, O my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, says the Lord, and you should not be frightened, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far away land, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he shall flow with every good thing. And there will be no one for him to dread.
11 因為有我與你同在──上主的斷語──作你的救援。誠然，對我使你流徙所到的各民族，我要執行毀滅；但對你，我卻不執行毀滅，只依正義懲罰你，不讓你全然免罰。」
For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may save you. For I will bring about the consummation of all the nations, among which I have scattered you. But I will not bring about your consummation. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, so that you will not seem innocent to yourself.”
12 不錯，上主這樣說：「你的創傷不可治療，你的傷口無法醫治；
For thus says the Lord: “Your fracture is incurable; your wound is very serious.
13 沒有人願意擔任調理你的創傷，無藥可使你的傷處收結。
There is no one who may judge your judgment, so as to bandage it; there is no useful treatment for you.
14 你所有的愛人都忘掉了你，不再追求你，因為我像打擊敵人一樣，以殘酷的刑罰打擊了你，因為你太不義，你的罪惡，增添不已。
All your lovers have forgotten you, and they will not seek you. For I have wounded you with the strike of an enemy, with a cruel chastisement. Your sins have become hardened because of the multitude of your iniquities.
15 為什麼你還要為你的創傷悲號﹖你的創傷已不可治療：因為你太不義，你的罪惡增添不已，我纔這樣對待了你。
Why do you cry out over your affliction? Your pain is incurable. I have done these things to you because of the multitude of your iniquity and because of your hardened sins.
16 但是，凡吞滅你的，必被吞滅；凡與你為敵的，必被擄去充軍；凡劫掠你的，必遭劫掠；凡搶奪你的，我必使他們受人搶奪。
Because of this, all those who devour you, will be devoured. And all your enemies will be led into captivity. And those who devastate you, will be devastated. And all those who prey upon you, I will offer as a prey.
17 實在，我要使你的傷處收結，療愈你的創傷──上主的斷語──因為他們稱你為棄婦，無人過問的熙雍。」
For I will close up your scar, and I will heal you of your wounds, says the Lord. For they have called you an outcast, O Zion: ‘This is she who has no one asking for her.’”
18 上主這樣說：「看，我要轉變雅各伯帳幕的命運，憐憫他的家室，好使城市仍建在自己的山上，宮殿依然聳立在自己的原處，
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will turn back the turning away of the tabernacles of Jacob, and I will take pity on his roofs. And the city will be built up in her heights, and the temple will be founded according to its order.
19 從那裏發出頌謝的歌聲，歡樂的呼聲。我必使他們繁昌，人數不再滅少；我要顯耀他們，使他們不再受人輕視。
And praise will go forth from them, with the voice of those who play. And I will multiply them, and they will not be lessened. And I will glorify them, and they will not be weakened.
20 他們的子孫必要像昔日一樣，在 面前重新建立自己的集會；凡壓迫他們的，我必予以懲罰。
And their sons will be as in the beginning. And their assembly will remain in my sight. And I will visit against all those who trouble them.
21 他們的元首，將是他們中的一個；他們的統帥，將出自他們之中；我要使他們前來接近我，他必與我接近，因為誰敢冒的危險，來與我接近──上主的斷語──
And their ruler will be one of their own. And their prince will be led forward from their midst. And I will draw him near, and he will cling to me. For who is the one who applies his heart, so that he may draw near to me, says the Lord?
22 這樣，你們必作我的人民，我必作你們的天主」。
And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
23 看，上主的憤怒如暴風怒號，如撗掃的暴風，在惡人的頭上施轉。
Behold the whirlwind of the Lord, his fury going forth, a destroying storm! It will rest upon the head of the impious.
24 上主的烈怒必不止息，直到衪執行完成了衪心裏的計劃；在末日你們必會明瞭。
The Lord will not turn back the wrath of his indignation, until he has accomplished and completed the plan of his heart. In the last days, you shall understand these things.
