< 耶利米書 30 >

1 這是上主傳給耶肋米亞的話:
The worde, that came to Ieremiah 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 speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the wordes, that I haue spoken vnto thee in a booke.
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 loe, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my people Israel and Iudah, saith the Lord: for I will restore them vnto the lande, that I gaue to their fathers, and they shall possesse it.
4 以下是上主論及以色列和猶大說的話:
Againe, these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israel, and concerning Iudah.
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 saith the Lord, wee haue heard a terrible voyce, of feare and not of 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﹖
Demand now and beholde, if man trauayle with childe? wherefore doe I beholde euery man with his hands on his loynes as a woman in trauaile, and all faces are turned into a palenesse?
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。
Alas, for this day is great: none hath bene like it: it is euen the time of Iaakobs trouble, yet shall he be deliuered 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,
For in that day, sayth the Lord of hostes, I will breake his yoke from off thy necke, and breake thy bondes, and strangers shall no more serue themselues of him.
9 只服事上主,他們的天主,和我給他們興起的君王達味。
But they shall serue the Lord their God, and Dauid their King, whom I will raise vp vnto 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 feare not, O my seruant Iaakob, saith the Lord, neither be afrayde, O Israel: for loe, I will deliuer thee from a farre countrey, and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie, and Iaakob shall turne againe, and shalbe in rest and prosperitie and none shall make him afraide.
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 thee, sayth the Lord, to saue thee: though I vtterly destroy all the nations where I haue scattered thee, yet will I not vtterly destroy thee, but I will correct thee by iudgement, and not vtterly cut thee off.
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 saith the Lord, Thy bruising is incurable, and thy wound is dolorous.
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 none to iudge thy cause, or to lay a plaister: there are no medicines, nor help for thee.
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 thy louers haue forgotten thee: they seeke thee not: for I haue striken thee with the wound of an enemie, and with a sharpe chastisement for ye multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sinnes were increased.
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 cryest thou for thine affliction? thy sorowe is incurable, for the multitude of thine iniquities: because thy sinnes were increased, I haue done these things vnto thee.
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。
Therefore all they that deuoure thee, shall be deuoured, and all thine enemies euery one shall goe into captiuitie: and they that spoyle thee, shalbe spoyled, and all they that robbe thee, wil I giue to be robbed.
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 restore health vnto thee, and I will heale thee of thy woundes, saith the Lord, because they called thee, The cast away, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
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 saith the Lord, Beholde, I will bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakobs tentes, and haue compassion on his dwelling places: and the citie shalbe builded vpon her owne heape, and the palace shall remaine after the maner thereof.
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 out of them shall proceede thankesgiuing, and the voyce of them that are ioyous, and I will multiplie them, and they shall not bee fewe: I will also glorifie them, and they shall not be diminished.
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。
Their children also shall be as afore time, and their congregation shall be established before me: and I will visite all that vexe 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 noble ruler shall be of themselues, and their gouernour shall proceede from the middes of them, and I will cause him to draw neere, and approche vnto me: for who is this that directeth his heart to come vnto mee, saith the Lord?
22 這樣,你們必作我的人民,我必作你們的天主」。
And ye shall be my people, and I will bee 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。
Beholde, the tempest of the Lord goeth foorth with wrath: the whirlewinde that hangeth ouer, shall light vpon the head of the wicked.
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 fierce wrath of the Lord shall not returne, vntill he haue done, and vntill he haue performed the intents of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstand it.

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