耶利米書 31
1 時候────將作以色列各宗族的天主，他們將作我的人民。
At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God for all the families of Israel, and they shall be unto me for a people.
2 上主這樣說：逃脫了刀劍的，在曠野中找到了聖寵遇；以色列前來自己巿身的地方。
Thus hath said the Lord, The people of those that are escaped of the sword found grace in the wilderness, —even Israel, when it went to find rest.
3 上主自遠處顯示給她說：我愛妳，我永遠愛妳，因此我給妳留了我的仁慈；
“From afar is the Lord appeared unto me,” [saying, ] Yea, with an everlasting love have I loved thee; therefore have I guided thee with loving-kindness.
4 我要再修建妳，而妳必建再建立起來；妳必再帶上妳的小鼓，出來歡樂哥舞；
Yet again will I build thee up, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: yet again shalt thou adorn thy timbrels, and go forth in the dances of those that make merry.
5 再在撒馬黎雅山上栽種葡萄，栽種培埴，必有收穫；
Yet again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall redeem the fruit.
6 因為終有一天，守望的人要在厄弗辣因山上嘁說：起來，讓我們上熙雍去，到上主我們的天主那裏去!
For there cometh a day, that the watchers call out upon the mountain of Ephraim, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
7 因為上主這樣說：你們應為雅各伯歡呼，向為首的民族喝采，傳揚稱讚說：上主救了自己的百姓，以色列的遺民。
For thus hath said the Lord, Sing for Jacob with joy, and shout at the head of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, The Lord hath helped thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 看，我由北地引他們歸來，從大地的盡頭召集他們，其中有瞎子，有跛子，有懷孕的和正在生產的，形成一大隊回到這裏來。
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and I will gather them from the farthest ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she that travaileth with child together: a great assembly shall they return hither.
9 他們含淚前行，我卻撫引導，領他們踏上不會跌倒的坦途，來到溪流旁，因為我是以色列的慈父，厄弗辣因是我的長子。
With weeping shall they come, and with supplications will I bring them in: I will lead them by brooks of water in a straight way, whereon they shall not stumble; for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
10 萬民! 請聽上主的話，向遙遠的海島宣傳說：那
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and tell it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattereth Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
11 那昔日驅散以色列的，再要來聚集他們，看守他們像牧童看守自己的羊群。11. 因為上主必拯救雅各伯，比他更強者的手中將他們贖回。
For the Lord hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him out of the hand of one stronger than he.
12 他們將來前來，在熙雍山巔歡呼，湧向上主的美物，飽享穀、麥、酒、油，子牛小羊；他們的心靈好像受灌溉的田園，再也不感憔悴。
And they shall come and sing on the height of Zion, and shall come together as a stream to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flocks and of the herds, and their soul shall be as a well-watered garden; and they shall not farther experience grief any more.
13 那時，處女必歡欣鼓舞，老幼必相聚同樂，因為我將使的悲哀變成喜樂，仗他們由自己的憂苦中獲得安慰歡樂；
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and youth and old men together: and I will change their mourning into gladness, and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 我將以肥脂滋潤司祭的心靈，以美物飽飫我的人民──上主的斷語。
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
15 上主這樣說：「聽! 在辣瑪有嘆息聲，酸辛哭泣；辣黑耳悲悼自己的兒子，不願接受安慰，因為他們已不存在了! 」
Thus hath said the Lord, A voice is heard in Ramah, groaning, weeping, and bitter lamentation; Rachel is weeping for her children: she refuseth to be comforted for her children because they are not [here].
16 上主這樣說：「要止往痛哭，不再流淚，因為你的苦終必有報──上主的斷語──他們必會由敵地歸來!
Thus hath said the Lord, Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thy eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith the Lord, and they shall return from the land of the enemy.
17 你們的前途大有希望──上主的斷語──你的子孫都要歸回自己的疆域。
And there is hope for [thee in] thy future, saith the Lord, and thy children shall return to their own borders.
18 我實在聽到厄弗辣因在悲歎說：你懲罰了我，我受了杖搫，有如一頭不馴服的公牛犢；你使我歸來，我必歸來，因為你是上主，我的天主x。
I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, “Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untamed calf; cause me to return, and I will return; for thou art the Lord my God.
19 的確，我離棄你以後，我已後悔；在覺悟以後，我拍腿自慚自愧，因為我又染上了我少年時的恥辱。
Surely after my returning, I repent; and after I am made conscious [by punishment], I smite upon my thigh: I am ashamed, yea, I am confounded, because I bear the disgrace of my youth.”
20 厄弗辣因豈? 是我的寵兒，我鍾愛嬌子﹖因為我幾時恐嚇他，反倒更顧念他；對他我五內感動，不得不大施愛憐──上主的斷語」。
Is not Ephraim a dear son unto me? or a child that I dandle? for whenever I speak of him, I do earnestly remember him again: therefore are my inward parts moved for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
21 請你給自己樹立路程碑，設置指路牌，細心回想你走的路線，以往你走過的大道；以色列處女! 回到妳自己的城邑。
Set thyself up waymarks, place thyself pillars; direct thy heart toward the highway, the way which thou didst go: return, O virgin of Israel, return to these thy cities.
22 妳要流浪到幾時﹖叛逆的女兒! 因為上主在地上正在創造一件新事：女人包圍男人。
How long wilt thou roam about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing on the earth, The woman will go about [seeking for] the husband.
23 萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：「當我轉變他們的命運時，在猶大地和她城市中的人，還要用這話祝賀說：正義的所在，神聖的山嶺! 願上主祝福你。
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they say this word in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I will bring back again their captivity, —May the Lord bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O holy mountain.
24 猶大和她各城中的人，農夫和隨羊遷徒的人，將要同住在那裏，
And there shall dwell therein Judah, and in all his cities together, husbandmen, and they that move about with the flocks.
25 因為我要振作困乏的心靈，飽飫一切苦悶的心靈。──
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every grieving soul have I gratified.
26 至此，我醒來了，我看見了，我的睡眠為我實在甘甜。
For this did I awake, and looked about, and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27 ──上主的斷語──我要給以色列家和猶大家播散人種和獸種；
Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man; and with the seed of cattle.
28 就如往昔我曾監視他們，為將他們拔除、破壞、推翻、毀滅、損害；同樣，日後我必要監視他們、為將他們建設、栽培──上主的斷語──
And it shall come to pass, that just as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to overthrow, and to destroy, and to do harm: so will I watch over them, to build up, and to plant, saith the Lord.
29 在那時裏，人必不再說：「祖先吃了酸葡萄，子孫的牙齒也要酸軟」。
In those days shall they not say any more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge;
30 不，各人只因自己的的罪惡而死；只有吃酸葡萄的人，自己的牙齒才酸軟。
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes—his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必要與叵家和猶大家訂立新約，
Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will make with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant;
32 不像我昔日──握住他們的手，引他們出離埃及時──與他們的祖先訂立盟約；雖然我是他們的夫君，他們已自行破壞了我這盟約──上主的斷語──
Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day that I took hold of them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they have broken, although I was become their husband, saith the Lord;
33 我願在那些時日，與叵家訂立的盟約──上主的斷語──就是：我要將我的法律放在他們的肺腑裏，寫在他們的心頭上；我要作他們的天主，他們要作我的人民。
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I place my law in their inward parts, and upon their heart will I write it; and I will be unto them for a God, and they shall be unto me for a people.
34 那時，誰也不教訓自己的近人或弟兄說：「你們該認識上主」，因為不論大小，人人都必認識我──上主的斷語──因為我要寬恕他們的過犯，不再記憶他們的罪惡。
And they shall not teach any more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they all shall know me, from the least of them even unto their greatest, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I not remember any more.
35 那指定太陽照耀白日規定月亮星辰照耀黑夜，撥動海洋使波濤怒號，號稱「萬軍的上主」
Thus hath said the Lord, who bestoweth the sun for a light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea that its waves roar—The Lord of hosts is his name:
36 假若這些規定已由我面前消失──上主的斷語──以色列種族在我面前也就永不再是一個民族。
If these ordinances ever depart from before me, saith the Lord, then also shall the seed of Israel cease from being a nation before me during all time.
37 上主這樣說：假若能測量在上的諸天，能探察在下大地的基礎，我也就因他們所做的一切，拋棄整個以色列種族──上主的斷語」。
Thus hath said the Lord, If the heavens can be measured above, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath: then also will I reject all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
38 看，時日將到──上主的斷語──上主的城市必要重建，不佰自哈納乃布堡直到角門，
Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when the city shall be built up to the Lord from the tower of Chananel unto the corner-gate.
39 而且測量的繩墨還要向外伸展，直到加勒布丘，再轉向哥阿；
And the measuring-line shall yet again go forth opposite it over the hill Gareb, and shall take a turn to Go'ath.
40 滿了屍首和灰燼的整個山谷，以及直到克德隆溪流和東邊馬門角旁所有木田地，都將祝聖給上主，永不再遭受」。
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all fields as far as the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more to eternity.
