耶利米書 33
1 米亞還拘禁在監獄的庭的時候，又有上主的話傳給他說：
Moreover the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard, saying,
2 那創造形成和奠定大地，且名叫「雅威」的上主這樣說：
“The LORD who does it, the LORD who forms it to establish it—the LORD is his name, says:
3 你呼喚我，我必答覆你，把偉大和你不認識的奧秘事情告訴你。
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
4 上主以色列的天主這樣論及這城為圍攻工事和武力摧毀的房屋和猶大王宮說──
For the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defence against the mounds and against the sword:
5 他們前去與加色丁人交戰，只不過是將屍體充塞城市，因為我以盛怒殺戳了他們，因了他們的種種罪惡，我已掩面不顧這城市──
‘While men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city,
6 看，我必使他們的瘡痍收口痊愈，獲得醫治；給他們大開和平和安寧的寶庫；
behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
7 轉變猶大和以色列的命運，使他們復興如初；
I will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel, and will build them as at the first.
8 洗除他們得罪我的一切犯罪，赦免他們得罪和違背我的一切過犯。
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me.
9 這城必使在普世萬民間獲得喜慶、讚美和光榮；他們聽到我對這城行的一切善事，必因我賜給這城的種種幸福與和平，起敬起畏。
This city will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I provide to it.’”
10 上主這樣說：「在你們所謂人獸絕跡的荒野地方，在猶大的城市和耶路撒冷，沒有居民和牲畜的荒涼街上，
The LORD says: “Yet again there will be heard in this place, about which you say, ‘It is waste, without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,’
11 人還聽到愉快和喜樂的聲音，新郎娘和貪污的聲音；還要聽到上主在上主殿宇奉獻感恩的人說：請你們讚頌萬軍的上主，因為上主是美善的，衪的慈愛永遠常存；因為我要轉變這地的命運，使它復興如初──上主說」。
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Armies, for the LORD is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into the LORD’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says the LORD.
12 萬軍的上主這樣說：「在這人獸絕跡的地方，和其中所有的城市裏，仍要有牧童牧放羊群的牧埸；
The LORD of Armies says: “Yet again there will be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 在山地和平原以及南的各城鏔裏，在本雅明地，在耶路撒冷城郊，在猶大的各城市裏，仍要有人點手下經過的羊群──上主說。
In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of him who counts them,” says the LORD.
14 看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我要實踐我對以色列家和猶大家預許賜福的諾言。
“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
15 在那些日子裏，在那時期內，我必由達味出生一正義的曲芽，在地上執行公道和正義；
“In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
16 在那時日裏，猶大必獲救，耶路撒冷必居享安寧，人用以稱叫她的名字將是「上主是我們的正義」。
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: The LORD our righteousness.”
17 因為上主這樣說：達味總不斷有人坐在以色列家的寶座上；
For the LORD says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
18 肋未司祭也總不斷有人站在我面前奉獻全燔祭，焚燒祭品，天天殺牲舉祭」。
The Levitical priests won’t lack a man before me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
19 有上主的話傳給耶肋米亞說：
The LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
20 「上主這樣說：假若你能破壞我與白日黑夜訂立 盟約，使白日黑夜不再依循自己的時序，
“The LORD says: ‘If you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their time,
21 那我與我僕達味的盟約也就可以破壞，使他再沒有兒子繼位為王；我與我的僕役肋未司祭的盟約，也就可以破壞。
then my covenant could also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levitical priests, my ministers.
22 我要這樣增添我僕達味的後裔和服事我的肋未人，有如天上數不清的軍旅，海中量不盡的沙粒」。
As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”
23 有的話傳給耶肋米亞說：
The LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
24 「難道你沒有注意這人民說些什麼話嗎﹖他們說：上主揀選了兩個家族，如今又把他們拋棄了! 他們竟這樣輕視我的人民，不再把他們看作一個民族。
“Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has the LORD cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”
25 上主這樣說：假若我沒有與白日黑夜訂立盟約，沒有給上天下地設立軌道，
The LORD says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
26 我就可以拋棄雅各伯與我僕達味的後裔，不再由他的後裔選拔人，來統治亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯的 後裔，因為我必要憐憫他們，轉變他們的命運」。
then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”
