< 耶利米書 45 >
1 以下是耶肋米亞先知對乃黎雅的兒子巴路克說的話:他在猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金第四年,由耶肋米亞口授,在卷冊上記錄了這些話:「
The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a scroll at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
3 你曾說:我多麼可憐! 因為上主在我的愁苦上還加添痛苦;我呻吟憔悴,得不到安寧!
'You said, "Woe is me now. For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest."'"
4 你應這樣對他說:上主這樣說:看! 我拆毀的,是我所建造的;我拔除的,是我所栽培的;我要打擊全地,
"You shall tell him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Look, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
5 你還有什麼大事可為自己請求;不必請求了。看,我給一切血肉招來災禍──上主的斷語──至於你,不論你到什麼地方去,我必賜你獲得性命,如獲勝利品。」
Do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for, look, I will bring disaster on all flesh, says the LORD; but your life will I give to you for a reward in all places where you go."'"