耶利米書 46
1 上主傳給耶肋米亞先知論及外邦的話。
The word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
2 關於埃及：對於埃及王法郎乃苛，於猶大王約史的兒子約雅金第四年，在幼發拉的河附近的加克米士，被巴比倫王拿步高擊敗的軍隊：
Of Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh-Necho, the king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, smote, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
3 你們應準備盾牌鎧甲，衝鋒上陣!
Prepare ye the buckler and shield, And move on to battle!
4 騎士，你們應裝備戰馬，快騎上，戴上盔，磨快槍，披甲出陣!
Harness the horses, and mount, ye riders! Stand forth in your helmets; Make bright the spears, And put on the coats of mail!
5 怎麼﹖我看見他們驚惶潰退，他們的勇士遭受襲擊，急速奔逃，不敢回顧，竟然恐怖四起﹖──上主的斷語。
Wherefore do I see them dismayed, and turned back? Even their mighty ones are smitten; They flee apace; they look not back. Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
6 敏捷的不能逃脫，英勇的不能自救，在靠近幼發拉的河的北岸，瓦解覆滅!
Let not the swift attempt to flee away, Nor the mighty man to escape; Toward the North by the river Euphrates shall they stumble and fall.
7 那如尼羅，水波起伏如河流，湧上來的是誰﹖
Who is he that riseth up like the Nile, Whose waters swell like floods?
8 埃及如尼羅，水波起伏如河流，湧上來說：「我湧上來淹沒大地，掃滅城市和城中的居民。
Egypt riseth up like the Nile, And like floods do his waters swell. He saith, “I will arise, I will cover the land, I will destroy the city, and them that dwell therein.”
9 戰馬上前，戰車急馳，戰士出陣，持盾的雇士人和普特人，張弓的路丁人!
Come up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots! And let the mighty men go forth, The Ethiopians, and the Libyans, that bear the shield, And the Lydians, that bear and bend the bow!
10 這一天正是我主萬軍的上主，報復自己仇敵的復仇日，刀劍必要吞噬、飽嘗、痛飲他們的鮮血；在靠近幼發拉的河北岸，我主萬軍的上主必要執行一場大屠殺。
This is the day of the Lord Jehovah of hosts, A day of vengeance, to avenge himself of his enemies; And the sword shall devour, and satiate itself, And it shall be made drunk with their blood. For Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice In the North country, by the river Euphrates.
11 埃及的處女! 你儘管上基肋阿得去拾取香草，只是徒然增添藥材；你已無法治療!
Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou use many medicines; There is no cure for thee!
12 萬民聞知了你的羞辱，大地充滿了你的哀哭；噫! 勇士衝向勇士，雙方同時倒仆。
The nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the earth; For they have stumbled, the mighty against the mighty, And they are fallen both together.
13 上主論及巴比倫王拿步高前來攻擊埃及地，對耶肋米亞先知說的話：
The word which Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt.
14 你們在埃及宣傳，在米革多耳傳報，在諾夫及塔黑培乃斯傳布說：你起來準備! 刀劍已在你四周撕殺。
Declare ye in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim ye also in Noph and Tahpanhes! Say ye, “Stand fast and prepare thyself, For the sword shall devour round about thee!”
15 怎麼，阿丕斯逃跑了，你的牛神也站立不住﹖原來上主已將牠推倒。
Wherefore are thy mighty ones overthrown? They stood not, because Jehovah cast them down.
16 你的混合部隊已離心潰退，各向自己的同僚說：起來，回到我們的民族，我們的生身地去，遠避吞殺的刀劍!
He caused many to fall; one fell upon another; And they said, “Arise, and let us go to our own people, And to the land of our nativity, from the overpowering sword.”
17 人應給埃及王法郎起個綽號，叫「時機過後的叫囂。」
There they cry, “Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is undone! He hath let pass the appointed time.”
18 我永在──那稱謂萬軍上主的君王的斷語──有一位必要前來，勢如群山中的大博爾，又如海濱的加爾默耳。
As I live, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts: Like Tabor among the mountains, And like Carmel by the sea, he cometh! Prepare thyself travelling equipage,
19 寄居在埃及的女兒! 請你自備流徙的行裝，因為諾夫將要變為荒野，被火焚燒，再沒有人居住。
Thou who dwellest in Egypt! For Noph shall become waste, Yea, desolate without an inhabitant.
20 埃及是一頭美麗的小母牛，但是有一隻牛蠅從北方向她撲來。
Egypt is a fair heifer, But destruction cometh; it cometh from the North.
21 她的傭兵在她內雖像肥胖的牛犢，也一同轉身逃遁，不能抵抗，因為他們遭殃的日子，受罰的時期，已來到他們身上。
Her mercenaries also in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; Yet they also turn back; they flee together; they stand not; For the day of their calamity is come upon them, And the time of their punishment.
22 她發聲嘶嘶好像蛇行，因為敵人正在率軍前進，好像伐木的樵夫，帶著斧鉞向她衝來：
Her voice shall be heard like that of a serpent, When they shall march against her with their forces, And come against her with axes like fellers of trees.
23 砍伐她的森林──上主的斷語──雖然它稠密得不可侵入，因為他們多於蝗蟲，不可勝數。
They shall cut down her forest, though it be impenetrable; For they exceed the locusts in multitude, And are innumerable.
24 埃及女兒，已被交在北方民族手裏，遭受污辱。
The daughter of Egypt is brought to shame; She is given into the hand of the people of the North.
25 萬軍的上主，以色列的天主說：「看，我必懲罰諾地的阿孟，法郎和埃及，埃及的神祇和君王，以及信賴法郎的人，
Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Ammon of No, And Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their kings; Even Pharaoh and all that trust in him.
26 將他們交在圖謀他們性命的巴比倫王拿步高和他臣僕的手中；但是以後，埃及仍如昔日有人居住──上主的斷語。
And I will deliver them into the hands of those that seek their lives, And into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants. But after this it shall be inhabited, As in the days of old, saith Jehovah.
27 至於你，我的僕人雅各伯，你不用害怕；以色列，你不必驚慌；因為，看，我必從遠方救出你來；從充軍之地，救出你的後裔；雅各伯必將歸來，居享安寧，無所恐懼。
But fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, And be not thou dismayed, O Israel! For, behold, I will bring thee safe from afar, And thy posterity from the land of their captivity; And Jacob shall return and be at rest, Yea, he shall be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
28 雅各伯，我的僕人! 你不用害怕──上主的斷語──有我與你同在；誠然，對我使你流徙所至的各民族，我要加以毀滅；但是你，我必不毀滅，只依照正義懲罰你，不讓你全然免罰。
Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith Jehovah, For I will be with thee; When I shall make a full end of all the nations Whither I have dispersed thee, Yet will I not make a full end of thee; I will correct thee in measure; Yet must I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
