耶利米書 48
1 關於摩阿布：萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：「禍哉，乃波! 因為她遭受了浩劫；克黎雅塔殷蒙受了羞辱，被人攻佔；城堡被人侮辱，飽受驚恐。
Against Moab. Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Woe unto Nebo! for it is wasted; made ashamed, captured is Kiryathayim; made ashamed is Misgab and dismayed.
2 摩阿布的誇耀不再存在，在赫市朋就有人對她蓄意謀害：「來，我們將她剷除，使她不再是個民族! 」連你瑪德門，也要遭受蹂躪，在你後面緊隨著刀劍。
There is no more praise of Moab: in Cheshbon have they devised evil against it, “Come, and let us cut it off from being a nation.” Also thou Madmen shalt be ruined; after thee shall pursue the sword.
3 由曷洛納因傳來哀號的聲音：蹂躪! 絕大的蹂躪!
There is a voice of crying from Choronayim, destruction and a great breach.
4 摩阿布遭受了蹂躪，哀號之聲直達祚阿爾。
Broken down is Moab: her little ones send forth a cry of distress.
5 他們哭泣著攀登路希特山坡；在曷洛納因斜坡上，人們可聽到悽慘的悲號：
For the ascent of Luchith is ascended with weeping and tears; for on the descent of Choronayim the enemies have heard the cry of destruction.
6 請你們逃跑，拯救你們的性命! 願你們有如曠野中的楊柳!
Flee, save your life, and be ye like the solitary tree in the wilderness.
7 正因你信賴你的工作和財富，你也要被佔領；革摩士與自己的司祭和執事，也要一同充軍。
For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be conquered: and Kemosh shall go forth into exile, [with] his priests and his princes together.
8 正如上主說了：蹂躪者必踏遍所有的城市，無一可以幸免；山谷必遭破壞，平原必摧殘。
And the water shall come over every city, and no city shall escape: and lost shall be the valley, and destroyed shall be the plain, as the Lord hath said.
9 你們給摩阿布立墓碑，因為她已全被消滅，她的城邑全化為無人居住的荒野。──
Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; since her cities shall become desolate, without any to dwell therein.
10 那怠慢執行上主工作的，是可咒罵的；那制止自己的刀劍見血的，也是可咒罵的。──
Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord negligently, and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.
11 摩阿布自少年就享安逸，安息在自己的糟粕上，從沒有由一缸內，也從沒有被擄充軍，為此她的滋味仍然存在，她的香味還未改變。
Moab was ever at ease from his youth, and he was resting on his lees, and was not emptied from vessel to vessel, and had not gone into exile: therefore had his taste remained in him, and his scent was not changed.
12 惟其如此，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必給她派傾倒的人來將她倒空，倒乾她的酒缸，打碎她的酒瓶；
Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will send unto him tappers, that shall tap him, and they shall empty his vessels, and dash in pieces their bottles.
13 那時，摩阿布必因革摩士而受辱，就如以色列家因他們信賴的貝特耳而受辱一樣。
And Moab shall be ashamed of Kemosh, as the house of Israel were made ashamed because of Beth-el their confidence.
14 你們怎能說：「我們是勇士，善戰的力士﹖」
How can ye say, We are mighty and men of bravery for the war?
15 蹂躪摩阿布者上來進攻她的城市，精銳的少年，下去遭受殺戮─名叫「萬軍上主」的君王的斷語──
Moab is wasted, and into his cities hath [the enemy] ascended, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, the Lord of hosts is his name.
16 摩阿布的災難已逼近前來，她的禍患加速進行。
Near is the calamity of Moab to come, and his misfortune hasteneth fast.
17 你們四鄰，凡認識她聲名的，都應對她惋惜說：「怎麼，威能的權杖，光榮的柄杖，也被折斷! 」
All ye that are about him bemoan him; and all ye that know his name: say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful stick!
18 住在狄朋的女兒! 你該由榮耀中下來，坐在乾地上，因為蹂躪摩阿布者已前來攻擊你，摧毀你的要塞。
Come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst, thou inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; for the waster of Moab cometh up against thee, he destroyeth thy strong-holds.
19 阿洛厄爾的居民! 請你站在路旁觀望，向在逃亡出走的男女探問說：「發生了什麼事﹖」
Stand by the way, and look out, O inhabitress of 'Aro'er: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, say, What hath been done?
20 摩阿布已羞愧無地，因為已經瓦解；你們應悲哭哀號，在阿爾農宣布：「摩阿布遭受了蹂躪! 」
Moab hath been made ashamed; for it is broken down; wail, and cry aloud: tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is wasted,
21 懲罰已來到了平原之地，到了曷隆、雅哈茲和默法阿特；
And punishment is come over the land of the plain, over Cholon, and over Yahzah, and over Mepha'ath,
22 到了狄朋、乃波和貝特狄貝拉塔因；
And over Dibon, and over Nebo, and over Beth-diblathayim,
23 到了克黎雅塔殷、貝特加慕耳和貝特默紅；
And over Kiryathayim, and over Beth-gamul, and over Beth-me'on,
24 到了克黎約特、波責辣和摩阿布地遠近的各城市。
And over Keriyoth, and over Bozrah, and over all the cities of the land of Moab, that are far and that are near.
25 摩阿布的角已被砍下，她的手臂已被折斷──上主斷語。
Hewn away is the horn of Moab, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
26 請你們灌醉她，因為她自高自大，反抗上主；摩阿布必要在自己的嘔吐中輾轉，連她自己也要成為笑柄。
Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall become [an object] of derision.
27 以色列為你豈不是一個笑柄﹖難道她是被人發現在盜賊之中，為什麼你一提到她，就只有搖頭﹖
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? or was he found among thieves? that whenever thou spokest of him, thou hadst to shake [thy head]?
28 摩阿布的居民! 你們該離棄城市，住在巖石間，彷彿在深谷懸崖邊緣結巢鵓鴿。
Leave the cities, and dwell on rocks, O ye that dwell in Moab; and be ye like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the mouth of rocky clefts.
29 我們聽說過摩阿布的驕傲，她的確驕傲無比；我們也聽說過她的強橫、矜誇、自大和心中的傲慢。
We have heard the pride of Moab, who is so exceedingly proud, his haughtiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the overbearingness of his heart.
30 我知道她狂妄，好事空談，舉動輕率──上主的斷語──
I will know, saith the Lord, his wrath, and how causeless it is: his liars have done what is not right.
31 為此，我為摩阿布哀哭，為整個摩阿布悲號，為克爾赫勒斯人嘆息。
Therefore will I wail for Moab, and for all Moab will I cry out; for the men of Kir-cheres shall people moan.
32 息貝瑪葡萄園! 我為雅則爾痛哭，更為你痛哭；你的枝葉曾越過海洋，伸展到雅則爾；現在蹂躪者竟突然來摧殘你夏季的果實和秋季的收穫。
With the weeping of Ya'zer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah; thy tendrils [once] passed over the sea, they reached as far as to the sea of Ya'zer: over thy summer-fruits and over thy vintage the waster is fallen.
33 摩阿布的田園已再沒有歡欣喜樂；我已使槽中無酒可榨；榨酒的不再榨酒，再也聽不見歡呼。
And banished are joy and gladness from Carmel, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused the wine to cease from the wine-presses; none shall tread the press with the vintner's call; battle cry—nor vintner's call.
34 赫市朋和厄肋阿肋的哀號遠達雅哈茲，由祚阿爾發出的呼聲，直達曷洛納因和厄革拉舍里史雅，因為尼默凌的水業已枯竭。
From the loud cry of Cheshbon as far as El'aleh, even unto Yahaz, have they sent forth their voice, from Zo'ar even unto Choronayim, to the third 'Eglath; for the waters also of Nimrim shall become desolate.
35 如此，我要給摩阿布滅絕上高丘向神祇獻香的人──上主的斷語──
Moreover will I cause to cease unto Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth on the high-places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
36 為此我的心像笛蕭一般為摩阿布鳴咽，我的心像笛簫一般為克爾赫勒斯人鳴咽，因為他們獲得的積蓄，都已喪失。
Therefore shall my heart groan for Moab like flutes, and my heart shall groan like flutes for the men of Kir-cheres; for the cause that the remnant of the riches he had gotten are lost.
37 人人剃光頭髮，人人剪去鬍鬚，手上帶有割傷，腰間繫有苦衣；
For every head is bald, and every beard is shorn: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins is sackcloth.
38 摩阿布所有的屋頂和廣場上，處處可聽到哀聲，因為我擊碎了摩阿布，有如擊碎一不中人意的器皿──上主的斷語──
Upon all the roofs of Moab, and in her streets, there is everywhere lamentation; for I have broken Moab like a vessel which hath no value, saith the Lord.
39 摩阿布崩潰得多麼悽慘! 你們真該嚎啕! 她是多麼含羞轉過背來! 摩阿布竟成了她四鄰的笑柄和恐怖。
Oh, how is it broken down! wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! and Moab shall be a derision and a dismay to all those around him.
40 因為上主這樣說：「看，敵人好像老鷹飛翔，向摩阿布展開自已的翅膀，
For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, as the eagle shall he fly, and he shall spread out his wings over Moab.
41 攻取了城池，佔領了要塞；在那一日，摩阿布的勇士必心志頹喪有如臨產的婦人。
Captured are the fortresses, and the strong-holds are conquered: and the heart of the mighty men of Moab shall be on that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42 摩阿布必要消滅，不再成為一個民族，因為她自高自大，反抗上主。
And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people; because it hath magnified himself against the Lord.
43 摩阿布的居民! 恐怖、陷阱和羅網齊來襲擊你──上主的斷語──
Terror, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
44 逃脫了恐怖的，必落在陷阱裏；爬出了陷阱的，必為羅網纏住；在懲罰她的那年，我要給摩阿布召來這一切──上主的斷語──
He that fleeth from the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be caught in the snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
45 逃命的人，筋疲力盡，站在赫市朋的陰影下；但是從赫市朋發出了火，從息紅宮中冒出了火焰，吞滅了摩阿布的首領，和騷動子民的頭目。
Under the shadow of Cheshbon stand still, deprived of strength, those that flee; but a fire cometh forth out of Cheshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sichon, and it devoureth the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the children of vaunting.
46 禍哉，摩阿布! 革摩士的人民! 你算完了，因為你的兒子已被擄去充軍，你的女兒流為囚徒；
Woe unto thee, O Moab! lost is the people of Kemosh; for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters into captivity.
47 雖然如此，在末日我仍要轉變摩阿布的命運──上主的斷語。至此是關於摩阿布的判決。
Yet will I bring back again the captivity of Moab in the end of days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the punishment of Moab.
