< 耶利米書 16 >

1 耶和華的話又臨到我說:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 「你在這地方不可娶妻,生兒養女。
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.
3 因為論到在這地方所生的兒女,又論到在這國中生養他們的父母,耶和華如此說:
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:
4 他們必死得甚苦,無人哀哭,必不得葬埋,必在地上像糞土,必被刀劍和饑荒滅絕;他們的屍首必給空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸作食物。」
They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.
5 耶和華如此說:「不要進入喪家,不要去哀哭,也不要為他們悲傷,因我已將我的平安、慈愛、憐憫從這百姓奪去了。這是耶和華說的。
For thus saith the Lord: Enter not into the house of feasting, neither go thou to mourn, nor to comfort them: because I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, my mercy and commiserations.
6 連大帶小,都必在這地死亡,不得葬埋。人必不為他們哀哭,不用刀劃身,也不使頭光禿。
Both the great and the little shall die in the land: they shall not be buried nor lamented, and men shall not cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
7 他們有喪事,人必不為他們擘餅,因死人安慰他們;他們喪父喪母,人也不給他們一杯酒安慰他們。
And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to comfort them for their father and mother.
8 你不可進入宴樂的家,與他們同坐吃喝。
And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink.
9 因為萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:你們還活着的日子在你們眼前,我必使歡喜和快樂的聲音,新郎和新婦的聲音,從這地方止息了。
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 「你將這一切的話指示這百姓。他們問你說:『耶和華為甚麼說,要降這大災禍攻擊我們呢?我們有甚麼罪孽呢?我們向耶和華-我們的上帝犯了甚麼罪呢?』
And when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee: Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced against us all this great evil? what is our iniquity? and what is our sin, that we have sinned against the Lord our God?
11 你就對他們說:『耶和華說:因為你們列祖離棄我,隨從別神,事奉敬拜,不遵守我的律法,
Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and went after strange gods, and served them, and adored them: and they forsook me, and kept not my law.
12 而且你們行惡比你們列祖更甚;因為各人隨從自己頑梗的惡心行事,甚至不聽從我,
And you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me.
13 所以我必將你們從這地趕出,直趕到你們和你們列祖素不認識的地。你們在那裏必晝夜事奉別神,因為我必不向你們施恩。』」
So I will cast you forth out of this land, into a land which you know not, nor you fathers: and there you shall serve strange gods day and night, which shall not give you any rest.
14 耶和華說:「日子將到,人必不再指着那領以色列人從埃及地上來之永生的耶和華起誓,
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, when it shall be said no more: The Lord liveth, that brought for the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt:
15 卻要指着那領以色列人從北方之地,並趕他們到的各國上來之永生的耶和華起誓,並且我要領他們再入我從前賜給他們列祖之地。」
But, the Lord liveth, that brought the children of Israel out of the land of the north, and out of all the lands to which I cast them out: and I will bring them again into their land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 耶和華說:「我要召許多打魚的把以色列人打上來,然後我要召許多打獵的,從各山上、各岡上、各石穴中獵取他們。
Behold I will send many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them: and after this I will send them many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 因我的眼目察看他們的一切行為;他們不能在我面前遮掩,他們的罪孽也不能在我眼前隱藏。
For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
18 我先要加倍報應他們的罪孽和罪惡;因為他們用可憎之屍玷污我的地土,又用可厭之物充滿我的產業。」
And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
19 耶和華啊,你是我的力量, 是我的保障; 在苦難之日是我的避難所。 列國人必從地極來到你這裏, 說:我們列祖所承受的, 不過是虛假,是虛空無益之物。
O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.
20 人豈可為自己製造神呢? 其實這不是神。
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and there are no gods?
21 耶和華說:「我要使他們知道,就是這一次使他們知道我的手和我的能力。他們就知道我的名是耶和華了。」
Therefore, behold I will this once cause them to know, I will shew them my hand and my power: and they shall know that my name is the Lord.

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