耶利米書 22
1 耶和華如此說：「你下到猶大王的宮中，在那裏說這話，
Thus saith the Lord; Go thou, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and thou shalt speak there this word,
2 說：『坐大衛寶座的猶大王啊，你和你的臣僕，並進入城門的百姓，都當聽耶和華的話。
and thou shalt say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest on the throne of David, thou, and thy house, and thy people, and they that go in at these gates:
3 耶和華如此說：你們要施行公平和公義，拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手，不可虧負寄居的和孤兒寡婦，不可以強暴待他們，在這地方也不可流無辜人的血。
thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
4 你們若認真行這事，就必有坐大衛寶座的君王和他的臣僕百姓，或坐車或騎馬，從這城的各門進入。
For if ye will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.
5 你們若不聽這些話，耶和華說：我指着自己起誓，這城必變為荒場。』
But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be [brought] to desolation.
6 耶和華論到猶大王的家如此說： 我看你如基列， 如黎巴嫩頂； 然而，我必使你變為曠野， 為無人居住的城邑。
For thus saith the Lord concerning the house of the king of Juda; Thou art Galaad to me, [and] the head of Libanus: [yet] surely I will make thee a desert, [even] cities that shall not be inhabited:
7 我要預備行毀滅的人， 各拿器械攻擊你； 他們要砍下你佳美的香柏樹， 扔在火中。
and I will bring upon thee a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
8 「許多國的民要經過這城，各人對鄰舍說：『耶和華為何向這大城如此行呢？』
And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
9 他們必回答說：『是因離棄了耶和華－他們上帝的約，事奉敬拜別神。』」
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
10 不要為死人哭號； 不要為他悲傷， 卻要為離家出外的人大大哭號； 因為他不得再回來， 也不得再見他的本國。
Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.
11 因為耶和華論到從這地方出去的猶大王約西亞的兒子沙龍，就是接續他父親約西亞作王的，這樣說：「他必不得再回到這裏來，
For thus saith the Lord concerning Sellem the son of Josias, who reigns in the place of Josias his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
12 卻要死在被擄去的地方，必不得再見這地。」
but in that place whither I have carried him captive, there shall he die, and shall see this land no more.
13 那行不義蓋房、行不公造樓、 白白使用人的手工不給工價的有禍了！
He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
14 他說：我要為自己蓋廣大的房、寬敞的樓， 為自己開窗戶。 這樓房的護牆板是香柏木的， 樓房是丹色油漆的。
Thou hast built for thyself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 難道你作王是在乎造香柏木樓房爭勝嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝、 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
Shalt thou reign, because thou art provoked with thy father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for thee to execute judgment and justice.
16 他為困苦和窮乏人伸冤， 那時就得了福樂。 認識我不在乎此嗎？ 這是耶和華說的。
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.
17 惟有你的眼和你的心專顧貪婪， 流無辜人的血， 行欺壓和強暴。
Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thine heart, but [they go] after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
18 所以，耶和華論到猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬如此說： 人必不為他舉哀說： 哀哉！我的哥哥； 或說：哀哉！我的姊姊； 也不為他舉哀說： 哀哉！我的主； 或說：哀哉！我主的榮華。
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, [saying], Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord.
19 他被埋葬，好像埋驢一樣， 要拉出去扔在耶路撒冷的城門之外。
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; he shall be dragged roughly along and cast outside the gate of Jerusalem.
20 你要上黎巴嫩哀號， 在巴珊揚聲， 從亞巴琳哀號， 因為你所親愛的都毀滅了。
Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter thy voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 你興盛的時候，我對你說話； 你卻說：我不聽。 你自幼年以來總是這樣， 不聽從我的話。
I spoke to thee on [occasion of] thy trespass, but thou saidst, I will not hearken. This [has been] thy way from thy youth, thou hast not hearkened to my voice.
22 你的牧人要被風吞吃， 你所親愛的必被擄去； 那時你必因你一切的惡抱愧蒙羞。
The wind shall tend all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity; for then shalt thou be ashamed and disgraced because of all thy lovers.
23 你這住黎巴嫩、在香柏樹上搭窩的， 有痛苦臨到你， 好像疼痛臨到產難的婦人， 那時你何等可憐！
O thou that dwellest in Libanus, making thy nest in the cedars, thou shalt groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon thee.
24 耶和華說：「猶大王約雅敬的兒子哥尼雅，雖是我右手上帶印的戒指，我憑我的永生起誓，也必將你從其上摘下來，
[As] I live, saith the Lord, though Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda were indeed the seal upon my right hand, thence would I pluck thee;
25 並且我必將你交給尋索你命的人和你所懼怕的人手中，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人的手中。
and I will deliver thee into the hands of them that seek thy life, before whom thou art afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans.
26 我也必將你和生你的母親趕到別國，並不是你們生的地方；你們必死在那裏，
And I will cast forth thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a land where thou wast not born; and there ye shall die.
27 但心中甚想歸回之地，必不得歸回。」
But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.
28 哥尼雅這人是被輕看、破壞的器皿嗎？ 是無人喜愛的器皿嗎？ 他和他的後裔為何被趕到不認識之地呢？
Jechonias is dishonoured as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.
29 地啊，地啊，地啊，當聽耶和華的話！
Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.
30 耶和華如此說： 要寫明這人算為無子， 是平生不得亨通的； 因為他後裔中再無一人得亨通， 能坐在大衛的寶座上治理猶大。
Write ye this man an outcast: for there shall none of his seed at all grow up to sit on the throne of David, [or as] a prince yet in Juda.
