耶利米書 25
1 猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的元年，耶和華論猶大眾民的話臨到耶利米。
The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon;
2 先知耶利米就將這話對猶大眾人和耶路撒冷的一切居民說：
which Jeremiah the prophet spake to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: —
3 「從猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞十三年直到今日，這二十三年之內，常有耶和華的話臨到我；我也對你們傳說，就是從早起來傳說，只是你們沒有聽從。
From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, for three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4 耶和華也從早起來，差遣他的僕人眾先知到你們這裏來（只是你們沒有聽從，也沒有側耳而聽），
Also Jehovah hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5 說：『你們各人當回頭，離開惡道和所作的惡，便可居住耶和華古時所賜給你們和你們列祖之地，直到永遠。
“Turn ye now,” said they, “every one from your evil way, and from your evil doings, and ye shall dwell in the land which Jehovah gave to you and to your fathers for ever and ever.
6 不可隨從別神事奉敬拜，以你們手所做的惹我發怒；這樣，我就不加害與你們。
And go not after strange gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.”
7 然而你們沒有聽從我，竟以手所做的惹我發怒，陷害自己。這是耶和華說的。』」
But ye have not hearkened to me, saith Jehovah, that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
8 所以萬軍之耶和華如此說：「因為你們沒有聽從我的話，
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not hearkened to my words,
9 我必召北方的眾族和我僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊這地和這地的居民，並四圍一切的國民。我要將他們盡行滅絕，以致他們令人驚駭、嗤笑，並且永久荒涼。這是耶和華說的。
behold, I will send and take all the nations of the North, saith Jehovah, and Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and a perpetual desolation.
10 我又要使歡喜和快樂的聲音，新郎和新婦的聲音，推磨的聲音和燈的亮光，從他們中間止息。
Yea, I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the mill-stones, and the light of the lamp.
11 這全地必然荒涼，令人驚駭。這些國民要服事巴比倫王七十年。
And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 七十年滿了以後，我必刑罰巴比倫王和那國民，並迦勒底人之地，因他們的罪孽使那地永遠荒涼。這是耶和華說的。
But when seventy years shall have passed, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their iniquity, saith Jehovah, and the land of the Chaldaeans, and I will make it a perpetual desolation.
13 我也必使我向那地所說的話，就是記在這書上的話，是耶利米向這些國民說的預言，都臨到那地。
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14 因為有多國和大君王必使迦勒底人作奴僕；我也必照他們的行為，按他們手所做的報應他們。」
For they, even they, shall be brought into subjection to many nations and great kings. I will render to them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
15 耶和華－以色列的上帝對我如此說：「你從我手中接這杯忿怒的酒，使我所差遣你去的各國的民喝。
For thus hath Jehovah, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand; and let all the nations to which I shall send thee drink of it.
16 他們喝了就要東倒西歪，並要發狂，因我使刀劍臨到他們中間。」
Let them drink, and stagger, and become mad because of the sword which I am about to send among them.
17 我就從耶和華的手中接了這杯，給耶和華所差遣我去的各國的民喝，
So I took the cup from the hand of Jehovah, and gave it to all the nations to drink, to which Jehovah sent me;
18 就是耶路撒冷和猶大的城邑，並耶路撒冷的君王與首領，使這城邑荒涼，令人驚駭、嗤笑、咒詛，正如今日一樣。
to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, and to the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse; [[as it is this day.]]
19 又有埃及王法老和他的臣僕、首領，以及他的眾民，
To Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his servants, and to his princes, and to all his people,
20 並雜族的人民和烏斯地的諸王，與非利士地的諸王（亞實基倫、迦薩、以革倫，以及亞實突剩下的人）；
and all the allied people; and to all the kings of the land of Uz, and to all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and to Askelon, and to Gaza, and to Ekron, and to the remnant of Ashdod;
21 以東、摩押、亞捫人、
to Edom, and to Moab, and to the children of Ammon;
22 泰爾的諸王、西頓的諸王、海島的諸王、
and to all the kings of Tyre, and to all the kings of Sidon, and to the kings of the lands which are beyond the sea;
23 底但、提瑪、布斯，和一切剃周圍頭髮的；
to Dedan, and to Tema, and to Buz, and to all that shave the cheek;
24 阿拉伯的諸王、住曠野雜族人民的諸王、
and to all the kings of Arabia, and to all the kings of the allied people who dwell in the desert;
25 心利的諸王、以攔的諸王、米底亞的諸王、
and to all the kings of Zimri, and to all the kings of Elam, and to all the kings of Media;
26 北方遠近的諸王，以及天下地上的萬國喝了，以後示沙克王也要喝。
and to all the kings of the North, those that are near, and those that are afar off with respect to each other, and to all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 「你要對他們說：『萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：你們要喝，且要喝醉，要嘔吐，且要跌倒，不得再起來，都因我使刀劍臨到你們中間。』
And say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye and be drunken, and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I am about to send among you.
28 「他們若不肯從你手接這杯喝，你就要對他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們一定要喝！
And if they refuse to take the cup from thy hand to drink, then say to them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink!
29 我既從稱為我名下的城起首施行災禍，你們能盡免刑罰嗎？你們必不能免，因為我要命刀劍臨到地上一切的居民。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。』
For behold, upon the city which is called by my name I begin to bring evil; and shall ye go wholly unpunished? Ye shall not go unpunished; for I am about to call the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
30 「所以你要向他們預言這一切的話，攻擊他們，說： 耶和華必從高天吼叫， 從聖所發聲， 向自己的羊群大聲吼叫； 他要向地上一切的居民吶喊， 像踹葡萄的一樣。
Therefore, prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: —Jehovah shall roar from on high, From his holy habitation shall he utter his voice; He shall roar aloud against his dwelling-place; A shout like that of vintagers shall he raise Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 必有響聲達到地極， 因為耶和華與列國相爭； 凡有血氣的，他必審問； 至於惡人，他必交給刀劍。 這是耶和華說的。
An outcry shall reach to the ends of the earth; For Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; He entereth into judgment with all flesh; The wicked will he give up to the sword, saith Jehovah.
32 萬軍之耶和華如此說： 看哪，必有災禍從這國發到那國， 並有大暴風從地極颳起。
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the extremities of the earth.
33 「到那日，從地這邊直到地那邊都有耶和華所殺戮的。必無人哀哭，不得收殮，不得葬埋，必在地上成為糞土。
At that day shall the slain of Jehovah lie From one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; They shall not be lamented, nor gathered, nor buried; They shall be dung upon the ground.
34 牧人哪，你們當哀號，呼喊； 群眾的頭目啊，你們要滾在灰中； 因為你們被殺戮分散的日子足足來到。 你們要跌碎，好像美器打碎一樣。
Howl, O ye shepherds, and cry! Roll yourselves in the dust, ye leaders of the flock, For your time to be slaughtered has come! And I will scatter you, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
35 牧人無路逃跑； 群眾的頭目也無法逃脫。
The shepherds shall have no way to flee, Nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
36 聽啊，有牧人呼喊， 有群眾頭目哀號的聲音， 因為耶和華使他們的草場變為荒場。
[[Hark!]] the voice of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the leaders of the flock, Because Jehovah layeth waste their pasture!
37 耶和華發出猛烈的怒氣， 平安的羊圈就都寂靜無聲。
Yea, the peaceful pastures are destroyed Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
38 他離了隱密處像獅子一樣， 他們的地，因刀劍凶猛的欺壓， 又因他猛烈的怒氣都成為可驚駭的。」
He hath left, like a lion, his covert; For their land is become desolate, Because of the wrath of the destroying sword, And because of the fierceness of his anger.
