耶利米書 4
1 耶和華說：以色列啊， 你若回來歸向我， 若從我眼前除掉你可憎的偶像， 你就不被遷移。
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, unto me must thou return; and if thou wilt put away thy abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not wander about [any more].
2 你必憑誠實、公平、公義， 指着永生的耶和華起誓； 列國必因耶和華稱自己為有福， 也必因他誇耀。
And if thou wilt swear, As the Lord liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness: then shall nations bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glorify themselves.
3 耶和華對猶大和耶路撒冷人如此說： 要開墾你們的荒地， 不要撒種在荊棘中。
For thus hath said the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Plough up your fallow ground, that ye may not sow among thorns.
4 猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪， 你們當自行割禮，歸耶和華， 將心裏的污穢除掉； 恐怕我的忿怒因你們的惡行發作， 如火着起， 甚至無人能以熄滅！
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and remove the obduracy of your heart, O ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5 你們當傳揚在猶大， 宣告在耶路撒冷說： 你們當在國中吹角，高聲呼叫說： 你們當聚集！ 我們好進入堅固城！
Tell ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the cornet in the land: call out, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
6 應當向錫安豎立大旗。 要逃避，不要遲延， 因我必使災禍與大毀滅從北方來到。
Set up the standard toward Zion; save yourselves by flight, stay not; for evil do I bring from the north, and a great destruction.
7 有獅子從密林中上來， 是毀壞列國的。 牠已經動身出離本處， 要使你的地荒涼， 使你的城邑變為荒場無人居住。
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of nations hath commenced his march, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, left without an inhabitant.
8 因此，你們當腰束麻布，大聲哀號， 因為耶和華的烈怒沒有向我們轉消。
For this gird yourselves with sackcloths, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned away from us.
9 耶和華說：「到那時，君王和首領的心都要消滅；祭司都要驚奇，先知都要詫異。」
And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes shall fail; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
10 我說：「哀哉！主耶和華啊，你真是大大地欺哄這百姓和耶路撒冷，說：『你們必得平安。』其實刀劍害及性命了。」
Then said I, Ah, Lord Eternal! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 那時，必有話對這百姓和耶路撒冷說：「有一陣熱風從曠野淨光的高處向我的眾民颳來，不是為簸揚，也不是為揚淨。
At that time shall be announced to this people and to Jerusalem a dry wind from the mountain-peaks in the wilderness, [coming] on the road to the daughter of my people; not to winnow, nor to cleanse [the corn],
12 必有一陣更大的風從這些地方為我颳來；現在我又必發出判語，攻擊他們。」
A strong wind from these places shall come unto me: now also will I myself pronounce judgment against them.
13 看哪，仇敵必如雲上來； 他的戰車如旋風， 他的馬匹比鷹更快。 我們有禍了！ 我們敗落了！
Behold, like clouds shall he come up, and like a whirlwind shall be his chariots: swifter than eagles are his horses. “Woe unto us! for we are wasted.”
14 耶路撒冷啊，你當洗去心中的惡， 使你可以得救。 惡念存在你心裏要到幾時呢？
Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?
15 有聲音從但傳揚， 從以法蓮山報禍患。
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth unhappiness from the mountain of Ephraim.
16 你們當傳給列國， 報告攻擊耶路撒冷的事說： 有探望的人從遠方來到， 向猶大的城邑大聲吶喊。
Make ye mention of it to the nations; behold, let it be heard against Jerusalem, that beleaguerers come from a far-off country, and send forth their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 他們周圍攻擊耶路撒冷， 好像看守田園的， 因為她背叛了我。 這是耶和華說的。
As keepers of a field are they against her round about; because against me hath she been rebellious, saith the Lord.
18 你的行動，你的作為，招惹這事； 這是你罪惡的結果， 實在是苦， 是害及你心了！
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee: this is thy wickedness, which is so bitter, which so reacheth unto thy heart.
19 我的肺腑啊，我的肺腑啊，我心疼痛！ 我心在我裏面煩躁不安。 我不能靜默不言， 因為我已經聽見角聲和打仗的喊聲。
My bowels, my bowels! I am shaken, at the very chambers of my heart; my heart beateth tumultuously in me; I cannot remain silent; because the sound of the cornet hast thou heard, O my soul, the alarm of war.
20 毀壞的信息連絡不絕， 因為全地荒廢。 我的帳棚忽然毀壞； 我的幔子頃刻破裂。
Ruin upon ruin is called out; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents wasted, and in a moment, my curtains.
21 我看見大旗，聽見角聲， 要到幾時呢？
How long shall I see the standard, hear the sound of the cornet?
22 耶和華說：我的百姓愚頑，不認識我； 他們是愚昧無知的兒女， 有智慧行惡，沒有知識行善。
“Because my people is foolish, me have they not known; sottish children are they, and they have not any understanding: wise are they to do evil, but how to do good they do not know.”
23 先知說：我觀看地， 不料，地是空虛混沌； 我觀看天，天也無光。
I look at the earth, and, lo, it is without form and void; and toward the heavens, and their light is gone.
24 我觀看大山，不料，盡都震動， 小山也都搖來搖去。
I look at the mountains, and, lo, they tremble, and all the hills are moved.
25 我觀看，不料，無人； 空中的飛鳥也都躲避。
I look, and, lo, there is no man, and all the birds of the heavens are fled.
26 我觀看，不料，肥田變為荒地； 一切城邑在耶和華面前， 因他的烈怒都被拆毀。
I look, and, lo, the fruitful country is a wilderness, and all its cities are laid waste at the presence of the Lord, because of the fierceness of his anger.
27 耶和華如此說：全地必然荒涼， 我卻不毀滅淨盡。
For thus hath said the Lord, Desolate shall be the whole land; yet a full end will I not make.
28 因此，地要悲哀， 在上的天也必黑暗； 因為我言已出，我意已定， 必不後悔，也不轉意不做。
For this shall mourn the earth, and black shall be the heavens above; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I will not repent, and I will not turn back from it.
29 各城的人因馬兵和弓箭手的響聲就都逃跑， 進入密林，爬上磐石； 各城被撇下， 無人住在其中。
From the noise of horsemen and those that shoot with the bow fleeth the whole city; they go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.
30 你淒涼的時候要怎樣行呢？ 你雖穿上朱紅衣服， 佩戴黃金裝飾， 用顏料修飾眼目， 這樣標緻是枉然的！ 戀愛你的藐視你， 並且尋索你的性命。
And thou, O wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, though thou adorn thyself with ornaments of gold, though thou encircle with paint thy eyes: in vain shalt thou make thyself beautiful; the adulterers will despise thee, thy life will they seek.
31 我聽見有聲音，彷彿婦人產難的聲音， 好像生頭胎疼痛的聲音， 是錫安女子的聲音； 她喘着氣、挓挲手， 說：我有禍了！ 在殺人的跟前，我的心發昏了。
For a voice as of a woman in travail have I heard, the anguish as of one that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that groaneth, that spreadeth out her hands, [saying, ] “Woe is me now! for my soul succumbeth to the murderers.”
