< 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。
Israel, if thou turnest ayen, seith the Lord, turne thou to me; if thou takist awei thin offendyngis fro my face, thou schalt not be mouyd.
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 thou schalt swere, The Lord lyueth, in treuthe and in doom and in riytfulnesse; and alle folkis schulen blesse hym, and schulen preise hym.
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 the Lord God seith these thingis to a man of Juda and to a dwellere of Jerusalem, Make ye newe to you a lond tilid of the newe, and nyle ye sowe on thornes.
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!
Men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem, be ye circumcidid to the Lord, and do ye awey the filthis of youre hertis; lest perauenture myn indignacioun go out as fier, and be kyndlid, and noon be that quenche, for the malice of youre thouytis.
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!
Telle ye in Juda, and make ye herd in Jerusalem; speke ye, and synge ye with a trumpe in the lond; crye ye strongli, and seie ye, Be ye gaderid togidere, and entre we in to stronge citees.
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。
Reise ye a signe in Sion, coumforte ye, and nyle ye stonde; for Y bringe yuel fro the north, and a greet sorewe.
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。
A lioun schal `rise vp fro his denne, and the robbere of folkis schal reise hym silf. He is goon out of his place, to sette thi lond in to wildirnesse; thi citees schulen be distried, abidynge stille with out dwellere.
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。
On this thing girde you with heiris; weile ye, and yelle, for the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord is not turned awei fro you.
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 schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, the herte of the king schal perische, and the herte of princis; and the prestis schulen wondre, and the prophetis schulen be astonyed.
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。」
And Y seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God; therfor whether thou hast disseyued this puple and Jerusalem, seiynge, Pees schal be to you, and lo! a swerd is comun `til to the soule?
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。
In that tyme it schal be seide to this puple and to Jerusalem, A brennynge wynd in the weies that ben in desert, ben the weies of the douytir of my puple, not to wyndewe, and not to purge.
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 spirit ful of hem schal come to me; and now Y, but Y schal speke my domes with hem.
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!
Lo! he schal stie as a cloude, and hise charis as a tempest; hise horsis ben swifter than eglis; wo to vs, for we ben distried.
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?
Thou Jerusalem, waische thin herte fro malice, that thou be maad saaf. Hou long schulen noiful thouytis dwelle in thee?
15 有聲音從但傳揚, 從以法蓮山報禍患。
For whi the vois of a tellere fro Dan, and makynge knowun an idol fro the hil of Effraym.
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。
Reise, ye folkis; lo! it is herd in Jerusalem that keperis ben comun fro a fer lond, and yyuen her vois on the citees of Juda.
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 the keperis of feeldis thei ben maad on it in cumpas; for it stiride me to wrathfulnesse, seith 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!
Thi weyes and thi thouytis han maad this to thee; this malice of thee, for it is bittir, for it touchide thin herte.
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。
Mi wombe akith, my wombe akith; the wittis of myn herte ben disturblid in me. Y schal not be stille, for my soule herde the vois of a trumpe, the cry of batel.
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。
Sorewe is clepid on sorewe, and al the lond is distried; my tabernaclis ben wastid sudeynli, my skynnes ben wastid sudeynli.
21 我看見大旗,聽見角聲, 要到幾時呢?
Hou longe schal Y se hem that fleen, schal Y here the vois of a clarioun?
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。
For my fonned puple knew not me; thei ben vnwise sones, and cowardis; thei ben wise to do yuels, but thei kouden not do wel.
23 先知說:我觀看地, 不料,地是空虛混沌; 我觀看天,天也無光。
Y bihelde the lond, and lo! it was void, and nouyt; and Y bihelde heuenes, and no liyt was in tho.
24 我觀看大山,不料,盡都震動, 小山也都搖來搖去。
Y siy munteyns, and lo! tho weren mouyd, and all litle hillis weren disturblid.
25 我觀看,不料,無人; 空中的飛鳥也都躲避。
Y lokide, and no man was, and ech brid of heuene was gon a wey.
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。
Y bihelde, and lo! Carmele is forsakun, and alle citees therof ben distried fro the face of the Lord, and fro the face of the ire of his strong veniaunce.
27 耶和華如此說:全地必然荒涼, 我卻不毀滅淨盡。
For the Lord seith these thingis, Al the lond schal be forsakun, but netheles Y schal not make an endyng.
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。
The erthe schal mourne, and heuenys aboue schulen make sorewe, for that Y spak; Y thouyte, and it repentide not me, nether Y am turned awei fro 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。
Ech citee fledde fro the vois of a knyyt, and of a man schetynge an arowe; thei entriden in to hard places, and stieden in to roochis of stoon; alle citees ben forsakun, and no man dwellith in tho.
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。
But what schalt thou `destried do? Whanne thou schalt clothe thee with reed scarlet, whanne thou schalt be ourned with a goldun broche, and schalt anoynte thin iyen with wommans oynement, thou schalt be araied in veyn; thi louyeris han dispisid thee, thei schulen seke thi soule.
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 Y herd a vois as of a womman trauelynge of child, the angwischis as of a womman childynge; the vois of the douyter of Sion among hem that dien, and spreden abrood her hondis; Wo to me, for my soule failide for hem that ben slayn.

< 耶利米書 4 >