耶利米書 47

1 法老攻擊迦薩之先，有耶和華論非利士人的話臨到先知耶利米。

The word of Jehovah that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smote Gazah.

2 耶和華如此說： 有水從北方發起，成為漲溢的河， 要漲過遍地和其中所有的， 並城和其中所住的。 人必呼喊； 境內的居民都必哀號。

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl,

3 聽見敵人壯馬蹄跳的響聲 和戰車隆隆、車輪轟轟； 為父的手就發軟， 不回頭看顧兒女。

at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for [their] children, from feebleness of hands;

4 因為日子將到， 要毀滅一切非利士人， 剪除幫助泰爾、西頓所剩下的人。 原來耶和華必毀滅非利士人， 就是迦斐託海島餘剩的人。

because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.

5 迦薩成了光禿； 平原中所剩的亞實基倫歸於無有。 你用刀劃身，要到幾時呢？

Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

6 耶和華的刀劍哪，你到幾時才止息呢？ 你要入鞘，安靖不動。

Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

7 耶和華既吩咐你攻擊亞實基倫和海邊之地， 他已經派定你，焉能止息呢？

How shouldest thou be quiet? — For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.