耶利米書 5
1 你們當在耶路撒冷的街上跑來跑去， 在寬闊處尋找， 看看有一人行公義求誠實沒有？ 若有，我就赦免這城。
Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.
2 其中的人雖然指着永生的耶和華起誓， 所起的誓實在是假的。
And though they say, “As the Lord liveth!” surely they only swear to a falsehood.
3 耶和華啊，你的眼目不是看顧誠實嗎？ 你擊打他們，他們卻不傷慟； 你毀滅他們，他們仍不受懲治。 他們使臉剛硬過於磐石， 不肯回頭。
O Lord, are not thy eyes [directed] to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, [yet] they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.
4 我說：這些人實在是貧窮的，是愚昧的， 因為不曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。
Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God.
5 我要去見尊大的人，對他們說話， 因為他們曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。 哪知，這些人齊心將軛折斷， 掙開繩索。
I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.
6 因此，林中的獅子必害死他們； 晚上的豺狼必滅絕他們； 豹子要在城外窺伺他們。 凡出城的必被撕碎； 因為他們的罪過極多， 背道的事也加增了。
Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings.
7 我怎能赦免你呢？ 你的兒女離棄我， 又指着那不是神的起誓。 我使他們飽足， 他們就行姦淫， 成群地聚集在娼妓家裏。
How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's house.
8 他們像餵飽的馬到處亂跑， 各向他鄰舍的妻發嘶聲。
As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor.
9 耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？ 豈不報復這樣的國民呢？
Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
10 你們要上她葡萄園的牆施行毀壞， 但不可毀壞淨盡， 只可除掉她的枝子， 因為不屬耶和華。
Scale ye her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: remove her young shoots; for they are not the Lord's.
11 原來以色列家和猶大家大行詭詐攻擊我。 這是耶和華說的。
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 他們不認耶和華，說： 這並不是他， 災禍必不臨到我們； 刀劍和饑荒，我們也看不見。
They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.
13 先知的話必成為風； 道也不在他們裏面。 這災必臨到他們身上。
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:” thus shall it be done unto them.
14 所以耶和華－萬軍之上帝如此說： 因為百姓說這話， 我必使我的話在你口中為火，使他們為柴； 這火便將他們燒滅。
Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 耶和華說：以色列家啊， 我必使一國的民從遠方來攻擊你， 是強盛的國， 是從古而有的國。 他們的言語你不曉得， 他們的話你不明白。
Lo, I will bring over you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is a most ancient nation, a nation whose language thou wilt not know, and thou wilt not understand what they speak.
16 他們的箭袋是敞開的墳墓； 他們都是勇士。
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre: they are all mighty men.
17 他們必吃盡你的莊稼和你的糧食， 是你兒女該吃的； 必吃盡你的牛羊， 吃盡你的葡萄和無花果； 又必用刀毀壞你所倚靠的堅固城。
And they shall consume thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; they shall consume thy flocks and thy herds; they shall consume thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall depopulate thy fortified cities, those wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 耶和華說：「就是到那時，我也不將你們毀滅淨盡。
Nevertheless even in those days, saith the Lord, will I not make a full end of you.
19 百姓若說：『耶和華－我們的上帝為甚麼向我們行這一切事呢？』你就對他們說：『你們怎樣離棄耶和華，在你們的地上事奉外邦神，也必照樣在不屬你們的地上事奉外邦人。』」
And it shall come to pass, when ye will say, For what reason hath the Lord our God done all these things unto us? that thou shalt say unto them, In the same manner as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 當傳揚在雅各家， 報告在猶大說：
Announce this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 愚昧無知的百姓啊， 你們有眼不看， 有耳不聽， 現在當聽這話。
Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
22 耶和華說：你們怎麼不懼怕我呢？ 我以永遠的定例， 用沙為海的界限， 水不得越過。 因此，你們在我面前還不戰兢嗎？ 波浪雖然翻騰，卻不能逾越； 雖然匉訇，卻不能過去。
Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23 但這百姓有背叛忤逆的心； 他們叛我而去，
But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart: they have departed [from the right] and have gone their way.
24 心內也不說： 我們應當敬畏耶和華－我們的上帝； 他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春雨， 又為我們定收割的節令，永存不廢。
And they have not said in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, the early and the latter rain, in its season: the appointed weeks of the harvest doth he ever preserve for us.
25 你們的罪孽使這些事轉離你們； 你們的罪惡使你們不能得福。
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden what is good from you.
26 因為在我民中有惡人。 他們埋伏窺探，好像捕鳥的人； 他們設立圈套陷害人。
For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥， 他們的房中也照樣充滿詭詐； 所以他們得成為大，而且富足。
As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown rich.
28 他們肥胖光潤， 作惡過甚，不為人伸冤！ 就是不為孤兒伸冤， 不使他亨通， 也不為窮人辨屈。
They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.
29 耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？ 豈不報復這樣的國民呢？
shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: or shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
30 國中有可驚駭、可憎惡的事：
An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 就是先知說假預言， 祭司藉他們把持權柄； 我的百姓也喜愛這些事， 到了結局你們怎樣行呢？
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
