耶利米書 8
1 耶和華說：「到那時，人必將猶大王的骸骨和他首領的骸骨、祭司的骸骨、先知的骸骨，並耶路撒冷居民的骸骨，都從墳墓中取出來，
“At that time,” says the LORD, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2 拋散在日頭、月亮，和天上眾星之下，就是他們從前所喜愛、所事奉、所隨從、所求問、所敬拜的。這些骸骨不再收殮，不再葬埋，必在地面上成為糞土；
They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
3 並且這惡族所剩下的民在我所趕他們到的各處，寧可揀死不揀生。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」
Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the LORD of Armies.
4 你要對他們說，耶和華如此說： 人跌倒，不再起來嗎？ 人轉去，不再轉來嗎？
“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
5 這耶路撒冷的民，為何恆久背道呢？ 他們守定詭詐，不肯回頭。
Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
6 我留心聽，聽見他們說不正直的話。 無人悔改惡行，說： 我做的是甚麼呢？ 他們各人轉奔己路， 如馬直闖戰場。
I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7 空中的鸛鳥知道來去的定期； 斑鳩燕子與白鶴也守候當來的時令； 我的百姓卻不知道耶和華的法則。
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.
8 你們怎麼說：我們有智慧， 耶和華的律法在我們這裏？ 看哪，文士的假筆舞弄虛假。
“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
9 智慧人慚愧，驚惶，被擒拿； 他們棄掉耶和華的話， 心裏還有甚麼智慧呢？
The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected the LORD’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
10 所以我必將他們的妻子給別人， 將他們的田地給別人為業； 因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪， 從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 他們輕輕忽忽地醫治我百姓的損傷，說： 平安了！平安了！ 其實沒有平安。
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
12 他們行可憎的事知道慚愧嗎？ 不然，他們毫不慚愧， 也不知羞恥。 因此他們必在仆倒的人中仆倒； 我向他們討罪的時候， 他們必致跌倒。 這是耶和華說的。
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall amongst those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says the LORD.
13 耶和華說：我必使他們全然滅絕； 葡萄樹上必沒有葡萄， 無花果樹上必沒有果子， 葉子也必枯乾。 我所賜給他們的， 必離開他們過去。
“‘I will utterly consume them, says the LORD. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
14 我們為何靜坐不動呢？ 我們當聚集，進入堅固城， 在那裏靜默不言； 因為耶和華－我們的上帝使我們靜默不言， 又將苦膽水給我們喝， 都因我們得罪了耶和華。
“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15 我們指望平安， 卻得不着好處； 指望痊癒的時候， 不料，受了驚惶。
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 聽見從但那裏敵人的馬噴鼻氣， 他的壯馬發嘶聲， 全地就都震動； 因為他們來吞滅這地和其上所有的， 吞滅這城與其中的居民。
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 看哪，我必使毒蛇到你們中間， 是不服法術的， 必咬你們。 這是耶和華說的。
“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders amongst you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
18 我有憂愁，願能自慰； 我心在我裏面發昏。
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 聽啊，是我百姓的哀聲從極遠之地而來， 說：耶和華不在錫安嗎？ 錫安的王不在其中嗎？ 耶和華說：他們為甚麼以雕刻的偶像 和外邦虛無的神惹我發怒呢？
Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
20 麥秋已過，夏令已完， 我們還未得救！
“The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 先知說：因我百姓的損傷， 我也受了損傷。 我哀痛，驚惶將我抓住。
For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
22 在基列豈沒有乳香呢？ 在那裏豈沒有醫生呢？ 我百姓為何不得痊癒呢？
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
