Jeremiah 22
1 Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
上主這樣說：「你下到猶大王宮去，在那裏宣佈這話，
2 and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people who enter in by these gates.
說：坐在達味寶座上的猶大王! 你和你的臣僕及從這些門進來的人民，該聆聽上主的話。
3 Thus says Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness. And deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong. Do no violence to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
上主這樣說：你們應執行公道正義，從壓迫人的手中解救受剝奪的人，不要傷害虐待外方人和孤兒寡婦，不要在這地方上流無辜者的血。
4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then there shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
假使你們實在照這話去做，必有坐在達味寶座上的君王，乘車騎馬，與自己的臣僕和人民從這宮殿的門進來；
5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
倘若你們不聽從這話，我指著自己起誓──上主的斷語──這宮殿必要變為廢墟。
6 For thus says Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou are Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon, yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
因為上主這樣論猶大王的宮殿說：即使你為我有如基肋阿得，又如黎巴嫩的山頂，我仍要使你變為荒野，成為無人居住的城市；
7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, each one with his weapons, and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
我要祝聖那已武裝的毀滅者來攻擊你，砍伐你最佳美的香柏，投入火中。
8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say each man to his neighbor, Why has Jehovah done thus to this great city?
許多民族經過這城時，必互相問說：為什麼上主這樣對待了這座大城市﹖
9 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
人必答說：因為他們廢棄了上主他們的天主的盟約，敬拜事奉了別的神祇。」
10 Weep ye not for him who is dead, nor bemoan him. But weep greatly for him who goes away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
你們不要為已死的人哭泣，不要為他舉哀；卻要為遠去的人痛哭，因為他不會再回來，見他的生身地。
11 For thus says Jehovah concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return there any more.
因為上主這樣論猶大王約史雅的兒子，即繼承他父親約史雅為王的沙隆說：「他一離開這地方，就不會再回來，
12 But in the place where they have led him captive, there he shall die, and he shall see this land no more.
必死在被擄去的地方，不會再見此地。」
13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
禍哉，那不以公道正義建築自己的宮殿樓臺，叫人為自己徒勞而不給他工資的人!
14 who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts out windows for himself, and it is overlaid with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
他說：我得給自己建築廣大的宮殿，寬敞的樓臺，開設窗戶，鑲上香柏，塗上丹砂。
15 Shall thou reign, because thou strive to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
你為王是要以香柏爭勝嗎﹖你父親豈不也吃也喝﹖但他執行公道正義，為此能一切順利；
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy man, then it was well. Was not this to know me? says Jehovah.
他親自裁判弱小和貧苦人的案件，因此一切順利；這豈不是表示他認識我﹖──上主的斷語──
17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
至於你，你的眼和心，只顧私利，只知無辜者的血，施行欺壓和勒索。
18 Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah. They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
為此上主這樣說：「對於猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金，人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，我兄弟! 或哀哉，我姊妹! 人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，主上! 或哀哉，陛下!
19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
人要埋葬他如同埋葬一匹死驢，將他拖出，拋在耶路撒冷的門外。」
20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry. And lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim. For all thy lovers are destroyed.
你該上黎巴嫩去呼喊，在巴商提高你的聲音，由阿巴陵喊叫，因為你的情侶都已滅亡。
21 I spoke to thee in thy prosperity, but thou said, I will not hear. This has been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyed not my voice.
在你歡樂時，我曾勸告過你，你卻說：「我不聽從。」你從幼年，就是這般行徑，從不聽我的聲音。
22 The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy loved ones shall go into captivity. Surely then thou shall be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
你所有的牧人將被風捲去，你的情侶必徒遠方；那時你必因你行的一切邪惡，含羞抱愧。
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied thou shall be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
你現在住在黎巴嫩，在香柏樹上營巢，但是，當痛苦，像產婦的痛苦襲擊你時，你將多麼可憐!
24 As I live, says Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet I would pluck thee from there,
我永在──上主的斷語──猶大王約雅金的兒子苛尼雅，即便你是我右手上蓋章的指環，我也要將你拔除，
25 and I will give thee into the hand of those who seek thy life, and into the hand of those of whom thou are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
交在圖謀你性命和你畏懼的人的手中，交在巴比倫王拿步高和加色丁人的手中；
26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother who bore thee, into another country where ye were not born, and there ye shall die.
將你和你生身的母親，拋在不是你們出生的異地，叫你們死在那裏。
27 But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they shall not return.
他們必不能回到他心靈渴望回去的地方。
28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which none delights? Why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
苛尼雅這人，不是個可鄙而該毀滅的器皿，或無人喜稅的傢具嗎﹖為什麼他和他的後裔被拋棄，被投擲到自己不相識的地方去﹖
29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
地啊! 地啊! 請聆聽上主的話!
30 Thus says Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days. For no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
上主這樣說：「你應記錄：這人是一個無子女，畢生無成就的人，因為他的後裔中，沒有一人能成功，能坐上達味的寶座，再統治猶大。」
