Jeremiah 10
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel!
以色列家! 請聽上主對你們所說的話。
2 The LORD says, “Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
上主這樣說：「你們不要學：不要畏懼天上的異兆：這是異民所畏懼的。
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
因為這些民族所敬畏的是「虛無」，是由森林所砍來的樹木，是匠人用斧製作的作品，
4 They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it cannot move.
裝飾上金銀，用鐵釘鎚釘住，叫它不動搖；
5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and do not speak. They must be carried, because they cannot move. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
像胡瓜園裏的草木，不能言語；常需要人搬運，不能行走；你們不要害怕，因為它不能害人，也不能施救。
6 There is no one like you, LORD. You are great, and your name is great in might.
上主，沒有誰相似你；你是偉大的，你的名大有德能。
7 Who should not fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
萬民的君王! 誰能不敬畏你﹖這是你應得的，因為萬民中所有的智者和他們所有的王國中，沒有誰與你相似；
8 But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
你們全是愚昧無知。他們的教義全是虛偽不實，他們只不過是木偶；
9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skillful men.
是由塔爾士採來的銀打成的薄片，是由敖非爾採來的黃金，是藝人和銀匠的製造品；穿的紫錦紅衣，都是工匠的作品。
10 But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
只有上主是真天主，是生活的天主，永遠的君王；衪一震怒，大志便戰慄，萬民都不能抵受衪的憤怒。
11 “You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
[關於他們，你們應這樣說：那未能創造天地火神祗，只有從天上地消滅。]
12 God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
上主的才智展佈了諸天地。
13 When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
衪一聲號令，使天上的水怒號，使雲彩從地極上騰，使雷電霹靂造成豪雨，使暴風從他的倉庫出發疾駛。
14 Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
人都要自覺愚昧無知；每個銀匠必因自己的彫像感到羞愧，因為所鑄的像，只是「虛無」，沒有氣息；
15 They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
是「虛無」，是愚人的作品；懲罰時期一到，它們都要滅亡。
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Armies is his name.
那位作雅各伯產業的，與他們迴然不同，因為衪是萬物的造主，以色列是作衪產業的支派，衪的名字叫「萬軍火上主」。
17 Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
你這被圍困的城池，快從地上拾起你的行囊!
18 For the LORD says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
因為上主這樣說：「看，這一次我必要遠遠拋棄這地的居民磨難他們，使他們覺悟。」
19 Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
唉! 我已遭破壞，我的創傷已不可治療，但我仍想：這只不過是疾病，我還能忍受。
20 My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.
我的帳幕已破壞，我的繩索都已裂斷，我的孩子都已離去，不復存在；再沒有人支搭我的帳幕，張設我的帷帳。
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered.
為民牧者既然愚蠢，不尋求上主，為此他們一事無成，羊群都已四散，
22 The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
聽有個音訊傳來：將有大騷動從北方而來，要使猶大的城邑荒涼，成為豺狼的巢穴。
23 LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
上主，我知道，人的道路不尸由人的，行走的人也不能隨便操縱自己的步伐。
24 LORD, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
上主，你懲戒我，只好按照正義，不要隨你的憤怒，免得我歸於烏有。
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
願你對不認識你的異民，和不呼求你名的宗族，發洩你的憤怒，因為他們併吞了雅各伯，毀滅破壞，蹂躝了她的住所。
