Jeremiah 11
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
上主有話傳給依撒意亞說：
2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
「你們應聽這盟約上的話，將這些話宣讀給猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民聽。
3 You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
你應對他們說：「上主，以色列的天主這樣說：凡不聽從這盟約上的話的人，是可咒罵的!
4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
這些話是我在領你們的祖先由鐵爐，即由埃及地出來的那天，對他們吩咐的。我對他們說：你們應聽從我的聲音，應依照我命令你們的一切去做，你們就必做我的人民，我也必做你們的天主，
5 This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
好我能實踐對你們祖先所起的誓，賜給他們流奶流蜜的土地，有如今日。我即答說：「是，上主! 」
6 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
上主對我說：「你應在猶大城邑和耶路撒冷的街上宣佈這些話說：你們應聽從這盟約上的話，依照遵行，
7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
因為在我領你們的祖先由埃及上來的那一天，我就鄭重警告過他們，直到今日仍不斷勸告他們說：你們應我的聲音!
8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
他們不但不聽從，氶而各隨自己頑固的惡心生活，為此，我對他們執行了我命他們遵行，而他們沒有遵行的這盟約上的一切話。」
9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
上主又對我說：「猶大和耶路撒冷間存有叛逆的陰謀，
10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
他們再陷於他們那不願聽從我話的祖先的罪惡中，追隨事奉其他的神祗；以色列家和猶大家都違反了我與他們祖先締結的盟約。
11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
為此，上主這樣說：看，我必給他們召來不可逃避的災禍；既使他們向我呼號，我也不俯聽。
12 Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
猶大城邑和耶路撒冷的居民，必去呼號他們獻香敬拜的神祗，佰這些神祗在他們遭難時，決不能拯救他們。
13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
的確，猶大! 你神祗的號竟等於你城邑的數目；耶路撒冷有多少街道，你們也給可恥之物設立了多少祭壇，向巴爾獻香的祭壇。
14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
至於你，你不必為這人民祈禱，不必為他們呼號祈求，因為他們在遭難時，才向我呼求，我必不俯聽。
15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
我心愛的人! 你既為作歹，還在我家做什麼﹖難道許願和祝聖的肉能使你免禍，叫你作惡而能倖免﹖
16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
上主曾給你起外叫：「青綠茂盛而滿結佳果的橄欖樹」；但現在衪在雷電霹靂聲音中，給綠葉燃起了火，燒毀了枝條。
17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
那位培埴你的萬軍的上主，命災禍來懲罰你，全是為了以色列家和猶大家自作自受的罪惡，因為他們向巴爾獻香，獨犯了我。
18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
上主叫我知道， 才知道；那時我看透了他們的作為：
19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
我好像一隻馴服被牽去宰殺的羔羊，竟不知他們對我畜意謀害：「讓我毀壞這株生氣蓬勃的樹，將他由活人的地上拔除，使他的名字不再受人記念。」
20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
公平審判和洞察肺腑的上主! 願我見到你對他們的報復，因為我已向他們提出我的控訴。
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
為此，關於那些謀害我的性命，對我說：「你不要事奉上主的名講預言，免得你死在我們手裏」的阿納托特人，上主這樣說，
22 So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「看，我必懲罰他們：青年必死在刀下，子女必死於饑荒，
23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
使他們沒有子嗣，因為在懲罰他們的那年，我必給阿納托人招來災禍。」
