Jeremiah 15
1 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
耶和華對我說：「雖有摩西和撒母耳站在我面前代求，我的心也不顧惜這百姓。你將他們從我眼前趕出，叫他們去吧！
2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
他們問你說：『我們往哪裏去呢？』你便告訴他們，耶和華如此說： 定為死亡的，必致死亡； 定為刀殺的，必交刀殺； 定為饑荒的，必遭饑荒； 定為擄掠的，必被擄掠。」
3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
耶和華說：「我命定四樣害他們，就是刀劍殺戮、狗類撕裂、空中的飛鳥，和地上的野獸吞吃毀滅；
4 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
又必使他們在天下萬國中拋來拋去，都因猶大王希西家的兒子瑪拿西在耶路撒冷所行的事。」
5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
耶路撒冷啊，誰可憐你呢？ 誰為你悲傷呢？ 誰轉身問你的安呢？
6 You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
耶和華說：你棄絕了我， 轉身退後； 因此我伸手攻擊你，毀壞你。 我後悔甚不耐煩。
7 I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
我在境內各城門口， 用簸箕簸了我的百姓， 使他們喪掉兒女。 我毀滅他們， 他們仍不轉離所行的道。
8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.
他們的寡婦在我面前比海沙更多； 我使滅命的午間來， 攻擊少年人的母親， 使痛苦驚嚇忽然臨到她身上。
9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,”
生過七子的婦人力衰氣絕； 尚在白晝，日頭忽落； 她抱愧蒙羞。 其餘的人， 我必在他們敵人跟前，交與刀劍。 這是耶和華說的。
10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
我的母親哪，我有禍了！因你生我作為遍地相爭相競的人。我素來沒有借貸與人，人也沒有借貸與我，人人卻都咒罵我。
11 The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
耶和華說：「我必要堅固你，使你得好處。災禍苦難臨到的時候，我必要使仇敵央求你。（
12 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
人豈能將銅與鐵，就是北方的鐵折斷呢？）
13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
「我必因你在四境之內所犯的一切罪，把你的貨物財寶當掠物，白白地交給仇敵。
14 Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
我也必使仇敵帶這掠物到你所不認識的地去，因我怒中起的火要將你們焚燒。」
15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
耶和華啊，你是知道的； 求你記念我，眷顧我， 向逼迫我的人為我報仇； 不要向他們忍怒取我的命， 要知道我為你的緣故受了凌辱。
16 Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
耶和華－萬軍之上帝啊， 我得着你的言語就當食物吃了； 你的言語是我心中的歡喜快樂， 因我是稱為你名下的人。
17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
我沒有坐在宴樂人的會中， 也沒有歡樂； 我因你的感動獨自靜坐， 因你使我滿心憤恨。
18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
我的痛苦為何長久不止呢？ 我的傷痕為何無法醫治、不能痊癒呢？ 難道你待我有詭詐，像流乾的河道嗎？
19 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
耶和華如此說：你若歸回， 我就將你再帶來， 使你站在我面前； 你若將寶貴的和下賤的分別出來， 你就可以當作我的口。 他們必歸向你， 你卻不可歸向他們。
20 Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
我必使你向這百姓成為堅固的銅牆； 他們必攻擊你，卻不能勝你； 因我與你同在，要拯救你，搭救你。 這是耶和華說的。
21 I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
我必搭救你脫離惡人的手， 救贖你脫離強暴人的手。
