Jeremiah 22
1 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
耶和華如此說：「你下到猶大王的宮中，在那裏說這話，
2 saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
說：『坐大衛寶座的猶大王啊，你和你的臣僕，並進入城門的百姓，都當聽耶和華的話。
3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
耶和華如此說：你們要施行公平和公義，拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手，不可虧負寄居的和孤兒寡婦，不可以強暴待他們，在這地方也不可流無辜人的血。
4 For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.
你們若認真行這事，就必有坐大衛寶座的君王和他的臣僕百姓，或坐車或騎馬，從這城的各門進入。
5 But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”
你們若不聽這些話，耶和華說：我指着自己起誓，這城必變為荒場。』
6 For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
耶和華論到猶大王的家如此說： 我看你如基列， 如黎巴嫩頂； 然而，我必使你變為曠野， 為無人居住的城邑。
7 I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
我要預備行毀滅的人， 各拿器械攻擊你； 他們要砍下你佳美的香柏樹， 扔在火中。
8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
「許多國的民要經過這城，各人對鄰舍說：『耶和華為何向這大城如此行呢？』
9 Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
他們必回答說：『是因離棄了耶和華－他們上帝的約，事奉敬拜別神。』」
10 Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
不要為死人哭號； 不要為他悲傷， 卻要為離家出外的人大大哭號； 因為他不得再回來， 也不得再見他的本國。
11 For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
因為耶和華論到從這地方出去的猶大王約西亞的兒子沙龍，就是接續他父親約西亞作王的，這樣說：「他必不得再回到這裏來，
12 but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”
卻要死在被擄去的地方，必不得再見這地。」
13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
那行不義蓋房、行不公造樓、 白白使用人的手工不給工價的有禍了！
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
他說：我要為自己蓋廣大的房、寬敞的樓， 為自己開窗戶。 這樓房的護牆板是香柏木的， 樓房是丹色油漆的。
15 Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
難道你作王是在乎造香柏木樓房爭勝嗎？ 你的父親豈不是也吃也喝、 也施行公平和公義嗎？ 那時他得了福樂。
16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
他為困苦和窮乏人伸冤， 那時就得了福樂。 認識我不在乎此嗎？ 這是耶和華說的。
17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
惟有你的眼和你的心專顧貪婪， 流無辜人的血， 行欺壓和強暴。
18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
所以，耶和華論到猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬如此說： 人必不為他舉哀說： 哀哉！我的哥哥； 或說：哀哉！我的姊姊； 也不為他舉哀說： 哀哉！我的主； 或說：哀哉！我主的榮華。
19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
他被埋葬，好像埋驢一樣， 要拉出去扔在耶路撒冷的城門之外。
20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
你要上黎巴嫩哀號， 在巴珊揚聲， 從亞巴琳哀號， 因為你所親愛的都毀滅了。
21 I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
你興盛的時候，我對你說話； 你卻說：我不聽。 你自幼年以來總是這樣， 不聽從我的話。
22 The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.
你的牧人要被風吞吃， 你所親愛的必被擄去； 那時你必因你一切的惡抱愧蒙羞。
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
你這住黎巴嫩、在香柏樹上搭窩的， 有痛苦臨到你， 好像疼痛臨到產難的婦人， 那時你何等可憐！
24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
耶和華說：「猶大王約雅敬的兒子哥尼雅，雖是我右手上帶印的戒指，我憑我的永生起誓，也必將你從其上摘下來，
25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
並且我必將你交給尋索你命的人和你所懼怕的人手中，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人的手中。
26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
我也必將你和生你的母親趕到別國，並不是你們生的地方；你們必死在那裏，
27 You will never return to the land for which you long.”
但心中甚想歸回之地，必不得歸回。」
28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
哥尼雅這人是被輕看、破壞的器皿嗎？ 是無人喜愛的器皿嗎？ 他和他的後裔為何被趕到不認識之地呢？
29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
地啊，地啊，地啊，當聽耶和華的話！
30 This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
耶和華如此說： 要寫明這人算為無子， 是平生不得亨通的； 因為他後裔中再無一人得亨通， 能坐在大衛的寶座上治理猶大。
