Jeremiah 23
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
禍哉，那把我牧場上的羊群摧殘和趕散的牧人──上主的斷語──
2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
為此上主，以色列的天主，對牧放我民的牧人這樣說：「你們驅散趕走了我的羊群，不加照顧；現在，看，我必依照你們的惡行來懲罰你們──上主的斷語──
3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
我要從我以前驅散牠們所到的各地，集合我尚存的羊，引導牠們再回自己的羊棧，叫牠們滋生繁殖；
4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
我要興起牧者來牧放牠們，使牠們無恐無懼，再也不會失掉一個──上主的斷語。
5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必給達味興起一支正義的苗芽，叫他執政為王，斷事明智，在地上執行公道正義。
6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
在他的日子裏，猶大必獲救，以色列必居享安寧；人將稱他為：「上主是我們的正義。」
7 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
為此，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──人不再以『那領以色列子民由埃及地上來的上主，永在』的話起誓，
8 Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
卻要以『那領以色列家的後裔，由北方，由他驅逐他們所到的各地回來，使他們再住在自己故鄉的上主，永在』的話起誓。
9 As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
論到先知：我的心在我懷內已破碎，我渾身骨骸戰慄；為了上主，為了他的聖言，我好像成了一個醉漢，成了一個不勝酒力的人，
10 For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
因為地上充滿了犯奸的人，為此，地受詛咒，只有哀傷，原野草場已枯乾；他們奔走的是邪路，他們的勢力是不義。
11 “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,”
實在，先知和司祭都不虔誠，以至連在我的殿裏，也發現了他們的邪惡──上主的斷語──
12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,”
因此，他們的道路為他們必將變為滑道，他們必被驅入黑暗，必要跌倒；因為到了降罰他們的年分，我必給他們招來災禍──上主的斷語──
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
在撒瑪黎雅的先知中，我亦發現了可惡的事：他們竟奉巴耳的名義說預言，使我的以色列民誤入歧途。
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
在耶路撒冷的先知中，我更發現了極可惡的事：他們竟犯姦淫，行動虛偽，助長惡人的勢力，致使誰也不痛悔自己的邪惡；他們對我猶如索多瑪，其中的居民好像哈摩辣人。
15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
為此，萬軍的上主論先知這樣說：看啊! 我必叫他們吃苦艾，喝毒水，因為全地邪惡蔓延，都是出於耶路撒冷的先知。
16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
萬軍的上主這樣說：不要聽向你們說預言的先知的話；他們只使你們妄想，他們講的，並非出自上主的口，而只是他們心中的幻想。
17 They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
他們對那輕視我的人肯定：「上主說：你們必享平安。」對一切隨從自己頑固的心行事的人說：「災禍不會來到你們身上。」
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
其實，有誰參加過上主的會議，親自聽見過他的話﹖有誰曾留意聽他的話，而實在聽到了﹖
19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
看，上主的憤怒，如暴風發作，像旋風在惡人的頭上旋轉。
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
上主的烈怒必不止息，直到他執行和完成了他心裏的計劃；到末日你自必能徹底明瞭。
21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
我並沒有派遣這些先知，他自卻自動奔走；我並沒有對他們說話，他們卻擅說預言。
22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
假使他們果真參加過我的會議，就該使我的人民聽到我的話，叫他們離棄自己邪道，和自己邪惡的行為。
23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
難道對近處的，我是天主──上主的斷語──對遠處的，我就不是天主了嗎﹖
24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
人若隱藏在暗處，我就看不見了嗎﹖──上主的斷語──
25 “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
我聽見了這些先知說的，他們奉我名預言虛妄說：我做了一夢，我做了一夢!
26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
先知在民間妄說預言，宣講自己心中的幻想，要到幾時呢﹖
27 They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
他們互相傳述自己的夢幻，企圖使我的人民忘記我的名，如同他們的祖先為了巴耳而忘記了我的名一樣。
28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
得了夢的先知，讓他傳夢；得了我的話的，就該忠實傳述我的話；麥稈怎能與麥粒相比﹖──上主的斷語──
29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
我的話豈不是像火﹖──上主的斷語──豈不是像擊碎巖石的鐵鎚﹖
30 “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
為此，看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰互相竊取我話的先知。
31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰那些轉動自己的舌頭，妄說「神諭」的先知。
32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰那些預言和傳述幻夢，以自己的謊妄語迷惑我人民的先知；我既沒有派遣他們，也沒有對他們有所吩咐，他們對這人民就決不能有任何貢獻──上主的斷語。
33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
若是這人民，先知或司祭問你什麼是「上主的重擔﹖」你就答應他們說：你們就是重擔，我要將你們拋棄──上主的斷語──
34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
凡是問「上主的重擔」的先知、司祭或人民，我必懲罰這人和他的家。
35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
你們應每人對自己的鄰人和兄弟這樣說：「上主有了什麼答覆﹖」或「上主說了什麼﹖」
36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
不應再提「上主的重擔；」不然，各人的話必要成為自己的重擔，因為你們歪曲了永生的天主，萬軍的上主，和我們的天主的話。
37 Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
你應這樣問先知說：「上主對你有了什麼答覆﹖」或「上主說了什麼﹖」
38 But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
如果你們還說：「上主的重擔。」上主就要這樣說：就因你們還說「上主的重擔」這句話──我原派人對你們說：不要再說「上主的重擔」──
39 therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
為此，看，我要把你們卸下，把你們和我賜與你及你們祖先的城市，由我面前遠遠拋棄，
40 And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
使你們永遠受辱，受永遠不能忘的污辱。
