Jeremiah 6
1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
本雅明子民，請你們逃出耶路撒冷，在特科亞吹號，在貝特革楞豎立旗幟! 因為有一個災禍，即一個巨大的毀滅，已由北方隱約出現。
2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
熙雍女郎仿佛美麗的草場，
3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
牧童領著自己的羊群坰她進發，在她四週張設帳幕，各據一方牧放。
4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
「請你們備戰，向她進攻；來，讓我們在正午就上前進攻! 我們真不幸! 因為日已偏西，暮影已長!
5 Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
不妨! 就趁夜上去，破壞她的閭闕。」
6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
因為萬軍的上主這樣說：6.「他們該砍伐她的樹木，雀起壁壘，圍攻耶路撒冷，這該受罰的城市，因為在那裏充滿了壓榨。
7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
泉源怎樣湧出泉水，她就怎樣湧出邪惡；從那裏只可聽到強暴和迫害，我金看見疾病和瘡痍。
8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
耶路撒冷! 你應接受訓戒，免得我的心疏遠你，使你荒涼，成為沒有人居住的地方。」
9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”
萬軍的上主這樣說：「你應像收拾葡萄，把以色列的遺民收拾淨盡；又如收割的人 向枝條再伸出你的手來。」
10 To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
我應對誰說，應警告誰，使他們聽信我呢﹖看，他們的耳朵遲鈍不靈，不能留心細聽；看，上主的話對他們已成了笑柄，一點也不感興趣
11 But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
為此，我滿懷上主火憤怒，我已無法再控制：「只得將憤怒發洩在街上的孩童和青年的隊伍身上，因為男人和女人，年長和年老的人，都要被擄去；
12 Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,”
他們的住它、莊田和妻室，都要歸他人，因為我要向本地的居民伸出我的手──上主的斷語。」
13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
實在，從最小的到最的，都貪財圖利；從先知到司祭，都欺詐行事，
14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
草率治療我人民的瘡痍說：「好了，好了! 」其實卻沒有好。
15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,”
他們既彿事可憎，就應當知恥；可是，他們不但毫不知恥，反而連羞愧也不知道是什麼；為此，他們要與倒斃者一同倒斃，在我降罰他們時，都要一厥不振──上主說。
16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
上主這樣說：「你們應站在交叉路口，觀察探問舊路；那一條是好路，就在那路上走，你們的的心靈必獲安寧。」他們卻答說：「我們偏不走。」
17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
我給你們派駐哨兵，你們連注意號聲! 」他們卻答說：「我們偏不注意。
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
為此，萬民! 你們必需細聽；群眾! 你們應知道他們的遭遇。
19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
大地注意：看，我必給這百姓帶來災禍，作他們失節的的苦果，因為他們沒有聽從我的言辭，拋棄了卜法律。
20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
那些來自舍巴的乳香，出自遠方的香蒲，於我有何用﹖你們的全燔祭不受悅納，你的犧牲不樂我意。
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
為此，上主這樣說：「看，我將這人民設下絆腳石，使父子一起絆倒，使鄰居和朋友同趨滅亡。」
22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
上主這樣說：「看，有一個民族從北方前來，有一個強大的異邦從地極興起，
23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
緊握弓戈，殘忍無情，像海嘯一般喧嚷，騎著戰馬，萬眾一心，嚴陣準備向你進攻，熙雍女郎! 」
24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
我們聽到了這消息，束手無策，不勝憂慮，痛苦得有如臨產的婦女。
25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
你們不要到田間去，不要在路上徘徊，因為敵人正在撕殺，四處令人恐怖。
26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
我的女兒──人民──你該穿上麻衣，輾轉於灰塵，悲哀傷心痛哭，如喪獨子，因為劫奪者要突然來襲擊我們!
27 “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
我立了你作我人民的查察員，原是為叫你認識並考察他們的行徑。
28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
他們盡是極頑固的叛徒，往來散播流言，確是壞透了的破銅爛鐵。
29 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
風箱猛吹，雖有烈火，但鉛仍不溶化；煉工徒然鍛煉，渣滓總煉不掉。
30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
人都稱他們為「拋棄的銀渣，」因為上主已將他們拋棄。
