Jeremiah 25
1 The word which came to Jeremiah about all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah; this was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的元年，耶和華論猶大眾民的話臨到耶利米。
2 This word Jeremiah gave out to all the people of Judah and to those living in Jerusalem, saying,
先知耶利米就將這話對猶大眾人和耶路撒冷的一切居民說：
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even till this day, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord has been coming to me, and I have given it to you, getting up early and talking to you; but you have not given ear.
「從猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞十三年直到今日，這二十三年之內，常有耶和華的話臨到我；我也對你們傳說，就是從早起來傳說，只是你們沒有聽從。
4 And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;
耶和華也從早起來，差遣他的僕人眾先知到你們這裏來（只是你們沒有聽從，也沒有側耳而聽），
5 Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:
說：『你們各人當回頭，離開惡道和所作的惡，便可居住耶和華古時所賜給你們和你們列祖之地，直到永遠。
6 Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.
不可隨從別神事奉敬拜，以你們手所做的惹我發怒；這樣，我就不加害與你們。
7 But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.
然而你們沒有聽從我，竟以手所做的惹我發怒，陷害自己。這是耶和華說的。』」
8 So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,
所以萬軍之耶和華如此說：「因為你們沒有聽從我的話，
9 See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.
我必召北方的眾族和我僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻擊這地和這地的居民，並四圍一切的國民。我要將他們盡行滅絕，以致他們令人驚駭、嗤笑，並且永久荒涼。這是耶和華說的。
10 And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.
我又要使歡喜和快樂的聲音，新郎和新婦的聲音，推磨的聲音和燈的亮光，從他們中間止息。
11 All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.
這全地必然荒涼，令人驚駭。這些國民要服事巴比倫王七十年。
12 And it will come about, after seventy years are ended, that I will send punishment on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, says the Lord, for their evil-doing, and on the land of the Chaldaeans; and I will make it a waste for ever.
七十年滿了以後，我必刑罰巴比倫王和那國民，並迦勒底人之地，因他們的罪孽使那地永遠荒涼。這是耶和華說的。
13 And I will make that land undergo everything I have said against it, even everything recorded in this book, which Jeremiah the prophet has said against all the nations.
我也必使我向那地所說的話，就是記在這書上的話，是耶利米向這些國民說的預言，都臨到那地。
14 For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.
因為有多國和大君王必使迦勒底人作奴僕；我也必照他們的行為，按他們手所做的報應他們。」
15 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.
耶和華－以色列的上帝對我如此說：「你從我手中接這杯忿怒的酒，使我所差遣你去的各國的民喝。
16 And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.
他們喝了就要東倒西歪，並要發狂，因我使刀劍臨到他們中間。」
17 Then I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and gave a drink from it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me;
我就從耶和華的手中接了這杯，給耶和華所差遣我去的各國的民喝，
18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;
就是耶路撒冷和猶大的城邑，並耶路撒冷的君王與首領，使這城邑荒涼，令人驚駭、嗤笑、咒詛，正如今日一樣。
19 Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants and his princes and all his people;
又有埃及王法老和他的臣僕、首領，以及他的眾民，
20 And all the mixed people and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon and Gaza and Ekron and the rest of Ashdod;
並雜族的人民和烏斯地的諸王，與非利士地的諸王（亞實基倫、迦薩、以革倫，以及亞實突剩下的人）；
21 Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,
以東、摩押、亞捫人、
22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the lands across the sea;
泰爾的諸王、西頓的諸王、海島的諸王、
23 Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all who have the ends of their hair cut;
底但、提瑪、布斯，和一切剃周圍頭髮的；
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people living in the waste land;
阿拉伯的諸王、住曠野雜族人民的諸王、
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
心利的諸王、以攔的諸王、米底亞的諸王、
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
北方遠近的諸王，以及天下地上的萬國喝了，以後示沙克王也要喝。
27 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.
「你要對他們說：『萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：你們要喝，且要喝醉，要嘔吐，且要跌倒，不得再起來，都因我使刀劍臨到你們中間。』
28 And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.
「他們若不肯從你手接這杯喝，你就要對他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們一定要喝！
29 For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.
我既從稱為我名下的城起首施行災禍，你們能盡免刑罰嗎？你們必不能免，因為我要命刀劍臨到地上一切的居民。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。』
30 So, as a prophet, give out these words among them, and say to them, The voice of the Lord will be sounding like a lion from on high; he will send out his voice from his holy place, like the loud voice of a lion, against his flock; he will give a cry, like those who are crushing the grapes, against all the people of the earth.
「所以你要向他們預言這一切的話，攻擊他們，說： 耶和華必從高天吼叫， 從聖所發聲， 向自己的羊群大聲吼叫； 他要向地上一切的居民吶喊， 像踹葡萄的一樣。
31 A noise will come, even to the end of the earth; for the Lord has a cause against the nations, he will give his decision against all flesh; as for the evil-doers, he will give them to the sword, says the Lord.
必有響聲達到地極， 因為耶和華與列國相爭； 凡有血氣的，他必審問； 至於惡人，他必交給刀劍。 這是耶和華說的。
32 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.
萬軍之耶和華如此說： 看哪，必有災禍從這國發到那國， 並有大暴風從地極颳起。
33 And at that day, the bodies of those whom the Lord has put to death will be seen from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: there will be no weeping for them, their bodies will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; they will be like waste on the face of the land.
「到那日，從地這邊直到地那邊都有耶和華所殺戮的。必無人哀哭，不得收殮，不得葬埋，必在地上成為糞土。
34 Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.
牧人哪，你們當哀號，呼喊； 群眾的頭目啊，你們要滾在灰中； 因為你們被殺戮分散的日子足足來到。 你們要跌碎，好像美器打碎一樣。
35 There will be no way of flight for the keepers of sheep, no road for the chiefs of the flock to get away safely.
牧人無路逃跑； 群眾的頭目也無法逃脫。
36 A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.
聽啊，有牧人呼喊， 有群眾頭目哀號的聲音， 因為耶和華使他們的草場變為荒場。
37 And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
耶和華發出猛烈的怒氣， 平安的羊圈就都寂靜無聲。
38 The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.
他離了隱密處像獅子一樣， 他們的地，因刀劍凶猛的欺壓， 又因他猛烈的怒氣都成為可驚駭的。」
