Jeremias 37
1 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS FROM THE LORD, SAYING,
雅的兒子漆德克雅繼約雅金的兒子耶苛尼雅為王，巴比倫王拿步高立他為王統治猶大地。
2 Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to thee in a book.
他和他的臣僕及本地人民，都沒有聽從上主藉耶肋米亞先知所說的話。
3 For, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord: and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be lords of it.
漆德克雅王派舍肋米亞的兒子猶加耳，和司祭瑪阿雅的兒子責法尼雅到耶肋米亞先知那裏說：「請你為我們轉求上主，我們的天主! 」
4 AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;
那時，耶肋米亞尚出入於民間，人還沒有將他放在監獄裏。
5 Thus said the Lord: Ye shall hear a sound of fear, [there is] fear, and there is not peace.
法郎軍隊忽由埃及出發，圍攻耶路撒冷的加色丁人一聽見他們出動的消息，就由耶路撒冷撤退了。
6 Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and [ask] concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and [look for] safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; [their] faces are turned to paleness.
此時上主有話傳給耶肋米亞先知說：
7 For that day is great, and there is not such [another]; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.
「上主，以色列的天主這樣說：你們應這樣回答派你們前來求間我的猶大君王說：看，出發前來援助你們的法郎軍隊，仍要回到自己的本地埃及去。
8 In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers:
至於加色丁人仍要捲土重來，進攻這座城市；且要攻下，放火燒城。
9 but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.
上主這樣說：你們不要自欺說：加色丁人已離我們遠去! 真實，他們並沒有遠去。
縱使你們能擊敗與你們交戰的加色丁人所有的軍隊，使他們中只剩下一些受傷的人，他們仍要由帳中奮起，放火燒盡這座城市。
加色丁人的軍隊受法郎軍隊的威脅，由耶路撒冷撤退時，
12 Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on [thee] destruction; thy stroke is painful.
耶肋米亞離開耶路撒冷，到本篤地去，要在那裏由自己的親族間分得一份產業。
13 There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.
當他到了本雅明門時，那裏有一個站崗的人，名叫依黎雅，是舍肋米亞的兒子，哈納尼雅的孫子，捉住耶肋米亞先知說：「你想去投降加色丁人! 」
14 All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask [about thee] at all, for I have smitten thee with he stroke of an enemy, [even] severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.
耶肋米亞答說：「冤枉! 我不是去投降加色人丁」。依黎雅不聽他說，就捉住耶肋米亞，帶他去見首長。
15 Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, [therefore] they have done these things to thee. Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh.
首長們遂發怒，將耶肋米亞鞭打了，幽禁在書記家的監牢裏，因為他們早已把他的家改成了監獄。
16 And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.
於是耶肋米亞走一穹形的地窖內，在那裏住了多日。
17 For I will bring about thy healing, I will heal thee of thy grievous wound, saith the Lord; for thou art called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her.
此後，漆德克雅王派人提他出來，在自己的宮殿私下問他說：「上主有什麼話沒有﹖」耶肋米亞答說：「有」。接著說：「你必被交在巴比倫王手中」。
18 Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.
此外，耶肋米亞還問漆德克雅王說：「我在什麼事上得罪了你和你的臣僕，以及這些人民，你們竟將我放在監裏﹖
19 And there shall go forth from them singers, [even] the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished.
你們那些曾向你們預言說：巴比倫王不會來攻打你們和這地方的先知，現在在哪裏！
20 And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them.
如今，我主君王，請聽！願你開恩允許我的祈求，不要叫我再回到書記約納堂家裡去，免得我死在那裡！」
21 And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to me: for who is this that has set his heart to return to me? saith the Lord.
於是漆德克雅王下令，將耶肋米亞囚禁在監獄的庭院裏，每日由麵包房取一份食物給他，直到城中糧食用盡。從此耶肋米亞o主在拘留所內的庭院裏。
23 For the wrathful anger of the lord has gone forth, [even] a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly.
24 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he shall execute [it], and until he shall establish the purpose of his heart: in the latter days ye shall know these things.
