Jeremias 22
1 Thus says the Lord; Go you, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and you shall speak there this word,
上主這樣說：「你下到猶大王宮去，在那裏宣佈這話，
2 and you shall say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sit on the throne of David, you, and your house, and your people, and they that go in at these gates:
說：坐在達味寶座上的猶大王! 你和你的臣僕及從這些門進來的人民，該聆聽上主的話。
3 thus says the Lord; Execute you judgement and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
上主這樣說：你們應執行公道正義，從壓迫人的手中解救受剝奪的人，不要傷害虐待外方人和孤兒寡婦，不要在這地方上流無辜者的血。
4 For if you will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.
假使你們實在照這話去做，必有坐在達味寶座上的君王，乘車騎馬，與自己的臣僕和人民從這宮殿的門進來；
5 But if you will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, says the Lord, that this house shall be [brought] to desolation.
倘若你們不聽從這話，我指著自己起誓──上主的斷語──這宮殿必要變為廢墟。
6 For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Juda; You are Galaad to me, [and] the head of Libanus: [yet] surely I will make you a desert, [even] cities that shall not be inhabited:
因為上主這樣論猶大王的宮殿說：即使你為我有如基肋阿得，又如黎巴嫩的山頂，我仍要使你變為荒野，成為無人居住的城市；
7 and I will bring upon you a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
我要祝聖那已武裝的毀滅者來攻擊你，砍伐你最佳美的香柏，投入火中。
8 And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
許多民族經過這城時，必互相問說：為什麼上主這樣對待了這座大城市﹖
9 And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
人必答說：因為他們廢棄了上主他們的天主的盟約，敬拜事奉了別的神祇。」
10 Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.
你們不要為已死的人哭泣，不要為他舉哀；卻要為遠去的人痛哭，因為他不會再回來，見他的生身地。
11 For thus says the Lord concerning Sellem the son of Josias, who reigns in the place of Josias his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return there any more:
因為上主這樣論猶大王約史雅的兒子，即繼承他父親約史雅為王的沙隆說：「他一離開這地方，就不會再回來，
12 but in that place whither I have carried him captive, there shall he die, and shall see this land no more.
必死在被擄去的地方，不會再見此地。」
13 He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgement, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
禍哉，那不以公道正義建築自己的宮殿樓臺，叫人為自己徒勞而不給他工資的人!
14 You have built for yourself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
他說：我得給自己建築廣大的宮殿，寬敞的樓臺，開設窗戶，鑲上香柏，塗上丹砂。
15 Shall you reign, because you are provoked with your father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute judgement and justice.
你為王是要以香柏爭勝嗎﹖你父親豈不也吃也喝﹖但他執行公道正義，為此能一切順利；
16 They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this your not knowing me? says the Lord.
他親自裁判弱小和貧苦人的案件，因此一切順利；這豈不是表示他認識我﹖──上主的斷語──
17 Behold, your eyes are not good, nor your heart, but [they go] after your covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
至於你，你的眼和心，只顧私利，只知無辜者的血，施行欺壓和勒索。
18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, [saying], Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord.
為此上主這樣說：「對於猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金，人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，我兄弟! 或哀哉，我姊妹! 人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，主上! 或哀哉，陛下!
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; he shall be dragged roughly along and cast outside the gate of Jerusalem.
人要埋葬他如同埋葬一匹死驢，將他拖出，拋在耶路撒冷的門外。」
20 Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter your voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all your lovers are destroyed.
你該上黎巴嫩去呼喊，在巴商提高你的聲音，由阿巴陵喊叫，因為你的情侶都已滅亡。
21 I spoke to you on [occasion of] your trespass, but you said, I will not listen. This [has been] your way from your youth, you have not listened to my voice.
在你歡樂時，我曾勸告過你，你卻說：「我不聽從。」你從幼年，就是這般行徑，從不聽我的聲音。
22 The wind shall tend all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; for then shall you be ashamed and disgraced because of all your lovers.
你所有的牧人將被風捲去，你的情侶必徒遠方；那時你必因你行的一切邪惡，含羞抱愧。
23 O you that dwell in Libanus, making your nest in the cedars, you shall groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon you.
你現在住在黎巴嫩，在香柏樹上營巢，但是，當痛苦，像產婦的痛苦襲擊你時，你將多麼可憐!
24 [As] I live, says the Lord, though Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda were indeed the seal upon my right hand, thence would I pluck you;
我永在──上主的斷語──猶大王約雅金的兒子苛尼雅，即便你是我右手上蓋章的指環，我也要將你拔除，
25 and I will deliver you into the hands of them that seek your life, before whom you are afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans.
交在圖謀你性命和你畏懼的人的手中，交在巴比倫王拿步高和加色丁人的手中；
26 And I will cast forth you, and your mother that bore you, into a land where you were not born; and there you shall die.
將你和你生身的母親，拋在不是你們出生的異地，叫你們死在那裏。
27 But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.
他們必不能回到他心靈渴望回去的地方。
28 Jechonias is dishonoured as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.
苛尼雅這人，不是個可鄙而該毀滅的器皿，或無人喜稅的傢具嗎﹖為什麼他和他的後裔被拋棄，被投擲到自己不相識的地方去﹖
29 Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.
地啊! 地啊! 請聆聽上主的話!
30 Write you this man an outcast: for there shall none of his seed at all grow up to sit on the throne of David, [or as] a prince yet in Juda.
上主這樣說：「你應記錄：這人是一個無子女，畢生無成就的人，因為他的後裔中，沒有一人能成功，能坐上達味的寶座，再統治猶大。」
