Jeremias 23
1 Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
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 thus says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
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 And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
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 And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, says 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 come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgement and righteousness on the earth.
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 both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec amongst the prophets.
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 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel 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 but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into 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 My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
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 because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength.
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 priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
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 let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
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 And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; 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 Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
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 thus says the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all 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 Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and 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 say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon 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 For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has listened, and heard?
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, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
看，上主的憤怒，如暴風發作，像旋風在惡人的頭上旋轉。
20 And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
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 sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they 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 counsel, and if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
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 I am a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off.
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 Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says 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 what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
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 shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?
先知在民間妄說預言，宣講自己心中的幻想，要到幾時呢﹖
27 who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot my name in [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 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says 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 Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the 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 Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
為此，看──上主的斷語──我要懲罰互相竊取我話的先知。
31 Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
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 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
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 And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, says 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, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house.
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 Thus shall you say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
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 And do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden.
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 But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God 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 Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
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, behold, I [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which 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 an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.
使你們永遠受辱，受永遠不能忘的污辱。
