Jeremias 51
1 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS for all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt, and for those settled in Magdolo and in Taphnas, and in the land of Pathura, saying,
上主這樣說：「看，我必要興起毀滅的颶風，襲擊巴比倫和加色丁的居民，
2 Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; You have seen all the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Juda; and, behold, they are desolate without inhabitants,
給巴比倫派簸手來簸揚她，掃空她的國土，因為在禍患之日，人必四面向她進攻。」
3 because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me, [by] going to burn incense to other gods, whom you knew not.
弓手不要放下自己的弓箭，戰士不要卸下自己的鎧甲，不要憐恤她的青年，卻要殲滅她所有的部隊，
4 yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not you this abominable thing which I hate.
使他們倒斃在加色丁境內，沿途被人刺殺，
5 But they listened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods.
因為他們的國土，充滿了反抗以色列聖者的罪惡；可是以色列和猶大並未成為寡婦，也未喪失自己的天主，萬軍的上主。
6 So mine anger and my wrath dropped [upon them], and was kindled in the gates of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and a waste, as at this day.
你們逃離巴比倫，各救自己的性命，不要因了她的罪過而自遭喪亡，因為現在是上主復仇的時候，上主要對她報復。
7 And now thus has the Lord Almighty said, Therefore do you commit [these] great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and suckling from the midst of Juda, to the end that not one of you should be left;
巴比倫在上主手中，曾是個灌醉大地的金爵，萬民飲了她的酒，萬民纔如此狂亂。
8 by provoking me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you entered to dwell there, that you might be cut off, and that you might become a curse and a reproach amongst all the nations of the earth?
霎時間，巴比倫傾覆瓦解，你們為她舉哀，拿香料來醫治她的創傷，也許她會痊癒。
9 Have you forgotten the sins of your fathers, and the sins of the kings of Juda, and the sins of your princes, and the sins of your wives, which they wrought in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
我們本願治癒巴比倫，但是她卻不痊癒；我們放下她，各自回歸故鄉，因為她罪惡滔天，直達雲霄。
10 And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers.
上主表彰了我們的正義，來，我們在熙雍稱揚上主我們的天主的偉業。
11 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold I do set my face against [you]
磨尖箭矢，裝滿箭囊! 上主已激起瑪待王的銳氣，因為他對巴比倫的計劃，是要將她消滅；是上主報復，為自己的殿宇復仇。
12 to destroy all the remnant that are in Egypt; and they shall fall by the sword, and by famine, and shall be consumed small and great: and they shall be for reproach, and for destruction, and for a curse.
你們向巴比倫城牆樹立旗幟，加緊防衛，派駐防哨，預設埋伏，因為上主怎樣計劃了，就怎樣實踐他對巴比倫居民所下的斷語。
13 And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:
啊，你住在多水之旁，富有寶藏；現在到了你的結局，到了切斷你尺度的時刻。
14 and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Juda that sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Juda, to which they hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that escape.
萬軍的上主指著自己起誓說：「我必用像蝗蟲那麼多的人群填塞你，對你高唱凱歌。」
15 Then all the men that knew that their wives burnt incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathura, answered Jeremias, saying,
上主以自己的能力創造了大地，自己的智慧奠定了寰宇，以自己的才智展布了諸天。
16 [As for] the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.
他一聲號令使天上的水怒號，使雲彩地極上騰，使雷聲霹靂，造成豪雨，使暴風從他的倉庫出發。
17 For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
人都要自覺愚昧無知；每個銀匠必因自己的刻像感到羞慚，因為所鑄的像，只是「虛無」，沒有息；
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
是「虛幻」，是愚弄人的作品；懲罰時期一到，必要盡歸滅亡。
19 And whereas we burnt incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
那位作雅各伯產業的，與它們卻完全不同，因為他是萬物的造主，以色列是作他產業的支派；他的名字叫「萬軍的上主」。
20 Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him [these] words for answer, saying,
巴比倫! 你曾是我的鎚子，作戰的武器；我曾用你粉碎萬民，用你毀滅邦國，
21 Did not the Lord remember the incense which you burnt in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? and came it not into his heart?
用你粉碎戰馬和騎士，用你粉碎戰車和後夫，
22 And the Lord could no longer bear [you], because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which you wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;
用你粉碎男子和婦女，用你粉碎老翁和幼童，用你粉少男和少女，
23 because of your burning incense, and [because] of the things wherein you sinned against the Lord: and you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his ordinances, and in his law, and in his testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you.
用你粉碎牧人和牲畜，用你粉碎農夫和耕牛，用你粉碎州牧和監督。
24 And Jeremias said to the people, and to the women, Hear you the word of the Lord.
但是，如今我要在你們眼前，報復巴比倫和所有的加色丁居民，對熙雍作的一切惡事──上主的斷語──
25 Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed [them].
好事毀滅的山嶺! 看，我要攻擊你──上主的斷語──是你毀滅了整個大地，我要向你伸出我的手，使你從崖石上滾下，使你成為烈火焚毀的山嶺。
26 Therefore hear you the word of the Lord, all Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, my name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.
人們不再從你那裏鑿取角石或基石，因為你將永遠為荒丘──上主的斷語。
27 For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good: and all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed.
你們在地上樹立旗幟，在萬民間吹起號角，祝聖萬民向她進攻，召集阿辣辣特和明尼及阿市革納次王國向她進攻，派遣一員大將向他進攻；衝鋒的馬隊，好像刺毛直豎的蚱蜢。
28 And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Juda few in number, and the remnant of Juda, who have continued in the land [of] Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.
祝聖萬民：瑪待的君王和他的州牧，他所有的監督以及他整個版圖的民眾，向她進攻。
29 And this [shall be] a sign to you, that I will visit you for evil.
大地戰慄惶悚，因為上主正在進行攻巴比倫的計劃，使巴比倫地成為無人居住的荒野。
30 Thus said the Lord; Behold, I [will] give Uaphres king of Egypt into the hands of his enemy, and into the hands of one that seeks his life; as I gave Sedekias king of Juda into the hands of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, his enemy, and who sought his life.
巴比倫的兵士放棄作戰，留在堡壘中，失去了勇氣，有如婦人；她的房屋已為火焚毀，她的門閂已被折斷。
31 THE WORD WHICH JEREMIAS THE PROPHET spoke to Baruch son of Nerias, when he wrote these words in the book from the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda.
跑差的，傳信的，都相繼跑去通報巴比倫王，京城四周已被佔領，
32 Thus has the Lord said to you, O Baruch.
口已被攻陷，要塞已遭火焚；戰士都十分恐惶。
33 Whereas you have said, Alas! alas! for the Lord has laid a grievous trouble upon me; I lay down in groaning, I found no rest;
因為萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：「巴比倫女郎有如到了該踐踏的禾場；還有片刻就到收割她的時期。
34 say you to him, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up those whom I have planted.
巴比倫王拿步高把我吞食毀滅，使我變成了空器皿；他彷復一條龍，併吞了我，以我的美味滿足了自己的肚腹，然後將我驅逐。
35 And will you seek great things for yourself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord: but I will give [to you] your life for a spoil in every place whither you shall go.
熙雍的居民說：「要對巴比倫報復我身受的凌辱! 」耶路撒冷說：「要對加色丁居民報復我的血債! 」
為此，上主這樣說：「看，我必為你辯護，報復你的冤仇，乾涸她的河川，枯竭她的泉源。
巴比倫必成為一堆瓦礫，豺狼的巢穴；令人恐怖嘲笑，無人居住。
巴比倫人像壯獅一樣，一起怒號，像母獅的幼雛一樣，一起咆哮。
在他們激昂時，我必給他們擺設盛宴，使他們酣醉昏迷，長眠不醒──上主的斷語──
我必使他們下到屠場，無異羔羊綿羊和山羊。
怎麼，沙客竟陷落了，全地的光榮竟遭受了劫掠﹖怎麼，連巴比倫在萬民中也變得如此悽涼﹖
海洋衝擊巴比倫，使她全被驚濤怒浪所淹沒；
她的城市盡化為野，乾旱淒涼之地，再沒有人居住，再沒有過客。
我必懲罰巴比倫的貝耳，由他口裏奪出他所吞滅的，萬民必不再向他湧來，因為巴比倫的城牆已倒塌。
我的人民! 你們從她那裏出來，各救自己的性命脫免上主忿怒的烈火。
你們不要膽怯，不要害怕地方上流傳的謠言；因為今年傳來這謠言，明年又另有謠言；地方上常有暴亂，暴君互相傾軋。
看，時日將到，我必懲罰巴比倫的偶像；使她全國飽受恥辱，國內死傷遍地。
上天下地和其中所有的一切，必對巴比倫吶喊歡呼，因為從北方必有破壞者來向她進襲──上主的斷語──
為了以色列被剌殺的人，巴比倫也該傾覆，就如全地被刺殺的人，曾為了巴比倫而倒斃。
你們逃脫了刀劍的人! 快走，不要停留；從遠方懷念上主，思戀耶路撒冷。
我們聽到了侮辱，感到恥辱，滿面羞慚，因為外方人闖進了上主殿宇的聖所。
為此，看，時日將到──上主斷語──我必懲罰她的偶像，使她國內的人都負傷呻吟；
即使巴比倫爬上諸天，即使她盤據高處不可侵犯，我仍要派破壞者來自她進襲──上主的斷語。
聽從巴比倫發出的喧嚷，從加色丁人地發生的絕大破壞!
是上主在毀滅巴比倫，消弭其中嘈雜的聲音；敵人洶湧而來，有如汪洋怒濤，揚聲吶喊。
果然，破壞者已來到巴比倫，她的勇士都已被擒，她的弓弩盡被折斷，因為上主是報復的天主，他必嚴厲加以報復。
我必使她的諸侯和謀士，州牧和監督以及勇士飲醉，長眠不醒──名為萬軍上主君王的斷語。
萬軍的上主這樣說：「巴比倫廣闊的城牆要被夷為平地，她高大的城門要被火焚盡：這樣百姓只有白白徒勞，萬民的辛苦，也只有付之一炬。」
以下是瑪赫色雅的孫子，乃黎雅的兒子色辣雅同猶大王漆德克雅，在他為王第四年，同往巴比倫去時，耶肋米亞先知對他吩咐的話，那時辣雅身為行營總督。
耶肋米亞在一本書上記錄了要降在巴比倫的一切災禍，所記錄的全是於巴比倫的事。
耶肋米亞對色辣雅說：「你一到了巴比倫，就應設法宣讀這一切話，
然後說：上主，關於這地你親自說過，要將它消滅，使這地無人居住，成為人和走獸絕跡的荒野。
你朗誦完了這本書以後，在書上繫上一塊石頭，把書拋在幼發拉的河中，
然後說：巴比倫也要如此沉沒，再也不能由我給她招來的災禍中復興。」耶肋米亞的話至此為止。
