Jeremiah 15
1 And the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!
上主對我說：「縱使梅瑟和撒慕爾立在我面前，我的的心仍不轉向這人民；你由我面前將他們驅逐，叫他們離去。
2 And if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: Those who go to death, shall go to death. And those who go to the sword, shall go to the sword, and those go to famine, shall go to famine, and those who go to captivity, shall go to captivity.
假如人對你說：我們往哪裏去﹖你就對他們說：上主這樣說：「該死的就死，該殺的就殺，該挨餓的就挨餓，該被擄去的，就被擄去。
3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.
我必用四種型罰來懲罰他們──上主的斷語──用刀劍來殺，用野狗來拖，用天空的飛鳥和地上的野獸來吞食，來消滅。
4 And I will give them over to the fervor of all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of all that he did in Jerusalem.
我為了猶大王希則克雅的兒子默納舍在耶路撒冷所行的事，必使他們成為地上萬國所恐怖的對象。
5 For who will take pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will feel sorrow for you? Or who will go to prayer for the sake of your peace?
耶路撒冷! 誰還憐恤你，誰還同情你，誰還轉身向你安﹖
6 You have abandoned me, says the Lord. You have gone backwards. And so, I will extend my hand over you, and I will destroy you. I have labored to plead with you.
你既離棄了我──上主的斷語──轉身背著我，我就只有對你伸出我的手，將你消滅；我對寬恕已感厭倦：
7 And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.
我要在這地的城門口，用簸箕將他們簸散，使他們喪失子女；我要消滅我的人民，因為他們不離開自己的行徑。
8 Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.
他們的寡婦已多過海邊的沙粒；我要給他們招來午間的破壞者，襲擊英俊勇士的母親，使痛苦和恐怖突然降到她身上。
9 She who gave birth to seven has become weak. Her life has faded away. Her sun has set while it was still daytime. She has been confounded and shamed. And the remainder of them I will give over to the sword in the sight of their enemies, says the Lord.”
生過七個子女的母親，現已身衰氣絕，還是白天，她的太陽已經西落，她只有絕望惆悵；至於他們的遺民，我必使他們在敵人面前死於刀下──上主的斷語。
10 “O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is cursing me.”
我的母親! 我真不幸! 你竟生了我這與普世對抗相的人。我沒有向人借貸，人也沒有向我借貸，人卻都辱罵我。
11 The Lord says: “Certainly, it will be well with your remnant. Certainly, I will run to meet you, in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation, against the enemy.
實在，上主，我豈沒有盡力事奉你﹖我豈沒有在災難禍患時向你懇求﹖
12 But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?
人豈能折斷北方的鐵和銅﹖
13 Your riches and your treasures I will give over to be freely despoiled, because of all your sins, even throughout all your borders.
[我必使你的財產和寶藏，任人搶奪，為補償你在你全境內犯的罪惡，
14 And I will lead in your enemies from a land that you do not know. For a fire has been kindled in my fury; it will burn upon you.”
叫你在你不認識的地方，給你的仇敵為奴，因為我的怒火已燃起，必對你們發作] 。
15 “You know me, O Lord. Remember me, and visit me, and watch over me, because of those who persecute me. In your patience, do not choose to let me endure. You know I have suffered reproach because of you.
上主，你都知道，求你回念我，眷顧我，為我報復迫害我的人，不要因你太忍耐，就讓我死去；你該知道：正是為了你，我才受人侮辱。
16 I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
你的話一來到，我就去吞下去；你的話成了我的喜悅，我心中的歡樂，上主，萬軍的天主! 因為我是歸於你名下的，
17 I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you filled me with threats.
我從沒有坐在歡笑者的集會中一同取樂；我卻依你的指示獨自靜坐，因為你使我憤怒填胸。
18 Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
為什麼我的痛苦如此久長，我的創傷不可醫治，痊愈無望﹖你於我好像是一條不常有水，而變化無常的溪流!
19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.
為此上主這樣說：「你若回來，我必讓你回來，使你能在立在我面前；若能發表高尚而非荒謬的思想，你就可作我的口舌，使他們轉向你，而不是你轉向他們。
20 And I will present you to this people as a strong wall of brass. And they will fight against you, and they will not prevail. For I am with you, so as to save you and to rescue you, says the Lord.
這樣，我必使你這人民成為一設防的銅牆，他們能攻打擊你，卻不能制勝你，因為有我與你同在，援助你，解救你──上主的斷語──
21 And I will free you from hand of those who are most wicked, and I will redeem you from the hand of the powerful.”
我必解救你脫離惡人的手，由強暴人的掌握中將你贖回」。
