< Jeremiah 19 >
1 Thus saith Jehovah: Go and buy a potter's earthen flagon, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
耶和華如此說:「你去買窯匠的瓦瓶,又帶百姓中的長老和祭司中的長老,
2 and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
出去到欣嫩子谷、哈珥西的門口那裏,宣告我所吩咐你的話,
3 and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle;
說:『猶大君王和耶路撒冷的居民哪,當聽耶和華的話。萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使災禍臨到這地方,凡聽見的人都必耳鳴;
4 because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place [from me], and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
因為他們和他們列祖,並猶大君王離棄我,將這地方看為平常,在這裏向素不認識的別神燒香,又使這地方滿了無辜人的血,
5 and they have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire as burnt-offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it up into my mind:
又建築巴力的邱壇,好在火中焚燒自己的兒子,作為燔祭獻給巴力。這不是我所吩咐的,不是我所提說的,也不是我心所起的意。
6 therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.
耶和華說:因此,日子將到,這地方不再稱為陀斐特和欣嫩子谷,反倒稱為殺戮谷。
7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life, and their carcases will I give as food to the fowl of the heavens and to the beasts of the earth.
我必在這地方使猶大和耶路撒冷的計謀落空,也必使他們在仇敵面前倒於刀下,並尋索其命的人手下。他們的屍首,我必給空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸作食物。
8 And I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing; every one that passeth by shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
我必使這城令人驚駭嗤笑;凡經過的人,必因這城所遭的災驚駭嗤笑。
9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
我必使他們在圍困窘迫之中,就是仇敵和尋索其命的人窘迫他們的時候,各人吃自己兒女的肉和朋友的肉。』
10 And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee,
「你要在同去的人眼前打碎那瓶,
11 and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
對他們說:『萬軍之耶和華如此說:我要照樣打碎這民和這城,正如人打碎窯匠的瓦器,以致不能再囫圇。並且人要在陀斐特葬埋屍首,甚至無處可葬。
12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, and make this city as Topheth.
耶和華說:我必向這地方和其中的居民如此行,使這城與陀斐特一樣。
13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be as the place of Topheth, defiled, all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heavens, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.
耶路撒冷的房屋和猶大君王的宮殿是已經被玷污的,就是他們在其上向天上的萬象燒香、向別神澆奠祭的宮殿房屋,都必與陀斐特一樣。』」
14 And Jeremiah came from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,
耶利米從陀斐特-就是耶和華差他去說預言的地方-回來,站在耶和華殿的院中,對眾人說:
15 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her cities all the evil that I have spoken against it; for they have hardened their necks, not to hear my words.
「萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使我所說的一切災禍臨到這城和屬城的一切城邑,因為他們硬着頸項不聽我的話。」