< Jeremiah 20 >
1 And Pashur the son of Immer, the priest — and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah — heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.
依默爾的兒子帕市胡爾司祭,上主殿宇的總監督,聽見了耶肋米亞預言這些事,
2 And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
帕市胡爾便打了耶肋米亞先知,給他加上腳鐐,把他囚在上主殿內本雅明上門的監牢裏。
3 And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
次日,帕市胡爾給耶肋米亞去了腳鐐;耶肋米亞便對他說:「上主不再稱你為「帕市胡爾」,卻稱你為「驚慌四起」。
4 For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall see [it]; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.
因為上主這樣說:看,我必使你和你的一切友人遭受慌;他們必倒在敵人的刀下,而且你要親眼看見這事;我將全猶大人交在巴比倫王的手中,他要將他們擄到巴比倫去,用刀擊殺。
5 And, I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
這城的一切財物,一切積蓄,一切珍寶,以及猶大列王的一切寶藏,我都要交在他們敵人的手中,讓他們搶劫掠奪,運到巴比倫去。
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there thou shalt be buried, thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied falsehood.
至於你,帕市胡爾! 以及凡住在你家中的人,都要被擄去充軍;你和你向他們講假預言的一切友人,都要到巴比倫去,死在那裏,埋在那裏。」
7 Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.
上主,你引誘了我,我讓我自己受了你的引誘;你確實比我強,你戰勝了。我終日成為笑柄,人都嘲笑我。
8 For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.
因為我每次發言,必得叫喊,必得高呼:「暴虐! 破壞! 」實在,上主的話,為我日日成為受侮辱和譏笑的因由。
9 And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.
假使我說:我不再想念他,不再以他的名發言;在我心中就像有火在焚燒,蘊藏在我的骨髓內;我竭力抑制,亦不可能。
10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.
實在,我聽到了多少人私相耳語:「驚慌四起! 你們揭發,我們就必對他提出控訴。」甚至我一切的友好都在偵察我的破綻:「也許他會入彀,那我們必能制勝他,對他施行報復。」
11 But Jehovah is with me as a mighty terrible one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble and shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, for they have not prospered: it shall be an everlasting confusion that shall not be forgotten.
但是與我同在的上主,好像是一位孔武有力的戰士,為此迫害我的人只有失敗,決不能制勝;由於謀事不成,必蒙受極大的恥辱,永不可磨滅的羞辱。
12 And thou, Jehovah of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
噫萬軍的上主! 你考驗義人,洞察人的肝膽肺腑;我既給你訴說了我的案情,你使我見到你對他們的報復。
13 Sing ye unto Jehovah, praise Jehovah, for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
你們應歌頌上主,讚揚上主,因為他從惡人的手中,救出了窮苦人的性命。
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
願我誕生的那一天,是可咒罵的;願我母親生我的那一天,不蒙受祝福!
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
願那給我父親報信說:「給你生了一個男孩,」叫他異常高興的人,是可詛咒的!
16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,
願這人像上主不顧惜消滅的城市:早晨聽到哀號,正午聽到警報;
17 because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
因為他沒有叫我死在母胎,使我的母親成為我的墳墓,叫她永遠不分娩生我!
18 Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
為什麼我要從母胎裏出來,眼見辛酸痛苦,在羞辱中消磨我的歲月﹖