< Jeremiah 31 >

1 At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
時候────將作以色列各宗族的天主,他們將作我的人民。
2 Thus saith Jehovah: The people [that were] left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, [even] Israel, when I go to give him rest.
上主這樣說:逃脫了刀劍的,在曠野中找到了聖寵遇;以色列前來自己巿身的地方。
3 Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, [saying, ] Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.
上主自遠處顯示給她說:我愛妳,我永遠愛妳,因此我給妳留了我的仁慈;
4 I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
我要再修建妳,而妳必建再建立起來;妳必再帶上妳的小鼓,出來歡樂哥舞;
5 Thou shalt again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat the fruit.
再在撒馬黎雅山上栽種葡萄,栽種培埴,必有收穫;
6 For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.
因為終有一天,守望的人要在厄弗辣因山上嘁說:起來,讓我們上熙雍去,到上主我們的天主那裏去!
7 For thus saith Jehovah: Sing aloud [with] gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; publish ye, praise ye, and say, Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
因為上主這樣說:你們應為雅各伯歡呼,向為首的民族喝采,傳揚稱讚說:上主救了自己的百姓,以色列的遺民。
8 Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; [and] among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great assemblage shall they return hither.
看,我由北地引他們歸來,從大地的盡頭召集他們,其中有瞎子,有跛子,有懷孕的和正在生產的,形成一大隊回到這裏來。
9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
他們含淚前行,我卻撫引導,領他們踏上不會跌倒的坦途,來到溪流旁,因為我是以色列的慈父,厄弗辣因是我的長子。
10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare [it] to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
萬民! 請聽上主的話,向遙遠的海島宣傳說:那
11 For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
那昔日驅散以色列的,再要來聚集他們,看守他們像牧童看守自己的羊群。11. 因為上主必拯救雅各伯,比他更強者的手中將他們贖回。
12 And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.
他們將來前來,在熙雍山巔歡呼,湧向上主的美物,飽享穀、麥、酒、油,子牛小羊;他們的心靈好像受灌溉的田園,再也不感憔悴。
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
那時,處女必歡欣鼓舞,老幼必相聚同樂,因為我將使的悲哀變成喜樂,仗他們由自己的憂苦中獲得安慰歡樂;
14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.
我將以肥脂滋潤司祭的心靈,以美物飽飫我的人民──上主的斷語。
15 Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, — Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
上主這樣說:「聽! 在辣瑪有嘆息聲,酸辛哭泣;辣黑耳悲悼自己的兒子,不願接受安慰,因為他們已不存在了! 」
16 Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
上主這樣說:「要止往痛哭,不再流淚,因為你的苦終必有報──上主的斷語──他們必會由敵地歸來!
17 And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.
你們的前途大有希望──上主的斷語──你的子孫都要歸回自己的疆域。
18 I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
我實在聽到厄弗辣因在悲歎說:你懲罰了我,我受了杖搫,有如一頭不馴服的公牛犢;你使我歸來,我必歸來,因為你是上主,我的天主x。
19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon [my] thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.
的確,我離棄你以後,我已後悔;在覺悟以後,我拍腿自慚自愧,因為我又染上了我少年時的恥辱。
20 Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
厄弗辣因豈? 是我的寵兒,我鍾愛嬌子﹖因為我幾時恐嚇他,反倒更顧念他;對他我五內感動,不得不大施愛憐──上主的斷語」。
21 Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
請你給自己樹立路程碑,設置指路牌,細心回想你走的路線,以往你走過的大道;以色列處女! 回到妳自己的城邑。
22 How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.
妳要流浪到幾時﹖叛逆的女兒! 因為上主在地上正在創造一件新事:女人包圍男人。
23 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again use this speech, in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness!
萬軍的上主,以色列的天主這樣說:「當我轉變他們的命運時,在猶大地和她城市中的人,還要用這話祝賀說:正義的所在,神聖的山嶺! 願上主祝福你。
24 And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
猶大和她各城中的人,農夫和隨羊遷徒的人,將要同住在那裏,
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and every languishing soul have I replenished.
因為我要振作困乏的心靈,飽飫一切苦悶的心靈。──
26 — Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
至此,我醒來了,我看見了,我的睡眠為我實在甘甜。
27 Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah [with] the seed of man and the seed of beast.
──上主的斷語──我要給以色列家和猶大家播散人種和獸種;
28 And it shall come to pass, as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to overthrow, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build, and to plant, saith Jehovah.
就如往昔我曾監視他們,為將他們拔除、破壞、推翻、毀滅、損害;同樣,日後我必要監視他們、為將他們建設、栽培──上主的斷語──
29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
在那時裏,人必不再說:「祖先吃了酸葡萄,子孫的牙齒也要酸軟」。
30 for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
不,各人只因自己的的罪惡而死;只有吃酸葡萄的人,自己的牙齒才酸軟。
31 Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
看,時日將到──上主的斷語──我必要與叵家和猶大家訂立新約,
32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
不像我昔日──握住他們的手,引他們出離埃及時──與他們的祖先訂立盟約;雖然我是他們的夫君,他們已自行破壞了我這盟約──上主的斷語──
33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
我願在那些時日,與叵家訂立的盟約──上主的斷語──就是:我要將我的法律放在他們的肺腑裏,寫在他們的心頭上;我要作他們的天主,他們要作我的人民。
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
那時,誰也不教訓自己的近人或弟兄說:「你們該認識上主」,因為不論大小,人人都必認識我──上主的斷語──因為我要寬恕他們的過犯,不再記憶他們的罪惡。
35 Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, — Jehovah of hosts is his name:
那指定太陽照耀白日規定月亮星辰照耀黑夜,撥動海洋使波濤怒號,號稱「萬軍的上主」
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
假若這些規定已由我面前消失──上主的斷語──以色列種族在我面前也就永不再是一個民族。
37 Thus saith Jehovah: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
上主這樣說:假若能測量在上的諸天,能探察在下大地的基礎,我也就因他們所做的一切,拋棄整個以色列種族──上主的斷語」。
38 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah, from the tower of Hananeel unto the corner-gate.
看,時日將到──上主的斷語──上主的城市必要重建,不佰自哈納乃布堡直到角門,
39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.
而且測量的繩墨還要向外伸展,直到加勒布丘,再轉向哥阿;
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the torrent Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more for ever.
滿了屍首和灰燼的整個山谷,以及直到克德隆溪流和東邊馬門角旁所有木田地,都將祝聖給上主,永不再遭受」。

< Jeremiah 31 >