Jeremiah 8
1 At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
到那時──上主的斸語──人必從墳墓中拖出猶大君王的遺骸，司祭的遺骸，先知的遺骸，和耶路撒冷居民的遺骸，
2 and they shall spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all the host of the heavens, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the ground.
陳列在他們曾愛戀、事奉、追隨、求問和朝拜過的太陽、月亮和天上群星，前再沒有人收殮埋葬，任其留在地面充作肥料。
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.
這可惡種族剩下的全體遺民，在我驅逐他們所到的任何地，方都願意死，而不願意生──萬軍上主斷語。
4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?
你應對他們說：上主這樣說：人跌倒了，豈能不再起來﹖人離去了，豈能不再回來﹖
5 Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
為什麼這人民一墮落，便永久墮落，執迷不悟而不肯反悔呢﹖
6 I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.
我留心細聽，他們都言談不軌，沒有一個人悔恨自己的邪惡說：「可憐! 我做是什麼事﹖」反倒各自一再任性奔馳，有如衝入戰場的戰馬。
7 Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
天空的鸛鳥也知道自己的時令；斑鳩、燕子和雁，都固守自己的歸期；但是我的人民卻不知道上主法令。
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
你怎麼能說：我們是智者，我們有上主的法律﹖的確，但已為書記們以荒謬的筆鋒把乇編成了謊言。
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?
智慧人必要蒙羞驚慌，而至被捕；的確，他們即拋棄了上主話，還能有什麼智慧﹖
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess [them]; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
為此，我必將他們的妻室交給外人，將他們的莊田交與別的地主，因為從最小的到最大的，都貪財圖利；從先知到司祭，都欺詐行事，
11 And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
草率治愈我的瘡痍說：「好了! 好了! 」其實卻沒有好。
12 Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
他們既行事可憎，就理當知恥；可是，他們不但不知恥，反而連羞愧也不知是什麼；為此，他們要與倒斃者倒斃，在我降罰他們時，都要一厥不振──上主說。
13 I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded: and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.
我要徹底消滅他們──上主的斷語──葡萄樹上沒有葡萄，無花果樹上沒有無花果，樹葉都已凋零；我要派人來蹂躝。
14 Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
為什麼我們還坐著﹖集合起來吧! 讓我們進入堅城，死在那裏，因為上主我們的天主要消滅我們，我們喝苦膽，因為我們得罪了上主。
15 Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.
我們原期待和平，卻不見好轉；原期待復興的時機，反而只見恐怖!
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: the whole land trembleth at the sound of the neighing of his steeds, and they come, and devour the land, and all it contains, the city and those that dwell therein.
從丹就可聽到敵人戰馬的喘息聲，戰馬嘶鳴，聲震全地；前來併吞土地和地上的一切，吞食城邑和城中的居民。
17 For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
看，我必給你們派來不伯符咒的毒蛇，咬傷你們──上主的斷語──
18 My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
無法療愈。我戚戚憂傷，我心已憔悴。
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, from a very far country: Is not Jehovah in Zion? Is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, with foreign vanities?
由遠方傳來我女兒──人民──哀號的呼聲：「上主已不在熙雍﹖或者衪君王已不在那裏嗎﹖──為什麼他們以自己的偶像和外邦的「虛無」激怒我﹖──
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
收割期已經過去，夏天已經完結，我們仍沒有獲救! 」
21 — For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.
我的女兒──人民──的創傷使我心痛欲裂，鬱鬱不安，不勝感傷。
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?
難道在基肋阿得沒有膏藥，或在那裏沒有醫生嗎﹖究竟為了什麼，我的女兒──人民──的創傷還沒有痊愈﹖
