< Jeremiah 50 >

1 This is the Lord's message that he told Jeremiah the prophet to give about Babylon and the country of Babylonia.
耶和華藉先知耶利米論巴比倫和迦勒底人之地所說的話。
2 Tell everyone the news! Hold up a sign and shout it out, don't hold back! Tell them, Babylon has fallen! Her god Bel is humiliated; the power of her god Marduk is broken; all Babylon's idols are humiliated and their power is broken.
你們要在萬國中傳揚報告, 豎立大旗; 要報告,不可隱瞞,說: 巴比倫被攻取, 彼勒蒙羞, 米羅達驚惶。 巴比倫的神像都蒙羞; 她的偶像都驚惶。
3 A northern nation will come and attack her and turn the country into a wasteland. No one will live there—both people and animals will desert it.
「因有一國從北方上來攻擊她,使她的地荒涼,無人居住,連人帶牲畜都逃走了。」
4 That's the time when the people of Israel and Judah will join together, weeping as they go to worship the Lord their God, declares the Lord.
耶和華說:「當那日子、那時候,以色列人要和猶大人同來,隨走隨哭,尋求耶和華-他們的上帝。
5 They will ask the way to Zion, and start going in that direction. They will arrive and commit themselves to the Lord in an everlasting agreement that won't ever be forgotten.
他們必訪問錫安,又面向這裏,說:『來吧,你們要與耶和華聯合為永遠不忘的約。』
6 My people are sheep that are lost, led astray by their shepherds, making them wander aimlessly in the mountains. They go from place to place in the mountains and hills, forgetting where they used to rest.
「我的百姓作了迷失的羊,牧人使他們走差路,使他們轉到山上。他們從大山走到小山,竟忘了安歇之處。
7 All those who came across them attacked them. Their enemies declared, “We're not to blame! They're the ones who sinned against the Lord, their true resting place; the Lord who was the hope of their forefathers.”
凡遇見他們的,就把他們吞滅。敵人說:『我們沒有罪;因他們得罪那作公義居所的耶和華,就是他們列祖所仰望的耶和華。』
8 Run away from the city of Babylon; get away from the country of Babylonia! Lead the way like the male goats that lead the flock.
「我民哪,你們要從巴比倫中逃走,從迦勒底人之地出去,要像羊群前面走的公山羊。
9 Look! I'm assembling a coalition of strong northern nations who will come and attack Babylon. They will line up in battle against her; she will be conquered from the north. Their arrows will be like the best warriors—they don't miss!
因我必激動聯合的大國從北方上來攻擊巴比倫,他們要擺陣攻擊她;她必從那裏被攻取。他們的箭好像善射之勇士的箭,一枝也不徒然返回。
10 Babylonia will be plundered—everyone who plunders her will have plenty of loot, declares the Lord.
迦勒底必成為掠物;凡擄掠她的都必心滿意足。這是耶和華說的。」
11 Though for now you Babylonians celebrate and sing triumphantly as you plunder my special people, though for now you jump around like a frisky young cow treading out the grain, and neigh like stallions,
搶奪我產業的啊, 你們因歡喜快樂, 且像踹穀撒歡的母牛犢, 又像發嘶聲的壯馬。
12 you are going to bring shame on your mother, you are going to disgrace the one who gave birth to you. Watch as she becomes the least important of all the nations, a wilderness, a dry desert land.
你們的母巴比倫就極其抱愧, 生你們的必然蒙羞。 她要列在諸國之末, 成為曠野、旱地、沙漠。
13 Because of Lord's angry punishment, she will be deserted, completely desolate. Everyone who passes by will be horrified at what has happened to Babylon, and sneer at all her wounds.
因耶和華的忿怒,必無人居住, 要全然荒涼。 凡經過巴比倫的要受驚駭, 又因她所遭的災殃嗤笑。
14 All you archers, line up ready for battle around Babylon. Shoot at her! Don't save your arrows, because she has sinned against the Lord.
所有拉弓的,你們要在巴比倫的四圍擺陣, 射箭攻擊她。 不要愛惜箭枝, 因她得罪了耶和華。
15 Shout war-cries against her from every side! She holds up her hands in surrender. Her towers have collapsed; her walls are demolished. This is the Lord paying her back, so you too can pay her back—do the same to her as she did to others.
你們要在她四圍吶喊; 她已經投降。 外郭坍塌了, 城牆拆毀了, 因為這是耶和華報仇的事。 你們要向巴比倫報仇; 她怎樣待人,也要怎樣待她。
16 Stop the sower from sowing in the country of Babylon, and stop the harvester swinging the sickle to reap the grain. Under the threat of the enemies' swords, everyone runs home to their own people, they go back to where they came from.
你們要將巴比倫撒種的 和收割時拿鐮刀的都剪除了。 他們各人因怕欺壓的刀劍, 必歸回本族,逃到本土。
17 The Israelites are a flock that's been chased and scattered by lions. The first on the attack was the king of Assyria; then lastly Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crushed their bones.
「以色列是打散的羊,是被獅子趕出的。首先是亞述王將他吞滅,末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
18 So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I'm going to punish the king of Babylon and his country just like I punished the king of Assyria.
所以萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:「我必罰巴比倫王和他的地,像我從前罰亞述王一樣。
19 I will lead the Israelites back to their pasturelands, to feed on Carmel and Bashan, to satisfy their appetites on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
我必再領以色列回他的草場,他必在迦密和巴珊吃草,又在以法蓮山上和基列境內得以飽足。」
20 This will be when the guilt and the sins of Israel and Judah will be looked for, but none will be found, because I will forgive those people who remain that I'm looking after, declares the Lord.
耶和華說:「當那日子、那時候,雖尋以色列的罪孽,一無所有;雖尋猶大的罪惡,也無所見;因為我所留下的人,我必赦免。」
21 Go and attack the land of Merathaim, and the people living in Pekod. Kill them with swords, set them apart for destruction, along with everything they leave behind. Make sure you do everything I have ordered you to do, declares the Lord.
耶和華說:上去攻擊米拉大翁之地, 又攻擊比割的居民。 要追殺滅盡, 照我一切所吩咐你的去行。
22 The noise of battle is heard in the country, the noise of terrible destruction.
境內有打仗和大毀滅的響聲。
23 See how the hammer of the whole earth is lying broken in pieces in the ground! The nations look with horror on what Babylon has become!
全地的大錘何竟砍斷破壞? 巴比倫在列國中何竟荒涼?
24 Babylon, I set a trap for you, and you were caught before you realized it. You were hunted down and captured because you fought against the Lord.
巴比倫哪,我為你設下網羅, 你不知不覺被纏住。 你被尋着,也被捉住; 因為你與耶和華爭競。
25 In his anger the Lord opened his armory to bring out his weapons, for this is what the Lord God Almighty is doing in the country of Babylonia.
耶和華已經開了武庫, 拿出他惱恨的兵器; 因為主-萬軍之耶和華 在迦勒底人之地有當做的事。
26 Come and attack her from every side! Open her granaries; collect the loot you take from her like piles of grain. Set her apart for destruction; don't leave any survivors.
你們要從極遠的邊界來攻擊她, 開她的倉廩, 將她堆如高堆, 毀滅淨盡,絲毫不留。
27 Kill all her young bulls with the sword; let them be slaughtered. What a disaster for them, because their time has come when they're punished.
要殺她的一切牛犢, 使他們下去遭遇殺戮。 他們有禍了, 因為追討他們的日子已經來到。 (
28 (Listen to the refugees and survivors who have returned from Babylonia, announcing in Zion, “The Lord our God is paying them back for what happened to his Temple.”)
有從巴比倫之地逃避出來的人,在錫安揚聲報告耶和華-我們的上帝報仇,就是為他的殿報仇。)
29 Call up the archers to attack Babylon, yes, all of them! Completely surround her—don't let anyone escape. Pay her back for what she's done, because in her pride she defied the Lord, Israel's Holy One.
「招集一切弓箭手來攻擊巴比倫。要在巴比倫四圍安營,不要容一人逃脫,照着她所做的報應她;她怎樣待人,也要怎樣待她,因為她向耶和華-以色列的聖者發了狂傲。
30 As a result her young men will be killed in the streets; all her soldiers will die that day, declares the Lord.
所以她的少年人必仆倒在街上。當那日,一切兵丁必默默無聲。這是耶和華說的。」
31 Watch out, because I'm against you, you arrogant people! declares the Lord God Almighty. Your time has come when I will punish you.
主-萬軍之耶和華說: 你這狂傲的啊,我與你反對, 因為我追討你的日子已經來到。
32 You arrogant people will trip and fall. Nobody will be there to pick you up. I'm going to set fire to your towns and burn up everything around you.
狂傲的必絆跌仆倒,無人扶起。 我也必使火在他的城邑中着起來, 將他四圍所有的盡行燒滅。
33 This is what the Lord Almighty says: The people of Israel and Judah are being mistreated. All who captured them are holding onto them, refusing to let them go.
萬軍之耶和華如此說:「以色列人和猶大人一同受欺壓;凡擄掠他們的都緊緊抓住他們,不肯釋放。
34 But the one who rescues them is powerful; the Lord Almighty is his name. He will defend them and their cause, so he may bring peace on earth, but trouble to the people of Babylon.
他們的救贖主大有能力,萬軍之耶和華是他的名。他必伸清他們的冤,好使全地得平安,並攪擾巴比倫的居民。」
35 A sword is raised to attack the Babylonians, declares the Lord, ready to attack those who live in Babylon, and her officials and wise men.
耶和華說:「 有刀劍臨到迦勒底人和巴比倫的居民, 並她的首領與智慧人。
36 A sword is raised to attack her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is raised to attack her soldiers, and they will be terrified.
有刀劍臨到矜誇的人, 他們就成為愚昧; 有刀劍臨到她的勇士, 他們就驚惶。
37 A sword is raised to attack her horses and chariots, along with all the foreign soldiers with her, and they will become like frightened women. A sword is raised to attack her stores of treasure, and they will be plundered.
有刀劍臨到她的馬匹、車輛, 和其中雜族的人民; 他們必像婦女一樣。 有刀劍臨到她的寶物, 就被搶奪。
38 A drought has hit her rivers, and they will dry up. For it's a country full of pagan images. These horrible idols drive their worshipers mad.
有乾旱臨到她的眾水, 就必乾涸; 因為這是有雕刻偶像之地, 人因偶像而顛狂。
39 Consequently desert animals and hyenas will live there, and it will be a home for owls. It will be uninhabited forever—it won't be lived in from one generation to the next.
所以曠野的走獸和豺狼必住在那裏,鴕鳥也住在其中,永無人煙,世世代代無人居住。」
40 In the same way that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, declares the Lord, no one will live there, no one will stay there.
耶和華說:「必無人住在那裏,也無人在其中寄居,要像我傾覆所多瑪、蛾摩拉,和鄰近的城邑一樣。
41 Look! An army is advancing from the north. A great nation and many kings are coming against you from the distant lands.
看哪,有一種民從北方而來, 並有一大國和許多君王被激動,從地極來到。
42 They're carrying bows and javelins. They are cruel and merciless. When they shout it's like the sea roaring. They ride on horses and attack in formation against you, people of Babylon.
他們拿弓和槍, 性情殘忍,不施憐憫; 他們的聲音像海浪匉訇。 巴比倫城啊, 他們騎馬, 都擺隊伍如上戰場的人, 要攻擊你。
43 The king of Babylon has heard the news and he's terrified. He's overcome with fear, in pain like a woman in labor.
巴比倫王聽見他們的風聲, 手就發軟, 痛苦將他抓住, 疼痛彷彿產難的婦人。
44 Watch out! I'm going to come like a lion from the tangled undergrowth beside the Jordan to attack the animals grazing the green pasture. In fact I'm going to chase the Babylonians from their land very quickly. Who will I choose to conquer them? Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Which leader could oppose me?
「仇敵必像獅子從約旦河邊的叢林上來,攻擊堅固的居所。轉眼之間,我要使他們逃跑,離開這地。誰蒙揀選,我就派誰治理這地。誰能比我呢?誰能給我定規日期呢?有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢?
45 So listen to what the Lord has planned to do to Babylon and the country of Babylonia: Their children will be dragged away like lambs from the flock, and because of them their pasture will become a wasteland.
你們要聽耶和華攻擊巴比倫所說的謀略和他攻擊迦勒底人之地所定的旨意。仇敵定要將他們群眾微弱的拉去,定要使他們的居所荒涼。
46 The sound of Babylon's capture will make the earth shake; their cries will be heard throughout the nations.
因巴比倫被取的聲音,地就震動,人在列邦都聽見呼喊的聲音。」

< Jeremiah 50 >