Jeremiah 10
1 Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.
以色列家! 請聽上主對你們所說的話。
2 Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraid for the signes of heauen, though the heathen be afraid of such.
上主這樣說：「你們不要學：不要畏懼天上的異兆：這是異民所畏懼的。
3 For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe,
因為這些民族所敬畏的是「虛無」，是由森林所砍來的樹木，是匠人用斧製作的作品，
4 And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.
裝飾上金銀，用鐵釘鎚釘住，叫它不動搖；
5 The idoles stande vp as the palme tree, but speake not: they are borne because they cannot go feare them not, for they cannot do euill, neither can they do good.
像胡瓜園裏的草木，不能言語；常需要人搬運，不能行走；你們不要害怕，因為它不能害人，也不能施救。
6 There is none like vnto thee, O Lord: thou art great, and thy name is great in power.
上主，沒有誰相似你；你是偉大的，你的名大有德能。
7 Who would not feare thee, O King of nations? for to thee appertaineth the dominion: for among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in al their kingdomes there is none like thee.
萬民的君王! 誰能不敬畏你﹖這是你應得的，因為萬民中所有的智者和他們所有的王國中，沒有誰與你相似；
8 But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.
你們全是愚昧無知。他們的教義全是虛偽不實，他們只不過是木偶；
9 Siluer plates are brought from Tarshish, and golde from Vphaz, for the worke of the workeman, and the handes of the founder: the blewe silke, and the purple is their clothing: all these things are made by cunning men.
是由塔爾士採來的銀打成的薄片，是由敖非爾採來的黃金，是藝人和銀匠的製造品；穿的紫錦紅衣，都是工匠的作品。
10 But the Lord is the God of trueth: he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his anger the earth shall tremble, and the nations cannot abide his wrath.
只有上主是真天主，是生活的天主，永遠的君王；衪一震怒，大志便戰慄，萬民都不能抵受衪的憤怒。
11 (Thus shall you say vnto them, The gods that haue not made the heauens and the earth, shall perish from the earth, and from vnder these heauens)
[關於他們，你們應這樣說：那未能創造天地火神祗，只有從天上地消滅。]
12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.
上主的才智展佈了諸天地。
13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
衪一聲號令，使天上的水怒號，使雲彩從地極上騰，使雷電霹靂造成豪雨，使暴風從他的倉庫出發疾駛。
14 Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.
人都要自覺愚昧無知；每個銀匠必因自己的彫像感到羞愧，因為所鑄的像，只是「虛無」，沒有氣息；
15 They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
是「虛無」，是愚人的作品；懲罰時期一到，它們都要滅亡。
16 The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lord of hostes is his Name.
那位作雅各伯產業的，與他們迴然不同，因為衪是萬物的造主，以色列是作衪產業的支派，衪的名字叫「萬軍火上主」。
17 Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.
你這被圍困的城池，快從地上拾起你的行囊!
18 For thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, at this time I will throwe as with a sling the inhabitants of the lande, and will trouble them, and they shall finde it so.
因為上主這樣說：「看，這一次我必要遠遠拋棄這地的居民磨難他們，使他們覺悟。」
19 Wo is me for my destruction, and my grieuous plague: but I thought, Yet it is my sorow, and I will beare it.
唉! 我已遭破壞，我的創傷已不可治療，但我仍想：這只不過是疾病，我還能忍受。
20 My tabernacle is destroyed, and all my coardes are broken: my children are gone from me, and are not: there is none to spread out my tent any more, and to set vp my curtaines.
我的帳幕已破壞，我的繩索都已裂斷，我的孩子都已離去，不復存在；再沒有人支搭我的帳幕，張設我的帷帳。
21 For the Pastours are become beasts, and haue not sought the Lord: therefore haue they none vnderstanding: and all the flockes of their pastures are scattered.
為民牧者既然愚蠢，不尋求上主，為此他們一事無成，羊群都已四散，
22 Beholde, the noyse of the brute is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons.
聽有個音訊傳來：將有大騷動從北方而來，要使猶大的城邑荒涼，成為豺狼的巢穴。
23 O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
上主，我知道，人的道路不尸由人的，行走的人也不能隨便操縱自己的步伐。
24 O Lord, correct mee, but with iudgement, not in thine anger, least thou bring mee to nothing.
上主，你懲戒我，只好按照正義，不要隨你的憤怒，免得我歸於烏有。
25 Powre out thy wrath vpon the heathen, that knowe thee not, and vpon the families that call not on thy Name: for they haue eaten vp Iaakob and deuoured him and consumed him, and haue made his habitation desolate.
願你對不認識你的異民，和不呼求你名的宗族，發洩你的憤怒，因為他們併吞了雅各伯，毀滅破壞，蹂躝了她的住所。
