< Jeremiah 49 >

1 Unto the children of Ammon thus saith the Lord, Hath Israel no sonnes? or hath he none heire? Why then hath their king possessed God? and his people dwelt in his cities?
論亞捫人。耶和華如此說: 以色列沒有兒子嗎? 沒有後嗣嗎? 瑪勒堪為何得迦得之地為業呢? 屬他的民為何住其中的城邑呢?
2 Therefore beholde the dayes come, sayeth the Lord, that I will cause a noyse of warre to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate heape, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israel possesse those that possessed him, sayeth the Lord.
耶和華說: 日子將到,我必使人聽見打仗的喊聲, 是攻擊亞捫人拉巴的喊聲。 拉巴要成為亂堆; 屬她的鄉村要被火焚燒。 先前得以色列地為業的, 此時以色列倒要得他們的地為業。 這是耶和華說的。
3 Howle, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted: crie ye daughters of Rabbah: girde you with sackecloth: mourne and runne to and from by the hedges: for their King shall goe into captiuitie; and his Priestes, and his princes likewise.
希實本哪,你要哀號, 因為愛地變為荒場。 拉巴的居民哪,要呼喊, 以麻布束腰; 要哭號,在籬笆中跑來跑去; 因瑪勒堪和屬他的祭司、 首領要一同被擄去。
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleis? thy valley floweth away, O rebellious daughter: she trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come vnto me?
背道的民哪, 你們為何因有山谷, 就是水流的山谷誇張呢? 為何倚靠財寶說: 誰能來到我們這裏呢?
5 Beholde, I will bring a feare vpon thee, sayth the Lord God of hostes, of all those that be about thee, and ye shalbe scattered euery man right foorth, and none shall gather him that fleeth.
主-萬軍之耶和華說: 我要使恐嚇從四圍的人中臨到你們; 你們必被趕出, 各人一直前往, 沒有人收聚逃民。
6 And afterward I will bring againe the captiuitie of the children of Ammon.
後來我還要使被擄的亞捫人歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
7 To Edom thus sayeth the Lord of hostes: Is wisdome no more in Teman? is counsel perished from their children? is their wisdome vanished?
論以東。萬軍之耶和華如此說: 提幔中再沒有智慧嗎? 明哲人不再有謀略嗎? 他們的智慧盡歸無有嗎?
8 Flee, ye inhabitants of Dedan (they are turned backe, and haue consulted to dwell) for I haue brought the destruction of Esau vpon him, and the time of his visitation.
底但的居民哪,要轉身逃跑, 住在深密處; 因為我向以掃追討的時候, 必使災殃臨到他。
9 If the grape gatherers come to thee, would they not leaue some grapes? if theeues come by night, they will destroy till they haue ynough.
摘葡萄的若來到他那裏, 豈不剩下些葡萄呢? 盜賊若夜間而來, 豈不毀壞直到夠了呢?
10 For I haue discouered Esau: I haue vncouered his secrets, and he shall not be able to hide himselfe: his seede is wasted, and his brethren and his neighbours, and there shall be none to say,
我卻使以掃赤露, 顯出他的隱密處; 他不能自藏。 他的後裔、弟兄、鄰舍盡都滅絕; 他也歸於無有。
11 Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.
你撇下孤兒,我必保全他們的命; 你的寡婦可以倚靠我。
12 For thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, they whose iudgement was not to drinke of the cuppe, haue assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall escape free? thou shalt not goe free, but thou shalt surely drinke of it.
耶和華如此說:「原不該喝那杯的一定要喝。你能盡免刑罰嗎?你必不能免,一定要喝!」
13 For I haue sworne by my selfe, sayeth the Lord, that Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall desolations.
耶和華說:「我指着自己起誓,波斯拉必令人驚駭、羞辱、咒詛,並且荒涼。她的一切城邑必變為永遠的荒場。」
14 I haue heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassadour is sent vnto the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come against her, and rise vp to the battell.
我從耶和華那裏聽見信息, 並有使者被差往列國去,說: 你們聚集來攻擊以東, 要起來爭戰。
15 For loe, I will make thee but small among the heathen, and despised among men.
我使你在列國中為最小, 在世人中被藐視。
16 Thy feare, and ye pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee, thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rocke, and keepest the height of ye hil: though thou shouldest make thy nest as hie as the eagle, I wil bring thee downe from thece, sayth the Lord.
住在山穴中據守山頂的啊, 論到你的威嚇, 你因心中的狂傲自欺; 你雖如大鷹高高搭窩, 我卻從那裏拉下你來。 這是耶和華說的。
17 Also Edom shall be desolate: euery one that goeth by it, shall be astonished, and shall hisse at all the plagues thereof,
「以東必令人驚駭;凡經過的人就受驚駭,又因她一切的災禍嗤笑。
18 As in the ouerthrowe of Sodom, and of Gomorah, and the places thereof neere about, saieth the Lord: no man shall dwell there, neither shall the sonnes of men remaine in it.
耶和華說:必無人住在那裏,也無人在其中寄居,要像所多瑪、蛾摩拉,和鄰近的城邑傾覆的時候一樣。
19 Beholde, hee shall come vp like a lyon from the swelling of Iorden vnto the strong dwelling place: for I will make Israel to rest, euen I will make him to haste away from her, and who is a chosen man that I may appoynt against her? for who is like mee? and who will appoint me the time? and who is the shepheard that will stande before 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,我要使以東人逃跑,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?
20 Therefore heare the counsell of the Lord that hee hath deuised against Edom, and his purpose that hee hath conceiued against the inhabitants of Teman: surely the least of the flocke shall drawe them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
你們要聽耶和華攻擊以東所說的謀略和他攻擊提幔居民所定的旨意。仇敵定要將他們群眾微弱的拉去,定要使他們的居所荒涼。
21 The earth is mooued at the noyse of their fall: the crie of their voice is heard in the red Sea.
因他們仆倒的聲音,地就震動。人在紅海那裏必聽見呼喊的聲音。
22 Behold, he shall come vp, and flie as the Egle, and spreade his wings ouer Bozrah, and at that day shall the heart of the strong men of Edome be as the heart of a woman in trauaile.
仇敵必如大鷹飛起,展開翅膀攻擊波斯拉。到那日,以東的勇士心中疼痛如臨產的婦人。」
23 Vnto Damascus he sayeth, Hamath is confounded and Arpad, for they haue heard euill tidings, and they are faint hearted as one on the fearefull sea that can not rest.
論大馬士革。 哈馬和亞珥拔蒙羞, 因他們聽見凶惡的信息就消化了。 海上有憂愁,不得平靜。
24 Damascus is discouraged, and turneth her selfe to flight and feare hath seased her: anguish and sorowes haue taken her as a woman in trauaile.
大馬士革發軟,轉身逃跑。 戰兢將她捉住; 痛苦憂愁將她抓住, 如產難的婦人一樣。
25 How is the glorious citie not reserued, the citie of my ioy?
我所喜樂可稱讚的城, 為何被撇棄了呢?
26 Therefore her yong men shall fall in her streetes, and all her men of warre shall be cut off in that day, sayeth the Lord of hostes.
她的少年人必仆倒在街上; 當那日,一切兵丁必默默無聲。 這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, which shall cosume the palaces of Benhadad.
我必在大馬士革城中使火着起, 燒滅便‧哈達的宮殿。
28 Vnto Kedar, and to the kingdomes of Hazor, which Nebuchad-nezzar, king of Babel shall smite, thus sayeth the Lord, Arise, and goe vp vnto Kedar, and destroy the men of the East.
論巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒所攻打的基達和夏瑣的諸國。耶和華如此說: 迦勒底人哪,起來上基達去, 毀滅東方人。
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: yea, they shall take to themselues their curtaines and all their vessels, and their camels, and they shall crie vnto them, Feare is on euery side.
他們的帳棚和羊群都要奪去, 將幔子和一切器皿,並駱駝為自己掠去。 人向他們喊着說: 四圍都有驚嚇。
30 Flee, get you farre off (they haue consulted to dwell) O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord: for Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel hath taken counsell against you, and hath deuised a purpose against you.
耶和華說: 夏瑣的居民哪,要逃奔遠方, 住在深密處; 因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒設計謀害你們, 起意攻擊你們。
31 Arise, and get you vp vnto the welthy nation that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which haue neither gates nor barres, but dwel alone.
耶和華說: 迦勒底人哪,起來! 上安逸無慮的居民那裏去; 他們是無門無閂、獨自居住的。
32 And their camels shall be a bootie, and the multitude of their cattel a spoile, and I will scatter them into all windes, and to the vtmost corners, and I will bring their destruction from al the sides thereof, sayeth the Lord.
他們的駱駝必成為掠物; 他們眾多的牲畜必成為擄物。 我必將剃周圍頭髮的人分散四方, 使災殃從四圍臨到他們。 這是耶和華說的。
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and desolation for euer: there shall no man dwell there, nor the sonnes of men remaine in it.
夏瑣必成為野狗的住處, 永遠淒涼; 必無人住在那裏, 也無人在其中寄居。
34 The woordes of the Lord that came to Ieremiah the Prophet, concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah King of Iudah, saying,
猶大王西底家登基的時候,耶和華論以攔的話臨到先知耶利米說:
35 Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I will breake the bowe of Elam, euen the chiefe of their strength.
「萬軍之耶和華如此說:我必折斷以攔人的弓,就是他們為首的權力。
36 And vpon Elam I will bring the foure windes from the foure quarters of heauen, and will scatter them towardes all these windes, and there shall bee no nation, whither the fugitiues of Elam shall not come.
我要使四風從天的四方颳來,臨到以攔人,將他們分散四方。這被趕散的人沒有一國不到的。」
37 For I will cause Elam to be afraied before their enemies, and before them that seeke their liues, and will bring vpon them a plague, euen the indignation of my wrath, saieth the Lord, and I wil sende the sworde after them till I haue consumed them.
耶和華說:「我必使以攔人在仇敵和尋索其命的人面前驚惶;我也必使災禍,就是我的烈怒臨到他們,又必使刀劍追殺他們,直到將他們滅盡。
38 And I wil set my throne in Elam, and I wil destroy both the King and the princes from thence, saith the Lord:
我要在以攔設立我的寶座,從那裏除滅君王和首領。這是耶和華說的。
39 but in the latter daies I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Elam, sayeth the Lord.
「到末後,我還要使被擄的以攔人歸回。這是耶和華說的。」

< Jeremiah 49 >