< Jeremiah 45 >
1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年,尼利亞的兒子巴錄將先知耶利米口中所說的話寫在書上。耶利米說:
2 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch: Thou didst say:
「巴錄啊,耶和華-以色列的上帝說:
3 Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
巴錄曾說:『哀哉!耶和華將憂愁加在我的痛苦上,我因唉哼而困乏,不得安歇。』
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
你要這樣告訴他,耶和華如此說:我所建立的,我必拆毀;我所栽植的,我必拔出;在全地我都如此行。
5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'
你為自己圖謀大事嗎?不要圖謀!我必使災禍臨到凡有血氣的。但你無論往哪裏去,我必使你以自己的命為掠物。這是耶和華說的。」