< Jeremiah 45 >
1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
以下是耶肋米亞先知對乃黎雅的兒子巴路克說的話:他在猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金第四年,由耶肋米亞口授,在卷冊上記錄了這些話:「
2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, unto you, O Baruch:
上主,以色列的天主論及你,巴路克,這樣說:
3 You did say, Woe is me now! for the LORD has added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
你曾說:我多麼可憐! 因為上主在我的愁苦上還加添痛苦;我呻吟憔悴,得不到安寧!
4 Thus shall you say unto him, The LORD says thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
你應這樣對他說:上主這樣說:看! 我拆毀的,是我所建造的;我拔除的,是我所栽培的;我要打擊全地,
5 And seek you great things for yourself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says the LORD: but your life will I give unto you for a prey in all places where you go.
你還有什麼大事可為自己請求;不必請求了。看,我給一切血肉招來災禍──上主的斷語──至於你,不論你到什麼地方去,我必賜你獲得性命,如獲勝利品。」