Jeremiah 15

1 And YHWH says to me: “Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out.

上主對我說：「縱使梅瑟和撒慕爾立在我面前，我的的心仍不轉向這人民；你由我面前將他們驅逐，叫他們離去。

2 And it has come to pass, when they say to you, To where do we go out? That you have said to them, Thus said YHWH: Those who [are] for death—to death, And those who are for the sword—to the sword, And those who are for famine—to famine, And those who are for captivity—to captivity.

假如人對你說：我們往哪裏去﹖你就對他們說：上主這樣說：「該死的就死，該殺的就殺，該挨餓的就挨餓，該被擄去的，就被擄去。

3 And I have appointed four kinds over them,” A declaration of YHWH, “The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the bird of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour.

我必用四種型罰來懲罰他們──上主的斷語──用刀劍來殺，用野狗來拖，用天空的飛鳥和地上的野獸來吞食，來消滅。

4 And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem.

我為了猶大王希則克雅的兒子默納舍在耶路撒冷所行的事，必使他們成為地上萬國所恐怖的對象。

5 For who has pity on you, O Jerusalem? And who bemoans for you? And who turns aside to ask of your welfare?

耶路撒冷! 誰還憐恤你，誰還同情你，誰還轉身向你安﹖

6 You have left Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “You go backward, And I stretch out My hand against you, And I destroy you, I have been weary of relenting,

你既離棄了我──上主的斷語──轉身背著我，我就只有對你伸出我的手，將你消滅；我對寬恕已感厭倦：

7 And I scatter them with a fan, In the gates of the land, I have bereaved [them], I have destroyed My people, They did not turn back from their ways.

我要在這地的城門口，用簸箕將他們簸散，使他們喪失子女；我要消滅我的人民，因為他們不離開自己的行徑。

8 Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought on them—against the mother—A young man—a spoiler—at noon. I caused wrath and trouble to fall on her suddenly.

他們的寡婦已多過海邊的沙粒；我要給他們招來午間的破壞者，襲擊英俊勇士的母親，使痛苦和恐怖突然降到她身上。

9 The bearer of seven has languished, She has breathed out her spirit, Her sun has gone in while yet day, It has been ashamed and confounded, And I give up their remnant to the sword before their enemies,” A declaration of YHWH.

生過七個子女的母親，現已身衰氣絕，還是白天，她的太陽已經西落，她只有絕望惆悵；至於他們的遺民，我必使他們在敵人面前死於刀下──上主的斷語。

10 Woe to me, my mother, For you have borne me, A man of strife and a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me—All of them are reviling me.

我的母親! 我真不幸! 你竟生了我這與普世對抗相的人。我沒有向人借貸，人也沒有向我借貸，人卻都辱罵我。

11 YHWH said, “Did I not direct you for good? Did I not intercede for you in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?

實在，上主，我豈沒有盡力事奉你﹖我豈沒有在災難禍患時向你懇求﹖

12 Does one break iron, Northern iron and bronze?

人豈能折斷北方的鐵和銅﹖

13 I give your strength and your treasures for a prey—not for price, Even for all your sins, and in all your borders.

[我必使你的財產和寶藏，任人搶奪，為補償你在你全境內犯的罪惡，

14 And I have caused your enemies To pass over into the land [that] You have not known, For a fire has been kindled in My anger, It burns against you.”

叫你在你不認識的地方，給你的仇敵為奴，因為我的怒火已燃起，必對你們發作] 。

15 You, You have known, O YHWH, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Your long-suffering do not take me away, Know [that] I have borne reproach for You.

上主，你都知道，求你回念我，眷顧我，為我報復迫害我的人，不要因你太忍耐，就讓我死去；你該知道：正是為了你，我才受人侮辱。

16 Your words have been found, and I eat them, And Your word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Your Name is called on me, O YHWH, God of Hosts.

你的話一來到，我就去吞下去；你的話成了我的喜悅，我心中的歡樂，上主，萬軍的天主! 因為我是歸於你名下的，

17 I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of your hand—I have sat alone, For You have filled me [with] indignation.

我從沒有坐在歡笑者的集會中一同取樂；我卻依你的指示獨自靜坐，因為你使我憤怒填胸。

18 Why has my pain been continuous? And my wound incurable? It has refused to be healed, You are surely as a failing stream to me, Waters [that are] not steadfast.

為什麼我的痛苦如此久長，我的創傷不可醫治，痊愈無望﹖你於我好像是一條不常有水，而變化無常的溪流!

19 Therefore, thus said YHWH: “If you turn back, then I bring you back, You stand before Me, And if you bring out the precious from the vile, You are as My mouth! They return to you, And you do not return to them.

為此上主這樣說：「你若回來，我必讓你回來，使你能在立在我面前；若能發表高尚而非荒謬的思想，你就可作我的口舌，使他們轉向你，而不是你轉向他們。

20 And I have made you to this people For a wall—bronze—fortified, And they have fought against you, And they do not prevail against you, For I [am] with you to save you, And to deliver you,” A declaration of YHWH,

這樣，我必使你這人民成為一設防的銅牆，他們能攻打擊你，卻不能制勝你，因為有我與你同在，援助你，解救你──上主的斷語──

21 “And I have delivered you from the hand of evildoers, And I have ransomed you From the hand of the terrible!”

我必解救你脫離惡人的手，由強暴人的掌握中將你贖回」。