< Jeremiah 20 >
1 Now Pashur, the son of Immer, the priest, who was also chief overseer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
依默爾的兒子帕市胡爾司祭,上主殿宇的總監督,聽見了耶肋米亞預言這些事,
2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were at the high gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
帕市胡爾便打了耶肋米亞先知,給他加上腳鐐,把他囚在上主殿內本雅明上門的監牢裏。
3 And on the next day Pashur took Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Jehovah calleth thee, not Pashur, but Magor-missabib [[not Safety on every side, but Terror on every side]].
次日,帕市胡爾給耶肋米亞去了腳鐐;耶肋米亞便對他說:「上主不再稱你為「帕市胡爾」,卻稱你為「驚慌四起」。
4 For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am about to make thee a terror to thyself and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, thine eyes looking on; and all Judah will I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, who shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.
因為上主這樣說:看,我必使你和你的一切友人遭受慌;他們必倒在敵人的刀下,而且你要親眼看見這事;我將全猶大人交在巴比倫王的手中,他要將他們擄到巴比倫去,用刀擊殺。
5 And I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its possessions, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give, into the hand of their enemies, and they shall spoil them, and take them and carry them to Babylon.
這城的一切財物,一切積蓄,一切珍寶,以及猶大列王的一切寶藏,我都要交在他們敵人的手中,讓他們搶劫掠奪,運到巴比倫去。
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thy house, shall go into captivity; thou shalt go to Babylon, and there shalt thou die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.
至於你,帕市胡爾! 以及凡住在你家中的人,都要被擄去充軍;你和你向他們講假預言的一切友人,都要到巴比倫去,死在那裏,埋在那裏。」
7 Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I was persuaded; Thou wast stronger than I, and didst prevail. But I am in derision daily, Every one mocketh me.
上主,你引誘了我,我讓我自己受了你的引誘;你確實比我強,你戰勝了。我終日成為笑柄,人都嘲笑我。
8 For whenever I speak, I cry out on account of violence, And complain of oppression; For the word of Jehovah bringeth upon me reproach, And daily derision.
因為我每次發言,必得叫喊,必得高呼:「暴虐! 破壞! 」實在,上主的話,為我日日成為受侮辱和譏笑的因由。
9 So I say, I will no more make mention of him, Nor speak any more in his name; But his word is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones, And I am weary with forbearing, And I cannot refrain.
假使我說:我不再想念他,不再以他的名發言;在我心中就像有火在焚燒,蘊藏在我的骨髓內;我竭力抑制,亦不可能。
10 For I hear the slander of many, terror on every side; “Tell us something against him, and we will denounce him.” All my familiar friends, they who leave not my side, [[say, ]] “Perhaps he will be enticed, So that we may prevail against him, And take our revenge on him.”
實在,我聽到了多少人私相耳語:「驚慌四起! 你們揭發,我們就必對他提出控訴。」甚至我一切的友好都在偵察我的破綻:「也許他會入彀,那我們必能制勝他,對他施行報復。」
11 But Jehovah is on my side, like a mighty champion, Therefore shall my persecutors stumble, and not prevail; They shall be covered with shame, because they act not wisely, —With everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.
但是與我同在的上主,好像是一位孔武有力的戰士,為此迫害我的人只有失敗,決不能制勝;由於謀事不成,必蒙受極大的恥辱,永不可磨滅的羞辱。
12 O Jehovah of hosts, thou that provest the righteous, That seest the reins and the heart, Let me see thy vengeance on them, For to thee have I laid open my cause!
噫萬軍的上主! 你考驗義人,洞察人的肝膽肺腑;我既給你訴說了我的案情,你使我見到你對他們的報復。
13 Sing to Jehovah! Praise ye Jehovah! For he delivereth the oppressed From the hand of evil-doers.
你們應歌頌上主,讚揚上主,因為他從惡人的手中,救出了窮苦人的性命。
14 Cursed be the day on which I was born; Let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed!
願我誕生的那一天,是可咒罵的;願我母親生我的那一天,不蒙受祝福!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the tidings to my father, Saying, “A son is born to thee,” making him very glad!
願那給我父親報信說:「給你生了一個男孩,」叫他異常高興的人,是可詛咒的!
16 Let that man be like the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and relented not; Let him hear an outcry in the morning, And an alarm at noontide;
願這人像上主不顧惜消滅的城市:早晨聽到哀號,正午聽到警報;
17 Because he slew me not before I saw the light, So that my mother might have been my grave, And her womb have been great with me forever!
因為他沒有叫我死在母胎,使我的母親成為我的墳墓,叫她永遠不分娩生我!
18 Wherefore came I forth from the womb, to see weariness and sorrow, And that my days might be consumed in shame?
為什麼我要從母胎裏出來,眼見辛酸痛苦,在羞辱中消磨我的歲月﹖