Jeremiah 37
1 And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
雅的兒子漆德克雅繼約雅金的兒子耶苛尼雅為王，巴比倫王拿步高立他為王統治猶大地。
2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
他和他的臣僕及本地人民，都沒有聽從上主藉耶肋米亞先知所說的話。
3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
漆德克雅王派舍肋米亞的兒子猶加耳，和司祭瑪阿雅的兒子責法尼雅到耶肋米亞先知那裏說：「請你為我們轉求上主，我們的天主! 」
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
那時，耶肋米亞尚出入於民間，人還沒有將他放在監獄裏。
5 And Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.
法郎軍隊忽由埃及出發，圍攻耶路撒冷的加色丁人一聽見他們出動的消息，就由耶路撒冷撤退了。
6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
此時上主有話傳給耶肋米亞先知說：
7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
「上主，以色列的天主這樣說：你們應這樣回答派你們前來求間我的猶大君王說：看，出發前來援助你們的法郎軍隊，仍要回到自己的本地埃及去。
8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
至於加色丁人仍要捲土重來，進攻這座城市；且要攻下，放火燒城。
9 Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
上主這樣說：你們不要自欺說：加色丁人已離我們遠去! 真實，他們並沒有遠去。
10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
縱使你們能擊敗與你們交戰的加色丁人所有的軍隊，使他們中只剩下一些受傷的人，他們仍要由帳中奮起，放火燒盡這座城市。
11 And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
加色丁人的軍隊受法郎軍隊的威脅，由耶路撒冷撤退時，
12 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
耶肋米亞離開耶路撒冷，到本篤地去，要在那裏由自己的親族間分得一份產業。
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
當他到了本雅明門時，那裏有一個站崗的人，名叫依黎雅，是舍肋米亞的兒子，哈納尼雅的孫子，捉住耶肋米亞先知說：「你想去投降加色丁人! 」
14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans; but he hearkened not to him: so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
耶肋米亞答說：「冤枉! 我不是去投降加色人丁」。依黎雅不聽他說，就捉住耶肋米亞，帶他去見首長。
15 And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
首長們遂發怒，將耶肋米亞鞭打了，幽禁在書記家的監牢裏，因為他們早已把他的家改成了監獄。
16 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
於是耶肋米亞走一穹形的地窖內，在那裏住了多日。
17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
此後，漆德克雅王派人提他出來，在自己的宮殿私下問他說：「上主有什麼話沒有﹖」耶肋米亞答說：「有」。接著說：「你必被交在巴比倫王手中」。
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
此外，耶肋米亞還問漆德克雅王說：「我在什麼事上得罪了你和你的臣僕，以及這些人民，你們竟將我放在監裏﹖
19 Where now are your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
你們那些曾向你們預言說：巴比倫王不會來攻打你們和這地方的先知，現在在哪裏！
20 And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
如今，我主君王，請聽！願你開恩允許我的祈求，不要叫我再回到書記約納堂家裡去，免得我死在那裡！」
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
於是漆德克雅王下令，將耶肋米亞囚禁在監獄的庭院裏，每日由麵包房取一份食物給他，直到城中糧食用盡。從此耶肋米亞o主在拘留所內的庭院裏。
