Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, —That I may pardon her.
你們當在耶路撒冷的街上跑來跑去， 在寬闊處尋找， 看看有一人行公義求誠實沒有？ 若有，我就赦免這城。
2 Even though they say By the life of Yahweh, Yet in fact falsely, do they swear.
其中的人雖然指着永生的耶和華起誓， 所起的誓實在是假的。
3 O Yahweh! thine own eyes, are they not directed to fidelity? Thou hast smitten them Yet have they not grieved, Thou hast consumed them—They have refused to receive correction, —They have made their faces bolder than a cliff, They have refused to return.
耶和華啊，你的眼目不是看顧誠實嗎？ 你擊打他們，他們卻不傷慟； 你毀滅他們，他們仍不受懲治。 他們使臉剛硬過於磐石， 不肯回頭。
4 And, I, said, —Only, poor people, are they, —They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God!
我說：這些人實在是貧窮的，是愚昧的， 因為不曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。
5 I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord have broken the yoke, torn off the bands.
我要去見尊大的人，對他們說話， 因為他們曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。 哪知，這些人齊心將軛折斷， 掙開繩索。
6 For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces, —For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.
因此，林中的獅子必害死他們； 晚上的豺狼必滅絕他們； 豹子要在城外窺伺他們。 凡出城的必被撕碎； 因為他們的罪過極多， 背道的事也加增了。
7 How, for this, can I pardon thee? Thine own sons, have forsaken me, And have sworn by No-gods, —When I had fed them to the full, Then committed they adultery, And the house of the unchaste woman, they used to throng:
我怎能赦免你呢？ 你的兒女離棄我， 又指着那不是神的起誓。 我使他們飽足， 他們就行姦淫， 成群地聚集在娼妓家裏。
8 Lusty, well-fed horses, had they become, Every man unto his neighbour’s wife, would neigh!
他們像餵飽的馬到處亂跑， 各向他鄰舍的妻發嘶聲。
9 For these things, shall I not punish? Demandeth Yahweh: Yea on a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself?
耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？ 豈不報復這樣的國民呢？
10 Scale ye her walls and destroy, But a full end, do not make, —Remove her tendrils, For not to Yahweh, do, they, belong!
你們要上她葡萄園的牆施行毀壞， 但不可毀壞淨盡， 只可除掉她的枝子， 因為不屬耶和華。
11 For very treacherously, have the house of Israel and the house of Judah dealt with me, Declareth Yahweh.
原來以色列家和猶大家大行詭詐攻擊我。 這是耶和華說的。
12 They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see;
他們不認耶和華，說： 這並不是他， 災禍必不臨到我們； 刀劍和饑荒，我們也看不見。
13 But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, —Thus, shall it be done to themselves!
先知的話必成為風； 道也不在他們裏面。 這災必臨到他們身上。
14 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, Because ye have spoken this word, —Behold me! making my words in thy mouth to be fire, And, this people, —wood, So shall it devour them.
所以耶和華－萬軍之上帝如此說： 因為百姓說這話， 我必使我的話在你口中為火，使他們為柴； 這火便將他們燒滅。
15 Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh, —A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age-past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:
耶和華說：以色列家啊， 我必使一國的民從遠方來攻擊你， 是強盛的國， 是從古而有的國。 他們的言語你不曉得， 他們的話你不明白。
16 Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre, —They all, are heroes:
他們的箭袋是敞開的墳墓； 他們都是勇士。
17 Then shall it eat thy harvest and thy bread which thy sons and thy daughters should eat, —It shall eat thy flock and thy herd, It shall eat thy vine and thy fig-tree, —It shall destroy thy defenced cities wherein thou, art trusting, with the sword.
他們必吃盡你的莊稼和你的糧食， 是你兒女該吃的； 必吃盡你的牛羊， 吃盡你的葡萄和無花果； 又必用刀毀壞你所倚靠的堅固城。
18 Yet, even in those days, Declareth Yahweh, Will I not make of you, a full end.
耶和華說：「就是到那時，我也不將你們毀滅淨盡。
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, For what cause hath Yahweh our God done to us all these things? Then shalt thou say unto them, —As ye forsook me, and served the gods of the foreigner in your own land, So, shall ye serve aliens in a land not your own.
百姓若說：『耶和華－我們的上帝為甚麼向我們行這一切事呢？』你就對他們說：『你們怎樣離棄耶和華，在你們的地上事奉外邦神，也必照樣在不屬你們的地上事奉外邦人。』」
20 Tell ye this, throughout the house of Jacob, —And let it be heard throughout Judah saying:
當傳揚在雅各家， 報告在猶大說：
21 Hear this, I pray you ye people—foolish and without heart, —Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not!
愚昧無知的百姓啊， 你們有眼不看， 有耳不聽， 現在當聽這話。
22 Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not be pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, —When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it,
耶和華說：你們怎麼不懼怕我呢？ 我以永遠的定例， 用沙為海的界限， 水不得越過。 因此，你們在我面前還不戰兢嗎？ 波浪雖然翻騰，卻不能逾越； 雖然匉訇，卻不能過去。
23 Yet, this people hath an obstinate and rebellious heart, —They have turned aside, and gone their way;
但這百姓有背叛忤逆的心； 他們叛我而去，
24 Neither have they said in their heart, —Let us we pray you, revere Yahweh our God, Who giveth rain, even the early and the latter, in its season, —The appointed weeks of harvest, he reserveth for us.
心內也不說： 我們應當敬畏耶和華－我們的上帝； 他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春雨， 又為我們定收割的節令，永存不廢。
25 Your iniquities, have thrust away these things, Yea, your sins, have withholden that which is good from you.
你們的罪孽使這些事轉離你們； 你們的罪惡使你們不能得福。
26 For there have been found among my people lawless men, —One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture men:
因為在我民中有惡人。 他們埋伏窺探，好像捕鳥的人； 他們設立圈套陷害人。
27 As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, —For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:
籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥， 他們的房中也照樣充滿詭詐； 所以他們得成為大，而且富足。
28 They have waxed fat, they shine Yea they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless that they might prosper, —Yea justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.
他們肥胖光潤， 作惡過甚，不為人伸冤！ 就是不為孤兒伸冤， 不使他亨通， 也不為窮人辨屈。
29 Upon these things, shall I not bring punishment? Demandeth Yahweh. Or, on a nation such as this, shall not my soul avenge herself?
耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討罪呢？ 豈不報復這樣的國民呢？
30 An astounding and horrible thing, hath been brought to pass in the land:
國中有可驚駭、可憎惡的事：
31 The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so, —What then can ye do as to her latter end?
就是先知說假預言， 祭司藉他們把持權柄； 我的百姓也喜愛這些事， 到了結局你們怎樣行呢？
