Jeremiah 19
1 This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go and buy a clay jar from a man who makes them. Then take with you some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests.
上主這樣對耶肋米亞說：「你去向陶工買一個瓦瓶，那麼帶些民間長老和司祭首長，
2 Go out [of the city] past the Gate of Broken Pots, to the place [overlooking the dump for broken pottery in] the Ben-Hinnom Valley. Then give them a message.
到陶業門進口處的本希農山谷去，在那裏宣佈我要對你說的話。
3 Say to them, ‘[This message is for] you kings of Judah and [other] people of Jerusalem. Listen to what Yahweh is saying! The Commander of the armies of angels says that he will cause there to be a terrible disaster in [Jerusalem]. Those who hear about it will be stunned/shocked [IDM].
你要說：猶大王和耶路撒冷的居民! 請聆聽上主的話。萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：看，我必給這地方招來災禍，凡聽見的，必要耳鳴，
4 [That will happen] because [you Israeli] people have stopped worshiping me, and have caused this place to be a place where [you worship] foreign gods. You burn sacrifices to gods that neither you nor your ancestors nor [even] the kings of Judah ever heard about. And you have filled this place with the blood of innocent people [whom you have killed].
因為他們離棄了我，使這地方成了異地，在這裏向他們和他們的祖先猶大王都不認識的外邦神祗獻香，使這地方充滿無辜的血，
5 You have built shrines to honor [your god] Baal, and at those shrines you have [killed] your own children and offered them to be sacrifices to Baal. I never commanded you to do that, I never spoke about doing that, I never even thought about anyone doing that.
給巴耳建了高丘，向巴耳火焚自己的兒子作全燔祭：這都是我從沒有吩咐，沒有說過，沒有想到的事。
6 So, beware, [because I, ] Yahweh, say that there will be a time when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or Ben-Hinnom Valley; it will be called Slaughter Valley.
因此，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──這地方不再叫作托斐特或本希農山谷，卻要叫做「屠殺谷」。
7 In this place I will ruin the plans of [you people who live in] Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah. I will allow your enemies who want to kill you to kill [many of] you with their swords. [Then] I will allow your corpses to remain on the ground to be food for vultures and wild animals.
在這地方，我必使猶大和耶路撒冷的計劃落空，使他們在敵人面前喪身刀下，死在圖謀他們性命者的手中，將他們的屍首丟棄給天上的飛鳥，和地上的走獸作食物。
8 I will [completely destroy] Jerusalem and cause it to become a heap of ruins that people will despise. All the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will be shocked when they see that the city has been destroyed.
我必使這城成為驚愕的緣因和譏誚的目標；使凡從這裏經過的人，沒有不因她所受的一切打擊，而感到驚異和嗟嘆的!
9 I will enable your enemies who want to kill you to surround the city for a long time. [Then the food will be all gone, and you people will be extremely hungry, with the result that] you people in the city will eat the flesh of your own children and your neighbors’ children.’
我必使他們吞食自己子女的肉：在敵人和圖謀他們的性命的人圍攻他們，處於困危之時，必食自己道近人的肉。
10 [Jeremiah, after you tell that to them], while the people who are with you are watching, smash the jar [that you brought].
以後，你就在與你同來的 眼前將那瓶打破，
11 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Just like this jar has been smashed and cannot be repaired, I will smash this city of Jerusalem and other places in Judah. You will bury some of your corpses here in this dump, until there is no more space to bury any more corpses.
對他們說：萬軍的上主這樣說：我要這樣破壞這人民和這城市，就如人打破這陶工的器皿，再也無法補救；人必將托斐特充作墳埸，因為再沒有地方可供埋葬。
12 That is what I will do to this city and to you people who live here. I will cause this city to be desecrated, like [King Josiah caused Topheth to be] a place that was unfit for people to worship me there.
我必這樣對待這地方和這地的居民──上主的斷語──使這城市像托斐特一樣；
13 The houses in Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will be desecrated like this place will be. All the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to honor the stars [that you worshiped], and where you poured out wine [to be an offering] to your gods, will become (desecrated/unacceptable places for people to worship me).”’”
耶路撒冷的房屋和判斷的宮殿，即他們在樓頂上向天上的萬象獻香，並給外方的神祗行奠禮的一切房屋，都必像托斐特一樣，成為不潔的地方。
14 Then I returned from the garbage dump where Yahweh had sent me to tell them that message. Then I stood in the courtyard of Yahweh’s temple and said this to all the people [who were there]:
耶肋米亞奉上主派遺到托斐特宣講預言回來以後，站在上主殿宇的庭院裏，向全體人民說：
15 “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘I will cause there to be a disaster in this city and in the villages around it like I promised, because you people have stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said to you.’”
「萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：看，我必給這城市和她所屬的一切市鎮，招來我對她說過的災禍，因為她硬著頭頸，不肯聽從我的話」。
