Jeremiah 4
1 Israel, if thou turnest ayen, seith the Lord, turne thou to me; if thou takist awei thin offendyngis fro my face, thou schalt not be mouyd.
以色列，若是你歸來──上主的斷語──就應向我歸來；若是你從我面前除去你可惡的偶像，就不應再四處遊蕩；
2 And thou schalt swere, The Lord lyueth, in treuthe and in doom and in riytfulnesse; and alle folkis schulen blesse hym, and schulen preise hym.
若是你以誠實、公平和正義指著「上主永在」起誓，那麼，萬民必因你而蒙受祝福，也因你而得到光榮。
3 For the Lord God seith these thingis to a man of Juda and to a dwellere of Jerusalem, Make ye newe to you a lond tilid of the newe, and nyle ye sowe on thornes.
因為上主對猶大人和耶路撒冷居民這樣說：「你們要開懇荒地，不要在荊棘中播種。
4 Men of Juda, and dwelleris of Jerusalem, be ye circumcidid to the Lord, and do ye awey the filthis of youre hertis; lest perauenture myn indignacioun go out as fier, and be kyndlid, and noon be that quenche, for the malice of youre thouytis.
猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民! 你們應為上主自行割損，除去心上的包皮，以免因你們的惡行，我的憤怒如火彶作，焚燒得無人能熄滅。」
5 Telle ye in Juda, and make ye herd in Jerusalem; speke ye, and synge ye with a trumpe in the lond; crye ye strongli, and seie ye, Be ye gaderid togidere, and entre we in to stronge citees.
你們應該在猶大宣佈，在耶路撒冷發表，在境內吹起號角，大聲疾呼說：「你們應集合，我們要進攻堅城! 」
6 Reise ye a signe in Sion, coumforte ye, and nyle ye stonde; for Y bringe yuel fro the north, and a greet sorewe.
你們應該給熙雍指出路標，趕快出逃，絲毫不可遲延，因為我要由北方招來災禍，絕大的毀滅。
7 A lioun schal `rise vp fro his denne, and the robbere of folkis schal reise hym silf. He is goon out of his place, to sette thi lond in to wildirnesse; thi citees schulen be distried, abidynge stille with out dwellere.
獅子已衝出牠的叢林，毀滅萬民者已起程走出了他的宮庭，前來使你的地域變為曠野，使你的城邑荒涼，再沒有人居住。
8 On this thing girde you with heiris; weile ye, and yelle, for the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord is not turned awei fro you.
為此，你們應身穿苦衣，涕泣哀號，因為上主尚未由我們身上撤回衪的烈怒。
9 And it schal be, in that dai, seith the Lord, the herte of the king schal perische, and the herte of princis; and the prestis schulen wondre, and the prophetis schulen be astonyed.
到那一天──上主的斷語──君王與王侯必失去勇氣，司祭必驚駭，先知必驚異；
10 And Y seide, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God; therfor whether thou hast disseyued this puple and Jerusalem, seiynge, Pees schal be to you, and lo! a swerd is comun `til to the soule?
人必要說：「哎! 吾主上主! 你的確欺騙了這人民和耶路撒冷說：你們必享平安；其實，刀劍已到我們的咽喉! 」
11 In that tyme it schal be seide to this puple and to Jerusalem, A brennynge wynd in the weies that ben in desert, ben the weies of the douytir of my puple, not to wyndewe, and not to purge.
那時人要對這人民和耶路撒冷說：「荒丘的熱風由曠野向我人民吹來，不是為吹淨，不是為清潔；
12 A spirit ful of hem schal come to me; and now Y, but Y schal speke my domes with hem.
有一股強烈的風應我的命吹來；現在我要去裁判他們。
13 Lo! he schal stie as a cloude, and hise charis as a tempest; hise horsis ben swifter than eglis; wo to vs, for we ben distried.
看啊! 他如濃雲湧上來，他的戰車有如旋風，他的戰馬快萵飛鷹! 禍哉! 我們算是完了!
14 Thou Jerusalem, waische thin herte fro malice, that thou be maad saaf. Hou long schulen noiful thouytis dwelle in thee?
耶路撒冷! 洗淨你心內的邪惡，好使你能獲救。你那不義的思念藏在你內，要到何時﹖
15 For whi the vois of a tellere fro Dan, and makynge knowun an idol fro the hil of Effraym.
因為由丹傳來信息，由厄弗辣因山聽到了凶信：
16 Reise, ye folkis; lo! it is herd in Jerusalem that keperis ben comun fro a fer lond, and yyuen her vois on the citees of Juda.
你們應通知人民，轉告耶路撒冷：圍攻的人由遠方前來，向猶大各城高聲吶喊，
17 As the keperis of feeldis thei ben maad on it in cumpas; for it stiride me to wrathfulnesse, seith the Lord.
像護守田地的人將她密密包圍，因為她觸怒了我──上主的斷語。
18 Thi weyes and thi thouytis han maad this to thee; this malice of thee, for it is bittir, for it touchide thin herte.
是你的行徑和作為給你造成了這一切；是你的邪惡使你受苦，受到傷心的痛苦。
19 Mi wombe akith, my wombe akith; the wittis of myn herte ben disturblid in me. Y schal not be stille, for my soule herde the vois of a trumpe, the cry of batel.
我的肺腑，我的肺腑! 我心已破碎，我心焦燥不寧，我不能緘默! 因為我親自聽到了角聲，開戰的喧嚷。
20 Sorewe is clepid on sorewe, and al the lond is distried; my tabernaclis ben wastid sudeynli, my skynnes ben wastid sudeynli.
真是毀滅上加毀滅，全地盡已破壞；我的帳幕突然倒塌，我的帷帳突然毀壞。
21 Hou longe schal Y se hem that fleen, schal Y here the vois of a clarioun?
我瞻望敵旗，聞聽角聲，要到幾時﹖
22 For my fonned puple knew not me; thei ben vnwise sones, and cowardis; thei ben wise to do yuels, but thei kouden not do wel.
這是因為我的人民愚昧，竟不認識我，是些無知的子民，沒有明悟，只知作惡，不知行善。
23 Y bihelde the lond, and lo! it was void, and nouyt; and Y bihelde heuenes, and no liyt was in tho.
我觀望大地，看，空虛混沌，我觀望諸天，卻毫無光亮；
24 Y siy munteyns, and lo! tho weren mouyd, and all litle hillis weren disturblid.
我觀望山岳，它在戰慄，
25 Y lokide, and no man was, and ech brid of heuene was gon a wey.
我觀望看，一個人也沒有，連天空的飛鳥都已逃循；所有的丘陵都在搖撼。
26 Y bihelde, and lo! Carmele is forsakun, and alle citees therof ben distried fro the face of the Lord, and fro the face of the ire of his strong veniaunce.
我觀望，看，農田盡變為荒野，所有的城邑盡毀於上主，毀於上主的烈怒。
27 For the Lord seith these thingis, Al the lond schal be forsakun, but netheles Y schal not make an endyng.
原來上主這樣說：全地固然要荒蕪，但我卻不徹底加以毀滅。
28 The erthe schal mourne, and heuenys aboue schulen make sorewe, for that Y spak; Y thouyte, and it repentide not me, nether Y am turned awei fro it.
為此，大地要悲傷，在上諸天要昏暗；因為我說了，再不後悔；決定了，再不撤回。
29 Ech citee fledde fro the vois of a knyyt, and of a man schetynge an arowe; thei entriden in to hard places, and stieden in to roochis of stoon; alle citees ben forsakun, and no man dwellith in tho.
全城的人聽到了騎兵和弓手的喧嚷，都四散逃命，有深入森林的，有爬上山岩的；所有的城市都被放棄，沒有人居住。
30 But what schalt thou `destried do? Whanne thou schalt clothe thee with reed scarlet, whanne thou schalt be ourned with a goldun broche, and schalt anoynte thin iyen with wommans oynement, thou schalt be araied in veyn; thi louyeris han dispisid thee, thei schulen seke thi soule.
你已被蹂躪還有什麼企圖﹖既使你身被紫綿，佩帶金飾，以鉛華描劃眼眉，使你漂亮，也是徒然! 你的愛人蔑視你，想謀害你的生命。
31 For Y herd a vois as of a womman trauelynge of child, the angwischis as of a womman childynge; the vois of the douyter of Sion among hem that dien, and spreden abrood her hondis; Wo to me, for my soule failide for hem that ben slayn.
的確，我聽到了仿佛產婦的叫聲，仿佛首次分娩的呻吟，是熙雍女兒在伸開雙手喘息哀嘆：我真可憐．因為我的生命已陷在殘害者手中!
