< Jeremiah 50 >
1 The word which the Lord spak of Babiloyne, and of the lond of Caldeis, in the hond of Jeremye, the profete.
耶和華藉先知耶利米論巴比倫和迦勒底人之地所說的話。
2 Telle ye among hethene men, and make ye herd; reise ye a signe; preche ye, and nyle ye holde stille; seie ye, Babiloyne is takun, Bel is schent, Maradach is ouer comun; the grauun ymagis therof ben schent, the idols of hem ben ouer comun.
你們要在萬國中傳揚報告, 豎立大旗; 要報告,不可隱瞞,說: 巴比倫被攻取, 彼勒蒙羞, 米羅達驚惶。 巴比倫的神像都蒙羞; 她的偶像都驚惶。
3 For a folk schal stie fro the north ayenus it, which folk schal sette the lond therof in to wildirnesse; and noon schal be that schal dwelle therynne, fro man `til to beeste; and thei ben moued, and yeden a wei.
「因有一國從北方上來攻擊她,使她的地荒涼,無人居住,連人帶牲畜都逃走了。」
4 In tho daies, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, the sones of Israel schulen come, thei and the sones of Juda togidere, goynge and wepynge; thei schulen haaste, and seke her Lord God in Sion,
耶和華說:「當那日子、那時候,以色列人要和猶大人同來,隨走隨哭,尋求耶和華-他們的上帝。
5 and thei schulen axe the weie. Hidur the faces of hem schulen come, and thei schulen be set to the Lord with boond of pees euerlastynge, which schal not be don awei by ony foryetyng.
他們必訪問錫安,又面向這裏,說:『來吧,你們要與耶和華聯合為永遠不忘的約。』
6 My puple is maad a lost floc, the scheepherdis of hem disseyueden hem, and maden to go vnstabli in hillis; thei passiden fro mounteyn in to a litil hil, thei foryaten her bed.
「我的百姓作了迷失的羊,牧人使他們走差路,使他們轉到山上。他們從大山走到小山,竟忘了安歇之處。
7 Alle men that founden, eeten hem, and the enemyes of hem seiden, We synneden not, for that thei synneden to the Lord, the fairnesse of riytfulnesse, and to the Lord, the abidyng of her fadris.
凡遇見他們的,就把他們吞滅。敵人說:『我們沒有罪;因他們得罪那作公義居所的耶和華,就是他們列祖所仰望的耶和華。』
8 Go ye awei fro the myddis of Babiloyne, and go ye out of the lond of Caldeis, and be ye as kydis bifore the floc.
「我民哪,你們要從巴比倫中逃走,從迦勒底人之地出去,要像羊群前面走的公山羊。
9 For lo! Y schal reise, and brynge in to Babiloyne the gaderyng togidere of grete folkis, fro the lond of the north; and thei schulen be maad redi ayens it, and it schal be takun in the dai; the arowe therof as of a strong man a sleere, schal not turne ayen voide.
因我必激動聯合的大國從北方上來攻擊巴比倫,他們要擺陣攻擊她;她必從那裏被攻取。他們的箭好像善射之勇士的箭,一枝也不徒然返回。
10 And Caldee schal be in to prey, alle that distrien it, schulen be fillid, seith the Lord.
迦勒底必成為掠物;凡擄掠她的都必心滿意足。這是耶和華說的。」
11 For ye maken ful out ioye, and speken grete thingis, and rauyschen myn eritage; for ye ben sched out as caluys on erbe, and lowiden as bolis.
搶奪我產業的啊, 你們因歡喜快樂, 且像踹穀撒歡的母牛犢, 又像發嘶聲的壯馬。
12 Youre modir is schent greetli, and sche that gendride you, is maad euene to dust; lo! sche schal be the last among folkis, and forsakun, with out weie, and drie.
你們的母巴比倫就極其抱愧, 生你們的必然蒙羞。 她要列在諸國之末, 成為曠野、旱地、沙漠。
13 For the wraththe of the Lord it schal not be enhabitid, but it schal be dryuun al in to wildirnesse; ech that schal passe bi Babiloyne, schal wondre, and schal hisse on alle the woundis therof.
因耶和華的忿怒,必無人居住, 要全然荒涼。 凡經過巴比倫的要受驚駭, 又因她所遭的災殃嗤笑。
14 Alle ye that beenden bowe, be maad redi ayens Babiloyne bi cumpas; ouercome ye it, spare ye not arowis, for it synnede to the Lord.
所有拉弓的,你們要在巴比倫的四圍擺陣, 射箭攻擊她。 不要愛惜箭枝, 因她得罪了耶和華。
15 Crye ye ayens it, euery where it yaf hond; the foundementis therof fellen doun, and the wallis therof ben distried; for it is the veniaunce of the Lord. Take ye veniaunce of it; as it dide, do ye to it.
你們要在她四圍吶喊; 她已經投降。 外郭坍塌了, 城牆拆毀了, 因為這是耶和華報仇的事。 你們要向巴比倫報仇; 她怎樣待人,也要怎樣待她。
16 Leese ye a sowere of Babiloyne, and hym that holdith a sikil in the tyme of heruest, fro the face of swerd of the culuer; ech man schal be turned to his puple, and ech man schal flee to his lond.
你們要將巴比倫撒種的 和收割時拿鐮刀的都剪除了。 他們各人因怕欺壓的刀劍, 必歸回本族,逃到本土。
17 Israel is a scaterid flok, liouns castiden out it; first kyng Assur eete it, this laste Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, dide awei the bonys therof.
「以色列是打散的羊,是被獅子趕出的。首先是亞述王將他吞滅,末後是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將他的骨頭折斷。」
18 Therfor the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal visite the kyng of Babiloyne, and his lond, as Y visitide the kyng of Assur;
所以萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:「我必罰巴比倫王和他的地,像我從前罰亞述王一樣。
19 and Y schal brynge ayen Israel to his dwellyng place. Carmele and Baasan schal be fed, and his soule schal be fillid in the hil of Effraym, and of Galaad.
我必再領以色列回他的草場,他必在迦密和巴珊吃草,又在以法蓮山上和基列境內得以飽足。」
20 In tho daies, and in that tyme, seith the Lord, the wickidnesse of Israel schal be souyt, and it schal not be; and the synne of Juda schal be souyt, and it schal not be foundun; for Y schal be merciful to hem, whiche Y schal forsake.
耶和華說:「當那日子、那時候,雖尋以色列的罪孽,一無所有;雖尋猶大的罪惡,也無所見;因為我所留下的人,我必赦免。」
21 Stie thou on the lond of lordis, and visite thou on the dwelleris therof; scatere thou, and sle tho thingis, that ben aftir hem, seith the Lord; and do thou bi alle thingis which Y comaundide to thee.
耶和華說:上去攻擊米拉大翁之地, 又攻擊比割的居民。 要追殺滅盡, 照我一切所吩咐你的去行。
22 The vois of batel and greet sorewe in the lond.
境內有打仗和大毀滅的響聲。
23 Hou is the hamer of al erthe brokun and al defoulid? hou is Babiloyne turned in to desert, among hethene men?
全地的大錘何竟砍斷破壞? 巴比倫在列國中何竟荒涼?
24 Babiloyne, Y haue snarid thee, and thou art takun, and thou wistist not; thou art foundun, and takun, for thou terridist the Lord to wraththe.
巴比倫哪,我為你設下網羅, 你不知不覺被纏住。 你被尋着,也被捉住; 因為你與耶和華爭競。
25 The Lord openide his tresour, and brouyte forth the vessels of his wraththe; for whi a werk is to the Lord God of oostis in the lond of Caldeis.
耶和華已經開了武庫, 拿出他惱恨的兵器; 因為主-萬軍之耶和華 在迦勒底人之地有當做的事。
26 Come ye to it fro the fertheste endis, opene ye, that thei go out, that schulen defoule it; take ye awei stoonys fro the weie, and dryue ye in to heepis, and sle ye it, and nothing be residue.
你們要從極遠的邊界來攻擊她, 開她的倉廩, 將她堆如高堆, 毀滅淨盡,絲毫不留。
27 Distrie ye alle the stronge men therof, go thei doun in to sleynge; wo to hem, for the dai of hem cometh, the tyme of visityng of hem.
要殺她的一切牛犢, 使他們下去遭遇殺戮。 他們有禍了, 因為追討他們的日子已經來到。 (
28 The vois of fleeris, and of hem that ascapiden fro the lond of Babiloyne, that thei telle in Sion the veniaunce of oure Lord God, the veniaunce of his temple.
有從巴比倫之地逃避出來的人,在錫安揚聲報告耶和華-我們的上帝報仇,就是為他的殿報仇。)
29 Telle ye ayens Babiloyne to ful many men, to alle that beenden bowe. Stonde ye togidere ayens it bi cumpas, and noon ascape; yelde ye to it aftir his werk, aftir alle thingis whiche it dide, do ye to it; for it was reisid ayens the Lord, ayens the hooli of Israel.
「招集一切弓箭手來攻擊巴比倫。要在巴比倫四圍安營,不要容一人逃脫,照着她所做的報應她;她怎樣待人,也要怎樣待她,因為她向耶和華-以色列的聖者發了狂傲。
30 Therfor yonge men therof schulen falle doun in the stretis therof, and alle men werriours therof schulen be stille in that dai, seith the Lord.
所以她的少年人必仆倒在街上。當那日,一切兵丁必默默無聲。這是耶和華說的。」
31 Lo! thou proude, Y to thee, seith the Lord God of oostis, for thi dai is comun, the tyme of thi visitacioun.
主-萬軍之耶和華說: 你這狂傲的啊,我與你反對, 因為我追討你的日子已經來到。
32 And the proude schal falle, and schal falle doun togidere, and noon schal be, that schal reise hym; and Y schal kyndle fier in the citees of hym, and it schal deuoure alle thingis in cumpas of it.
狂傲的必絆跌仆倒,無人扶起。 我也必使火在他的城邑中着起來, 將他四圍所有的盡行燒滅。
33 The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, The sones of Israel and the sones of Juda togidere suffren fals caleng; alle that token hem, holden, thei nylen delyuere hem.
萬軍之耶和華如此說:「以色列人和猶大人一同受欺壓;凡擄掠他們的都緊緊抓住他們,不肯釋放。
34 The ayenbyere of hem is strong, the Lord of oostis is his name; bi dom he schal defende the cause of hem, that he make the lond aferd, and stire togidere the dwelleris of Babiloyne.
他們的救贖主大有能力,萬軍之耶和華是他的名。他必伸清他們的冤,好使全地得平安,並攪擾巴比倫的居民。」
35 A swerd to Caldeis, seith the Lord, and to the dwelleris of Babiloyne, and to the princes, and to the wise men therof.
耶和華說:「 有刀劍臨到迦勒底人和巴比倫的居民, 並她的首領與智慧人。
36 A swerd to the false dyuynours therof, that schulen be foolis; a swerd to the stronge men therof, that schulen drede.
有刀劍臨到矜誇的人, 他們就成為愚昧; 有刀劍臨到她的勇士, 他們就驚惶。
37 Swerd to the horsis therof, and to the charis therof, and to al the comyn puple whiche is in the myddis therof, and thei schulen be as wymmen; a swerd to the tresours therof, that schulen be rauyschid.
有刀劍臨到她的馬匹、車輛, 和其中雜族的人民; 他們必像婦女一樣。 有刀劍臨到她的寶物, 就被搶奪。
38 Drynesse schal be on the watris therof, and tho schulen be drye; for it is the lond of grauun ymagis, and hath glorie in false feynyngis.
有乾旱臨到她的眾水, 就必乾涸; 因為這是有雕刻偶像之地, 人因偶像而顛狂。
39 Therfor dragouns schulen dwelle with fonned wielde men, and ostrigis schulen dwelle therynne; and it schal no more be enhabitid `til in to with outen ende, and it schal not be bildid `til to generacioun and generacioun;
所以曠野的走獸和豺狼必住在那裏,鴕鳥也住在其中,永無人煙,世世代代無人居住。」
40 as the Lord distriede Sodom and Gomorre, and the niy citees therof, seith the Lord. A man schal not dwelle there, and the sone of man schal not dwelle in it.
耶和華說:「必無人住在那裏,也無人在其中寄居,要像我傾覆所多瑪、蛾摩拉,和鄰近的城邑一樣。
41 Lo! a puple cometh fro the north, and a greet folc, and many kyngis schulen rise togidere fro the endis of erthe.
看哪,有一種民從北方而來, 並有一大國和許多君王被激動,從地極來到。
42 Thei schulen take bowe and swerd, thei ben cruel and vnmerciful; the vois of hem schal sowne as the see, and thei schulen stie on horsis as a man maad redi to batel, ayens thee, thou douyter of Babiloyne.
他們拿弓和槍, 性情殘忍,不施憐憫; 他們的聲音像海浪匉訇。 巴比倫城啊, 他們騎馬, 都擺隊伍如上戰場的人, 要攻擊你。
43 The kyng of Babiloyne herde the fame of hem, and hise hondis ben aclumsid; angwisch took hym, sorewe took hym, as a womman trauelynge of child.
巴比倫王聽見他們的風聲, 手就發軟, 痛苦將他抓住, 疼痛彷彿產難的婦人。
44 Lo! as a lioun he schal stie fro the pride of Jordan to the stronge fairnesse, for Y schal make hym to renne sudenli to it; and who schal be the chosun man, whom Y schal sette bifore him? For who is lijk me? and who schal suffre me? and who is this scheepherde, that schal ayenstonde my cheer?
「仇敵必像獅子從約旦河邊的叢林上來,攻擊堅固的居所。轉眼之間,我要使他們逃跑,離開這地。誰蒙揀選,我就派誰治理這地。誰能比我呢?誰能給我定規日期呢?有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢?
45 Therfore here ye the councel of the Lord, which he conseyuede in mynde ayens Babiloyne, and hise thouytis, whiche he thouyte on the lond of Caldeis, no but the litle of the flockis drawen hem doun, no but the dwellyng place of hem be destried with hem, ellis no man yyue credence to me.
你們要聽耶和華攻擊巴比倫所說的謀略和他攻擊迦勒底人之地所定的旨意。仇敵定要將他們群眾微弱的拉去,定要使他們的居所荒涼。
46 The erthe is mouyd of the vois of caitiftee of Babiloyne, and cry is herd among hethene men.
因巴比倫被取的聲音,地就震動,人在列邦都聽見呼喊的聲音。」