Jeremiah 6
1 Sones of Beniamyn, be ye coumfortid in the myddil of Jerusalem, and make ye noise with a clarioun in Thecua, and reise ye a baner on Bethecarem; for whi yuel and greet sorewe is seyn fro the north.
本雅明子民，請你們逃出耶路撒冷，在特科亞吹號，在貝特革楞豎立旗幟! 因為有一個災禍，即一個巨大的毀滅，已由北方隱約出現。
2 Y haue licned the douytir of Sion to a fair womman and delicat.
熙雍女郎仿佛美麗的草場，
3 Scheepherdis and her flockis schulen come to it; thei han piyt tentis in it in cumpas; ech man schal feede hem, that ben vndur his hond.
牧童領著自己的羊群坰她進發，在她四週張設帳幕，各據一方牧放。
4 Halewe ye batel on it. Rise ye togidire, and stie we in myddai. Wo to vs, for the dai is bowid doun, for shadewis ben maad lengere in the euentid.
「請你們備戰，向她進攻；來，讓我們在正午就上前進攻! 我們真不幸! 因為日已偏西，暮影已長!
5 Rise ye, and stie we in the niyt, and distry we the housis therof.
不妨! 就趁夜上去，破壞她的閭闕。」
6 For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Kitte ye doun the tre therof, and schede ye erthe aboute Jerusalem; this is the citee of visitacioun; al fals caleng is in the myddis therof.
因為萬軍的上主這樣說：6.「他們該砍伐她的樹木，雀起壁壘，圍攻耶路撒冷，這該受罰的城市，因為在那裏充滿了壓榨。
7 As a cisterne makith his water coold, so it made his malice coold; wickidnesse and distriyng schal euer be herd ther ynne bifore me, sikenesse and wounde.
泉源怎樣湧出泉水，她就怎樣湧出邪惡；從那裏只可聽到強暴和迫害，我金看見疾病和瘡痍。
8 Jerusalem, be thou tauyt, lest perauenture my soule go awei fro thee; lest perauenture Y sette thee forsakun, a loond vnhabitable.
耶路撒冷! 你應接受訓戒，免得我的心疏遠你，使你荒涼，成為沒有人居住的地方。」
9 The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Thei schulen gadere til to a racyn, thei schulen gadere the remenauntis of Israel as in a vyner; turne thin hond, as a gaderer of grapis to the bascat.
萬軍的上主這樣說：「你應像收拾葡萄，把以色列的遺民收拾淨盡；又如收割的人 向枝條再伸出你的手來。」
10 To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it.
我應對誰說，應警告誰，使他們聽信我呢﹖看，他們的耳朵遲鈍不靈，不能留心細聽；看，上主的話對他們已成了笑柄，一點也不感興趣
11 Therfor Y am ful of the strong veniaunce of the Lord, and Y trauelide suffrynge. Schede thou out on a litil child with outforth, and on the counsel of yonge men togidere; for a man with his wijf schal be takun, and an eeld man with him that is ful of daies.
為此，我滿懷上主火憤怒，我已無法再控制：「只得將憤怒發洩在街上的孩童和青年的隊伍身上，因為男人和女人，年長和年老的人，都要被擄去；
12 And the housis of hem, the feeldis and wyues togidere, schulen go to othere men; for Y schal stretche forth myn hond on the dwelleris of the lond, seith the Lord.
他們的住它、莊田和妻室，都要歸他人，因為我要向本地的居民伸出我的手──上主的斷語。」
13 For fro the lesse `til to the grettere, alle studien to auerise; and alle doon gile, fro the profete `til to the preest.
實在，從最小的到最的，都貪財圖利；從先知到司祭，都欺詐行事，
14 And thei heeliden the sorewe of the douyter of my puple with yuel fame, seiynge, Pees, pees, and no pees was.
草率治療我人民的瘡痍說：「好了，好了! 」其實卻沒有好。
15 Thei ben schent, that diden abhomynacioun; yhe, rathere thei weren not schent bi confusioun, and thei kouden not be aschamed. Wherfor thei schulen falle doun among hem that schulen falle doun; thei schulen falle doun in the tyme of her visitacioun, seith the Lord.
他們既彿事可憎，就應當知恥；可是，他們不但毫不知恥，反而連羞愧也不知道是什麼；為此，他們要與倒斃者一同倒斃，在我降罰他們時，都要一厥不振──上主說。
16 The Lord seith these thingis, Stonde ye on weies, and se ye, and axe ye of elde pathis, which is the good weie; and go ye ther ynne, and ye schulen fynde refreischyng to youre soulis. And thei seiden, We schulen not go.
上主這樣說：「你們應站在交叉路口，觀察探問舊路；那一條是好路，就在那路上走，你們的的心靈必獲安寧。」他們卻答說：「我們偏不走。」
17 And Y ordeynede aspieris on you, and Y seide, Here ye the vois of a trumpe. And thei seiden, We schulen not here.
我給你們派駐哨兵，你們連注意號聲! 」他們卻答說：「我們偏不注意。
18 Therfor, hethene men, here ye, and, thou congregacioun, knowe, hou grete thingis Y schal do to hem.
為此，萬民! 你們必需細聽；群眾! 你們應知道他們的遭遇。
19 Thou erthe, here, lo! Y schal brynge yuels on this puple, the fruit of her thouytis; for thei herden not my wordis, and castiden awei my lawe.
大地注意：看，我必給這百姓帶來災禍，作他們失節的的苦果，因為他們沒有聽從我的言辭，拋棄了卜法律。
20 Wherto bryngen ye to me encense fro Saba, and a tre of spicerie smellynge swetli fro a fer lond? Youre brent sacrifices ben not acceptid, and youre slayn sacrifices plesiden not me.
那些來自舍巴的乳香，出自遠方的香蒲，於我有何用﹖你們的全燔祭不受悅納，你的犧牲不樂我意。
21 Therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal yyue fallyngis in to this puple, and fadris and sones togidere, a neiybore and kynesman, schulen falle in hem, and schulen perische.
為此，上主這樣說：「看，我將這人民設下絆腳石，使父子一起絆倒，使鄰居和朋友同趨滅亡。」
22 The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! a puple cometh fro the lond of the north, and a greet folk schal rise togidere fro the endis of erthe.
上主這樣說：「看，有一個民族從北方前來，有一個強大的異邦從地極興起，
23 It schal take an arowe and scheld; it is cruel, and schal not haue merci; the vois therof schal sowne as the see, and thei maad redi as a man to batel schulen stie on horsis ayens thee, thou douyter of Sion.
緊握弓戈，殘忍無情，像海嘯一般喧嚷，騎著戰馬，萬眾一心，嚴陣準備向你進攻，熙雍女郎! 」
24 We herden the fame therof, oure hondis ben `a clumsid; tribulacioun hath take vs, sorewis han take vs as a womman trauelinge of child.
我們聽到了這消息，束手無策，不勝憂慮，痛苦得有如臨產的婦女。
25 Nyle ye go out to the feeldis, and go ye not in the weie, for the swerd of the enemye, drede in cumpas.
你們不要到田間去，不要在路上徘徊，因為敵人正在撕殺，四處令人恐怖。
26 The douytir of my puple, be thou gird with heire, and be thou spreynt togidere with aische; make to thee mourenyng of oon aloone gendrid sone, a bitter weilyng, for whi a wastere schal come sodenli on you.
我的女兒──人民──你該穿上麻衣，輾轉於灰塵，悲哀傷心痛哭，如喪獨子，因為劫奪者要突然來襲擊我們!
27 I yaf thee a strong preuere in my puple, and thou schalt knowe, and preue the weie of hem.
我立了你作我人民的查察員，原是為叫你認識並考察他們的行徑。
28 Alle these princis bowynge awei, goynge gilefuli, ben metal and irun; alle ben corrupt.
他們盡是極頑固的叛徒，往來散播流言，確是壞透了的破銅爛鐵。
29 The belu failide, leed is waastid in the fier, the wellere wellide in veyn; for the malices of hem ben not wastid.
風箱猛吹，雖有烈火，但鉛仍不溶化；煉工徒然鍛煉，渣滓總煉不掉。
30 Clepe ye hem repreuable siluer, for the Lord hath cast hem awei.
人都稱他們為「拋棄的銀渣，」因為上主已將他們拋棄。
