Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
以色列家啊，要聽耶和華對你們所說的話。
2 Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
耶和華如此說： 你們不要效法列國的行為， 也不要為天象驚惶， 因列國為此事驚惶。
3 For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,
眾民的風俗是虛空的； 他們在樹林中用斧子砍伐一棵樹， 匠人用手工造成偶像。
4 With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
他們用金銀妝飾它， 用釘子和錘子釘穩， 使它不動搖。
5 As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
它好像棕樹，是鏇成的， 不能說話，不能行走， 必須有人抬着。 你們不要怕它； 它不能降禍， 也無力降福。
6 Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might.
耶和華啊，沒有能比你的！ 你本為大，有大能大力的名。
7 Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.
萬國的王啊，誰不敬畏你？ 敬畏你本是合宜的； 因為在列國的智慧人中， 雖有政權的尊榮， 也不能比你。
8 And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
他們盡都是畜類，是愚昧的。 偶像的訓誨算甚麼呢？ 偶像不過是木頭。
9 Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.
有銀子打成片，是從他施帶來的， 並有從烏法來的金子， 都是匠人和銀匠的手工， 又有藍色紫色料的衣服， 都是巧匠的工作。
10 And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
惟耶和華是真上帝， 是活上帝，是永遠的王。 他一發怒，大地震動； 他一惱恨，列國都擔當不起。 （
11 Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
你們要對他們如此說：不是那創造天地的神，必從地上從天下被除滅！）
12 The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
耶和華用能力創造大地， 用智慧建立世界， 用聰明鋪張穹蒼。
13 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
他一發聲，空中便有多水激動； 他使雲霧從地極上騰； 他造電隨雨而閃， 從他府庫中帶出風來。
14 Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
各人都成了畜類，毫無知識； 各銀匠都因他雕刻的偶像羞愧。 他所鑄的偶像本是虛假的， 其中並無氣息，
15 Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
都是虛無的， 是迷惑人的工作； 到追討的時候必被除滅。
16 Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name.
雅各的分不像這些， 因他是造作萬有的主。 以色列也是他產業的支派， 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。
17 Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark,
受圍困的人哪，當收拾你的財物， 從國中帶出去。
18 For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out.
因為耶和華如此說： 這時候，我必將此地的居民， 好像用機弦甩出去， 又必加害在他們身上， 使他們覺悟。
19 Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it.
民說：禍哉！我受損傷； 我的傷痕極其重大。 我卻說：這真是我的痛苦， 必須忍受。
20 My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains.
我的帳棚毀壞； 我的繩索折斷。 我的兒女離我出去，沒有了。 無人再支搭我的帳棚，掛起我的幔子。
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
因為牧人都成為畜類， 沒有求問耶和華， 所以不得順利； 他們的羊群也都分散。
22 A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.
有風聲！看哪，敵人來了！ 有大擾亂從北方出來， 要使猶大城邑變為荒涼， 成為野狗的住處。
23 I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
耶和華啊，我曉得人的道路不由自己， 行路的人也不能定自己的腳步。
24 Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
耶和華啊，求你從寬懲治我， 不要在你的怒中懲治我， 恐怕使我歸於無有。
25 Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
願你將忿怒傾在不認識你的列國中， 和不求告你名的各族上； 因為他們吞了雅各，不但吞了，而且滅絕， 把他的住處變為荒場。
