< Jeremiah 19 >
1 Thus said Jehovah, 'Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
耶和华如此说:“你去买窑匠的瓦瓶,又带百姓中的长老和祭司中的长老,
2 and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,
出去到欣嫩子谷、哈珥西的门口那里,宣告我所吩咐你的话,
3 and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: 'Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,
说:‘犹大君王和耶路撒冷的居民哪,当听耶和华的话。万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:我必使灾祸临到这地方,凡听见的人都必耳鸣;
4 because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,
因为他们和他们列祖,并犹大君王离弃我,将这地方看为平常,在这里向素不认识的别神烧香,又使这地方满了无辜人的血,
5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.
又建筑巴力的邱坛,好在火中焚烧自己的儿子,作为燔祭献给巴力。这不是我所吩咐的,不是我所提说的,也不是我心所起的意。
6 'Therefore, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.
耶和华说:因此,日子将到,这地方不再称为陀斐特和欣嫩子谷,反倒称为杀戮谷。
7 And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,
我必在这地方使犹大和耶路撒冷的计谋落空,也必使他们在仇敌面前倒于刀下,并寻索其命的人手下。他们的尸首,我必给空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽作食物。
8 and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.
我必使这城令人惊骇嗤笑;凡经过的人,必因这城所遭的灾惊骇嗤笑。
9 And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.
我必使他们在围困窘迫之中,就是仇敌和寻索其命的人窘迫他们的时候,各人吃自己儿女的肉和朋友的肉。’
10 'And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,
“你要在同去的人眼前打碎那瓶,
11 and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;
对他们说:‘万军之耶和华如此说:我要照样打碎这民和这城,正如人打碎窑匠的瓦器,以致不能再囫囵。并且人要在陀斐特葬埋尸首,甚至无处可葬。
12 so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;
耶和华说:我必向这地方和其中的居民如此行,使这城与陀斐特一样。
13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been — as the place of Tophet — defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'
耶路撒冷的房屋和犹大君王的宫殿是已经被玷污的,就是他们在其上向天上的万象烧香、向别神浇奠祭的宫殿房屋,都必与陀斐特一样。’”
14 And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:
耶利米从陀斐特—就是耶和华差他去说预言的地方—回来,站在耶和华殿的院中,对众人说:
15 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck — not to hear My words!'
“万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:我必使我所说的一切灾祸临到这城和属城的一切城邑,因为他们硬着颈项不听我的话。”