< 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,
耶和華如此說:「你去買窯匠的瓦瓶,又帶百姓中的長老和祭司中的長老,
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、哈珥西的門口那裏,宣告我所吩咐你的話,
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,
說:『猶大君王和耶路撒冷的居民哪,當聽耶和華的話。萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使災禍臨到這地方,凡聽見的人都必耳鳴;
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,
因為他們和他們列祖,並猶大君王離棄我,將這地方看為平常,在這裏向素不認識的別神燒香,又使這地方滿了無辜人的血,
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.
又建築巴力的邱壇,好在火中焚燒自己的兒子,作為燔祭獻給巴力。這不是我所吩咐的,不是我所提說的,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.
耶和華說:因此,日子將到,這地方不再稱為陀斐特和欣嫩子谷,反倒稱為殺戮谷。
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,
我必在這地方使猶大和耶路撒冷的計謀落空,也必使他們在仇敵面前倒於刀下,並尋索其命的人手下。他們的屍首,我必給空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸作食物。
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.
我必使這城令人驚駭嗤笑;凡經過的人,必因這城所遭的災驚駭嗤笑。
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.
我必使他們在圍困窘迫之中,就是仇敵和尋索其命的人窘迫他們的時候,各人吃自己兒女的肉和朋友的肉。』
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;
對他們說:『萬軍之耶和華如此說:我要照樣打碎這民和這城,正如人打碎窯匠的瓦器,以致不能再囫圇。並且人要在陀斐特葬埋屍首,甚至無處可葬。
12 so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;
耶和華說:我必向這地方和其中的居民如此行,使這城與陀斐特一樣。
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.'
耶路撒冷的房屋和猶大君王的宮殿是已經被玷污的,就是他們在其上向天上的萬象燒香、向別神澆奠祭的宮殿房屋,都必與陀斐特一樣。』」
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:
耶利米從陀斐特-就是耶和華差他去說預言的地方-回來,站在耶和華殿的院中,對眾人說:
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!'
「萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使我所說的一切災禍臨到這城和屬城的一切城邑,因為他們硬着頸項不聽我的話。」