耶利米書 17
1 猶大的罪是用鐵筆記下來的，用鑽石尖刻在他們的心坎上和他們的祭壇上，好叫他們的子孫記得他們在高崗上，青綠樹下和平原的山上，
The synne of Juda is writun with an irone poyntel, in a nail of adamaunt; it is writun on the breede of the herte of hem, and in the hornes of the auteris of hem.
2 設立了祭壇和神木。
Whanne the sones of hem bithenken on her auteris, and woodis, and on the trees ful of boowis, makynge sacrifice in the feld in hiye munteyns,
3 你的財產和所有的寶藏，我必使人掠奪，以抵償你在全境內犯過的一切罪惡。
Y schal yyue thi strengthe and alle thi tresouris in to rauyschyng, thin hiye thingis for synnes in alle thin endis.
4 我必由你手中撤回我賜與你的產業，叫你在不相識的地方給你敵人為奴，因為我的怒火已燃起，將永遠不熄。
And thou schalt be left aloone fro thin eritage which Y yaf to thee; and Y schal make thee to serue thin enemyes, in the lond which thou knowist not; for thou hast kyndlid fier in my strong veniaunce, it schal brenne til in to with outen ende.
5 上主這樣說：「凡信賴世人，以血肉的人為自己的臂膊，決心遠離上主的人，是可咒罵的!
The Lord seith these thingis, Cursid is the man that trestith in man, and settith fleisch his arm, and his herte goith awei fro the Lord.
6 他必像在曠野中的檉柳，即使來到，一點也不覺察，只住在乾燥處，滿含鹽質無人居住之地。
For he schal be as bromes in desert, and he schal not se, whanne good schal come; but he schal dwelle in drynesse in desert, in the lond of saltnesse, and vnabitable.
7 凡信賴上主，以上主作倚靠的人，是可祝福的；
Blessid is the man that tristith in the Lord, and the Lord schal be his trist.
8 他必像一株栽在水邊的樹木，生根河畔，不怕災熱的侵擊，枝葉茂盛，不愁旱年，不斷結實。
And he schal be as a tre, which is plauntid ouer watris, which sendith hise rootis to moisture; and it schal not drede, whanne heete schal come; and the leef therof schal be greene, and it schal not be moued in the tyme of drynesse, nether ony tyme it schal faile to make fruyte.
9 人心最狡滑欺詐，已不可救藥；誰能透識﹖
The herte of man is schrewid, and `may not be souyt; who schal knowe it?
10 我上主透察人心，考驗肺腑，依照各人的行徑和作為的結果，給人酬報。
Y am the Lord sekynge the herte, and preuynge the reynes, and Y yyue to ech man after his weye, and aftir the fruyt of his fyndyngis.
11 誰不以正義積聚財物，就像一隻鷓鴣孵化不是自己產的卵，中途必要拋棄；結果，還是自己糊塗。
A partriche nurschide tho thingis whiche sche bredde not; he made richessis, and not in doom; in the myddis of hise daies he schal forsake tho, and in hise laste tyme he schal be vnwijs.
12 我們聖所的地方，從起初就是設在崇高之處的光榮實座。
The seete of glorie of hiynesse was at the bigynnyng the place of oure halewyng, the abidyng of Israel.
13 上主，以色列的希望! 凡離棄你的，必要蒙羞；上主，凡離棄你的，必被記錄在地上，因為他們離棄了活水的泉源。
Lord, alle thei that forsaken thee, schulen be schent; thei that goen aweie fro thee, schulen be writun in erthe, for thei han forsake the Lord, a veyne of quyk watirs.
14 上主，求你醫治我，我必能痊愈；你拯救我，我必能獲救，因為你是我的榮耀。
Lord, heele thou me, and Y schal be heelid; make thou me saaf, and Y schal be saaf; for thou art myn heriyng.
15 看，世人對我說：上主的話在哪裏﹖讓它來吧!
Lo! thei seien to me, Where is the word of the Lord? come it.
16 我沒有強迫你加害，也沒有期望災禍的日子；你知道：凡出自我口的，都先向你面陳過。
And Y am not disturblid, suynge thee scheepherd, and Y desiride not the dai of man, thou woost. That that yede out of my lippis was riytful in thi siyt.
17 請你不要成為我的恐怖，你原是我患難之日的避難所。
Be thou not to drede to me; thou art myn hope in the dai of turment.
18 願迫害我的人蒙羞；而不是我驚慌；請你給他們招來災禍的日子，以雙倍的毀滅，消滅他們。
Be thei schent, that pursuen me, and be Y not schent; drede thei, and drede not Y; brynge in on hem a dai of turment, and defoule thou hem bi double defouling.
19 上主這樣對我說：「你去立在猶大出入的本雅明門前，立在耶路撒冷各門前，
The Lord seith these thingis to me, Go thou, and stonde in the yate of the sones of the puple, bi whiche the kingis of Juda entren and goen out, and in alle the yatis of Jerusalem.
20 向他們說：猶大的君王、全體猶大人和耶路撒冷居民，即由這門進來的，他們聆聽上主的話!
And thou schalt seie to hem, Here the word of the Lord, ye kingis of Juda, and al Judee, and alle the dwelleris of Jerusalem, that entren bi these yatis.
21 上主這樣說：你們應該小心，不要在安息日擔運重載，進入耶路撒冷的城門。
The Lord God seith these thingis, Kepe ye youre soulis, and nyle ye bere birthuns in the dai of sabat, nether bringe in bi the yatis of Jerusalem.
22 不要在安息日從你們的家裏擔運重載；不要做任何工作，卻要按照我給你們祖先所吩咐的，聖化安息日。
And nyle ye caste birthuns out of youre housis in the dai of sabat, and ye schulen not do ony werk; halewe ye the dai of sabat, as Y comaundide to youre fadris.
23 他們不但不側耳傾聽，反而硬著頭頸，不願依從，不願受教。
And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei maden hard her nol, that thei schulden not here me, and that thei schulden not take chastisyng.
24 設若你們認真聽從我──上主的斷語──在安息日，不將重擔搬進這城門，卻聖化安息日，不做任何工作；
And it schal be, if ye heren me, seith the Lord, that ye bere not in birthuns bi the yatis of this citee in the dai of sabat, and if ye halewen the dai of sabat, that ye do not werk ther ynne,
25 那麼，坐在達味實座上的君王和王侯，便會乘車騎馬，與自己的公卿、猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，從這槷的門進來；這城必永遠有人居住；
kingis and princes sittynge on the seete of Dauid schulen entre bi the yatis of this citee, and stiynge in charis and horsis; thei, and the princis of hem, the men of Juda, and the dwelleris of Jerusalem; and this citee schal be enhabitid withouten ende.
26 人們從猶大各城、耶路撒冷四週、本雅明地、平原、山地和南方前來，帶著全燔祭。犧牲、素祭和乳香，在上主的殿裏奉獻感恩祭。
And thei schulen come fro the citees of Juda, and fro the cumpas of Jerusalem, and fro the lond of Beniamyn, and fro feeldi places, and fro hilli places, and fro the south, beringe brent sacrifice, and slayn sacrifice, and encense; and thei schulen bringe offring in to the hous of the Lord.
27 但是，我不聖化安息日，反在安息日擔運重載，進入耶路撒冷的城門，我必在城門口放火，吞滅耶路撒冷的宮殿，決不熄滅。
Forsothe if ye heren not me, that ye halewe the dai of sabat, and that ye bere not a birthun, and that ye bringe not in bi the yatis of Jerusalem in the dai of sabat, Y schal kyndle fier in the yatis therof; and it schal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem, and it schal not be quenchid.
