耶利米書 15
1 耶和華對我說：「雖有摩西和撒母耳站在我面前代求，我的心也不顧惜這百姓。你將他們從我眼前趕出，叫他們去吧！
Then Yahweh said to me, “Even if Moses or Samuel were standing in front of me, I would still not be in favor of this people. Send them out from before me, for them to go away.
2 他們問你說：『我們往哪裏去呢？』你便告訴他們，耶和華如此說： 定為死亡的，必致死亡； 定為刀殺的，必交刀殺； 定為饑荒的，必遭饑荒； 定為擄掠的，必被擄掠。」
It will happen that they will say to you, 'Where should we go?' Then you must say to them, 'Yahweh says this: Those who are for death should go to death; those who are for the sword should go to the sword. Those who are for famine should go to famine; and those who are for captivity should go to captivity.'
3 耶和華說：「我命定四樣害他們，就是刀劍殺戮、狗類撕裂、空中的飛鳥，和地上的野獸吞吃毀滅；
For I will assign them to four groups—this is Yahweh's declaration—the sword to slaughter some, the dogs to drag some away, the birds of the skies and the beast of the earth to consume and destroy some.
4 又必使他們在天下萬國中拋來拋去，都因猶大王希西家的兒子瑪拿西在耶路撒冷所行的事。」
I will make of them a horrifying thing to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
5 耶路撒冷啊，誰可憐你呢？ 誰為你悲傷呢？ 誰轉身問你的安呢？
For who will have compassion for you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve for you?
6 耶和華說：你棄絕了我， 轉身退後； 因此我伸手攻擊你，毀壞你。 我後悔甚不耐煩。
You have forsaken me—this is Yahweh's declaration—you have gone back from me. So I will strike you with my hand and destroy you. I am tired of having mercy on you.
7 我在境內各城門口， 用簸箕簸了我的百姓， 使他們喪掉兒女。 我毀滅他們， 他們仍不轉離所行的道。
So I will winnow them with a pitchfork at the gates of the land. I will bereave them. I will destroy my people since they will not turn from their ways.
8 他們的寡婦在我面前比海沙更多； 我使滅命的午間來， 攻擊少年人的母親， 使痛苦驚嚇忽然臨到她身上。
I will make their widows number more than the sands of the seashore. Against the mothers of young men I will send the destroyer at noonday. I will make shock and horror suddenly fall on them.
9 生過七子的婦人力衰氣絕； 尚在白晝，日頭忽落； 她抱愧蒙羞。 其餘的人， 我必在他們敵人跟前，交與刀劍。 這是耶和華說的。
The mother who has borne seven children will waste away. She will gasp. Her sun will set while it is still day. She will be ashamed and embarrassed, for I will give those who remain to the sword in the presence of their enemies —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
10 我的母親哪，我有禍了！因你生我作為遍地相爭相競的人。我素來沒有借貸與人，人也沒有借貸與我，人人卻都咒罵我。
Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of controversy and argument through all the land. I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse me.
11 耶和華說：「我必要堅固你，使你得好處。災禍苦難臨到的時候，我必要使仇敵央求你。（
Yahweh said: “Will I not rescue you for good? I will certainly make your enemies beg for help in the time of calamity and distress.
12 人豈能將銅與鐵，就是北方的鐵折斷呢？）
Can one smash iron? Especially iron from the north that is mixed with bronze?
13 「我必因你在四境之內所犯的一切罪，把你的貨物財寶當掠物，白白地交給仇敵。
I will give to your enemies your wealth and treasures as free plunder. I will do this because of all your sins committed within all your borders.
14 我也必使仇敵帶這掠物到你所不認識的地去，因我怒中起的火要將你們焚燒。」
Then I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for a fire will ignite, kindled in my wrath against you.”
15 耶和華啊，你是知道的； 求你記念我，眷顧我， 向逼迫我的人為我報仇； 不要向他們忍怒取我的命， 要知道我為你的緣故受了凌辱。
Yahweh, you know! Remember me and help me. Bring vengeance for me against those who persecute me. You are patient, but do not allow them to take me away; know that I suffer reproach for your sake.
16 耶和華－萬軍之上帝啊， 我得着你的言語就當食物吃了； 你的言語是我心中的歡喜快樂， 因我是稱為你名下的人。
Your words have been found, and I consumed them. Your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I bear your name, Yahweh, God of hosts.
17 我沒有坐在宴樂人的會中， 也沒有歡樂； 我因你的感動獨自靜坐， 因你使我滿心憤恨。
I did not sit in the circle of those who celebrated or rejoiced. I sat in solitude because of your powerful hand, for you filled me with indignation.
18 我的痛苦為何長久不止呢？ 我的傷痕為何無法醫治、不能痊癒呢？ 難道你待我有詭詐，像流乾的河道嗎？
Why is my pain ongoing and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be like deceitful waters to me, waters that dry up?
19 耶和華如此說：你若歸回， 我就將你再帶來， 使你站在我面前； 你若將寶貴的和下賤的分別出來， 你就可以當作我的口。 他們必歸向你， 你卻不可歸向他們。
Therefore Yahweh said this, “If you repent, Jeremiah, then I will restore you, and you will stand before me and serve me. For if you separate the foolish things from the precious things, you will be like my mouth. The people will come back to you, but you yourself must not go back to them.
20 我必使你向這百姓成為堅固的銅牆； 他們必攻擊你，卻不能勝你； 因我與你同在，要拯救你，搭救你。 這是耶和華說的。
I will make you like an impenetrable bronze wall to this people, and they will wage war against you. But they will not defeat you, for I am with you to save and rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration—
21 我必搭救你脫離惡人的手， 救贖你脫離強暴人的手。
for I will rescue you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the hand of the tyrant.”
