耶利米書 49
1 論亞捫人。耶和華如此說： 以色列沒有兒子嗎？ 沒有後嗣嗎？ 瑪勒堪為何得迦得之地為業呢？ 屬他的民為何住其中的城邑呢？
Against the children of Ammon. Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? Why then hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities?
2 耶和華說： 日子將到，我必使人聽見打仗的喊聲， 是攻擊亞捫人拉巴的喊聲。 拉巴要成為亂堆； 屬她的鄉村要被火焚燒。 先前得以色列地為業的， 此時以色列倒要得他們的地為業。 這是耶和華說的。
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will cause the noise of war to be heard in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and it shall be destroyed into a heap, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire, and Israel shall possess them that have possessed him, saith the Lord.
3 希實本哪，你要哀號， 因為愛地變為荒場。 拉巴的居民哪，要呼喊， 以麻布束腰； 要哭號，在籬笆中跑來跑去； 因瑪勒堪和屬他的祭司、 首領要一同被擄去。
Howl, O Hesebon, for Hai is wasted. Cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with haircloth: mourn and go about by the hedges: for Melchom shall be carried into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.
4 背道的民哪， 你們為何因有山谷， 就是水流的山谷誇張呢？ 為何倚靠財寶說： 誰能來到我們這裏呢？
Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?
5 主－萬軍之耶和華說： 我要使恐嚇從四圍的人中臨到你們； 你們必被趕出， 各人一直前往， 沒有人收聚逃民。
Behold I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all that are round about thee: and you shall be scattered every one out of one another’s sight, neither shall there be any to gather together them that flee.
6 後來我還要使被擄的亞捫人歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
And afterwards I will cause the captives of the children of Ammon to return, saith the Lord.
7 論以東。萬軍之耶和華如此說： 提幔中再沒有智慧嗎？ 明哲人不再有謀略嗎？ 他們的智慧盡歸無有嗎？
Against Edom. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Theman? counsel is perished from her children: their wisdom is become unprofitable.
8 底但的居民哪，要轉身逃跑， 住在深密處； 因為我向以掃追討的時候， 必使災殃臨到他。
Flee and turn your backs, go down into the deep hole, ye inhabitants of Dedan: for I have brought the destruction of Esau upon him, the time of his visitation.
9 摘葡萄的若來到他那裏， 豈不剩下些葡萄呢？ 盜賊若夜間而來， 豈不毀壞直到夠了呢？
If grapegatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a bunch? if thieves in the night, they would have taken what was enough for them.
10 我卻使以掃赤露， 顯出他的隱密處； 他不能自藏。 他的後裔、弟兄、鄰舍盡都滅絕； 他也歸於無有。
But I have made Esau bare, I have revealed his secrets, and he cannot be hid: his seed is laid waste, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he shall not be.
11 你撇下孤兒，我必保全他們的命； 你的寡婦可以倚靠我。
Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.
12 耶和華如此說：「原不該喝那杯的一定要喝。你能盡免刑罰嗎？你必不能免，一定要喝！」
For thus saith the Lord: Behold they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, shall certainly drink: and shalt thou come off as innocent? thou shalt not come off as innocent, but drinking thou shalt drink.
13 耶和華說：「我指着自己起誓，波斯拉必令人驚駭、羞辱、咒詛，並且荒涼。她的一切城邑必變為永遠的荒場。」
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bosra shall become a desolation, and a reproach, and a desert, and a curse: and all her cities shall be everlasting wastes.
14 我從耶和華那裏聽見信息， 並有使者被差往列國去，說： 你們聚集來攻擊以東， 要起來爭戰。
I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.
15 我使你在列國中為最小， 在世人中被藐視。
For behold I have made thee a little one among the nations, despicable among men.
16 住在山穴中據守山頂的啊， 論到你的威嚇， 你因心中的狂傲自欺； 你雖如大鷹高高搭窩， 我卻從那裏拉下你來。 這是耶和華說的。
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee, and the pride of thy heart: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, and endeavourest to lay hold on the height of the hill: but though thou shouldst make thy nest as high as an eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
17 「以東必令人驚駭；凡經過的人就受驚駭，又因她一切的災禍嗤笑。
And Edom shall be desolate: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
18 耶和華說：必無人住在那裏，也無人在其中寄居，要像所多瑪、蛾摩拉，和鄰近的城邑傾覆的時候一樣。
As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha, and the neighbours thereof, saith the Lord: there shall not a man dwell there, and there shall no son of man inhabit it.
19 仇敵必像獅子從約旦河邊的叢林上來，攻擊堅固的居所。轉眼之間，我要使以東人逃跑，離開這地。誰蒙揀選，我就派誰治理這地。誰能比我呢？誰能給我定規日期呢？有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？
Behold one shall come up as a lion from the swelling of the Jordan, against the strong and beautiful: for I will make him run suddenly upon her: and who shall be the chosen one whom I may appoint over her? for who is like to me? and who shall abide me? and who is that shepherd that can withstand my countenance?
20 你們要聽耶和華攻擊以東所說的謀略和他攻擊提幔居民所定的旨意。仇敵定要將他們群眾微弱的拉去，定要使他們的居所荒涼。
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.
21 因他們仆倒的聲音，地就震動。人在紅海那裏必聽見呼喊的聲音。
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall: the cry of their voice is heard in the Red Sea.
22 仇敵必如大鷹飛起，展開翅膀攻擊波斯拉。到那日，以東的勇士心中疼痛如臨產的婦人。」
Behold he shall come up as an eagle, and fly: and he shall spread his wings over Bosra: and in that day the heart of the valiant ones of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in labour.
23 論大馬士革。 哈馬和亞珥拔蒙羞， 因他們聽見凶惡的信息就消化了。 海上有憂愁，不得平靜。
Against Damascus. Emath is confounded and Arphad: for they have heard very bad tidings, they are troubled as in the sea: through care they could not rest.
24 大馬士革發軟，轉身逃跑。 戰兢將她捉住； 痛苦憂愁將她抓住， 如產難的婦人一樣。
Damascus is undone, she is put to flight, trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in labour.
25 我所喜樂可稱讚的城， 為何被撇棄了呢？
How have they forsaken the city of renown, the city of joy!
26 她的少年人必仆倒在街上； 當那日，一切兵丁必默默無聲。 這是萬軍之耶和華說的。
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets: and all the men of war shall be silent in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
27 我必在大馬士革城中使火着起， 燒滅便‧哈達的宮殿。
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, rind it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.
28 論巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒所攻打的基達和夏瑣的諸國。耶和華如此說： 迦勒底人哪，起來上基達去， 毀滅東方人。
Against Cedar and against the kingdoms of Asor, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon destroyed. Thus saith the Lord: Arise, and go ye up to Cedar, and waste the children of the east.
29 他們的帳棚和羊群都要奪去， 將幔子和一切器皿，並駱駝為自己掠去。 人向他們喊着說： 四圍都有驚嚇。
They shall take their tents, and their flocks: and shall carry off for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels: and they shall call fear upon them round about.
30 耶和華說： 夏瑣的居民哪，要逃奔遠方， 住在深密處； 因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒設計謀害你們， 起意攻擊你們。
Flee ye, get away speedily, sit in deep holes, you that inhabit Asur, saith the Lord: for Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived designs against you.
31 耶和華說： 迦勒底人哪，起來！ 上安逸無慮的居民那裏去； 他們是無門無閂、獨自居住的。
Arise, and so up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone.
32 他們的駱駝必成為掠物； 他們眾多的牲畜必成為擄物。 我必將剃周圍頭髮的人分散四方， 使災殃從四圍臨到他們。 這是耶和華說的。
And their camels shall be for a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle for a booty, and I will scatter into every wind them that have their hair cut round, and I will bring destruction upon them from I all their confines, saith the Lord.
33 夏瑣必成為野狗的住處， 永遠淒涼； 必無人住在那裏， 也無人在其中寄居。
And Asor shall be a habitation for dragons, desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, nor son of man inhabit it.
34 猶大王西底家登基的時候，耶和華論以攔的話臨到先知耶利米說：
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremias the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Sedecias king of Juda, saying:
35 「萬軍之耶和華如此說：我必折斷以攔人的弓，就是他們為首的權力。
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.
36 我要使四風從天的四方颳來，臨到以攔人，將他們分散四方。這被趕散的人沒有一國不到的。」
And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the fear quarters of heaven: and I will scatter them into all these winds: and there shall be no nation, to which the fugitives of Elam shall not come.
37 耶和華說：「我必使以攔人在仇敵和尋索其命的人面前驚惶；我也必使災禍，就是我的烈怒臨到他們，又必使刀劍追殺他們，直到將他們滅盡。
And I will cause Elam to be afraid before their enemies, and in the sight of them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce wrath, saith the Lord: and will send the sword after them, till I consume them.
38 我要在以攔設立我的寶座，從那裏除滅君王和首領。這是耶和華說的。
And I will set my throne in Elam, and destroy kings and princes from thence, saith the Lord.
39 「到末後，我還要使被擄的以攔人歸回。這是耶和華說的。」
But in the latter days I will cause the captives of Elam, to return, saith the Lord.
