耶利米書 9
1 但願我的頭為水， 我的眼為淚的泉源， 我好為我百姓中被殺的人晝夜哭泣。
Who makes my head waters, And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
2 惟願我在曠野有行路人住宿之處， 使我可以離開我的民出去； 因他們都是行姦淫的， 是行詭詐的一黨。
Who gives me in a wilderness A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
3 他們彎起舌頭像弓一樣， 為要說謊話。 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為行誠實， 乃是惡上加惡， 並不認識我。 這是耶和華說的。
“And they bend their tongue, Their bow [is] a lie, And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, For they have gone forth from evil to evil, And they have not known Me,” A declaration of YHWH!
4 你們各人當謹防鄰舍， 不可信靠弟兄； 因為弟兄盡行欺騙， 鄰舍都往來讒謗人。
“You each beware of his friend, And do not trust any brother, For every brother utterly supplants, For every friend slanderously walks,
5 他們各人欺哄鄰舍，不說真話； 他們教舌頭學習說謊， 勞勞碌碌地作孽。
And they each mock at his friend, And they do not speak truth, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, They have labored to commit iniquity.
6 你的住處在詭詐的人中； 他們因行詭詐，不肯認識我。 這是耶和華說的。
Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
7 所以萬軍之耶和華如此說： 看哪，我要將他們鎔化熬煉； 不然，我因我百姓的罪該怎樣行呢？
Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?
8 他們的舌頭是毒箭，說話詭詐； 人與鄰舍口說和平話， 心卻謀害他。
Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, It has spoken deceit in its mouth, It speaks peace with its neighbor, And in its heart it lays its ambush,
9 耶和華說：我豈不因這些事討他們的罪呢？ 豈不報復這樣的國民呢？
Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”
10 我要為山嶺哭泣悲哀， 為曠野的草場揚聲哀號； 因為都已乾焦，甚至無人經過。 人也聽不見牲畜鳴叫， 空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸都已逃去。
I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, For they have been burned up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, They have gone.
11 我必使耶路撒冷變為亂堆，為野狗的住處， 也必使猶大的城邑變為荒場，無人居住。
“And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And I make the cities of Judah a desolation, Without inhabitant.”
12 誰是智慧人，可以明白這事？耶和華的口向誰說過，使他可以傳說？遍地為何滅亡，乾焦好像曠野，甚至無人經過呢？
Who [is] the wise man? And he understands this, And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
13 耶和華說：「因為這百姓離棄我在他們面前所設立的律法，沒有遵行，也沒有聽從我的話；
And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
14 只隨從自己頑梗的心行事，照他們列祖所教訓的隨從眾巴力。」
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Ba‘alim, That their fathers taught them,”
15 所以萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：「看哪，我必將茵蔯給這百姓吃，又將苦膽水給他們喝。
Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
16 我要把他們散在列邦中，就是他們和他們列祖素不認識的列邦。我也要使刀劍追殺他們，直到將他們滅盡。」
And I have scattered them among nations Which they did not know, they and their fathers, And have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them.”
17 萬軍之耶和華如此說： 你們應當思想， 將善唱哀歌的婦女召來， 又打發人召善哭的婦女來，
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, And they come, And send to the wise women, And they come,
18 叫她們速速為我們舉哀， 使我們眼淚汪汪， 使我們的眼皮湧出水來。
And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, And waters flow from our eyelids.
19 因為聽見哀聲出於錫安，說： 我們怎樣敗落了！ 我們大大地慚愧！ 我們撇下地土； 人也拆毀了我們的房屋。
For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
20 婦女們哪，你們當聽耶和華的話， 領受他口中的言語； 又當教導你們的兒女舉哀， 各人教導鄰舍唱哀歌。
But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, And your ear receives a word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And each her neighbor lamentation.
21 因為死亡上來， 進了我們的窗戶， 入了我們的宮殿； 要從外邊剪除孩童， 從街上剪除少年人。
For death has come up into our windows, It has come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from outside, Young men from the broad places.
22 你當說，耶和華如此說： 人的屍首必倒在田野像糞土， 又像收割的人遺落的一把禾稼， 無人收取。
Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, And the carcass of man has fallen, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.”
23 耶和華如此說：「智慧人不要因他的智慧誇口，勇士不要因他的勇力誇口，財主不要因他的財物誇口。
Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
24 誇口的卻因他有聰明，認識我是耶和華，又知道我喜悅在世上施行慈愛、公平，和公義，以此誇口。這是耶和華說的。」
But let the boaster boast himself in this, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For I have delighted in these,” A declaration of YHWH.
25 耶和華說：「看哪，日子將到，我要刑罰一切受過割禮、心卻未受割禮的，
“Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
26 就是埃及、猶大、以東、亞捫人、摩押人，和一切住在曠野剃周圍頭髮的；因為列國人都沒有受割禮，以色列人心中也沒有受割禮。」
On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
