Jeremiah 49
1 About the people of Ammon, Yahweh says this, “Does Israel have no children? Is there no one to inherit anything in Israel? Why does Molech occupy Gad, and his people live in its cities?
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？
2 So look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sound the signal for battle against Rabbah among the people of Ammon, so it will become a deserted heap and its villages will be set on fire. For Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh.
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。
3 “Howl in lament, Heshbon, for Ai will be devastated! Shout out, daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth. Lament and run about in futility, for Molech is going into captivity, together with his priests and leaders.
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。
4 Why do you brag about your valleys, your valleys that are so fruitful, faithless daughter? you who trust in your wealth and say, 'Who will come against me?'
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？
5 See, I am about to bring terror on you—this is the declaration of Lord Yahweh of hosts— this terror will come from all those who surround you. Each one of you will be scattered before it. There will be no one to gather those running away.
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。
6 But after this I will restore the fortunes of the people of Ammon—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
後來我還要使被擄的亞捫人歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
7 About Edom, Yahweh of hosts says this, “Is there no longer any wisdom to be found in Teman? Has good advice disappeared from those who have understanding? Has their wisdom become corrupted?
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？
8 Flee! Turn back! Stay in holes in the ground, inhabitants of Dedan. For I am bringing the disaster of Esau on him at the time that I punish him.
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。
9 If grape harvesters came to you, would they not leave a little bit behind? If thieves came in the night, would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
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？
10 But I have stripped Esau bare. I have revealed his hiding places. So he will not be able to hide himself. His children, his brothers, and his neighbors are destroyed, and he is gone.
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。
11 Leave your orphans behind. I will take care of their lives, and your widows can trust in me.”
你撇下孤兒，我必保全他們的命； 你的寡婦可以倚靠我。
12 For Yahweh says this, “See, those who did not deserve it must certainly drink some of the cup. Do you yourself think you will go without punishment? You will not, for you will certainly drink.
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！」
13 For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever.
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。」
14 I have heard news from Yahweh, and a messenger has been sent out to the nations, 'Gather together and attack her. Get ready for battle.'
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。
15 “For see, I have made you small compared to the other nations, despised by people.
我使你在列國中為最小， 在世人中被藐視。
16 As for your fearsomeness, your heart's pride has deceived you, inhabitants of places on the cliff, you who have occupied the highest hills so that you may make your nest high like an eagle. I will bring you down from there—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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。
17 Edom will become a horror to everyone passing by it. Every such person will tremble and hiss because all of its disasters.
「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。
18 Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors,” says Yahweh, “no one will live there; no person will stay there.
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。
19 See, he will go up like a lion from the forests of the Jordan to the green pasturelands. For I will quickly make Edom run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it. For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?”
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？
20 “So listen to the plans that Yahweh has decided against Edom, the plans that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman. They will certainly be dragged away, even the smallest flock. Their pasturelands will be turned into ruined places.
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。
21 At the sound of their falling the earth shakes. The sound of distressed shouts is heard at the Sea of Reeds.
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。
22 See, someone will attack like an eagle, and swoop down and spread his wings over Bozrah. Then on that day, the hearts of Edom's soldiers will become like the heart of a woman in birth labor.”
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。」
23 About Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad will be ashamed, for they have heard news of disaster. They melt away! They become as troubled as the sea, which cannot stay calm.
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。
24 Damascus has become very weak. It turns away to flee; terror seizes it. Distress and pain seize it, like the pain of a woman giving birth.
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。
25 How has the city of praise not been forsaken, the town of my joy?
我所喜樂可稱讚的城， 為何被撇棄了呢？
26 Therefore its young men will fall in its plazas, and all the fighting men will perish on that day—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.”
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。
27 “For I will light a fire on the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben Hadad.”
我必在大馬士革城中使火着起， 燒滅便‧哈達的宮殿。
28 About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, Yahweh says this to Nebuchadnezzar (now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon was going to attack these places): “Arise and attack Kedar and destroy those people of the east.
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。
29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken, along with their tent curtains and all of their equipment; their camels will be led away from them, and men will shout to them, “Terror is on every side!”
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。
30 Flee! Wander far away! Stay in holes in the ground, inhabitants of Hazor—this is Yahweh's declaration— for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devised a plan against you. Flee! Turn back!
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。
31 Arise! Attack the nation at ease, that lives in safety,” says Yahweh. “They have no gates or bars in them, and its people live by themselves.
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。
32 For their camels will become plunder, and the abundance of their property will become war plunder. Then I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring disaster on them from every side—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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。
33 Hazor will become a lair of jackals, a permanent wasteland. No one will live there; no human being will stay there.”
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。
34 This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam. This happened at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, and he said,
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：
35 “Yahweh of hosts says this: See, I am about to break the bowmen of Elam, the main part of their power.
「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。
36 For I will bring the four winds from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter the people of Elam to all of those winds. There is no nation to which those scattered from Elam will not go.
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。」
37 So I will shatter Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their lives. for I will bring disaster against them, the fury of my wrath—this is Yahweh's declaration— and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.
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。
38 Then I will put my throne in Elam and will destroy its king and leaders from there—this is Yahweh's declaration—
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。
39 and it will happen in later days that I will bring back the fortunes of Elam—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
「到末後，我還要使被擄的以攔人歸回。這是耶和華說的。」
