< Jeremiah 3 >

1 It is seid comunli, If a man forsakith his wijf, and sche go awei fro hym, and be weddid to an othere hosebonde, whether he schal turne ayen more to hir? whether thilke womman schal not be defoulid, and maad vncleene? Forsothe thou hast do fornycacioun with many loueris; netheles turne thou ayen to me, `seith the Lord, and Y schal resseyue thee.
有話說:人若休妻, 妻離他而去,作了別人的妻, 前夫豈能再收回她來? 若收回她來,那地豈不是大大玷污了嗎? 但你和許多親愛的行邪淫, 還可以歸向我。 這是耶和華說的。
2 Reise thin iyen in to streiyt, and se, where thou art not cast doun. Thou hast setun in weies, abidynge hem as a theef in wildirnesse, and thou hast defoulid the erthe in thi fornicaciouns and in thi malices.
你向淨光的高處舉目觀看, 你在何處沒有淫行呢? 你坐在道旁等候, 好像阿拉伯人在曠野埋伏一樣, 並且你的淫行邪惡玷污了全地。
3 Wherfor the dropis of reynes weren forbodun, and no late reyn was. The forhed of a womman hoore is maad to thee; thou noldist be aschamed.
因此甘霖停止, 春雨不降。 你還是有娼妓之臉, 不顧羞恥。
4 Nameli fro this tyme forth clepe thou me, Thou art my fadir, the ledere of my virginyte.
從今以後,你豈不向我呼叫說: 我父啊,你是我幼年的恩主。
5 Whether thou schalt be wrooth with outen ende, ether schalt contynue in to the ende? Lo! thou hast spoke, and hast do yuels, and thou were myyti. And for wordis of penaunce thou blasfemydist bi wordis of pride; and thou fillidist thin yuel thouyt, and schewidist thi strengthe ayens thi hosebonde, that thou maist do that thing that thou tretidist bi word.
耶和華豈永遠懷怒,存留到底嗎? 看哪,你又發惡言又行壞事, 隨自己的私意而行。」
6 And the Lord seide to me, in the daies of Josie, the kyng, Whether thou hast seyn what thing the aduersarie, Israel, hath do? Sche yede to hir silf on ech hiy hil, and vndur ech tre ful of boowis, and dide fornycacioun there.
約西亞王在位的時候,耶和華又對我說:「背道的以色列所行的,你看見沒有?她上各高山,在各青翠樹下行淫。
7 And Y seide, whanne sche hadde do alle these thingis, Turne thou ayen to me; and sche turnede not ayen. And hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe,
她行這些事以後,我說她必歸向我,她卻不歸向我。她奸詐的妹妹猶大也看見了。
8 siy, that for the aduersarie, Israel, dide auowtrie, Y hadde left hir, and Y hadde youe to hir a libel of forsakyng; and Juda, hir sistir, brekere of the lawe, dredde not, but also sche yede, and dide fornycacioun.
背道的以色列行淫,我為這緣故給她休書休她;我看見她奸詐的妹妹猶大,還不懼怕,也去行淫。
9 And bi liytnesse of hir fornicacioun sche defoulide the erthe, and dide auowtrie with a stoon, and with a tree.
因以色列輕忽了她的淫亂,和石頭木頭行淫,地就被玷污了。
10 And in alle these thingis hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe, turnede not ayen to me, in al hir herte, but in a leesyng, seith the Lord God.
雖有這一切的事,她奸詐的妹妹猶大還不一心歸向我,不過是假意歸我。這是耶和華說的。」
11 And the Lord seide to me, The aduersarie, Israel, hath iustified hir soule, in comparisoun of Juda, brekere of the lawe.
耶和華對我說:「背道的以色列比奸詐的猶大還顯為義。
12 Go thou, and crye these wordis ayens the north; and thou schalt seie, Thou aduersarie, Israel, turne ayen, seith the Lord, and Y schal not turne awei my face fro you; for Y am hooli, seith the Lord, and Y schal not be wrooth with outen ende.
你去向北方宣告說: 耶和華說:背道的以色列啊,回來吧! 我必不怒目看你們; 因為我是慈愛的, 我必不永遠存怒。 這是耶和華說的。
13 Netheles knowe thou thi wickidnesse; for thou hast trespassid ayens thi Lord God, and thou hast spred abrood thi weies to aliens vndur ech tre ful of bowis; and thou herdist not my vois, seith the Lord.
只要承認你的罪孽, 就是你違背耶和華-你的上帝, 在各青翠樹下向別神東奔西跑, 沒有聽從我的話。 這是耶和華說的。
14 Be ye conuertid, sones, turnynge ayen, seith the Lord, for Y am youre hosebonde; and Y schal take you oon of a citee, and tweyne of a kynrede, and Y schal lede you in to Sion;
耶和華說:背道的兒女啊,回來吧! 因為我作你們的丈夫, 並且我必將你們從一城取一人, 從一族取兩人,帶到錫安。
15 and Y schal yyue to you scheepherdis after myn herte, and thei schulen feede you with kunnyng and teching.
我也必將合我心的牧者賜給你們。他們必以知識和智慧牧養你們。」
16 And whanne ye schulen be multiplied, and encreesse in the lond, in tho daies, seith the Lord, thei schulen no more seie, The arke of testament of the Lord; nether it schal stie on the herte, nether thei schulen thenke on it, nether it schal be visitid, nether it schal be ferthere.
耶和華說:「你們在國中生養眾多;當那些日子,人必不再提說耶和華的約櫃,不追想,不記念,不覺缺少,也不再製造。
17 In that tyme thei schulen clepe Jerusalem The seete of the Lord, and alle hethene men schulen be gaderid togidere to it, in the name of the Lord, in Jerusalem; and thei schulen not go aftir the schrewidnesse of her worste herte.
那時,人必稱耶路撒冷為耶和華的寶座;萬國必到耶路撒冷,在耶和華立名的地方聚集。他們必不再隨從自己頑梗的惡心行事。
18 In tho daies the hous of Juda schal go to the hous of Israel; and thei schulen come togidere fro the lond of the north to the lond which Y yaf to youre fadris.
當那些日子,猶大家要和以色列家同行,從北方之地一同來到我賜給你們列祖為業之地。」
19 Forsothe Y seide, Hou schal Y sette thee among sones, and schal yyue to thee a desirable lond, a ful cleer eritage of the oostis of hethene men? And Y seide, Thou schalt clepe me fadir, and thou schalt not ceesse to entre aftir me.
我說:我怎樣將你安置在兒女之中, 賜給你美地, 就是萬國中肥美的產業。 我又說:你們必稱我為父, 也不再轉去不跟從我。
20 But as if a womman dispisith hir louyere, so the hous of Israel dispiside me, seith the Lord.
以色列家,你們向我行詭詐, 真像妻子行詭詐離開她丈夫一樣。 這是耶和華說的。
21 A vois is herd in weies, the weping and yellyng of the sones of Israel; for thei maden wickid her weie, thei foryaten her Lord God.
在淨光的高處聽見人聲, 就是以色列人哭泣懇求之聲, 乃因他們走彎曲之道, 忘記耶和華-他們的上帝。
22 Be ye conuertid, sones, turnynge ayen, and Y schal heele youre turnyngis awei. Lo! we comen to thee; for thou art oure Lord God.
你們這背道的兒女啊,回來吧! 我要醫治你們背道的病。 看哪,我們來到你這裏, 因你是耶和華-我們的上帝。
23 Verili litil hillis weren lieris, the multitude of mounteyns was fals; verili in oure Lord God is the helthe of Israel.
仰望從小山或從大山的喧嚷中得幫助, 真是枉然的。 以色列得救,誠然在乎耶和華-我們的上帝。
24 Schenschipe eete the trauel of oure fadris, fro oure yongthe; schenschipe eet the flockis of hem, and the droues of hem, the sones of hem, and the douytris of hem.
從我們幼年以來,那可恥的偶像將我們列祖所勞碌得來的羊群、牛群,和他們的兒女都吞吃了。
25 We schulen slepe in oure schenschipe, and oure sclaundir schal hile vs; for we synneden to oure Lord God, bothe we and oure fadris, fro oure yongthe `til to this dai; and we herden not the vois of oure Lord God.
我們在羞恥中躺臥吧!願慚愧將我們遮蓋;因為從立國以來,我們和我們的列祖常常得罪耶和華-我們的上帝,沒有聽從耶和華-我們上帝的話。

< Jeremiah 3 >