< Jeremiah 5 >

1 Cumpasse ye the weies of Jerusalem, and loke, and biholde ye, and seke ye in the stretis therof, whether ye fynden a man doynge doom, and sekynge feith; and Y schal be merciful to hem.
你們當在耶路撒冷的街上跑來跑去, 在寬闊處尋找, 看看有一人行公義求誠實沒有? 若有,我就赦免這城。
2 That if also thei seien, The Lord lyueth, yhe, thei schulen swere this falsli.
其中的人雖然指着永生的耶和華起誓, 所起的誓實在是假的。
3 Lord, thin iyen biholden feith; thou hast smyte hem, and thei maden not sorewe; thou hast al tobroke hem, and thei forsoken to take chastisyng; thei maden her faces hardere than a stoon, and nolden turne ayen.
耶和華啊,你的眼目不是看顧誠實嗎? 你擊打他們,他們卻不傷慟; 你毀滅他們,他們仍不受懲治。 他們使臉剛硬過於磐石, 不肯回頭。
4 Forsothe Y seide, In hap thei ben pore men, and foolis, that knowen not the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God.
我說:這些人實在是貧窮的,是愚昧的, 因為不曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。
5 Therfor Y schal go to the principal men, and Y schal speke to hem; for thei knewen the weie of the Lord, and the doom of her God. And lo! thei han more broke togidere the yok, and han broke boondis.
我要去見尊大的人,對他們說話, 因為他們曉得耶和華的作為 和他們上帝的法則。 哪知,這些人齊心將軛折斷, 掙開繩索。
6 Therfor a lioun of the wode smoot hem; a wolf at euentid wastide hem, a parde wakynge on the citees of hem. Ech man that goith out of hem, schal be takun; for the trespassyngis of hem ben multiplied, the turnyngis awei of hem ben coumfortid.
因此,林中的獅子必害死他們; 晚上的豺狼必滅絕他們; 豹子要在城外窺伺他們。 凡出城的必被撕碎; 因為他們的罪過極多, 背道的事也加增了。
7 On what thing mai Y be merciful to thee? Thi sones han forsake me, and sweren bi hem that ben not goddis. Y fillide hem, and thei diden auowtrie, and in the hous of an hoore thei diden letcherie.
我怎能赦免你呢? 你的兒女離棄我, 又指着那不是神的起誓。 我使他們飽足, 他們就行姦淫, 成群地聚集在娼妓家裏。
8 Thei ben maad horsis, and stalouns, louyeris to wymmen; ech man neiyede to the wijf of his neiybore.
他們像餵飽的馬到處亂跑, 各向他鄰舍的妻發嘶聲。
9 Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, and schal not my soule take veniaunce in siche a folk?
耶和華說:我豈不因這些事討罪呢? 豈不報復這樣的國民呢?
10 Stye ye on the wallis therof, and distrie ye; but nyle ye make an endyng. Do ye awei the siouns therof, for thei ben not seruauntis of the Lord.
你們要上她葡萄園的牆施行毀壞, 但不可毀壞淨盡, 只可除掉她的枝子, 因為不屬耶和華。
11 For whi the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda hath trespassid bi trespassyng ayens me, seith the Lord;
原來以色列家和猶大家大行詭詐攻擊我。 這是耶和華說的。
12 thei denyeden the Lord, and seiden, He is not, nether yuel schal come on vs; we schulen not se swerd and hungur.
他們不認耶和華,說: 這並不是他, 災禍必不臨到我們; 刀劍和饑荒,我們也看不見。
13 The profetis spaken ayens the wynd, and noon answer was in hem; therfor these thingis schulen come to hem.
先知的話必成為風; 道也不在他們裏面。 這災必臨到他們身上。
14 The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, For ye spaken this word, lo! Y yyue my wordis in thi mouth in to fier, and this puple in to trees, and it schal deuoure hem.
所以耶和華-萬軍之上帝如此說: 因為百姓說這話, 我必使我的話在你口中為火,使他們為柴; 這火便將他們燒滅。
15 Lo! thou hous of Israel, seith the Lord, Y schal brynge on you a folk fro fer; a strong folk, an eeld folk, `a folk whos langage thou schalt not knowe, nether schalt vndurstonde what it spekith.
耶和華說:以色列家啊, 我必使一國的民從遠方來攻擊你, 是強盛的國, 是從古而有的國。 他們的言語你不曉得, 他們的話你不明白。
16 The arowe caas therof is as an opyn sepulcre; alle ben stronge men.
他們的箭袋是敞開的墳墓; 他們都是勇士。
17 And it schal ete thi cornes, and it schal deuoure thi breed, thi sones and thi douytris; it schal ete thi flok, and thi droues, it schal ete also thi vyner, and thi fige tre; and it schal al to-breke thi stronge citees bi swerd, in whiche thou hast trist.
他們必吃盡你的莊稼和你的糧食, 是你兒女該吃的; 必吃盡你的牛羊, 吃盡你的葡萄和無花果; 又必用刀毀壞你所倚靠的堅固城。
18 Netheles in tho daies, seith the Lord, Y schal not make you in to endyng.
耶和華說:「就是到那時,我也不將你們毀滅淨盡。
19 That if ye seien, Whi hath oure Lord God do alle these thingis to vs? thou schalt seie to hem, As ye forsoken me, and serueden an alien god in youre lond, so ye schulen serue alien goddis in a lond not youre.
百姓若說:『耶和華-我們的上帝為甚麼向我們行這一切事呢?』你就對他們說:『你們怎樣離棄耶和華,在你們的地上事奉外邦神,也必照樣在不屬你們的地上事奉外邦人。』」
20 Telle ye this to the hous of Jacob, and make ye herd in Juda, and seie ye,
當傳揚在雅各家, 報告在猶大說:
21 Here, thou fonned puple, that hast noon herte; whiche han iyen, and seen not, and eeris, and heren not.
愚昧無知的百姓啊, 你們有眼不看, 有耳不聽, 現在當聽這話。
22 Therfor schulen not ye drede me, seith the Lord, and schulen not ye make sorewe for my face? Whiche haue set grauel a terme, ether ende, to the see, an euerlastynge comaundement, whiche it schal not passe; and the wawis therof schulen be mouyd, and schulen not haue power; and schulen wexe greet, and schulen not passe it.
耶和華說:你們怎麼不懼怕我呢? 我以永遠的定例, 用沙為海的界限, 水不得越過。 因此,你們在我面前還不戰兢嗎? 波浪雖然翻騰,卻不能逾越; 雖然匉訇,卻不能過去。
23 Forsothe an herte vnbileueful and terrynge to wraththe is maad to this puple; thei departiden,
但這百姓有背叛忤逆的心; 他們叛我而去,
24 and yeden awei, and thei seiden not in her herte, Drede we oure Lord God, that yiueth to vs reyn tymeful, and lateful in his tyme; that kepith to vs the plente of heruest of the yeer.
心內也不說: 我們應當敬畏耶和華-我們的上帝; 他按時賜雨,就是秋雨春雨, 又為我們定收割的節令,永存不廢。
25 Youre wickidnessis diden awei these thingis, and youre synnes forbediden good fro you.
你們的罪孽使這些事轉離你們; 你們的罪惡使你們不能得福。
26 For ther ben foundun in my puple wickid men, settynge tresoun, as fouleres settynge snaris and trappis, to take men.
因為在我民中有惡人。 他們埋伏窺探,好像捕鳥的人; 他們設立圈套陷害人。
27 As a net, ether a trap, ful of briddis, so the housis of hem ben ful of gile. Therfor thei ben magnefied,
籠內怎樣滿了雀鳥, 他們的房中也照樣充滿詭詐; 所以他們得成為大,而且富足。
28 and maad riche, maad fat with ynne, and maad fat with outforth, and thei passiden worst my wordis; thei demyden not a cause of a widewe, thei dressiden not the cause of a fadirles child, and thei demyden not the doom of pore men.
他們肥胖光潤, 作惡過甚,不為人伸冤! 就是不為孤兒伸冤, 不使他亨通, 也不為窮人辨屈。
29 Whether Y schal not visite on these thingis, seith the Lord, ether schal not my soule take veniaunce on sich a folk?
耶和華說:我豈不因這些事討罪呢? 豈不報復這樣的國民呢?
30 Wondur and merueilouse thingis ben maad in the lond;
國中有可驚駭、可憎惡的事:
31 profetis profesieden leesyng, and prestis ioieden with her hondis, and my puple louyde siche thingis. What therfor schal be don in the laste thing therof?
就是先知說假預言, 祭司藉他們把持權柄; 我的百姓也喜愛這些事, 到了結局你們怎樣行呢?

< Jeremiah 5 >