< Jeremiah 51 >

1 The Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal reise on Babiloyne, and on the dwelleris therof, that reisiden her herte ayens me, as a wynd of pestilence.
耶和華如此說: 我必使毀滅的風颳起, 攻擊巴比倫和住在立加米的人。
2 And Y schal sende in to Babiloyne wyndeweris, and thei schulen wyndewe it, and thei schulen destrie the lond of it; for thei camen on it on ech side, in the dai of the turment therof.
我要打發外邦人來到巴比倫, 簸揚她,使她的地空虛。 在她遭禍的日子, 他們要周圍攻擊她。
3 He that beendith his bowe, beende not, and a man clothid in haburioun, stie not; nyle ye spare the yonge men therof, sle ye al the chyualrie therof.
拉弓的,要向拉弓的和貫甲挺身的射箭。 不要憐惜她的少年人; 要滅盡她的全軍。
4 And slayn men schulen falle in the lond of Caldeis, and woundid men in the cuntreis therof.
他們必在迦勒底人之地被殺仆倒, 在巴比倫的街上被刺透。
5 For whi Israel and Juda was not maad widewe fro her God, the Lord of oostis; but the lond of hem was fillid with trespas of the hooli of Israel.
以色列和猶大雖然境內充滿違背以色列聖者的罪, 卻沒有被他的上帝-萬軍之耶和華丟棄。
6 Fle ye fro the myddis of Babiloyne, that ech man saue his soule; nyle ye be stille on the wickidnesse therof, for whi tyme of veniaunce therof is to the Lord; he schal yelde while to it.
你們要從巴比倫中逃奔, 各救自己的性命! 不要陷在她的罪孽中一同滅亡; 因為這是耶和華報仇的時候, 他必向巴比倫施行報應。
7 Babiloyne is a goldun cuppe in the hond of the Lord, and fillith al erthe; hethene men drunken of the wyn therof, and therfor thei ben mouyd.
巴比倫素來是耶和華手中的金杯, 使天下沉醉; 萬國喝了她的酒就顛狂了。
8 Babiloyne felle doun sudenli, and is al to-brokun; yelle ye on it, take ye recyn to the sorewe therof, if perauenture it be heelid.
巴比倫忽然傾覆毀壞; 要為她哀號; 為止她的疼痛, 拿乳香或者可以治好。
9 We heeliden Babiloyne, and it is not maad hool; forsake we it and go we ech in to his lond; for the doom therof cam `til to heuenes, and is reisid `til to cloudis.
我們想醫治巴比倫, 她卻沒有治好。 離開她吧!我們各人歸回本國; 因為她受的審判通於上天,達到穹蒼。
10 The Lord hath brouyt forth oure riytfulnessis; come ye, and telle we in Sion the werk of oure Lord God.
耶和華已經彰顯我們的公義。 來吧!我們可以在錫安 報告耶和華-我們上帝的作為。
11 Scharpe ye arowis, fille ye arowe caasis; the Lord reiside the spirit of the kyngis of Medeis, and his mynde is ayen Babiloyne, that he leese it, for it is the veniaunce of the Lord, the veniaunce of his temple. The kyng of Medeis is reisid of the Lord ayens Babiloyne.
你們要磨尖了箭頭, 抓住盾牌。 耶和華定意攻擊巴比倫,將她毀滅,所以激動了米底亞君王的心;因這是耶和華報仇,就是為自己的殿報仇。
12 Reise ye a signe on the wallis of Babiloyne, encreesse ye kepyng, reise ye keperis, make ye redi buyschementis; for the Lord thouyte, and dide, what euer thing he spak ayens the dwelleris of Babiloyne.
你們要豎立大旗, 攻擊巴比倫的城牆; 要堅固瞭望臺, 派定守望的設下埋伏; 因為耶和華指着巴比倫居民所說的話、 所定的意,他已經作成。
13 A! thou Babiloyne, that dwellist on many watris, riche in thi tresours, thin ende cometh, the foote mesure of thi kittyng doun.
住在眾水之上多有財寶的啊, 你的結局到了! 你貪婪之量滿了!
14 The Lord of oostis swoor bi his soule, that Y schal fille thee with men, as with bruke, and a myry song schal be sungun on thee.
萬軍之耶和華指着自己起誓說: 我必使敵人充滿你,像螞蚱一樣; 他們必吶喊攻擊你。
15 The Lord swoor, which made erthe bi his strengthe, made redy the world bi his wisdom, and stretchide forth heuenes bi his prudence.
耶和華用能力創造大地, 用智慧建立世界, 用聰明鋪張穹蒼。
16 Whanne he yyueth vois, watris ben multiplied in heuene; which Lord reisith cloudis fro the laste of erthe, made leitis in to reyn, and brouyt forth wynd of hise tresouris.
他一發聲,空中便有多水激動; 他使雲霧從地極上騰。 他造電隨雨而閃, 從他府庫中帶出風來。
17 Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals, and a spirit is not in tho.
各人都成了畜類,毫無知識。 各銀匠都因他的偶像羞愧; 他所鑄的偶像本是虛假的, 其中並無氣息,
18 The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng.
都是虛無的,是迷惑人的工作, 到追討的時候,必被除滅。
19 The part of Jacob is not as these thingis; for he that made alle thingis is the part of Jacob, and Israel is the septre of his eritage; the Lord of oostis is his name.
雅各的分不像這些, 因他是造作萬有的主; 以色列也是他產業的支派。 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。
20 Thou hurtlist doun to me the instrumentis of batel, and Y schal hurtle doun folkis in thee, and Y schal leese rewmes in thee;
你是我爭戰的斧子和打仗的兵器; 我要用你打碎列國, 用你毀滅列邦;
21 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an hors, and the ridere therof; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a chare, and the stiere therof;
用你打碎馬和騎馬的; 用你打碎戰車和坐在其上的;
22 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a man and womman; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an elde man and a child; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a yong man and a virgyn;
用你打碎男人和女人; 用你打碎老年人和少年人; 用你打碎壯丁和處女;
23 and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a scheepherde and his floc; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an erthetiliere and his yok beestis; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee duykis and magistratis.
用你打碎牧人和他的群畜; 用你打碎農夫和他一對牛; 用你打碎省長和副省長。
24 And Y schal yelde, seith the Lord, to Babiloyne, and to alle the dwelleris of Caldee, al her yuel, which thei diden in Sion, bifore youre iyen.
耶和華說:「我必在你們眼前報復巴比倫人和迦勒底居民在錫安所行的諸惡。」
25 Lo! Y, seith the Lord, to thee, thou hil berynge pestilence, which corrumpist al erthe. Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal vnwlappe thee fro stoonys, and Y schal yyue thee in to an hil of brennyng.
耶和華說: 你這行毀滅的山哪, 就是毀滅天下的山, 我與你反對。 我必向你伸手, 將你從山巖滾下去, 使你成為燒毀的山。
26 And Y schal not take of thee a stoon in to a corner, and a stoon in to foundementis; but thou schalt be lost with outen ende, seith the Lord.
人必不從你那裏取石頭為房角石, 也不取石頭為根基石; 你必永遠荒涼。 這是耶和華說的。
27 Reise ye a signe in the lond, sowne ye with a clarioun in hillis; halewe ye folkis on it, telle ye to the kyngis of Ararath, of Menny, and of Ascheneth ayens it; noumbre ye Tapser ayens it, and bringe ye an hors, as a bruke hauynge a pricke.
要在境內豎立大旗, 在各國中吹角, 使列國預備攻擊巴比倫, 將亞拉臘、米尼、亞實基拿各國招來攻擊她; 又派軍長來攻擊她, 使馬匹上來如螞蚱,
28 Halowe ye folkis ayens it, the kyngis of Medey, the duykis therof, and alle magistratis therof, and al the lond of his power.
使列國和米底亞君王,與省長和副省長, 並他們所管全地之人,都預備攻擊她。
29 And the erthe schal be mouyd, and schal be disturblid; for the thouyt of the Lord schal fulli wake ayens Babiloyne, that he sette the lond of Babiloyne desert, and vnhabitable.
地必震動而瘠苦; 因耶和華向巴比倫所定的旨意成立了, 使巴比倫之地荒涼,無人居住。
30 The stronge men of Babiloyne ceessiden of batel, thei dwelliden in stronge holdis; the strengthe of hem is deuourid, and thei ben maad as wymmen; the tabernaclis therof ben brent, the barris therof ben al to-brokun.
巴比倫的勇士止息爭戰, 藏在堅壘之中。 他們的勇力衰盡,好像婦女一樣。 巴比倫的住處有火着起, 門閂都折斷了。
31 A rennere schal come ayens a rennere, and a messanger ayens a messanger, to telle to the kyng of Babiloyne, that his citee is takun fro the toon ende `til to the tother ende;
跑報的要彼此相遇, 送信的要互相迎接, 報告巴比倫王說: 城的四方被攻取了,
32 and the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the mareisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid.
渡口被佔據了, 葦塘被火燒了, 兵丁也驚慌了。
33 For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, The douyter of Babiloyne is as a corn floor, the tyme of threischyng therof; yit a litil, and the tyme of repyng therof schal come.
萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說: 巴比倫城好像踹穀的禾場; 再過片時,收割她的時候就到了。
34 Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dragoun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out.
以色列人說: 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒吞滅我,壓碎我, 使我成為空虛的器皿。 他像大魚將我吞下, 用我的美物充滿他的肚腹, 又將我趕出去。
35 Wickidnesse ayens me, and my fleisch on Babiloyne, seith the dwellyng of Sion; and my blood on the dwelleris of Caldee, seith Jerusalem.
錫安的居民要說: 巴比倫以強暴待我, 損害我的身體, 願這罪歸給她。 耶路撒冷人要說: 願流我們血的罪歸到迦勒底的居民。
36 Therfor the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal deme thi cause, and Y schal venge thi veniaunce; and Y schal make the see therof forsakun, and Y schal make drie the veyne therof.
所以,耶和華如此說: 我必為你伸冤,為你報仇; 我必使巴比倫的海枯竭,使她的泉源乾涸。
37 And Babiloyne schal be in to biriels, it schal be the dwellyng of dragouns, wondryng and hissyng, for that no dwellere is.
巴比倫必成為亂堆,為野狗的住處, 令人驚駭、嗤笑, 並且無人居住。
38 Thei schulen rore togidere as liouns, and thei schulen schake lockis, as the whelpis of liouns.
他們要像少壯獅子咆哮, 像小獅子吼叫。
39 In the heete of hem Y schal sette the drynkis of hem; and Y schal make hem drunkun, that thei be brouyt asleepe, and that thei slepe euerlastynge sleep, and rise not, seith the Lord.
他們火熱的時候, 我必為他們設擺酒席, 使他們沉醉,好叫他們快樂, 睡了長覺,永不醒起。 這是耶和華說的。
40 Y schal lede forth hem, as lambren to slayn sacrifice, and as wetheris with kidis. Hou is Sesac takun, and the noble citee of al erthe is takun?
我必使他們像羊羔、 像公綿羊和公山羊下到宰殺之地。
41 Hou is Babiloyne made in to wondre among hethene men?
示沙克何竟被攻取? 天下所稱讚的何竟被佔據? 巴比倫在列國中何竟變為荒場?
42 And the see stiede on Babiloyne, it was hilid with the multitude of hise wawis.
海水漲起,漫過巴比倫; 她被許多海浪遮蓋。
43 The citees therof ben maad in to wondryng, the lond is maad vnhabitable and forsakun; the lond wherynne no man dwellith, and the sone of man schal not passe bi it.
她的城邑變為荒場、旱地、沙漠, 無人居住,無人經過之地。
44 And Y schal visite on Bel in to Babiloyne, and Y schal caste out of hise mouth that, that he hadde swolewid, and folkis schulen no more flowe to it; for also the wal of Babiloyne schal falle doun.
我必刑罰巴比倫的彼勒, 使他吐出所吞的。 萬民必不再流歸他那裏; 巴比倫的城牆也必坍塌了。
45 Mi puple, go ye out fro the myddis therof, that ech man saue his soule fro the wraththe of the strong veniaunce of the Lord;
我的民哪,你們要從其中出去! 各人拯救自己,躲避耶和華的烈怒。
46 and lest perauenture youre herte wexe neische, and lest ye dreden the heryng, that schal be herd in the lond; and heryng schal come in a yeer, and aftir this yeer schal come heryng and wickidnesse in the lond, and a lord on a lord.
你們不要心驚膽怯, 也不要因境內所聽見的風聲懼怕; 因為這年有風聲傳來; 那年也有風聲傳來, 境內有強暴的事, 官長攻擊官長。
47 Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne; and al the lond therof schal be schent, and alle slayn men therof schulen falle doun in the myddis therof.
日子將到,我必刑罰巴比倫雕刻的偶像。 她全地必然抱愧; 她被殺的人必在其中仆倒。
48 And heuenes, and erthis, and alle thingis that ben in tho, schulen herie on Babiloyne; for rauynours schulen come fro the north to it, seith the Lord.
那時,天地和其中所有的, 必因巴比倫歡呼, 因為行毀滅的要從北方來到她那裏。 這是耶和華說的。
49 And as Babiloyne dide, that slayn men felle doun in Israel, so of Babiloyne slayn men schulen falle doun and in al the lond.
巴比倫怎樣使以色列被殺的人仆倒, 照樣她全地被殺的人也必在巴比倫仆倒。
50 Come ye, that fledden the swerd, nyle ye stonde; haue ye mynde afer on the Lord, and Jerusalem stie on youre herte.
你們躲避刀劍的要快走, 不要站住! 要在遠方記念耶和華, 心中追想耶路撒冷。
51 We ben schent, for we herden schenschipe; schame hilide oure faces, for aliens comen on the halewyng of the hous of the Lord.
我們聽見辱罵就蒙羞,滿面慚愧, 因為外邦人進入耶和華殿的聖所。
52 Therfor lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal visite on the grauun ymagis of Babiloyne, and in al the lond therof a woundid man schal loowe.
耶和華說: 日子將到,我必刑罰巴比倫雕刻的偶像, 通國受傷的人必唉哼。
53 If Babiloyne stieth in to heuene, and makith stidfast his strengthe an hiy, distrieris therof schulen come on me, seith the Lord.
巴比倫雖升到天上, 雖使她堅固的高處更堅固, 還有行毀滅的從我這裏到她那裏。 這是耶和華說的。
54 The vois of a criere of Babiloyne, and greet sorewe of the lond of Caldeis,
有哀號的聲音從巴比倫出來; 有大毀滅的響聲從迦勒底人之地發出。
55 for the Lord distriede Babiloyne, and lost of it a greet vois; and the wawis of hem schulen sowne as many watris. The vois of hem yaf sown,
因耶和華使巴比倫變為荒場, 使其中的大聲滅絕。 仇敵彷彿眾水, 波浪匉訇,響聲已經發出。
56 for a rauenour cam on it, that is, on Babiloyne; and the stronge men therof ben takun, and the bouwe of hem welewide, for the stronge vengere the Lord yeldynge schal yelde.
這是行毀滅的臨到巴比倫。 巴比倫的勇士被捉住, 他們的弓折斷了; 因為耶和華是施行報應的上帝, 必定施行報應。
57 And Y schal make drunkun the princis therof, and the wise men therof, the duykis therof, and the magistratis therof, and the stronge men therof; and thei schulen slepe euerlastynge sleep, and thei schulen not be awakid, seith the kyng, the Lord of oostis is name of hym.
君王-名為萬軍之耶和華的說: 我必使巴比倫的首領、 智慧人、省長、副省長,和勇士都沉醉, 使他們睡了長覺,永不醒起。
58 The Lord God of oostis seith these thingis, Thilke brodeste wal of Babiloyne schal be mynyd with mynyng, and the hiye yatis therof schulen be brent with fier; and the trauels of puples schulen be to nouyt, and the trauels of hethene men schulen be in to fier, and schulen perische.
萬軍之耶和華如此說: 巴比倫寬闊的城牆必全然傾倒; 她高大的城門必被火焚燒。 眾民所勞碌的必致虛空; 列國所勞碌的被火焚燒, 他們都必困乏。
59 The word which Jeremye, the profete, comaundide to Saraie, sone of Nerie, sone of Maasie, whanne he yede with Sedechie, the kyng, in to Babiloyne, in the fourthe yeer of his rewme; forsothe Saraie was prynce of profesie.
猶大王西底家在位第四年,上巴比倫去的時候,瑪西雅的孫子、尼利亞的兒子西萊雅與王同去(西萊雅是王宮的大臣),先知耶利米有話吩咐他。
60 And Jeremye wroot al the yuel, that was to comynge on Babiloyne, in a book, alle these wordis that weren writun ayens Babiloyne.
耶利米將一切要臨到巴比倫的災禍,就是論到巴比倫的一切話,寫在書上。
61 And Jeremye seide to Saraie, Whanne thou comest in to Babiloyne, and seest, and redist alle these wordis,
耶利米對西萊雅說:「你到了巴比倫務要念這書上的話;
62 thou schalt seie, Lord, thou spakist ayens this place, that thou schuldist leese it, that noon be that dwelle therynne, fro man `til to beeste, and that it be an euerlastynge wildirnesse.
又說:『耶和華啊,你曾論到這地方說:要剪除,甚至連人帶牲畜沒有在這裏居住的,必永遠荒涼。』
63 And whanne thou hast fillid to rede this book, thou schalt bynde to it a stoon, and thou schalt caste it forth in to the myddis of Eufrates; and thou schalt seie,
你念完了這書,就把一塊石頭拴在書上,扔在幼發拉底河中,
64 So Babiloyne schal be drenchid, and it schal not rise fro the face of turment, which Y brynge on it, and it schal be distried. Hidurto ben the wordis of Jeremye.
說:『巴比倫因耶和華所要降與她的災禍,必如此沉下去,不再興起,人民也必困乏。』」 耶利米的話到此為止。

< Jeremiah 51 >