Jeremiah 22
1 Thus said the Lord, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,
上主這樣說：「你下到猶大王宮去，在那裏宣佈這話，
2 And say, Heare the worde of the Lord, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
說：坐在達味寶座上的猶大王! 你和你的臣僕及從這些門進來的人民，該聆聽上主的話。
3 Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.
上主這樣說：你們應執行公道正義，從壓迫人的手中解救受剝奪的人，不要傷害虐待外方人和孤兒寡婦，不要在這地方上流無辜者的血。
4 For if ye do this thing, then shall the kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates of this House, and ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, both he and his seruants and his people.
假使你們實在照這話去做，必有坐在達味寶座上的君王，乘車騎馬，與自己的臣僕和人民從這宮殿的門進來；
5 But if ye will not heare these wordes, I sweare by my selfe, saith the Lord, that this House shalbe waste.
倘若你們不聽從這話，我指著自己起誓──上主的斷語──這宮殿必要變為廢墟。
6 For thus hath the Lord spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudah, Thou art Gilead vnto me, and the head of Lebanon, yet surely I wil make thee a wildernes and as cities not inhabited,
因為上主這樣論猶大王的宮殿說：即使你為我有如基肋阿得，又如黎巴嫩的山頂，我仍要使你變為荒野，成為無人居住的城市；
7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, euery one with his weapons, and they shall cut downe thy chiefe cedar trees, and cast them in the fire.
我要祝聖那已武裝的毀滅者來攻擊你，砍伐你最佳美的香柏，投入火中。
8 And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this great citie?
許多民族經過這城時，必互相問說：為什麼上主這樣對待了這座大城市﹖
9 Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.
人必答說：因為他們廢棄了上主他們的天主的盟約，敬拜事奉了別的神祇。」
10 Weepe not for the dead, and be not moued for them, but weepe for him that goeth out: for he shall returne no more, nor see his natiue countrey.
你們不要為已死的人哭泣，不要為他舉哀；卻要為遠去的人痛哭，因為他不會再回來，見他的生身地。
11 For thus saith ye Lord, As touching Shallum the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, which reigned for Iosiah his father, which went out of this place, he shall not returne thither,
因為上主這樣論猶大王約史雅的兒子，即繼承他父親約史雅為王的沙隆說：「他一離開這地方，就不會再回來，
12 But he shall die in the place, whither they haue ledde him captiue, and shall see this lande no more.
必死在被擄去的地方，不會再見此地。」
13 Wo vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his chambers without equitie: he vseth his neighbour without wages, and giueth him not for his worke.
禍哉，那不以公道正義建築自己的宮殿樓臺，叫人為自己徒勞而不給他工資的人!
14 He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes, and feeling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.
他說：我得給自己建築廣大的宮殿，寬敞的樓臺，開設窗戶，鑲上香柏，塗上丹砂。
15 Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper, when he executed iudgement and iustice?
你為王是要以香柏爭勝嗎﹖你父親豈不也吃也喝﹖但他執行公道正義，為此能一切順利；
16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lord?
他親自裁判弱小和貧苦人的案件，因此一切順利；這豈不是表示他認識我﹖──上主的斷語──
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
至於你，你的眼和心，只顧私利，只知無辜者的血，施行欺壓和勒索。
18 Therefore thus saith the Lord against Iehoiakim, the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not lament him, saying, Ah, my brother, or ah, sister: neither shall they mourne for him, saying, Ah, lord, or ah, his glorie.
為此上主這樣說：「對於猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金，人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，我兄弟! 或哀哉，我姊妹! 人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，主上! 或哀哉，陛下!
19 He shalbe buryed, as an asse is buryed, euen drawen and cast foorth without the gates of Ierusalem.
人要埋葬他如同埋葬一匹死驢，將他拖出，拋在耶路撒冷的門外。」
20 Goe vp to Lebanon, and cry: showte in Bashan and crye by the passages: for all thy louers are destroyed.
你該上黎巴嫩去呼喊，在巴商提高你的聲音，由阿巴陵喊叫，因為你的情侶都已滅亡。
21 I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bene thy maner from thy youth, that thou wouldest not obey my voyce.
在你歡樂時，我曾勸告過你，你卻說：「我不聽從。」你從幼年，就是這般行徑，從不聽我的聲音。
22 The wind shall feede all thy pastors, and thy louers shall goe into captiuitie: and then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded of al thy wickednesse.
你所有的牧人將被風捲去，你的情侶必徒遠方；那時你必因你行的一切邪惡，含羞抱愧。
23 Thou that dwellest in Lebanon, and makest thy nest in the cedars, howe beautiful shalt thou be when sorowes come vpon thee, as the sorowe of a woman in trauaile?
你現在住在黎巴嫩，在香柏樹上營巢，但是，當痛苦，像產婦的痛苦襲擊你時，你將多麼可憐!
24 As I liue, saith the Lord, though Coniah the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, were the signet of my right hand, yet would I plucke thee thence.
我永在──上主的斷語──猶大王約雅金的兒子苛尼雅，即便你是我右手上蓋章的指環，我也要將你拔除，
25 And I will giue thee into the hande of them that seeke thy life, and into the hande of them, whose face thou fearest, euen into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel, and into the hande of the Caldeans.
交在圖謀你性命和你畏懼的人的手中，交在巴比倫王拿步高和加色丁人的手中；
26 And I will cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, and there shall ye die.
將你和你生身的母親，拋在不是你們出生的異地，叫你們死在那裏。
27 But to the lande, whereunto they desire to returne, they shall not returne thither.
他們必不能回到他心靈渴望回去的地方。
28 Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?
苛尼雅這人，不是個可鄙而該毀滅的器皿，或無人喜稅的傢具嗎﹖為什麼他和他的後裔被拋棄，被投擲到自己不相識的地方去﹖
29 O earth, earth, earth, heare the worde of the Lord.
地啊! 地啊! 請聆聽上主的話!
30 Thus saith the Lord, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes: for there shall be no man of his seede that shall prosper and sit vpon the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudah.
上主這樣說：「你應記錄：這人是一個無子女，畢生無成就的人，因為他的後裔中，沒有一人能成功，能坐上達味的寶座，再統治猶大。」
