< Jeremiah 19 >

1 Thus said Yahweh, Go and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, —and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
耶和華如此說:「你去買窯匠的瓦瓶,又帶百姓中的長老和祭司中的長老,
2 Then shalt thou go forth into the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is at the opening of the gate of potsherds; and proclaim there the words which I shall speak unto thee;
出去到欣嫩子谷、哈珥西的門口那裏,宣告我所吩咐你的話,
3 and shalt say, —Hear ye the word of Yahweh, O kings of Judah And inhabitants of Jerusalem, —Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts—God of Israel Behold me! bringing in calamity upon this place, which shall cause the ears of every one that heareth it, to tingle:
說:『猶大君王和耶路撒冷的居民哪,當聽耶和華的話。萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使災禍臨到這地方,凡聽見的人都必耳鳴;
4 Because they have forsaken me, And have treated this as a foreign place, And have burned incense therein to other gods, which neither they, nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah, have known; And have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
因為他們和他們列祖,並猶大君王離棄我,將這地方看為平常,在這裏向素不認識的別神燒香,又使這地方滿了無辜人的血,
5 And have built the high places of Baal for burning up their sons in the fire as ascending-sacrifices to Baal, —Which I commanded not, Nor spake, Neither came it up on my heart,
又建築巴力的邱壇,好在火中焚燒自己的兒子,作為燔祭獻給巴力。這不是我所吩咐的,不是我所提說的,也不是我心所起的意。
6 Therefore, lo! days coming, Declareth Yahweh, When this place shall be called no longer The Topheth, or The Valley of Ben-hinnom, —but—The Valley of Slaughter;
耶和華說:因此,日子將到,這地方不再稱為陀斐特和欣嫩子谷,反倒稱為殺戮谷。
7 And I will pour out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, And I will cause them to fall by the sword, before their enemies, and by the hand of them who seek their life, —
我必在這地方使猶大和耶路撒冷的計謀落空,也必使他們在仇敵面前倒於刀下,並尋索其命的人手下。他們的屍首,我必給空中的飛鳥和地上的野獸作食物。
8 And I will give their dead bodies for food, to the bird of the heavens and to the beast of the earth; And I will make this city a desolation and a hissing, —every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and hiss over all her wounds;
我必使這城令人驚駭嗤笑;凡經過的人,必因這城所遭的災驚駭嗤笑。
9 And I will suffer them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, yea every one—the flesh of his friend, will they eat, —in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith, their enemies, and they who seek their lives, will straiten them.
我必使他們在圍困窘迫之中,就是仇敵和尋索其命的人窘迫他們的時候,各人吃自己兒女的肉和朋友的肉。』
10 Then shalt thou break the bottle, before the eyes of the men who are walking with thee;
「你要在同去的人眼前打碎那瓶,
11 and shalt say unto them—Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts—Thus and thus, will I break this people, and this city, As one breaketh the vessel of a potter, which cannot be made whole any more, —And in Topheth, shall they bury, for want of place to bury.
對他們說:『萬軍之耶和華如此說:我要照樣打碎這民和這城,正如人打碎窯匠的瓦器,以致不能再囫圇。並且人要在陀斐特葬埋屍首,甚至無處可葬。
12 Thus, will I do to this place Declareth Yahweh, And to the inhabitants thereof, —Even making this city like Topheth:
耶和華說:我必向這地方和其中的居民如此行,使這城與陀斐特一樣。
13 Yea, the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall like the place of Topheth, be places defiled, —even all the houses upon whose roofs they burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods.
耶路撒冷的房屋和猶大君王的宮殿是已經被玷污的,就是他們在其上向天上的萬象燒香、向別神澆奠祭的宮殿房屋,都必與陀斐特一樣。』」
14 Then entered Jeremiah out of Topheth, whither Yahweh had sent him to prophesy, —and stood in the court of the house of Yahweh, and said unto all the people:
耶利米從陀斐特-就是耶和華差他去說預言的地方-回來,站在耶和華殿的院中,對眾人說:
15 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! brining in against this city, and upon all the cities thereof, The whole calamity which I have pronounced against her, —Because they stiffened their neck, that they might not hear my words.
「萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:我必使我所說的一切災禍臨到這城和屬城的一切城邑,因為他們硬着頸項不聽我的話。」

< Jeremiah 19 >