Jeremiah 10
1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, house of Israel!
以色列家啊，要聽耶和華對你們所說的話。
2 The LORD says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
耶和華如此說： 你們不要效法列國的行為， 也不要為天象驚惶， 因列國為此事驚惶。
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
眾民的風俗是虛空的； 他們在樹林中用斧子砍伐一棵樹， 匠人用手工造成偶像。
4 They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.
他們用金銀妝飾它， 用釘子和錘子釘穩， 使它不動搖。
5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don’t speak. They must be carried, because they can’t move. Don’t be afraid of them; for they can’t do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
它好像棕樹，是鏇成的， 不能說話，不能行走， 必須有人抬着。 你們不要怕它； 它不能降禍， 也無力降福。
6 There is no one like you, LORD. You are great, and your name is great in might.
耶和華啊，沒有能比你的！ 你本為大，有大能大力的名。
7 Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because amongst all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no one like you.
萬國的王啊，誰不敬畏你？ 敬畏你本是合宜的； 因為在列國的智慧人中， 雖有政權的尊榮， 也不能比你。
8 But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
他們盡都是畜類，是愚昧的。 偶像的訓誨算甚麼呢？ 偶像不過是木頭。
9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and of the hands of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple. They are all the work of skilful men.
有銀子打成片，是從他施帶來的， 並有從烏法來的金子， 都是匠人和銀匠的手工， 又有藍色紫色料的衣服， 都是巧匠的工作。
10 But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
惟耶和華是真上帝， 是活上帝，是永遠的王。 他一發怒，大地震動； 他一惱恨，列國都擔當不起。 （
11 “You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’”
你們要對他們如此說：不是那創造天地的神，必從地上從天下被除滅！）
12 God has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
耶和華用能力創造大地， 用智慧建立世界， 用聰明鋪張穹蒼。
13 When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
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。
14 Every man has become brutish and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
各人都成了畜類，毫無知識； 各銀匠都因他雕刻的偶像羞愧。 他所鑄的偶像本是虛假的， 其中並無氣息，
15 They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.
都是虛無的， 是迷惑人的工作； 到追討的時候必被除滅。
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the maker of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Hosts 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。
17 Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
受圍困的人哪，當收拾你的財物， 從國中帶出去。
18 For the LORD says, “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
因為耶和華如此說： 這時候，我必將此地的居民， 好像用機弦甩出去， 又必加害在他們身上， 使他們覺悟。
19 Woe is me because of my injury! My wound is serious; but I said, “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
民說：禍哉！我受損傷； 我的傷痕極其重大。 我卻說：這真是我的痛苦， 必須忍受。
20 My tent has been destroyed, and all my cords are broken. My children have gone away from me, and they are no more. There is no one to spread my tent any more, to set up my curtains.
我的帳棚毀壞； 我的繩索折斷。 我的兒女離我出去，沒有了。 無人再支搭我的帳棚，掛起我的幔子。
21 For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not enquired of the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks have scattered.
因為牧人都成為畜類， 沒有求問耶和華， 所以不得順利； 他們的羊群也都分散。
22 The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
有風聲！看哪，敵人來了！ 有大擾亂從北方出來， 要使猶大城邑變為荒涼， 成為野狗的住處。
23 LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
耶和華啊，我曉得人的道路不由自己， 行路的人也不能定自己的腳步。
24 LORD, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
耶和華啊，求你從寬懲治我， 不要在你的怒中懲治我， 恐怕使我歸於無有。
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured him, consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
願你將忿怒傾在不認識你的列國中， 和不求告你名的各族上； 因為他們吞了雅各，不但吞了，而且滅絕， 把他的住處變為荒場。
