耶利米書

第44章

1 有猶大人居於埃及之密奪、答比匿、挪弗諸邑、八羅四境、耶利米奉萬有之主、以色列族之上帝耶和華命、告之曰、我降災於耶路撒冷、猶大諸邑、今日彼地荒蕪、無人居處、爾所目覩。

2 併於上節

3 彼蹈愆尤、焚香服事他上帝、列祖與彼皆所未識、故干我震怒。

4 我遣僕先知、誨爾諄諄不已、我所痛疾者、爾莫行之、

5 彼不傾耳以聽、焚香服事他上帝、怙惡不悛。

6 故我震怒、降災於猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢、使之荒蕪傾圮、今日之事爲證。

7 萬有之主以色列族之上帝耶和華曰、何爲蹈此罪愆、使猶大男女、孩提、以及乳哺、爲我所絶、靡有孑遺。

8 何爲於所居埃及之地、造作偶像、焚香奉事他上帝、干我震怒、爲我棄絶、爲列邦人咒詛、凌侮、皆由自取。

9 昔於猶大國耶路撒冷逵衢、爾列祖作惡、猶大王與后亦然、爾與爾妻、更無不然、爾豈忘之乎。

10 至於今日、爾猶不知寅畏、不自怨艾、我所命列祖及爾之律例法度、不復遵從。

11 故我萬有之主、以色列族之上帝耶和華曰、我必罰汝、殲滅猶大族、

12 凡猶大遺民、其志已定、往居埃及、我將滅之、自尊逮卑、戮以鋒刃、因以饑饉、爲人咒詛駭異、受人凌侮嗟訝、

13 昔我罰耶路撒冷居民、戮之以鋒刃、因之以饑饉、重之以疫癘、我加刑乎居埃及者、亦若是、

14 猶大遺民、思暫居埃及而後圖歸、卒不可得、其獲返者數人而已。

15 居埃及、八羅之猶大人、男女衆多、咸至耶利米所、中有男子、知婦女焚香服事他上帝、告耶利米曰、

16 爾藉耶和華名、傳諭於我、我不聽從。

17 我所欲者我必爲之、昔我列祖王公、在猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢焚香灌奠、奉事天后、當時咸得果腹、所遇亨通、不遘患難、

18 我不焚香灌奠奉事天后、我則缺乏、又遇鋒刃饑饉而亡。

19 諸婦女曰、昔我焚香、灌奠、爲餅、以事天后、豈非我夫所許乎。

20 耶利米告諸男女庶民曰、

21 爾列祖王公庶民、爰及爾躬、焚香於猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢、耶和華鑒察、憶念之、

22 見爾作惡、深堪痛疾、不能復忍、故使爾土荒蕪、無人居處、爲人詛咒駭異、今日之事爲證。

23 然爾焚香、獲罪於耶和華、不聽命令、不遵律例、不守法度、不奉禮儀、故今遭殃。

24 耶和華又告庶民、及衆婦女、曰、猶大衆人、居埃及者、宜聽耶和華言。

25 萬有之主以色列族之上帝耶和華云、爾與婦女、欲行之事、已出於口、曰、我曾發願、焚香灌奠、奉事天后、必償我願、必行所欲。

26 今爾曹宜聽我耶和華言、我指己而誓、必不使居埃及之猶大人崇事我、稱我大名、

27 我意已定、降災爾躬、居埃及之猶大人、使戮於鋒刃、亡於饑饉、滅之殆盡、

28 其得脫於鋒刃、自埃及復歸猶大者、寥寥無幾、厥後猶大遺民、欲往居埃及者必知所應、何人之言、彼歟抑我歟。

29 耶和華又曰、我必罰爾、使爾知我言必有效驗、有兆堪徵。

30 我耶和華以埃及王法老哈拉、付於敵手、如前日我以猶大王西底家、付於敵巴比倫王、尼布甲尼撒手。

Jeremiah

Chapter 44

1 THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD to prophesy concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt: those who dwell at Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Memphis and in the land of Pathros, saying,

2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are desolate, and no man dwells in them

3 Because of the wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went and burned incense to other gods, whom they knew not, neither they nor their fathers.

4 And I sent to them all my servants the prophets, in advance, saying. Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.

5 But they did not hearken nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

6 Therefore my fury and my anger were poured forth and a fire was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and an astonishment, as they are today.

7 And now thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, the young and the little one out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

8 And thus have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, and have burned incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to dwell, so that I may destroy you, and you shall become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and the wickedness of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 They have not cleansed themselves even to this day, neither have they feared nor have they served me nor walked in my law nor in my statutes which I set before them and before their fathers.

11 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil to destroy the whole house of Judah.

12 And I will crush the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to live there, and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt; they shall die by sword and by famine and by pestilence; and they shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach.

13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence;

14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, who are gone into the land of Egypt to live there shall escape or remain that they may return to the land of Judah to which they hope to return to dwell there; and only a few shall return.

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods and all the women who stood by, a great multitude, and all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt and in Pathros answered Jeremiah, saying,

16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.

17 But we will certainly do every word that has gone forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well and saw no evil.

18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

19 And all the women said, When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, it was not without our husbands' consent; nor without their knowledge did we make cakes for her and pour out drink offerings to her.

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,

21 The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, it was that incense that the LORD has remembered, and it has come into his mind.

22 So that the LORD could no longer forgive you because of your evil doings and because of the abomination which you have committed; therefore your land has become an astonishment and a curse and a desolation without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

23 It is because you have burned incense and because: you have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD nor walked in his law nor in his statutes nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has overtaken you, as it is this day.

24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, to men and women, Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt;

25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her; you have surely confirmed your oaths and performed your vows.

26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any men of Judah in all the land of Egypt, nor shall they say, The LORD God lives.

27 For I will hasten to bring evil upon them, says the LORD; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by sword and by famine and by pestilence until I annihilate them.

28 And of those who escape the sword a few shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah who are gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there shall know whose words shall stand, mine or theirs.

29 And this shall be a sign to you, says the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil.

30 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh the Lame, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, who sought his life.

耶利米書

第44章

Jeremiah

Chapter 44

1 有猶大人居於埃及之密奪、答比匿、挪弗諸邑、八羅四境、耶利米奉萬有之主、以色列族之上帝耶和華命、告之曰、我降災於耶路撒冷、猶大諸邑、今日彼地荒蕪、無人居處、爾所目覩。

1 THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD to prophesy concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt: those who dwell at Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Memphis and in the land of Pathros, saying,

2 併於上節

2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the calamity that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are desolate, and no man dwells in them

3 彼蹈愆尤、焚香服事他上帝、列祖與彼皆所未識、故干我震怒。

3 Because of the wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went and burned incense to other gods, whom they knew not, neither they nor their fathers.

4 我遣僕先知、誨爾諄諄不已、我所痛疾者、爾莫行之、

4 And I sent to them all my servants the prophets, in advance, saying. Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.

5 彼不傾耳以聽、焚香服事他上帝、怙惡不悛。

5 But they did not hearken nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

6 故我震怒、降災於猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢、使之荒蕪傾圮、今日之事爲證。

6 Therefore my fury and my anger were poured forth and a fire was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and an astonishment, as they are today.

7 萬有之主以色列族之上帝耶和華曰、何爲蹈此罪愆、使猶大男女、孩提、以及乳哺、爲我所絶、靡有孑遺。

7 And now thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, the young and the little one out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

8 何爲於所居埃及之地、造作偶像、焚香奉事他上帝、干我震怒、爲我棄絶、爲列邦人咒詛、凌侮、皆由自取。

8 And thus have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, and have burned incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to dwell, so that I may destroy you, and you shall become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

9 昔於猶大國耶路撒冷逵衢、爾列祖作惡、猶大王與后亦然、爾與爾妻、更無不然、爾豈忘之乎。

9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and the wickedness of the kings of Judah and the wickedness of their wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

10 至於今日、爾猶不知寅畏、不自怨艾、我所命列祖及爾之律例法度、不復遵從。

10 They have not cleansed themselves even to this day, neither have they feared nor have they served me nor walked in my law nor in my statutes which I set before them and before their fathers.

11 故我萬有之主、以色列族之上帝耶和華曰、我必罰汝、殲滅猶大族、

11 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil to destroy the whole house of Judah.

12 凡猶大遺民、其志已定、往居埃及、我將滅之、自尊逮卑、戮以鋒刃、因以饑饉、爲人咒詛駭異、受人凌侮嗟訝、

12 And I will crush the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to live there, and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt; they shall die by sword and by famine and by pestilence; and they shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach.

13 昔我罰耶路撒冷居民、戮之以鋒刃、因之以饑饉、重之以疫癘、我加刑乎居埃及者、亦若是、

13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence;

14 猶大遺民、思暫居埃及而後圖歸、卒不可得、其獲返者數人而已。

14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, who are gone into the land of Egypt to live there shall escape or remain that they may return to the land of Judah to which they hope to return to dwell there; and only a few shall return.

15 居埃及、八羅之猶大人、男女衆多、咸至耶利米所、中有男子、知婦女焚香服事他上帝、告耶利米曰、

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods and all the women who stood by, a great multitude, and all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt and in Pathros answered Jeremiah, saying,

16 爾藉耶和華名、傳諭於我、我不聽從。

16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.

17 我所欲者我必爲之、昔我列祖王公、在猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢焚香灌奠、奉事天后、當時咸得果腹、所遇亨通、不遘患難、

17 But we will certainly do every word that has gone forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well and saw no evil.

18 我不焚香灌奠奉事天后、我則缺乏、又遇鋒刃饑饉而亡。

18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

19 諸婦女曰、昔我焚香、灌奠、爲餅、以事天后、豈非我夫所許乎。

19 And all the women said, When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, it was not without our husbands' consent; nor without their knowledge did we make cakes for her and pour out drink offerings to her.

20 耶利米告諸男女庶民曰、

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,

21 爾列祖王公庶民、爰及爾躬、焚香於猶大諸邑、耶路撒冷逵衢、耶和華鑒察、憶念之、

21 The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, it was that incense that the LORD has remembered, and it has come into his mind.

22 見爾作惡、深堪痛疾、不能復忍、故使爾土荒蕪、無人居處、爲人詛咒駭異、今日之事爲證。

22 So that the LORD could no longer forgive you because of your evil doings and because of the abomination which you have committed; therefore your land has become an astonishment and a curse and a desolation without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

23 然爾焚香、獲罪於耶和華、不聽命令、不遵律例、不守法度、不奉禮儀、故今遭殃。

23 It is because you have burned incense and because: you have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD nor walked in his law nor in his statutes nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has overtaken you, as it is this day.

24 耶和華又告庶民、及衆婦女、曰、猶大衆人、居埃及者、宜聽耶和華言。

24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, to men and women, Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt;

25 萬有之主以色列族之上帝耶和華云、爾與婦女、欲行之事、已出於口、曰、我曾發願、焚香灌奠、奉事天后、必償我願、必行所欲。

25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her; you have surely confirmed your oaths and performed your vows.

26 今爾曹宜聽我耶和華言、我指己而誓、必不使居埃及之猶大人崇事我、稱我大名、

26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any men of Judah in all the land of Egypt, nor shall they say, The LORD God lives.

27 我意已定、降災爾躬、居埃及之猶大人、使戮於鋒刃、亡於饑饉、滅之殆盡、

27 For I will hasten to bring evil upon them, says the LORD; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by sword and by famine and by pestilence until I annihilate them.

28 其得脫於鋒刃、自埃及復歸猶大者、寥寥無幾、厥後猶大遺民、欲往居埃及者必知所應、何人之言、彼歟抑我歟。

28 And of those who escape the sword a few shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah who are gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there shall know whose words shall stand, mine or theirs.

29 耶和華又曰、我必罰爾、使爾知我言必有效驗、有兆堪徵。

29 And this shall be a sign to you, says the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil.

30 我耶和華以埃及王法老哈拉、付於敵手、如前日我以猶大王西底家、付於敵巴比倫王、尼布甲尼撒手。

30 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh the Lame, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, who sought his life.