耶利米書

第20章

1 祭司音麥的兒子巴施戶珥,他又是[who was also]作耶和華殿的總管,聽見耶利米預言這些事,

2 他就打先知耶利米,用耶和華殿[by]便雅憫高門內的枷,將他枷在那裏。

3 次日,巴施戶珥將耶利米開枷釋放。於是耶利米對他說:「耶和華不是叫你的名為巴施戶珥,乃是叫你瑪歌珥.米撒畢,

4 因耶和華如此說:『看哪[Behold],我必使你自覺驚嚇,你也必使眾朋友驚嚇;他們必倒在仇敵的刀下,你也必親眼看見;我必將猶大人全交在巴比倫王的手中,他要將他們擄到巴比倫去,也要用刀將他們殺戮。

5 並且我要將這城中的一切力量[strength]和勞碌得來的,並一切珍寶,以及猶大君王所有的寶物,都交在他們仇敵的手中;仇敵要搶掠[spoil]奪取[take]帶到巴比倫去。

6 你這巴施戶珥和一切住在你家中的人都必被擄去;你和你的眾朋友,就是你向他們預言虛謊[prophesied lies]的,都必到巴比倫去,要死在那裏,葬在那裏。』」

7 耶和華啊,你曾欺哄[deceived]我,我也受了你的欺哄[was deceived]。你比我有力量,且勝了我。我天天被人嗤笑[in derision daily],人人都戲弄我。

8自從[since]開講[spake],就發出哀聲,我喊叫說:有強暴和毀滅;因為耶和華的話天天[daily]成了我的凌辱、譏刺。

9[Then]說:我不再提耶和華,也不再奉他的名講論。然而,他的話在我心裏好像[But his word was in mine heart as]燒著的火閉塞在我骨中,我就含忍不住,不能自禁。

10 我聽見了許多人的毀謗[defaming],四圍都是驚恐[fear]他們說:告他吧,我們也要告他[Report, say they, and we will report it]凡作我知己的也都窺探我[All my familiars watched for my halting][saying]:或者他被引誘,我們就能勝他,在他身上報仇。

11 然而,耶和華與我同在,好像甚可怕的勇士。因此,逼迫我的必都絆跌,不能得勝;他們必大大蒙羞,因為他們必不亨通[for they shall not prosper]他們所受的羞辱永遠不被忘記[their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten]

12 試驗義人、察看人肺腑心腸的大軍之耶和華啊,求你容我見你在他們身上報仇,因我將我的案件向你稟明了。

13 你們要向耶和華唱歌;讚美耶和華。因他救了窮人的性命脫離惡人的手。

14 願我生的那日受咒詛;願我母親產我的那日不蒙福。

15 給我父親報信說「你得了兒子」,使我父親甚歡喜的,願那人受咒詛。

16 願那人像耶和華所傾覆而不後悔的城邑;願他早晨聽見哀聲,正午聽見吶喊;

17 因他在我未出胎的時候不殺我,又或[or that]使我母親成了我的墳墓,胎就同我[with me]時常重大。

18 我為何出胎見勞碌愁苦,使我的年日因羞愧消滅呢?

Jeremiah

Chapter 20

1 NOW Pashur the son of Amariah the priest, who was governor in charge of the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah the prophet prophesying these things.

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

3 And it came to pass on the morrow that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, The LORD has not called your name Pashur, but a stranger and a beggar.

4 For thus says the LORD: Behold, I will make you a sojourner, you and your friends; and the people shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I shall deliver all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

5 Moreover I will deliver all the fortified places of this city and all the labor thereof; and all its precious things and all the treasures of the king of Judah will I deliver into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and take them and carry them to Babylon.

6 And as for you, Pashur, you and all the members of your household shall go into captivity; and you shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.

7 O LORD, thou hast comforted me, and I am comforted; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed; I have become a laughing-stock daily, every one mocks me.

8 For at the time when I spoke and cried out, I spoke against the extortioners and against the robbers; because the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision daily.

9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word became in my heart like a burning fire kindling in my bones; and I sought to be patient, but I could not endure it.

10 For I heard the evil intentions of many, who were gathering from every side inquiring of my peace with their mouth, but hating me in their heart, saying, Point him out to us; we will stand against him; perhaps we can win him over and we shall take our revenge on him.

11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore all my persecutors shall be ashamed, and they shall not prevail; they have been greatly ashamed because they did not understand; their everlasting shame shall never be forgotten.

12 But, O LORD of hosts, who observest the right cause and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for to thee have I revealed my cause.

13 Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD; for he has delivered the life of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

14 Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed.

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A son is born to you, making him very glad.

16 Let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew, and he was never reconciled towards them; and let him hear the cry in the morning and the howling at noon.

17 Because he did not slay me in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, and my conception would have remained in the womb for ever.

18 Why did I come forth out of the womb to see toil and sorrow? My days are spent in shame.

耶利米書

第20章

Jeremiah

Chapter 20

1 祭司音麥的兒子巴施戶珥,他又是[who was also]作耶和華殿的總管,聽見耶利米預言這些事,

1 NOW Pashur the son of Amariah the priest, who was governor in charge of the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah the prophet prophesying these things.

2 他就打先知耶利米,用耶和華殿[by]便雅憫高門內的枷,將他枷在那裏。

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

3 次日,巴施戶珥將耶利米開枷釋放。於是耶利米對他說:「耶和華不是叫你的名為巴施戶珥,乃是叫你瑪歌珥.米撒畢,

3 And it came to pass on the morrow that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, The LORD has not called your name Pashur, but a stranger and a beggar.

4 因耶和華如此說:『看哪[Behold],我必使你自覺驚嚇,你也必使眾朋友驚嚇;他們必倒在仇敵的刀下,你也必親眼看見;我必將猶大人全交在巴比倫王的手中,他要將他們擄到巴比倫去,也要用刀將他們殺戮。

4 For thus says the LORD: Behold, I will make you a sojourner, you and your friends; and the people shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I shall deliver all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

5 並且我要將這城中的一切力量[strength]和勞碌得來的,並一切珍寶,以及猶大君王所有的寶物,都交在他們仇敵的手中;仇敵要搶掠[spoil]奪取[take]帶到巴比倫去。

5 Moreover I will deliver all the fortified places of this city and all the labor thereof; and all its precious things and all the treasures of the king of Judah will I deliver into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and take them and carry them to Babylon.

6 你這巴施戶珥和一切住在你家中的人都必被擄去;你和你的眾朋友,就是你向他們預言虛謊[prophesied lies]的,都必到巴比倫去,要死在那裏,葬在那裏。』」

6 And as for you, Pashur, you and all the members of your household shall go into captivity; and you shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.

7 耶和華啊,你曾欺哄[deceived]我,我也受了你的欺哄[was deceived]。你比我有力量,且勝了我。我天天被人嗤笑[in derision daily],人人都戲弄我。

7 O LORD, thou hast comforted me, and I am comforted; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed; I have become a laughing-stock daily, every one mocks me.

8自從[since]開講[spake],就發出哀聲,我喊叫說:有強暴和毀滅;因為耶和華的話天天[daily]成了我的凌辱、譏刺。

8 For at the time when I spoke and cried out, I spoke against the extortioners and against the robbers; because the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision daily.

9[Then]說:我不再提耶和華,也不再奉他的名講論。然而,他的話在我心裏好像[But his word was in mine heart as]燒著的火閉塞在我骨中,我就含忍不住,不能自禁。

9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word became in my heart like a burning fire kindling in my bones; and I sought to be patient, but I could not endure it.

10 我聽見了許多人的毀謗[defaming],四圍都是驚恐[fear]他們說:告他吧,我們也要告他[Report, say they, and we will report it]凡作我知己的也都窺探我[All my familiars watched for my halting][saying]:或者他被引誘,我們就能勝他,在他身上報仇。

10 For I heard the evil intentions of many, who were gathering from every side inquiring of my peace with their mouth, but hating me in their heart, saying, Point him out to us; we will stand against him; perhaps we can win him over and we shall take our revenge on him.

11 然而,耶和華與我同在,好像甚可怕的勇士。因此,逼迫我的必都絆跌,不能得勝;他們必大大蒙羞,因為他們必不亨通[for they shall not prosper]他們所受的羞辱永遠不被忘記[their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten]

11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore all my persecutors shall be ashamed, and they shall not prevail; they have been greatly ashamed because they did not understand; their everlasting shame shall never be forgotten.

12 試驗義人、察看人肺腑心腸的大軍之耶和華啊,求你容我見你在他們身上報仇,因我將我的案件向你稟明了。

12 But, O LORD of hosts, who observest the right cause and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for to thee have I revealed my cause.

13 你們要向耶和華唱歌;讚美耶和華。因他救了窮人的性命脫離惡人的手。

13 Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD; for he has delivered the life of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

14 願我生的那日受咒詛;願我母親產我的那日不蒙福。

14 Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed.

15 給我父親報信說「你得了兒子」,使我父親甚歡喜的,願那人受咒詛。

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A son is born to you, making him very glad.

16 願那人像耶和華所傾覆而不後悔的城邑;願他早晨聽見哀聲,正午聽見吶喊;

16 Let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew, and he was never reconciled towards them; and let him hear the cry in the morning and the howling at noon.

17 因他在我未出胎的時候不殺我,又或[or that]使我母親成了我的墳墓,胎就同我[with me]時常重大。

17 Because he did not slay me in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, and my conception would have remained in the womb for ever.

18 我為何出胎見勞碌愁苦,使我的年日因羞愧消滅呢?

18 Why did I come forth out of the womb to see toil and sorrow? My days are spent in shame.