Jeremiah

Chapter 49

1 CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus says the LORD: Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Malcolm inherited Gad, and why do his people dwell in its cities?

2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbath of the Ammonites; and it shall become a desolate heap, and its little villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall be heir to those who were his heirs, says the LORD.

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed; call for help, O villages of Rabbath, gird you with sackcloth; mourn, be disquieted; for Malcolm shall go into captivity, together with his priests and princes, says the LORD.

4 Why do you glory in your valleys and trust in your broad plains, O beloved daughter who trusts in her treasures, saying, Who shall come against me?

5 Behold, I will bring a terror upon you from all your borders, says the LORD of hosts; and I will drive the people in all directions; and none shall gather up the wanderers.

6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.

7 Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts: There is no more wisdom in Teman; the counsel is perished from the prudent; their wisdom is taken away.

8 Flee, turn back, dwell in deep crevices, O inhabitants of Deran! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time of his punishment, says the LORD.

9 If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleaning grapes? If thieves came by night, they would destroy till they have enough.

10 But I have searched out Esau, I have uncovered his secret places, and he tried to hide himself but could not; his descendants are driven away, and his brethren and his neighbors are no more.

11 Leave your fatherless children; I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

12 For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and though you consider yourselves blameless, you shall not go unpunished; but you shall surely drink of the cup.

13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a desolation, a reproach, and a curse; and all its cities shall become perpetual wastes.

14 I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the nations, saying, Arise, let us go up against her to the battle.

15 For, lo, I will make you small among the nations and despised among men.

16 Your wickedness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart. O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; who say in your hearts, Who can bring us down to the ground? though you make your nest among the stars, and though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

17 And Edom shall become a desolation; every one who passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

18 It shall be overthrown just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any human being live in it.

19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the sheepfold of Atan; but I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will charge young warriors against her; for who is like me? And who shall testify against me? And who is that leader who can prevail against me?

20 Therefore, hear the counsel that the LORD has devised against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely even the least of the flock they shall shear; and the enemy shall make their folds desolate over them.

21 The earth is moved at the sound of their fall, and the noise of their wailing is heard from the Red sea.

22 Behold, he shall come up and fly mightily like an eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

23 Concerning Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard evil tidings; they are dismayed, they are disturbed like the sea, they cannot find rest.

24 Damascus is weakened, and she turns to flee; trembling has seized her; anguish and pangs have taken her like a woman in travail.

25 How is the glorious city ruined, the city of joy!

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be silenced, in that day, says the LORD of hosts.

27 And I will kindle a fire in the streets of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Bar-hadad.

28 Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote; thus says the LORD: Arise, go up against Kedar and plunder the men of the east.

29 Their tents and their flocks shall the enemy take away; they shall carry away their curtains and all their vessels and their camels; and the oppressor shall shout against them on every side.

30 Flee, get you far away, dwell in deep places, O inhabitants of Hazor, says the LORD; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you and has conceived a purpose against you, saying,

31 Arise, get you up against a wealthy nation that dwells in tranquillity, says the LORD, that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone.

32 And their camels shall be booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all the winds those whose beards are clipped; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says the LORD.

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling place for jackals and a desolation for ever; there shall no one abide there, nor any human live in it.

34 Concerning Elam, the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he might prophesy concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

35 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

36 And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter the people to all these winds; and there shall be no nation whither the dispersed ones of Elam shall not come.

37 And I will cause Elam to be defeated before their enemies and before those who seek their lives; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says the LORD; and I will send the sword after them till I have consumed them;

38 I will set my throne in Elam, and I will destroy from thence the kings and the princes, says the LORD.

39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.

耶利米書

第49章

1 耶和華以亞捫之事告衆、曰、以色列族豈無嗣子、崇事密君者、奚可強據伽得之地、而處其邑。

2 故耶和華曰、時日將至、我必使戰鬬之聲、聞於亞捫族之喇巴邑、城垣變爲瓦礫、居民盡遭焚燬、以色列族、昔爲敵所虜、後轉虜其敵。

3 埃邑傾圮、希實本人號呼、喇巴衆女、俱衣衰絰、躑躅於藩籬間、不勝哭泣、蓋密君見攘、其祭司牧伯俱爲俘囚。

4 違逆之女、居於膏腴之谷、詡詡然以爲已得貨財、無人犯我四境、然爾不可矜誇。

5 萬有之主耶和華曰、我自四周、使爾駭懼、驅逐爾曹、爾衆流亡、無人撫集。

6 耶和華又曰、厥後我將返亞捫人之俘囚。

7 萬有之主耶和華、以以東之事告衆、曰、在提慢豈無哲士賢人、豈無智慧、豈無智謀、

8 底但居民、咸當逃遁、匿於曠野、蓋我降災於以掃、已屆其期。

9 如摘葡萄、必有所遺、如盜賊夜至、必饜其所欲而後已。

10 敵至以掃、盡窺其所藏、悉取其所有、子孫戚屬、以及比鄰、俱被攘奪、歸於烏有、我使之然。

11 凡爾孤子、我保全之、嫠婦恃我、我庇祐之。

12 耶和華又曰、不當遭罰者、已飲苦杯、則爾豈能免苦杯之罰乎。

13 耶和華又曰、我指己而誓、破斯喇必變荒蕪、諸邑傾圮、爲人駭異、譏剌咒詛。

14 我耶和華告先知、遣使至列邦、使彼咸集、與破斯喇戰。

15 破斯喇歟、我使爾卑微、爲列邦所藐視。

16 爾居山巖、險隘危迫之地、心志倨傲、至於自迷、爾巢雖高、譬彼神鷹、我耶和華必使爾降爲卑。

17 以東必荒蕪、人過其地、見大災已降、則爲之驚異而作怨聲。

18 耶和華曰、昔所多馬、蛾摩拉、及其鄰邑傾圮、無人居處、以東亦必若是。

19 孰能與我比儗、孰能與我辯論、孰能爲民牧、侍於我側我遴選之、以目會意、彼則疾趨、攻擊斯邦、譬彼獅子、因約但之水漲溢、出自河濱、遊於牧地、青草芊綿。

20 我耶和華已定厥志、欲攻以東、降罰提慢、卽羊之小者、亦得而欺之、使其居處荒蕪。

21 彼傾圮而呼、聲聞紅海、震動大地。

22 其敵將至、若鷹展翮、翱翔於破斯喇、當斯之時、以東之武士喪膽、若婦將娩、

23 以大馬色之事、播告於衆、曰、哈末亞八已聞凶耗、恐懼喪膽、不勝戰慄、若海濤之未定。

24 大馬色人失志、欲旋師而遁、恐懼憂愁、若婦將娩、

25 斯邑也、昔爲人所揄揚、所欣喜、今則棄之如遺。

26 萬有之主耶和華曰、當斯之時、壯者仆於逵衢、武士已遭殲滅。

27 必火大馬色城垣、毀便哈達宮殿。

28 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將伐基達夏朔諸國、耶和華以其事告衆、曰、爾曹當起、咸往基達、東方之衆、爲爾所困。

29 虜其牛羊、奪其帷幕、獲其器皿、載於駱駝、取爲己有、播告於衆、隨在驚惶。

30 耶和華曰、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒、謀欲害爾、故夏朔居民遁逃、宜疾匿於曠野。

31 耶和華曰、彼民也、門不設楗、安居無虞、不與衆雜處、爾當攻之、

32 其駱駝羣畜、爾可得之、薙髮之四周者、我必散之於四方、使之遍罹禍患。

33 夏朔將變荒蕪、無人居處、爲野犬之藪穴、歴代如此。

34 西底家始爲王於猶大、耶和華以以攔事、告先知耶利米曰、

35 萬有之主耶和華曰、以攔善射過人、我將折之、

36 我必使四周之風擊以攔人、散於四方、無國不至。

37 耶和華又曰、我旣震怒、必降災於以攔使之懼敵、亡於鋒刃、翦滅殆盡。

38 耶和華又曰、我必威加以攔滅其王公。

39 末期旣屆、我必返以攔人俘囚、我耶和華已言之矣。

Jeremiah

Chapter 49

耶利米書

第49章

1 CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus says the LORD: Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Malcolm inherited Gad, and why do his people dwell in its cities?

1 耶和華以亞捫之事告衆、曰、以色列族豈無嗣子、崇事密君者、奚可強據伽得之地、而處其邑。

2 Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbath of the Ammonites; and it shall become a desolate heap, and its little villages shall be burned with fire; then Israel shall be heir to those who were his heirs, says the LORD.

2 故耶和華曰、時日將至、我必使戰鬬之聲、聞於亞捫族之喇巴邑、城垣變爲瓦礫、居民盡遭焚燬、以色列族、昔爲敵所虜、後轉虜其敵。

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed; call for help, O villages of Rabbath, gird you with sackcloth; mourn, be disquieted; for Malcolm shall go into captivity, together with his priests and princes, says the LORD.

3 埃邑傾圮、希實本人號呼、喇巴衆女、俱衣衰絰、躑躅於藩籬間、不勝哭泣、蓋密君見攘、其祭司牧伯俱爲俘囚。

4 Why do you glory in your valleys and trust in your broad plains, O beloved daughter who trusts in her treasures, saying, Who shall come against me?

4 違逆之女、居於膏腴之谷、詡詡然以爲已得貨財、無人犯我四境、然爾不可矜誇。

5 Behold, I will bring a terror upon you from all your borders, says the LORD of hosts; and I will drive the people in all directions; and none shall gather up the wanderers.

5 萬有之主耶和華曰、我自四周、使爾駭懼、驅逐爾曹、爾衆流亡、無人撫集。

6 But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.

6 耶和華又曰、厥後我將返亞捫人之俘囚。

7 Concerning Edom, thus says the LORD of hosts: There is no more wisdom in Teman; the counsel is perished from the prudent; their wisdom is taken away.

7 萬有之主耶和華、以以東之事告衆、曰、在提慢豈無哲士賢人、豈無智慧、豈無智謀、

8 Flee, turn back, dwell in deep crevices, O inhabitants of Deran! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time of his punishment, says the LORD.

8 底但居民、咸當逃遁、匿於曠野、蓋我降災於以掃、已屆其期。

9 If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleaning grapes? If thieves came by night, they would destroy till they have enough.

9 如摘葡萄、必有所遺、如盜賊夜至、必饜其所欲而後已。

10 But I have searched out Esau, I have uncovered his secret places, and he tried to hide himself but could not; his descendants are driven away, and his brethren and his neighbors are no more.

10 敵至以掃、盡窺其所藏、悉取其所有、子孫戚屬、以及比鄰、俱被攘奪、歸於烏有、我使之然。

11 Leave your fatherless children; I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.

11 凡爾孤子、我保全之、嫠婦恃我、我庇祐之。

12 For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and though you consider yourselves blameless, you shall not go unpunished; but you shall surely drink of the cup.

12 耶和華又曰、不當遭罰者、已飲苦杯、則爾豈能免苦杯之罰乎。

13 For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a desolation, a reproach, and a curse; and all its cities shall become perpetual wastes.

13 耶和華又曰、我指己而誓、破斯喇必變荒蕪、諸邑傾圮、爲人駭異、譏剌咒詛。

14 I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the nations, saying, Arise, let us go up against her to the battle.

14 我耶和華告先知、遣使至列邦、使彼咸集、與破斯喇戰。

15 For, lo, I will make you small among the nations and despised among men.

15 破斯喇歟、我使爾卑微、爲列邦所藐視。

16 Your wickedness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart. O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; who say in your hearts, Who can bring us down to the ground? though you make your nest among the stars, and though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

16 爾居山巖、險隘危迫之地、心志倨傲、至於自迷、爾巢雖高、譬彼神鷹、我耶和華必使爾降爲卑。

17 And Edom shall become a desolation; every one who passes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

17 以東必荒蕪、人過其地、見大災已降、則爲之驚異而作怨聲。

18 It shall be overthrown just as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any human being live in it.

18 耶和華曰、昔所多馬、蛾摩拉、及其鄰邑傾圮、無人居處、以東亦必若是。

19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the sheepfold of Atan; but I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will charge young warriors against her; for who is like me? And who shall testify against me? And who is that leader who can prevail against me?

19 孰能與我比儗、孰能與我辯論、孰能爲民牧、侍於我側我遴選之、以目會意、彼則疾趨、攻擊斯邦、譬彼獅子、因約但之水漲溢、出自河濱、遊於牧地、青草芊綿。

20 Therefore, hear the counsel that the LORD has devised against Edom, and his purposes that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely even the least of the flock they shall shear; and the enemy shall make their folds desolate over them.

20 我耶和華已定厥志、欲攻以東、降罰提慢、卽羊之小者、亦得而欺之、使其居處荒蕪。

21 The earth is moved at the sound of their fall, and the noise of their wailing is heard from the Red sea.

21 彼傾圮而呼、聲聞紅海、震動大地。

22 Behold, he shall come up and fly mightily like an eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah; and the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

22 其敵將至、若鷹展翮、翱翔於破斯喇、當斯之時、以東之武士喪膽、若婦將娩、

23 Concerning Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard evil tidings; they are dismayed, they are disturbed like the sea, they cannot find rest.

23 以大馬色之事、播告於衆、曰、哈末亞八已聞凶耗、恐懼喪膽、不勝戰慄、若海濤之未定。

24 Damascus is weakened, and she turns to flee; trembling has seized her; anguish and pangs have taken her like a woman in travail.

24 大馬色人失志、欲旋師而遁、恐懼憂愁、若婦將娩、

25 How is the glorious city ruined, the city of joy!

25 斯邑也、昔爲人所揄揚、所欣喜、今則棄之如遺。

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be silenced, in that day, says the LORD of hosts.

26 萬有之主耶和華曰、當斯之時、壯者仆於逵衢、武士已遭殲滅。

27 And I will kindle a fire in the streets of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Bar-hadad.

27 必火大馬色城垣、毀便哈達宮殿。

28 Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote; thus says the LORD: Arise, go up against Kedar and plunder the men of the east.

28 巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將伐基達夏朔諸國、耶和華以其事告衆、曰、爾曹當起、咸往基達、東方之衆、爲爾所困。

29 Their tents and their flocks shall the enemy take away; they shall carry away their curtains and all their vessels and their camels; and the oppressor shall shout against them on every side.

29 虜其牛羊、奪其帷幕、獲其器皿、載於駱駝、取爲己有、播告於衆、隨在驚惶。

30 Flee, get you far away, dwell in deep places, O inhabitants of Hazor, says the LORD; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you and has conceived a purpose against you, saying,

30 耶和華曰、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒、謀欲害爾、故夏朔居民遁逃、宜疾匿於曠野。

31 Arise, get you up against a wealthy nation that dwells in tranquillity, says the LORD, that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone.

31 耶和華曰、彼民也、門不設楗、安居無虞、不與衆雜處、爾當攻之、

32 And their camels shall be booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all the winds those whose beards are clipped; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says the LORD.

32 其駱駝羣畜、爾可得之、薙髮之四周者、我必散之於四方、使之遍罹禍患。

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling place for jackals and a desolation for ever; there shall no one abide there, nor any human live in it.

33 夏朔將變荒蕪、無人居處、爲野犬之藪穴、歴代如此。

34 Concerning Elam, the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he might prophesy concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

34 西底家始爲王於猶大、耶和華以以攔事、告先知耶利米曰、

35 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

35 萬有之主耶和華曰、以攔善射過人、我將折之、

36 And I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter the people to all these winds; and there shall be no nation whither the dispersed ones of Elam shall not come.

36 我必使四周之風擊以攔人、散於四方、無國不至。

37 And I will cause Elam to be defeated before their enemies and before those who seek their lives; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says the LORD; and I will send the sword after them till I have consumed them;

37 耶和華又曰、我旣震怒、必降災於以攔使之懼敵、亡於鋒刃、翦滅殆盡。

38 I will set my throne in Elam, and I will destroy from thence the kings and the princes, says the LORD.

38 耶和華又曰、我必威加以攔滅其王公。

39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.

39 末期旣屆、我必返以攔人俘囚、我耶和華已言之矣。