Jeremiah:Chapter 22
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| 1上主這樣說：「你下到猶大王宮去，在那裏宣佈這話， | 1Yahweh said to me, "Go to the palace of the king of Judah and give him this message: |
| 2說：坐在達味寶座上的猶大王！你和你的臣僕及從這些門進來的人民，該聆聽上主的話。 | 2Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah who sit on the throne of David. To you, your servants and all who enter by these gates, |
| 3上主這樣說：你們應執行公道正義，從壓迫人的手中解救受剝奪的人，不要傷害虐待外方人和孤兒寡婦，不要在這地方上流無辜者的血。 | 3Yahweh says: Practice justice and do good. Free the oppressed from their oppressor. Harm not the foreigners, the orphans and the widows; do them no violence, and let no innocent blood be spilled in this place. |
| 4假使你們實在照這話去做，必有坐在達味寶座上的君王，乘車騎馬，與自己的臣僕和人民從這宮殿的門進來； | 4If you do this, kings succeeding King David will enter these gates riding on their chariots and horses, together with their servants and their people. |
| 5倘若你們不聽從這話，我指着自己起誓──上主的斷語──這宮殿必要變為廢墟。 | 5But if you do not heed my word - it is Yahweh who speaks I swear by myself that this place will become a ruin." |
| 6因為上主這樣論猶大的宮殿說：即使你為我有如基肋阿得，又如黎巴嫩的山頂，我仍要使你變為荒野，成為無人居往的城市； | 6For this is what Yahweh says of the royal house of Judah: For me you are like Gilead, like a peak of Lebanon! And yet I will transform you into a desert, a city where no one lives. |
| 7我要祝聖那已武裝的毀滅者來攻擊你，砍伐你最佳美的香柏，投入火中。 | 7I will prepare destroyers to attack you, each with an axe in his hand. They will cut down your choice cedars and throw them into the fire. |
| 8許多民族經過這城時，必互相問說：為什麼上主這樣對待了這座大城市？ | 8Pagans without number will pass by this city and say to one another, "Why has Yahweh dealt with this great city in such a way?" |
| 9人必答說：因為他們廢棄了上主他們的天主的盟約，敬拜事奉了別的神祇。」 | 9And they will answer, "Because they broke their covenant with Yahweh, their God, and worshiped and served other gods!" |
| 10你們不要為已死的人哭泣，不要為他舉哀；卻要為遠去的人痛哭，因為他不會再回來，見他的生身地。 | 10Weep not for the one who is dead! grieve not for him. Mourn rather for him who is in exile for he will never return to see his homeland again! |
| 11因為上主這樣論猶大王約史雅的兒子，即繼承他父親約史雅為王的沙隆說：「他一離開這地方，就不會再回來， | 11For this is what Yahweh has said of King Josiah's son, Shallum, who succeeded his father as king of Judah: |
| 12必死在被擄去的地方，不會再見此地。」 | 12"He will never return, for he will die in the place to which he has been deported and will never see this land again. |
| 13禍哉，那不以公道正義建築自己的宮殿樓臺，叫人為自己徒勞而不給他工資的人！ | 13Damned is the man who builds his house with stolen goods, and extends it upwards by means of injustice; he who makes his fellowman work for nothing and refuses to give him his wages! |
| 14他說：我得給自己建築廣大的宮殿，寬敞的樓臺，開設窗戶，鑲上香柏，塗上丹砂。 | 14So you build for yourself a fine palace with spacious upper rooms! So you have large windows put in, you have it paneled with cedarwood and painted vermillion. |
| 15你為王是要以香柏爭勝嗎？你父親豈不也吃也喝？但他執行公道正義，為此能一切順利； | 15Does amassing cedar make you more of a king? Was not your father a just man? He ate and drank to his life's content, but he acted justly and all went well for him. |
| 16他親自裁判弱小和貧苦人的案件，因此一切順利；這豈不是表示他認識我？──上主的斷語── | 16He defended the cause of the poor and needy: this is the meaning of knowing Yahweh. |
| 17至於你，你的眼和心，只顧私利，只知流無辜者的血，施行欺壓和勒索。 | 17But your eyes and heart are set on selfish gain, on the shedding of innocent blood, and oppressive violence. |
| 18為此上主這樣說：「對於猶大王約史雅的兒子約雅金，人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，我兄弟！或哀哉，我姊妹！人必不哀悼他說：哀哉，主上！或哀哉，陛下！ | 18Therefore this is what Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: No one shall lament for him saying: Alas, my brother! Alas, O sister! No one shall lament for him saying: Alas, my lord! Alas, your majesty! |
| 19人要埋葬他如同埋葬一匹驢，將他拖出，拋在耶路撒冷的門外。」 | 19He will be given the burial of a donkey, dragged away and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. |
| 20你該上黎巴嫩去呼喊，在巴商提高你的聲音，由阿巴陵喊叫，因為你的情侶都已滅亡。 | 20Go up to Lebanon and cry out; weep from the heights of Bashan cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed. |
| 21在你歡樂時，我曾勸告過你，你卻說：「我不聽從。」你從幼年，就是這般行徑，從不聽我的聲音。 | 21I spoke to you in more fortunate days, but you said: 'I will not listen.' You have been like that since your youth, paying no attention to my word. |
| 22你所有的牧人將被風捲去，你的情侶必流徙遠方；那時你必因你行的一切邪惡，含羞抱愧。 | 22All your shepherds will be scattered by the wind and your lovers will be taken captive; then you will be covered with shame because of your evil deeds. |
| 23你現在住在黎巴嫩，在香柏樹上營巢，但是，當痛苦，像產婦的痛苦襲擊你時，你將多麼可憐！ | 23You who call your house: 'Lebanon' and made your nest of cedarwood, how you will groan when sorrow comes like the birthpangs of a woman in labor! |
| 24我永在──上主的斷語──猶大王約雅金的兒子苛尼雅，即使你是我右手上蓋章的指環，我也要將你拔除， | 24By my life - says Yahweh - even if Jeconiah, Jehoiakim's son, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand I would pull him off! |
| 25交在圖謀你性命和你畏懼的人的手中，交在巴比倫王拿步高和加色丁人的手中； | 25I will hand you to those who seek your life, to the Chaldeans you fear. |
| 26將你和你生身的母親，拋在不是你們出生的異地，叫你們死在那裏。 | 26Then I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into a foreign land where you were not born. There you shall die, |
| 27他們必不能回到他心靈渴望回去的地方。 | 27for to the land for which you long, you will never return!" |
| 28苛尼雅這人，不是個可鄙而該毀滅的器皿，或無人喜悅的傢具嗎？為什麼他和他的後裔被拋棄，被投擲到自己不相識的地方去？ | 28Is this Jeconiah a broken and useless crock that no one wants? Why has he been expelled, he and his family, to a land they do not know? |
| 29地啊！地啊！地啊！請聆聽上主的話！ | 29Land, land, land! Hear what Yahweh says. |
| 30上主這樣說：「你應記錄：這人是一個無子女，畢生無成就的人，因為他的後裔中，沒有一人能成功，能坐上達味的寶座，再統治猶大。」 | 30These are his words, "List this man as childless!" None of his race will succeed; not one will be fortunate to sit on David's throne and rule again over Judah. |
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