| 耶肋米亞 |
Jeremiah |
| 1關於摩阿布：萬軍的上主，以色列的天主這樣說：「禍哉，乃波！因為她遭受了浩劫；克黎雅塔殷蒙受了羞辱，被人攻佔；城堡被人侮辱，飽受驚恐。 |
1 Concerning Moab, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo, it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured, Disgraced and overthrown is the stronghold: |
| 2摩阿布的誇耀不再存在，在赫市朋就有人對她蓄意謀害：「來，我們將她剷除，使她不再是個民族！」連你瑪德門，也要遭受蹂躪，在你後面緊隨着刀劍。 |
2Moab's glory is no more. Evil they plan against Heshbon: "Come, let us put an end to her as a people." You, too, Madmen, shall be reduced to silence; behind you stalks the sword. |
| 3由曷洛納因傳來哀號的聲音：蹂躪！絕大的蹂躪！ |
3Listen! a cry from Horonaim of ruin and great destruction! |
| 4摩阿布遭受了蹂躪，哀號之聲直達祚阿爾。 |
4Moab is crushed, their outcry is heard in Zoar. |
| 5他們哭泣着攀登路希特山坡；在曷洛納因斜坡上，人們可聽到悽慘的悲號： |
5The ascent of Luhith they climb weeping; On the descent to Horonaim the cry of destruction is heard. |
| 6請你們逃跑，拯救你們的性命！願你們有如曠野中的楊柳！ |
6"Flee, save your lives, to survive like the wild ass in the desert!" |
| 7正因你信賴你的工作和財富，你也要被佔領；革摩士與自己的司祭和執事，也要一同充軍。 |
7 Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go into exile, his priests and princes with him. |
| 8正如上主說了：蹂躪者必踏遍所有的城市，無一可以幸免；山谷必遭破壞，平原必受摧殘。 |
8The destroyer comes upon every city, not a city escapes; Ruined is the valley, wasted the plain, as the LORD has said. |
| 9你們給摩阿布立墓碑，因為她已全被消滅，她的城邑全化為無人居住的荒野。── |
9Set up a memorial for Moab, for it is an utter wasteland; Its cities are turned into ruins where no one dwells. |
| 10那怠慢執行上主工作的，是可咒罵的；那制止自己的刀劍見血的，也是可咒罵的。── |
10(Cursed be he who does the LORD'S work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood.) |
| 11摩阿布自少年就享安逸，安息在自己的糟粕上，從沒有由一缸傾注到另一缸內，也從沒有被擄充軍，為此她的滋味仍然存在，她的香味還未改變。 |
11Moab has been tranquil from his youth, has rested upon his lees; He was not poured from one flask to another, he went not into exile. Thus he kept his taste, and his scent was not lost. |
| 12惟其如此，看，時日將到──上主的斷語──我必給她派傾倒的人來將她倒空，倒乾她的酒缸，打碎她的酒瓶； |
12Hence, the days shall come, says the LORD, when I will send him coopers to turn him over; they shall empty his flasks and break his jars. |
| 13那時，摩阿布必因革摩士而受辱，就如以色列家因他們信賴的貝特耳而受辱一樣。 |
13Chemosh shall disappoint Moab, as Israel was disappointed by Bethel in which they trusted. |
| 14你們怎能說：「我們是勇士，善戰的力士？」 |
14How can you say, "We are heroes, men valiant in war"? |
| 15蹂躪摩阿布者上來進攻她的城市，精銳的少年，下去遭受殺戮──名叫「萬軍上主」的君王的斷語── |
15The ravager of Moab and his cities advances, the flower of his youth goes down to be slaughtered, says the King, the LORD of hosts by name. |
| 16摩阿布的災難已逼近前來，她的禍患加速進行。 |
16Near at hand is Moab's ruin, his disaster hastens apace. |
| 17你們四鄰，凡認識她聲名的，都應對她惋惜說：「怎麼，威能的權杖，光榮的柄杖，也被折斷！」 |
17Mourn for him, all you his neighbors, all you who knew him well! Say: How the strong staff is broken, the glorious rod! |
| 18住在狄朋的女兒！你該由榮耀中下來，坐在乾地上，因為蹂躪摩阿布者已前來攻擊你，摧毀你的要塞。 |
18Come down from glory, sit on the ground, you that dwell in Dibon; Moab's ravager has come up against you, he has ruined your strongholds. |
| 19阿洛厄爾的居民！請你站在路旁觀望，向在逃亡出走的男女探問說：「發生了什麼事？」 |
19Stand by the wayside, watch closely, you that dwell in Aroer; Ask the man who flees, the woman who tries to escape: say to them, "What has happened?" |
| 20摩阿布已羞愧無地，因為已經瓦解；你們應悲哭哀號，在阿爾農宣布：「摩阿布遭受了蹂躪！」 |
20Moab is disgraced, yes, destroyed, howl and cry out; Publish it at the Arnon, Moab is ruined! |
| 21懲罰已來到了平原之地，到了曷隆、雅哈茲和默法阿特； |
21For judgment has come on the land of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, |
| 22到了狄朋、乃波和貝特狄貝拉塔因； |
22on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, |
| 23到了克黎雅塔殷、貝特加慕耳和貝特默紅； |
23on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon, |
| 24到了克黎約特、波責辣和摩阿布地遠近的各城市。 |
24on Kerioth and on Bozrah: on all the cities of Moab, far and near. |
| 25摩阿布的角已被砍下，她的手臂已被折斷──上主的斷語。 |
25Moab's strength is broken, his might is shattered, says the LORD. |
| 26請你們灌醉她，因為她自高自大，反抗上主；摩阿布必要在自己的嘔吐中輾轉，連她自己也要成為笑柄。 |
26Because he boasted against the LORD, make Moab drunk so that he retches and vomits, and he too becomes a laughingstock. |
| 27以色列為你豈不是一個笑柄？難道她是被人發現在盜賊之中，為什麼你一提到她，就只有搖頭？ |
27Is Israel a laughingstock to you? Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head whenever you speak of her? |
| 28摩阿布的居民！你們該離棄城市，住在巖石間，彷彿在深谷懸崖邊緣結巢的鵓鴿。 |
28Leave the cities, dwell in the crags, you that dwell in Moab. Be like a dove that nests out of reach on the edge of a chasm. |
| 29我們聽說過摩阿布的驕傲，她的確驕傲無比；我們也聽說過她的強橫、矜誇、自大和心中的傲慢。 |
29We have heard of the pride of Moab, pride beyond bounds: His loftiness, his pride, his scorn, his insolence of heart. |
| 30我知道她狂妄，好事空談，舉動輕率──上主的斷語── |
30I know, says the LORD, his arrogance; liar in boast, liar in deed. |
| 31為此，我為摩阿布哀哭，為整個摩阿布悲號，為克爾赫勒斯人嘆息。 |
31And so I wail over Moab, over all Moab I cry, over the men of Kir-heres I moan. |
| 32息貝瑪葡萄園！我為雅則爾痛哭，更為你痛哭；你的枝葉曾越過海洋，伸展到雅則爾；現在蹂躪者竟突然來摧殘你夏季的果實和秋季的收穫。 |
32More than for Jazer I weep over you, vineyard of Sibmah. Your tendrils trailed down to the sea, as far as Jazer they stretched. Upon your harvest, upon your vintage, the ravager has fallen. |
| 33摩阿布的田園已再沒有歡欣喜樂；我已使槽中無酒可榨；榨酒的不再榨酒，再也聽不見歡呼。 |
33Joy and jubilation are at an end in the fruit gardens of the land of Moab. I drain the wine from the wine vats, the treader treads no more, the vintage shout is stilled. |
| 34赫市朋和厄肋阿肋的哀號遠達雅哈茲，由左哈爾發出的呼聲，直達曷洛納因和厄革拉舍里史雅，因為尼默陵的水業已枯竭。 |
34The cry of Heshbon and Elealeh is heard as far as Jahaz; they call from Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim turn into a desert. |
| 35如此，我要給摩阿布滅絕上高丘向神祇獻香的人──上主的斷語── |
35I will leave no one in Moab, says the LORD, to offer a holocaust on the high place, or to burn incense to his gods. |
| 36為此我的心像笛簫一般為摩阿布嗚咽，我的心像笛簫一般為克爾赫勒斯人嗚咽，因為他們獲得的積蓄，都已喪失。 |
36Hence the wail of flutes for Moab is in my heart; for the men of Kir-heres the wail of flutes is in my heart: the wealth they acquired has perished. |
| 37人人剃光頭髮，人人剪去鬍鬚，手上帶有割傷，腰間繫有苦衣； |
37Every head has been made bald, every beard shaved; every hand is gashed, and the loins of all are clothed in sackcloth. |
| 38摩阿布所有的屋頂和廣場上，處處可聽到哀聲，因為我擊碎了摩阿布，有如擊碎一不中人意的器皿──上主的斷語── |
38On every roof of Moab and in all his squares there is mourning; I have shattered Moab like a pot that no one wants, says the LORD. |
| 39摩阿布崩潰得多麼悽慘！你們真該嚎啕！她是多麼含羞轉過背來！摩阿布竟成了她四鄰的笑柄和恐怖。 |
39How terror seizes Moab, and wailing! How he turns his back in shame! Moab has become a laughingstock and a horror to all his neighbors! |
| 40因為上主這樣說：「看，敵人好像老鷹飛翔，向摩阿布展開自己的翅膀， |
40For thus says the LORD: Behold, like an eagle he soars, spreads his wings over Moab. |
| 41攻取了城池，佔領了要塞；在那一日，摩阿布的勇士必心志頹喪有如臨產的婦人。 |
41Cities are taken, strongholds seized: On that day the hearts of Moab's heroes are like the heart of a woman in travail. |
| 42摩阿布必要消滅，不再成為一個民族，因為她自高自大，反抗上主。 |
42Moab shall be destroyed, no more a people, because he boasted against the LORD. |
| 43摩阿布的居民！恐怖、陷阱和羅網齊來襲擊你──上主的斷語── |
43Terror, pit, and trap be upon you, people of Moab, says the LORD. |
| 44逃脫了恐怖的，必落在陷阱裡；爬出了陷阱的，必為羅網纏住；在懲罰她的那年，我要給摩阿布召來這一切──上主的斷語── |
44He who flees from the terror falls into the pit; He who climbs from the pit is caught in the trap; For I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their punishment, says the LORD. |
| 45逃命的人，筋疲力盡，站在赫市朋的陰影下；但是從赫市朋發出了火，從息紅宮中冒出了火焰，吞滅了摩阿布的首領，和騷動子民的頭目。 |
45In Heshbon's shadow stop short the exhausted refugees; For fire breaks forth from Heshbon, and a blaze from the house of Sihon: It consumes the brow of Moab, the skull of the noisemakers. |
| 46禍哉，摩阿布！革摩士的人民！你算完了，因為你兒子已被擄去充軍，你的女兒流為囚徒； |
46Woe to you, O Moab, you are ruined, O people of Chemosh! Your sons are taken into exile, your daughters into captivity. |
| 47雖然如此，在末日我仍要轉變摩阿布的命運──上主的斷語。至此是關於摩阿布的判決。 |
47But I will change the lot of Moab in the days to come, says the LORD. Thus far the judgment on Moab. |
