耶利米書 38
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1瑪坦 的兒子 示法提雅 、 巴施戶珥 的兒子 基大利 、 示利米雅 的兒子 猶甲 、 瑪基雅 的兒子 巴施戶珥 聽見 耶利米 對眾人所說的話，說：
1Now Saphatias the son of Mathan, and Gedelias the son of Phassur, and Juchal the son of Selemias, and Phassur the son of Melchias heard the words that Jeremias spoke to all the people, saying:
2「耶和華如此說：住在這城裏的必遭刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫而死；但出去歸降 迦勒底 人的必得存活，就是以自己命為掠物的，必得存活。
2Thus saith the Lord: Whosoever shell remain in this city, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: but he that shall go forth to the Chaldeans, shall live, and his life shall be safe, and he shall live.
3耶和華如此說：這城必要交在 巴比倫 王軍隊的手中，他必攻取這城。」
3Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
4於是首領對王說：「求你將這人治死；因他向城裏剩下的兵丁和眾民說這樣的話，使他們的手發軟。這人不是求這百姓得平安，乃是叫他們受災禍。」
4And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.
5西底家 王說：「他在你們手中，無論何事，王也不能與你們反對。」
5And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.
6他們就拿住 耶利米 ，下在 哈米勒 的兒子 瑪基雅 的牢獄裏；那牢獄在護衛兵的院中。他們用繩子將 耶利米 繫下去。牢獄裏沒有水，只有淤泥， 耶利米 就陷在淤泥中。
6Then they took Jeremias and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremias by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremias sunk into the mire.
7在王宮的太監 古實 人 以伯‧米勒 ，聽見他們將 耶利米 下了牢獄（那時王坐在 便雅憫門 口），
7Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.
8以伯‧米勒 就從王宮裏出來，對王說：
8And Abdemelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying:
9「主－我的王啊，這些人向先知 耶利米 一味地行惡，將他下在牢獄中；他在那裏必因飢餓而死，因為城中再沒有糧食。」
9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.
10王就吩咐 古實 人 以伯‧米勒 說：「你從這裏帶領三十人，趁着先知 耶利米 未死以前，將他從牢獄中提上來。」
10Then the king commanded Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: Take from hence thirty men with thee, and draw up Jeremias the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
11於是 以伯‧米勒 帶領這些人同去，進入王宮，到庫房以下，從那裏取了些碎布和破爛的衣服，用繩子縋下牢獄去到 耶利米 那裏。
11So Abdemelech taking the men with him, went into the king’s house that was under the storehouse: and he took from thence old rags, and old rotten things, and he let them down by cords to Jeremias into the dungeon.
12古實 人 以伯‧米勒 對 耶利米 說：「你用這些碎布和破爛的衣服放在繩子上，墊你的胳肢窩。」 耶利米 就照樣行了。
12And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremias: Put these old rags and these rent and rotten things under thy arms, and upon the cords: and Jeremias did so.
13這樣，他們用繩子將 耶利米 從牢獄裏拉上來。 耶利米 仍在護衛兵的院中。
13And they drew up Jeremias with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.
14西底家 王打發人帶領先知 耶利米 ，進耶和華殿中第三門裏見王。王就對 耶利米 說：「我要問你一件事，你絲毫不可向我隱瞞。」
14And king Sedecias sent, and took Jeremias the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremias: I will ask thee a thing, hide nothing from me.
15耶利米 對 西底家 說：「我若告訴你，你豈不定要殺我嗎？我若勸戒你，你必不聽從我。」
15Then Jeremias said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me.
16西底家 王就私下向 耶利米 說：「我指着那造我們生命之永生的耶和華起誓：我必不殺你，也不將你交在尋索你命的人手中。」
16Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremias, in private, saying: As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of these men that seek thy life.
17耶利米 對 西底家 說：「耶和華－萬軍之上帝、 以色列 的上帝如此說：你若出去歸降 巴比倫 王的首領，你的命就必存活，這城也不致被火焚燒，你和你的全家都必存活。
17And Jeremias said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house.
18你若不出去歸降 巴比倫 王的首領，這城必交在 迦勒底 人手中。他們必用火焚燒，你也不得脫離他們的手。」
18But if thou wilt not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, this city shall be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire: and thou shalt not escape out of their hands.
19西底家 王對 耶利米 說：「我怕那些投降 迦勒底 人的 猶大 人，恐怕 迦勒底 人將我交在他們手中，他們戲弄我。」
19And king Sedecias said to Jeremias: I am afraid because of the Jews that are fled over to the Chaldeans: lest I should be delivered into their hands, and they should abuse me.
20耶利米 說：「 迦勒底 人必不將你交出。求你聽從我對你所說耶和華的話，這樣你必得好處，你的命也必存活。
20But Jeremias answered: They shall not deliver thee: hearken, I beseech thee, to the word of the Lord, which I speak to thee, and it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
21你若不肯出去，耶和華指示我的話乃是這樣：
21But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:
22猶大 王宮裏所剩的婦女必都帶到 巴比倫 王的首領那裏。這些婦女必說： 你知己的朋友催逼你， 勝過你； 見 你的腳陷入淤泥中， 就轉身退後了。
22Behold all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda, shall be brought out to the princes of the king of Babylon: and they shall say: Thy men of peace have deceived thee, and have prevailed against thee, they have plunged thy feet in the mire, and in a slippery place, and they have departed from thee.
23「人必將你的后妃和你的兒女帶到 迦勒底 人那裏；你也不得脫離他們的手，必被 巴比倫 王的手捉住；你也必使這城被火焚燒。」
23And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape their hands, but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall burn this city with fire.
24西底家 對 耶利米 說：「不要使人知道這些話，你就不至於死。
24Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.
25首領若聽見了我與你說話，就來見你，問你說：『你對王說甚麼話不要向我們隱瞞，我們就不殺你。王向你說甚麼話也要告訴我們。』
25But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee: Tell us what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not kill thee: and also what the king said to thee:
26你就對他們說：『我在王面前懇求不要叫我回到 約拿單 的房屋死在那裏。』」
26Thou shalt say to them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not command me to be carried back into the house of Jonathan, to die there.
27隨後眾首領來見 耶利米 ，問他，他就照王所吩咐的一切話回答他們。他們不再與他說話，因為事情沒有洩漏。
27So all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he spoke to them according to all the words that the king had commanded him: and they left him: for nothing had been heard.
28於是 耶利米 仍在護衛兵的院中，直到 耶路撒冷 被攻取的日子。
28But Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.
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