Jeremiah 1 1 This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Baruch, son of Neriah, when he wrote in a book the prophecies that Jeremiah dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: 以下是耶肋米亚先知对乃黎雅的儿子巴路克说的话:他在犹大王约史雅的儿子约雅金第四年,由耶肋米亚口授,在卷册上记录了这些话: 2 Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, to you, Baruch, "上主,以色列的天主论及你,巴路克,这样说: 3 because you said, "Alas! the LORD adds grief to my pain; I am weary from groaning, and can find no rest": 你曾说:我多么可怜!因为上主在我的愁苦上还加添痛苦;我呻吟憔悴,得不到安宁! 4 say this to him, says the LORD: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: even the whole land. 你应这样对他说:上主这样说:看!我拆毁的,是我所建造的;我拔除的,是我所栽培的;我要打击全地, 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not! I am bringing evil on all mankind, says the LORD, but your life I will leave you as booty, wherever you may go. 你还有什么大事可为自己请求;不必请求了。看,我给一切血肉招来灾祸──上主的断语──至于你,不论你到什么地方去,我必赐你获得性命,如获胜利品。" Footnotes(注解) 1 [1-5] At the conclusion of his narrative, Baruch appends a prophecy given him personally by Jeremiah when he first wrote down Jeremiah's words (cf Jer 36). The future revealed by the prophet had depressed Baruch; this prophecy was to assure him of his personal safety, while repeating the Lord's determination to destroy |