1警戒君民耶和華這樣說：“你下到猶大王的宮中，在那裡宣講這些話，
1Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
2說：‘坐大衛王位的猶大王啊！你和你的臣僕，以及從這些門進來的人民，都要聽耶和華的話。
2Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
3耶和華這樣說：你們要施行公正和公義，解救被搶奪的脫離欺壓者的手，不可虐待或以強暴對待寄居的、孤兒和寡婦，也不可在這地方流無辜人的血。
3Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4如果你們切實地行這些事，就必有坐大衛王位的列王，乘著車，騎著馬，與自己的臣僕和人民進入這王宮的各門。
4For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
5如果你們不聽從這些話，我指著自己起誓，這宮殿必變為廢墟。’”這是耶和華的宣告。
5But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
6因為耶和華論到猶大王的宮殿這樣說：“雖然在我看來，你好像基列，好像黎巴嫩的山峰；我卻要使你變為曠野，變為無人居住的城市。
6For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
7我要指派毀滅者，各有兵器攻擊你；他們必砍下你最好的香柏樹，丟進火裡。
7I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
8多國的人必經過這城，彼此發問：‘耶和華為甚麼這樣對待這大城呢？’
8Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
9必有人說：‘是因為他們離棄了耶和華他們 神的約，並且敬拜事奉別神。’”
9Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
10預言沙龍之禍不要為那已死的人哀哭，不要為他悲傷；卻要為那遠去的人大大哀哭，因為他不得再回來，也不能再見自己的國土。
10Don’t weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
11因為論到猶大王約西亞的兒子，就是繼承他父親約西亞作王的沙龍，耶和華這樣說：“他離開了這地方，必不得再回來；
11For thus says Yahweh touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return there any more.
12因為他要死在被擄去的地方，不得再見這地。
12But in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.
13預言約雅敬之禍“用不義的手段建造自己房屋、用不公正的方法建築自己樓房的，有禍了！他使自己的同胞白白作工，不把工資付給他們。
13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;
14他說：‘我要為自己建造宏偉的房屋、寬敞的樓房。’他又為房屋裝設寬闊的窗戶，用香柏木作鑲板，並且漆上紅色。
14who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15難道你是用香柏木爭勝來表明王的身分嗎？你父親不是也吃也喝，也施行公正和公義嗎？那時他得享福樂。
15Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
16他為困苦和貧窮人伸冤，那時他得享福樂。這不是認識我的真義嗎？”這是耶和華的宣告。
16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me? says Yahweh.
17“但你的眼你的心甚麼都不顧，只顧你的不義之財，只知流無辜人的血，施行欺壓和迫害的事。”
17But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
18因此，論到猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬，耶和華這樣說：“人必不為他哀傷，說：‘哀哉，我哥哥！’‘哀哉，我姊姊！’人必不為他哀傷，說：‘哀哉，主上！’‘哀哉，尊榮的王！’
18Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19他像驢子一樣被埋葬，被拖走，拋在耶路撒冷城門外。”
19He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20“耶路撒冷啊，上黎巴嫩哀叫吧！在巴珊揚聲吧！從亞巴琳哀叫吧！因為你的盟友都毀滅了。
20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.
21你安定的時候，我曾警告過你，你卻說：‘我不聽！’從你幼年以來，你就是這樣，不聽從我的話。
21I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice.
22風要捲走你所有的牧人，你的盟友要被擄去；那時，因你的一切惡行，你必蒙羞受辱。
22The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
23住在黎巴嫩，在香柏林中搭窩的啊！有痛苦臨到你，像產婦劇痛的時候，你要怎樣呻吟呢？”
23Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24預言哥尼雅之禍“我指著我的永生起誓（這是耶和華的宣告），猶大王約雅敬的兒子哥尼雅，雖然你是我右手上的印戒，我也要把你從手上脫下來，
24As I live, says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there;
25交在那些尋索你性命和你們懼怕的人手中，就是交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人手中。
25and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26我要把你和生你的母親驅趕到異地去，你們不是生在那裡，卻要死在那裡。
26I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.
27你們（“你們”原文作“他們”）渴望歸回本國，卻不得回去。”
27But to the land whereunto their soul longs to return, there shall they not return.
28哥尼雅這個人是被鄙視、被摔碎的瓶子，是沒有人喜悅的器皿嗎？他和他的後裔為甚麼被驅趕，被拋棄到他們不認識的地去呢？
28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they don’t know?
29大地啊！大地啊！大地啊！要聽耶和華的話。
29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Yahweh.
30耶和華這樣說：“你們要寫下，這人算為無子，他的一生毫無成就；因為他的後裔中沒有一人可以成功，能坐在大衛的王位上，再次統治猶大。”
30Thus says Yahweh, Write you this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.