¹The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.

¹关于非利士的预言

²Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

²耶和华这样说：“看哪！有水从北方涨起，成为一股泛滥的洪流，淹没大地和地上的一切，淹没城镇和住在城中的居民。人必呼喊，地上所有的居民必哀号。

³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

³因为听见战马的蹄声，还有战车辚辚和车轮辘辘的响声，作父亲的双手酸软无力，不能照顾他们的儿女。

⁴because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

⁴日子将到，非利士人必全遭毁灭，所有曾援助推罗和西顿仍然幸存的人必被剪除，因为耶和华要毁灭非利士人，就是迦斐托岛余剩的人。

⁵Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

⁵迦萨成了秃头的，亚实基伦静默无声（“静默无声”或译：“被毁坏了”），在它们的平原上（“在它们的平原上”或参照《七十士译本》译作“亚衲族”﹝参书11:21-22﹞）余剩的人哪，你们划伤自己的身体要到几时呢？”

⁶You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.

⁶耶和华的刀剑哪，你要到几时才可停下来呢？请你入鞘吧！休息静止吧！

⁷How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.

⁷但耶和华既吩咐了它，又怎能停下来呢？他指派了它去攻击亚实基伦和沿海一带。