Jeremiah

The weeping prophet's witness to the fall of Jerusalem

The oracles and biography of Jeremiah, a Judean prophet active before, during, and after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE. The book oscillates between judgment poetry, prose narratives of the prophet's persecution, and oracles of restoration.

第1章

便雅悯地亚拿突城的祭司中、希勒家的儿子耶利米的话记在下面。

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位十三年、耶和华的话临到耶利米。

to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候、直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年、就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候、耶和华的话、也常临到耶利米。

It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

耶利米说、耶和华的话临到我、说、

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

我未将你造在腹中、我已晓得你、你未出母胎、我已分别你为圣．我已派你作列国的先知。

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

我就说、主耶和华阿、我不知怎样说、因为我是年幼的。

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

耶和华对我说、你不要说我是年幼的．因为我差遣你到谁那里去、你都要去．我吩咐你说甚么话、你都要说。

But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

你不要惧怕他们、因为我与你同在、要拯救你．这是耶和华说的。

Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

于是耶和华伸手按我的口、对我说、我已将当说的话传给你。

Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:

看哪、我今日立你在列邦列国之上、为要施行拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、又要建立栽植。

see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

耶和华的话、又临到我说、耶利米你看见甚么．我说、我看见一根杏树枝。

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree.

耶和华对我说、你看得不错．因为我留意保守我的话、使得成就。

Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

耶和华的话第二次临到我说、你看见甚么．我说、我看见一个烧开的锅、从北而倾。

And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and the face thereof is from the north.

耶和华对我说、必有灾祸从北方发出、临到这地的一切居民。

Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

耶和华说、看哪、我要召北方列国的众族．他们要来、各安座位在耶路撒冷的城门口、周围攻击城墙、又要攻击犹大的一切城邑。

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

至于这民的一切恶、就是离弃我、向别神烧香、跪拜自己手所造的、我要发出我的判语、攻击他们。

And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

所以你当束腰、起来将我所吩咐你的一切话告诉他们．不要因他们惊惶、免得我使你在他们面前惊惶。

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

看哪、我今日使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙、与全地、和犹大的君王、首领、祭司、并地上的众民反对。

For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

他们要攻击你、却不能胜你．因为我与你同在、要拯救你．这是耶和华说的。

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.

第2章

耶和华的话临到我说、

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

你去向耶路撒冷人的耳中喊叫说、耶和华如此说、你幼年的恩爱、婚姻的爱情、你怎样在旷野、在未曾耕种之地跟随我、我都记得。

Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

那时以色列归耶和华为圣、作为土产初熟的果子．凡吞吃他的、必算为有罪．灾祸必临到他们．这是耶和华说的。

Israel [was] holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

雅各家、以色列家的各族阿、你们当听耶和华的话。

Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

耶和华如此说、你们的列祖见我有甚么不义、竟远离我、随从虚无的神、自己成为虚妄的呢．

thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

他们也不说、那领我们从埃及地上来、引导我们经过旷野、沙漠有深坑之地、和干旱死荫、无人经过、无人居住之地的耶和华在哪里呢。

Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

我领你们进入肥美之地、使你们得吃其中的果子和美物．但你们进入的时候、就玷污我的地、使我的产业成为可憎的。

And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

祭司都不说、耶和华在哪里呢．传讲律法的、都不认识我、官长违背我、先知藉巴力说豫言、随从无益的神。

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

耶和华说、我因此必与你们争辩、也必与你们的子孙争辩。

Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children`s children will I contend.

你们且过到基提海岛去察看、打发人往基达去、留心查考、看曾有这样的事没有。

For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.

岂有一国换了他的神么、其实这不是神．但我的百姓、将他们的荣耀、换了那无益的神。

Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

诸天哪、要因此惊奇、极其恐慌、甚为凄凉．这是耶和华说的。

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

因为我的百姓、做了两件恶事、就是离弃我这活水的泉源、为自己凿出池子、是破裂不能存水的池子。

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

以色列是仆人么．是家中生的奴仆么．为何成为掠物呢。

Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey?

少壮狮子向他咆哮、大声吼叫、使他的地荒凉、城邑也都焚烧、无人居住。

The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

挪弗人和答比匿人、也打破你的头顶．

The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.

这事临到你身上、不是你自招的么．不是因耶和华你神引你行路的时候、你离弃他么。

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

现今你为何在埃及路上、要喝西曷的水呢．你为何在亚述路上、要喝大河的水呢。

And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

你自己的恶、必惩治你、你背道的事、必责备你．由此可知可见你离弃耶和华你的神、不存敬畏我的心、乃为恶事、为苦事、这是主万军之耶和华说的。

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

我在古时折断你的轭、解开你的绳索、你说、我必不事奉耶和华．因为你在各高冈上、各青翠树下、屈身行淫。〈或作我在古时折断你的轭解开你的绳索你就说我必不事奉别神谁知你在各高冈上各青翠树下仍屈身行淫〉

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

然而我栽你是上等的葡萄树、全然是真种子．你怎么向我变为外邦葡萄树的坏枝子呢．

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

你虽用碱、多用肥皂洗濯、你罪孽的痕迹、仍然在我面前显出．这是主耶和华说的。

For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

你怎能说、我没有玷污、没有随从众巴力．你看你谷中的路、就知道你所行的如何．你是快行的独峰驼、狂奔乱走．

How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

你是野驴惯在旷野、欲心发动就吸风．起性的时候、谁能使他转去呢．凡寻找他的、必不至疲乏．在他的月分、必能寻见。

a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

我说、你不要使脚上无鞋、喉咙干渴。你倒说、这是枉然．我喜爱别神、我必随从他们。

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

贼被捉拿、怎样羞愧、以色列家、和他们的君王、首领、祭司、先知、也都照样羞愧．

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

他们向木头说、你是我的父、向石头说、你是生我的．他们以背向我、不以面向我．及至遭遇患难的时候却说、起来拯救我们。

who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

你为自己作的神在哪里呢．你遭遇患难的时候、叫他们起来拯救你罢。犹大阿、你神的数目、与你城的数目相等。

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

耶和华说、你们为何与我争辩呢．你们都违背了我。

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

我责打你们的儿女、是徒然的．他们不受惩治．你们自己的刀、吞灭你们的先知、好像残害的狮子。

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

这世代的人哪、你们要看明耶和华的话。我岂向以色列作旷野呢．或作幽暗之地呢．我的百姓为何说、我们脱离约束、再不归向你了。

O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

处女岂能忘记他的妆饰呢、新妇岂能忘记他的美衣呢．我的百姓、却忘记了我无数的日子。

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

你怎么修饰你的道路、要求爱情呢．就是恶劣的妇人、你也叫他们行你的路。

How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

并且你的衣襟上有无辜穷人的血．你杀他们、并不是遇见他们挖窟窿、乃是因这一切的事。

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

你还说、我无辜．耶和华的怒气、必定向我消了．看哪、我必审问你、因你自说、我没有犯罪。

Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

你为何东跑西奔、要更换你的路呢．你必因埃及蒙羞、像从前因亚述蒙羞一样。

Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

你也必两手抱头、从埃及出来．因为耶和华已经弃绝你所倚靠的、你必不因他们得顺利。

From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.

第3章

有话说、人若休妻、妻离他而去、作了别人的妻、前夫岂能再收回他来．若收回他来、那地岂不是大大玷污了么．但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫、还可以归向我．这是耶和华说的。

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man`s, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.

你向净光的高处举目观看．你在何处没有淫行呢．你坐在道旁等候、好像亚拉伯人在旷野埋伏一样．并且你的淫行邪恶玷污了全地。

Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

因此甘霖停止、春〈原文作晚〉雨不降．你还是有娼妓之脸、不顾羞耻。

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot`s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

从今以后、你岂不向我呼叫说、我父阿、你是我幼年的恩主。

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?

耶和华岂永远怀怒、存留到底么．看哪、你又发恶言、又行坏事、随自己的私意而行。〈或作你虽这样说还是行恶放纵欲心〉

Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

约西亚王在位的时候、耶和华又对我说、背道的以色列所行的、你看见没有．他上各高山、在各青翠树下行淫。

Moreover Jehovah said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

他行这些事以后、我说、他必归向我．他却不归向我．他奸诈的妹妹犹大、也看见了。

And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

背道的以色列行淫．我为这缘故给他休书休他．我看见他奸诈的妹妹犹大、还不惧怕、也去行淫。

And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot.

因以色列轻忽了他的淫乱、和石头木头行淫、地就被玷污了。

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

虽有这一切的事、他奸诈的妹妹犹大、还不一心归向我、不过是假意归我．这是耶和华说的。

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.

耶和华对我说、背道的以色列、比奸诈的犹大还显为义

And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

你去向北方宣告说、耶和华说、背道的以色列阿、回来罢．我必不怒目看你们．因为我是慈爱的、我必不永远存怒．这是耶和华说的。

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep [anger] for ever.

只要承认你的罪孽、就是你违背耶和华你的神、在各青翠树下、向别神东奔西跑、没有听从我的话．这是耶和华说的。

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、背道的儿女阿、回来罢．因为我作你们的丈夫．并且我必将你们从一城取一人、从一族取两人、带到锡安。

Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

我也必将合我心的牧者、赐给你们．他们必以知识和智慧、牧养你们。

and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

耶和华说、你们在国中生养众多、当那些日子、人必不再题说、耶和华的约柜．不追想、不记念、不觉缺少、也不再制造。

And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

那时、人必称耶路撒冷为耶和华的宝座．万国必到耶路撒冷、在耶和华立名的地方聚集．他们必不再随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

当那些日子、犹大家要和以色列家同行、从北方之地、一同来到我赐给你们列祖为业之地。

In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.

我说、我怎样将你安置在儿女之中、赐给你美地、就是万国中肥美的产业．我又说、你们必称我为父、也不再转去不跟从我。

But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

以色列家、你们向我行诡诈、真像妻子行诡诈、离开他丈夫一样．这是耶和华说的。

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

在净光的高处听见人声、就是以色列人哭泣恳求之声．乃因他们走弯曲之道、忘记耶和华他们的神。

A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping [and] the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

你们这背道的儿女阿、回来罢．我要医治你们背道的病。看哪、我们来到你这里．因你是耶和华我们的神。

Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God.

仰望从小山、或从大山的喧嚷中得帮助、真是枉然的．以色列得救、诚然在乎耶和华我们的神。

Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

从我们幼年以来、那可耻的偶像、将我们列祖所劳碌得来的羊群牛群、和他们的儿女、都吞吃了。

But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

我们在羞耻中躺卧罢．愿惭愧将我们遮盖．因为从立国〈原文作幼年〉以来、我们和我们的列祖、常常得罪耶和华我们的神、没有听从耶和华我们神的话。

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.

第4章

耶和华说、以色列阿、你若回来归向我、若从我眼前除掉你可憎的偶像、你就不被迁移．

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, if thou wilt return unto me, and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight; then shalt thou not be removed;

你必凭诚实、公平、公义、指着永生的耶和华起誓．列国必因耶和华称自己为有福、也必因他夸耀。

and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

耶和华对犹大和耶路撒冷人如此说、要开垦你们的荒地、不要撒种在荆棘中。

For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪、你们当自行割礼、归耶和华、将心里的污秽除掉．恐怕我的忿怒、因你们的恶行发作、如火𤏲起、甚至无人能以熄灭。

Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

你们当传扬在犹大、宣告在耶路撒冷、说、你们当在国中吹角、高声呼叫说、你们当聚集、我们好进入坚固城。

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.

应当向锡安竖立大旗．要逃避、不要迟延．因我必使灾祸、与大毁灭、从北方来到。

Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

有狮子从密林中上来、是毁坏列国的．他已经动身、出离本处、要使你的地荒凉、使你的城邑变为荒场、无人居住。

A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

因此你们当腰束麻布、大声哀号．因为耶和华的烈怒、没有向我们转消。

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

耶和华说、到那时君王和首领的心、都要消灭．祭司都要惊奇、先知都要诧异。

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

我说、哀哉、主耶和华阿、你真是大大的欺哄这百姓和耶路撒冷、说、你们必得平安．其实刀剑害及性命了。

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

那时、必有话对这百姓和耶路撒冷说、有一阵热风、从旷野净光的高处、向我的众民〈原文作民女〉刮来、不是为簸扬、也不是为扬净．

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

必有一阵更大的风、从这些地方为我刮来．现在我又必发出判语、攻击他们。

a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.

看哪、仇敌必如云上来、他的战车如旋风、他的马匹比鹰更快。我们有祸了．我们败落了。

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

耶路撒冷阿、你当洗去心中的恶、使你可以得救．恶念存在你心里、要到几时呢。

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

有声音从但传扬、从以法莲山报祸患．

For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim:

你们当传给列国、报告攻击耶路撒冷的事、说、有探望的人、从远方来到、向犹大的城邑、大声呐喊。

make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

他们周围攻击耶路撒冷、好像看守田园的、因为他背叛了我．这是耶和华说的。

As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

你的行动、你的作为、招惹这事．这是你罪恶的结果．实在是苦、是害及你心了。

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

我的肺腑阿、我的肺腑阿、我心疼痛．我心在我里面、烦躁不安．我不能静默不言．因为我已经听见角声、和打仗的喊声。

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

毁坏的信息连络不绝．因为全地荒废．我的帐棚、忽然毁坏、我的幔子、顷刻破裂。

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.

我看见大旗、听见角声、要到几时呢。

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

耶和华说、我的百性愚顽、不认识我．他们是愚昧无知的儿女．有智慧行恶、没有知识行善。

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

先知说、我观看地、不料、地是空虚混沌、我观看天、天也无光。

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

我观看大山、不料、尽都震动、小山也都摇来摇去。

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

我观看、不料、无人、空中的飞鸟也都躲避。

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

我观看、不料、肥田变为荒地、一切城邑在耶和华面前、因他的烈怒、都被拆毁。

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, [and] before his fierce anger.

耶和华如此说、全地必然荒凉、我却不毁灭净尽。

For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

因此、地要悲哀、在上的天、也必黑暗．因为我言已出、我意已定、必不后悔、也不转意不作。

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

各城的人、因马兵和弓箭手的响声、就都逃跑、进入密林、爬上磐石．各城被撇下、无人住在其中。

Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.

你凄凉的时候要怎样行呢．你虽穿上朱红衣服、佩戴黄金装饰、用颜料修饰眼目、这样标致、是枉然的．恋爱你的藐视你、并且寻索你的性命。

And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

我听见有声音、仿佛妇人产难的声音、好像生头胎疼痛的声音、是锡安女子的声音．〈女子就是指民的意思〉他喘着气、挓挲手、说、我有祸了．在杀人的跟前、我的心发昏了。

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

第5章

你们当在耶路撒冷的街上、跑来跑去、在宽阔处寻找、看看有一人行公义、求诚实没有、若有、我就赦免这城。

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

其中的人、虽然指着永生的耶和华起誓、所起的誓、实在是假的。

And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

耶和华阿、你的眼目、不是看顾诚实么．你击打他们、他们却不伤恸．你毁灭他们、他们仍不受惩治．他们使脸刚硬过于磐石、不肯回头。

O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

我说、这些人实在是贫穷的、是愚昧的．因为不晓得耶和华的作为、和他们神的法则。

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

我要去见尊大的人、对他们说话．因为他们晓得耶和华的作为、和他们神的法则．那知、这些人齐心将轭折断、挣开绳索。

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

因此、林中的狮子、必害死他们、晚上〈或作野地〉的豺狼、必灭绝他们、豹子要在城外窥伺他们．凡出城的、必被撕碎．因为他们的罪过极多、背道的事也加增了。

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

我怎能赦免你呢．你的儿女离弃我、又指着那不是神的起誓．我使他们饱足、他们就行奸淫、成群的聚集在娼妓家里。

How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots` houses.

他们像餧饱的马、到处乱跑、各向他邻舍的妻发嘶声。

They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor`s wife.

耶和华说、我岂不因这些事讨罪呢．岂不报复这样的国民呢。

Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

你们要上他葡萄园的墙、施行毁坏．但不可毁坏净尽、只可除掉他的枝子．因为不属耶和华。

Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah`s.

原来以色列家和犹大家、大行诡诈攻击我．这是耶和华说的。

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

他们不认耶和华、说、这并不是他、灾祸必不临到我们．刀剑和饥荒、我们也看不见。

They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

先知的话、必成为风、道也不在他们里面．这灾必临到他们身上。

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

所以耶和华万军之神如此说、因为百姓说这话、我必使我的话、在你口中为火、使他们为柴、这火便将他们烧灭。

Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

耶和华说、以色列家阿、我必使一国的民从远方来攻击你、是强盛的国、是从古而有的国．他们的言语你不晓得、他们的话你不明白。

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

他们的箭袋、是敞开的坟墓、他们都是勇士。

Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

他们必吃尽你的庄稼、和你的粮食、是你儿女该吃的．必吃尽你的牛羊、吃尽你的葡萄和无花果．又必用刀毁坏你所倚靠的坚固城。

And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

耶和华说、就是到那时、我也不将你们毁灭净尽。

But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

百姓若说、耶和华我们的神、为甚么向我们行这一切事呢．你就对他们说、你们怎样离弃耶和华、〈原文作我〉在你们的地上、事奉外邦神、也必照样在不属你们的地上、事奉外邦人。

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

当传扬在雅各家、报告在犹大、说、

Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

愚昧无知的百姓阿、你们有眼不看、有耳不听、现在当听这话。

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

耶和华说、你们怎么不惧怕我呢．我以永远的定例、用沙为海的界限、水不得越过．因此、你们在我面前还不战兢么。波浪虽然翻腾、却不能逾越．虽然匉訇、却不能过去。

Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

但这百姓有背叛忤逆的心．他们叛我而去。

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

心内也不说、我们应当敬畏耶和华我们的神．他按时赐雨、就是秋雨春雨．又为我们定收割的节令、永存不废。

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

你们的罪孽、使这些事转离你们、你们的罪恶、使你们不能得福。

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

因为在我民中有恶人、他们埋伏窥探、好像捕鸟的人．他们设立圈套陷害人。

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

笼内怎样满了雀鸟、他们的房中、也照样充满诡诈．所以他们得成为大、而且富足。

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

他们肥胖光润、作恶过甚、不为人伸冤、就是不为孤儿伸冤、不使他亨通、也不为穷人辨屈。

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

耶和华说、我岂不因这些事讨罪呢．岂不报复这样的国民呢。

Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

国中有可惊骇、可憎恶的事．

A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

就是先知说假豫言、祭司藉他们把持权柄．我的百姓也喜爱这些事．到了结局你们怎样行呢。

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

第6章

便雅悯人哪、你们要逃出耶路撒冷、在提哥亚吹角、在伯哈基琳立号旗．因为有灾祸、与大毁灭、从北方张望。

Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.

那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子、我必剪除。〈女子就是指民的意思〉

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

牧人必引他们的羊群到他那里、在他周围支搭帐棚、各在自己所占之地、使羊吃草。

Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

你们要准备攻击他、起来罢、我们可以趁午时上去。哀哉、日已渐斜、晚影拖长了。

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

起来罢、我们夜间上去、毁坏他的宫殿。

Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

因为万军之耶和华如此说、你们要砍伐树木、筑垒攻打耶路撒冷．这就是那该罚的城、其中尽是欺压。

For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

井怎样涌出水来、这城也照样涌出恶来．在其间常听见有强暴毁灭的事、病患损伤也常在我面前。

As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

耶路撒冷阿、你当受教、免得我心与你生疏、免得我使你荒凉、成为无人居住之地。

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

万军之耶和华曾如此说、敌人必掳尽以色列剩下的民、如同摘净葡萄一样．你要像摘葡萄的人摘了又摘、回手放在筐子里。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.

现在我可以向谁说话作见证、使他们听呢．他们的耳朵未受割礼、不能听见．看哪、耶和华的话、他们以为羞辱、不以为喜悦。

To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

因此我被耶和华的忿怒充满、难以含忍．我要倾在街中的孩童、和聚会的少年人身上．连夫带妻、并年老的与日子满足的、都必被擒拿。

Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

他们的房屋、田地、和妻子、都必转归别人．我要伸手攻击这地的居民．这是耶和华说的。

And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.

因为他们从最小的到至大的、都一味的贪婪．从先知到祭司、都行事虚谎。

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

他们轻轻忽忽的医治我百姓的损伤、说、平安了、平安了．其实没有平安。

They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

他们行可憎的事、知道惭愧么．不然、他们毫不惭愧、也不知羞耻．因此、他们必在仆倒的人中仆倒．我向他们讨罪的时候、他们必致跌倒．这是耶和华说的。

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

耶和华如此说、你们当站在路上察看、访问古道、那是善道、便行在其间．这样、你们心里必得安息．他们却说、我们不行在其间。

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].

我设立守望的人照管你们、说、要听角声．他们却说、我们不听。

And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

列国阿、因此你们当听．会众阿、要知道他们必遭遇的事。

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

地阿、当听我必使灾祸临到这百姓、就是他们意念所结的果子、因为他们不听从我的言语．至于我的训诲、〈或作律法〉他们也厌弃了。

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

从示巴出的乳香、从远方出的菖蒲、〈或作甘蔗〉奉来给我有何益呢．你们的燔祭不蒙悦纳、你们的平安祭我也不喜悦。

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

所以耶和华如此说、我要将绊脚石放在这百姓前面．父亲和儿子、要一同跌在其上．邻舍与朋友、也都灭亡。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.

耶和华如此说、看哪、有一种民、从北方而来．并有一大国被激动、从地极来到。

Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

他们拿弓和枪．性情残忍、不施怜悯．他们的声音、像海浪匉訇．锡安城阿、〈城原文作女子〉他们骑马、都摆队伍、如上战场的人要攻击你。

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

我们听见他们的风声、手就发软．痛苦将我们抓住、疼痛仿佛产难的妇人。

We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

你们不要往田野去、也不要行在路上．因四围有仇敌的刀剑、和惊吓。

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.

我民哪、〈民原文作民女〉应当腰束麻布、辊在灰中．你要悲伤、如丧独生子痛痛哭号、因为灭命的要忽然临到我们。

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

我使你在我民中为高台、为保障、〈高台或作试验人的〉使你知道试验他们的行动。

I have made thee a trier [and] a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

他们都是极悖逆的、往来谗谤人．他们是铜是铁、都行坏事。

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

风箱吹火．铅被烧毁．他们炼而又炼、终是徒然．因为恶劣的还未除掉。

The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

人必称他们为被弃的银渣、因为耶和华已经弃掉他们。

Refuse silver shall men them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.

第7章

耶和华的话临到耶利米、说、

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

你当站在耶和华殿的门口、在那里宣传这话、说、你们进这些门敬拜耶和华的一切犹大人、当听耶和华的话。

Stand in the gate of Jehovah`s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们改正行动作为、我就使你们在这地方仍然居住。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

你们不要倚靠虚谎的话、说、这些是耶和华的殿、是耶和华的殿、是耶和华的殿。

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

你们若实在改正行动作为、在人和邻舍中间诚然施行公平．

For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

不欺压寄居的、和孤儿寡妇、在这地方不流无辜人的血、也不随从别神陷害自己．

if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

我就使你们在这地方仍然居住、就是我古时所赐给你们列祖的地、直到永远。

then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.

看哪、你们倚靠虚谎无益的话。

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

你们偷盗、杀害、奸淫、起假誓、向巴力烧香、并随从素不认识的别神．

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

且来到这称为我名下的殿、在我面前敬拜、又说、我们可以自由了．你们这样的举动、是要行那些可憎的事么。

and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

这称为我名下的殿、在你们眼中、岂可看为贼窝么．我都看见了．这是耶和华说的。

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

你们且往示罗去、就是我先前立为我名的居所、察看我因这百姓以色列的罪恶、向那地所行的如何。

But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

耶和华说、现在因你们行了这一切的事、我也从早起来警戒你们、你们却不听从、呼唤你们、你们却不答应．

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:

所以我要向这称我为名下、你们所倚靠的殿、与我所赐给你们和你们列祖的地施行、照我从前向示罗所行的一样。

therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

我必将你们从我眼前赶出、正如赶出你们的众弟兄、就是以法莲的一切后裔。

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

所以你不要为这百姓祈祷、不要为他们呼求祷告、也不要向我为他们祈求．因我不听允你。

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

他们在犹大城邑中和耶路撒冷街上所行的、你没有看见么。

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

孩子捡柴、父亲烧火、妇女抟面作饼、献给天后、又向别神浇奠祭、惹我发怒。

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

耶和华说、他们岂是惹我发怒呢．不是自己惹祸、以致脸上惭愧么。

Do they provoke me to anger? saith Jehovah; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?

所以主耶和华如此说、看哪、我必将我的怒气和忿怒、倾在这地方的人和牲畜身上、并田野的树木和地里的出产上．必如火𤏲起、不能熄灭。

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, mine anger and my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们将燔祭加在平安祭上、吃肉罢。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

因为我将你们列祖从埃及地领出来的那日、燔祭平安祭的事、我并没有题说、也没有吩咐他们．

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

我只吩咐他们这一件、说、你们当听从我的话、我就作你们的神、你们也作我的子民．你们行我所吩咐的一切道、就可以得福。

but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

他们却不听从、不侧耳而听、竟随从自己的计谋、和顽梗的恶心、向后不向前。

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

自从你们列祖出埃及地的那日、直到今日、我差遣我的仆人众先知、到你们那里去、每日从早起来差遣他们．

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

你们却不听从、不侧耳而听、竟硬着颈项行恶、比你们列祖更甚。

yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

你要将这一切的话告诉他们、他们却不听从、呼唤他们、他们却不答应。

And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

你要对他们说、这就是不听从耶和华他们神的话、不受教训的国民．从他们的口中诚实灭绝了。

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

耶路撒冷阿、要剪发抛弃、在净光的高处举哀．因为耶和华丢掉离弃了惹他忿怒的世代。

Cut off thy hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

耶和华说、犹大人行我眼中看为恶的事、将可憎之物设立在称为我名下的殿中、污秽这殿。

For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

他们在欣嫩子谷建筑陀斐特的邱坛、好在火中焚烧自己的儿女．这并不是我所吩咐的、也不是我心所起的意。

And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.

耶和华说、因此日子将到、这地方不再称为陀斐特和欣嫩子谷、反倒称为杀戮谷．因为要在陀斐特葬埋尸首、甚至无处可葬。

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place [to bury].

并且这百姓的尸首、必给空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽作食物、并无人哄赶。

And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

那时、我必使犹大城邑中、和耶路撒冷街上、欢喜和快乐的声音、新郎和新妇的声音、都止息了．因为地必成为荒场。

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste.

第8章

耶和华说、到那时人必将犹大王的骸骨、和他首领的骸骨、祭司的骸骨、先知的骸骨、并耶路撒冷居民的骸骨、都从坟墓中取出来、

At that time, saith Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

抛散在日头、月亮、和天上众星之下、就是他们从前所喜爱、所事奉、所随从、所求问、所敬拜的．这些骸骨不再收殓、不再葬埋．必在地面上、成为粪土。

and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

并且这恶族所剩下的民、在我所赶他们到的各处、宁可拣死不拣生、这是万军之耶和华说的。

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.

你要对他们说、耶和华如此说、人跌倒、不再起来么．人转去、不再转来么。

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

这耶路撒冷的民、为何恒久背道呢．他们守定诡诈、不肯回头。

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

我留心听、听见他们说不正直的话．无人悔改恶行、说、我作的是甚么呢．他们各人转奔己路、如马直闯战场。

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

空中的鹳鸟、知道来去的定期．斑鸠燕子与白鹤、也守候当来的时令．我的百姓、却不知道耶和华的法则。

Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.

你们怎么说、我们有智慧、耶和华的律法在我们这里．看哪、文士的假笔舞弄虚假。

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

智慧人惭愧、惊惶、被擒拿．他们弃掉耶和华的话、心里还有甚么智慧呢。

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

所以我必将他们的妻子给别人、将他们的田地给别人为业．因为他们从最小的到至大的、都一味的贪婪．从先知到祭司、都行事虚谎。

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

他们轻轻忽忽的医治我百姓的损伤、说、平安了、平安了．其实没有平安。

And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

他们行可憎的事、知道惭愧么．不然、他们毫不惭愧、也不知羞耻．因此他们必在仆倒的人中仆倒．我向他们讨罪的时候、他们必致跌倒．这是耶和华说的。

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、我必使他们全然灭绝．葡萄树上必没有葡萄、无花果树上必没有果子、叶子也必枯干．我所赐给他们的、必离开他们过去。

I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.

我们为何静坐不动呢．我们当聚集、进入坚固城、在那里静默不言．因为耶和华我们的神、使我们静默不言、又将苦胆水给我们喝、都因我们得罪了耶和华。

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

我们指望平安、却得不着好处．指望痊愈的时候、不料、受了惊惶．

We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

听见从但那里敌人的马喷鼻气．他的壮马发嘶声、全地就都震动．因为他们来吞灭这地、和其上所有的．吞灭这城、与其中的居民。

The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.

看哪、我必使毒蛇到你们中间、是不服法术的、必咬你们．这是耶和华说的。

For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

我有忧愁、愿能自慰．我心在我里面发昏。

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

听阿、是我百姓的哀声、从极远之地而来、说、耶和华不在锡安么．锡安的王不在其中么．耶和华说、他们为甚么以雕刻的偶像、和外邦虚无的神、惹我发怒呢。

Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

麦秋已过、夏令已完、我们还未得救。

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

先知说、因我百姓的损伤、我也受了损伤．我哀痛．惊惶将我抓住。

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

在基列岂没有乳香呢．在那里岂没有医生呢．我百姓为何不得痊愈呢。

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

第9章

但愿我的头为水、我的眼为泪的泉源、我好为我百姓〈原文作民女七节同〉中被杀的人、昼夜哭泣。

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

惟愿我在旷野有行路人住宿之处、使我可以离开我的民出去．因他们都是行奸淫的、是行诡诈的一党。

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

他们弯起舌头、像弓一样、为要说谎话．他们在国中、增长势力、不是为行诚实、乃是恶上加恶、并不认识我．这是耶和华说的。

And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

你们各人当谨防邻舍、不可信靠弟兄．因为弟兄尽行欺骗、邻舍都往来谗谤人。

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

他们各人欺哄邻舍、不说真话．他们教舌头学习说谎．劳劳碌碌的作孽。

And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

你的住处在诡诈的人中．他们因行诡诈不肯认识我．这是耶和华说的。

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

所以万军之耶和华如此说、看哪、我要将他们镕化熬炼．不然、我因我百姓的罪该怎样行呢。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

他们的舌头是毒箭、说话诡诈．人与邻舍口说和平话、心却谋害他。

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

耶和华说、我岂不因这些事讨他们的罪呢．岂不报复这样的国民呢。

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

我要为山岭哭泣悲哀、为旷野的草场扬声哀号、因为都已干焦、甚至无人经过．人也听不见牲畜鸣叫．空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽、都已逃去。

For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

我必使耶路撒冷变为乱堆、为野狗的住处．也必使犹大的城邑、变为荒场、无人居住。

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

谁是智慧人、可以明白这事．耶和华的口向谁说过、使他可以传说．遍地为何灭亡干焦好像旷野、甚至无人经过呢。

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

耶和华说、因为这百姓离弃我在他们面前所设立的律法、没有遵行、也没有听从我的话．

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

只随从自己顽梗的心行事、照他们列祖所教训的、随从众巴力．

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;

所以万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、看哪、我必将茵蔯给这百姓吃、又将苦胆水给他们喝。

therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

我要把他们散在列邦中、就是他们和他们列祖素不认识的列邦．我也要使刀剑追杀他们、直到将他们灭尽。

I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

万军之耶和华如此说、你们应当思想、将善唱哀歌的妇女召来．又打发人召善哭的妇女来。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

叫他们速速为我们举哀、使我们眼泪汪汪、使我们的眼皮涌出水来。

and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

因为听见哀声出于锡安、说、我们怎样败落了．我们大大的惭愧、我们撇下地土、人也拆毁了我们的房屋。

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.

妇女们哪、你们当听耶和华的话、领受他口中的言语．又当教导你们的儿女举哀、各人教导邻舍唱哀歌。

Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

因为死亡上来、进了我们的窗户、入了我们的宫殿．要从外边剪除孩童、从街上剪除少年人。

For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

你当说、耶和华如此说、人的尸首必倒在田野像粪土、又像收割的人遗落的一把禾稼、无人收取。

Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather [them].

耶和华如此说、智慧人不要因他的智慧夸口、勇士不要因他的勇力夸口、财主不要因他的财物夸口．

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

夸口的却因他有聪明、认识我是耶和华、又知道我喜悦在世上施行慈爱公平和公义、以此夸口．这是耶和华说的。

but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、看哪、日子将到、我要刑罚一切受过割礼、心却未受割礼的．

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

就是埃及、犹大、以东、亚扪人、摩押人、和一切住在旷野剃周围头发的．因为列国人都没有受割礼、以色列人心中、也没有受割礼。

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

第10章

以色列家阿、要听耶和华对你们所说的话。

Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

耶和华如此说、你们不要效法列国的行为、也不要为天象惊惶．因列国为此事惊惶。

thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.

众民的风俗是虚空的．他们在树林中用斧子砍伐一棵树、匠人用手工造成偶像。

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

他们用金银妆饰他、用钉子和锤子钉稳、使他不动摇。

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

他好像棕树、是镟成的、不能说话、不能行走、必须有人抬着。你们不要怕他．他不能降祸、也无力降福。

They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

耶和华阿、没有能比你的．你本为大、有大能大力的名。

There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

万国的王阿、谁不敬畏你．敬畏你本是合宜的．因为在列国的智慧人中、虽有政权的尊荣、也不能比你。

Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

他们尽都是畜类、是愚昧的．偶像的训诲算甚么呢．偶像不过是木头。

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

有银子打成片、是从他施带来的、并有从乌法来的金子、都是匠人和银匠的手工．又有蓝色紫色料的衣服、都是巧匠的工作。

There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

惟耶和华是真神、是活神、是永远的王．他一发怒大地震动、他一恼恨、列国都担当不起。

But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

你们要对他们如此说、不是那创造天地的神、必从地上从天下被除灭。

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.

耶和华用能力创造大地、用智慧建立世界、用聪明铺张穹苍。

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

他一发声、空中便有多水激动．他使云雾从地极上腾．他造电随雨而闪、从他府库中带出风来。

when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

各人都成了畜类、毫无知识．各银匠都因他雕刻的偶像羞愧．他所铸的偶像、本是虚假的、其中并无气息．

Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

都是虚无的、是迷惑人的工作．到追讨的时候、必被除灭。

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

雅各的分不像这些．因他是造作万有的主．以色列也是他产业的支派．万军之耶和华是他的名。

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

受围困的人哪、当收拾你的财物、从国中带出去。

Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

因为耶和华如此说、这时候、我必将此地的居民、好像用机弦甩出去、又必加害在他们身上、使他们觉悟。

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

民说、祸哉、我受损伤．我的伤痕、极其重大．我却说、这真是我的痛苦、必须忍受。

Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

我的帐棚毁坏、我的绳索折断。我的儿女离我出去、没有了．无人再支搭我的帐棚、挂起我的幔子。

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

因为牧人都成为畜类、没有求问耶和华．所以不得顺利、他们的羊群也都分散。

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

有风声、看哪、敌人来了、有大扰乱从北方出来、要使犹大城邑、变为荒凉、成为野狗的住处。

The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

耶和华阿、我晓得人的道路不由自己．行路的人、也不能定自己的脚步。

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

耶和华阿、求你从宽惩治我．不要在你的怒中惩治我、恐怕使我归于无有。

O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

愿你将忿怒倾在不认识你的列国中、和不求告你名的各族上．因为他们吞了雅各、不但吞了而且灭绝、把他的住处变为荒场。

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

第11章

耶和华的话临到耶利米、说、

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

当听这约的话、告诉犹大人、和耶路撒冷的居民．

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

对他们说、耶和华以色列的神如此说、不听从这约之话的人、必受咒诅．

and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,

这约、是我将你们列祖从埃及地领出来、脱离铁炉的那日所吩咐他们的、说、你们要听从我的话、照我一切所吩咐的去行．这样、你们就作我的子民、我也作你们的神．

which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;

我好坚定向你们列祖所起的誓、给他们流奶与蜜之地、正如今日一样。我就回答说、耶和华阿、阿们。

that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.

耶和华对我说、你要在犹大城邑中、和耶路撒冷街市上、宣告这一切话、说、你们当听从遵行这约的话。

And Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

因为我将你们列祖从埃及地领出来的那日、直到今日、都是从早起来、切切告诫他们、说、你们当听从我的话。

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

他们却不听从、不侧耳而听、竟随从自己顽梗的恶心去行．所以我使这约中一切咒诅的话、临到他们身上、这约是我吩咐他们行的、他们却不去行。

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.

耶和华对我说、在犹大人和耶路撒冷居民中、有同谋背叛的事。

And Jehovah said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

他们转去效法他们的先祖、不肯听我的话、犯罪作孽．又随从别神事奉他．以色列家和犹大家背了我与他们列祖所立的约。

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

所以耶和华如此说、我必使灾祸临到他们、是他们不能逃脱的．他们必向我哀求、我却不听。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.

那时犹大城邑的人、和耶路撒冷的居民、要去哀求他们烧香所供奉的神．只是遭难的时候、这些神毫不拯救他们。

Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

犹大阿、你神的数目、与你城的数目相等．你为那可耻的巴力所筑烧香的坛、也与耶路撒冷街道的数目相等。

For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

所以你不要为这百姓祈祷、不要为他们呼求祷告．因为他们遭难向我哀求的时候、我必不应允。

Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.

我所亲爱的、既行许多淫乱、圣肉也离了你、你在我殿中作甚么呢．你作恶就喜乐。

What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

从前耶和华给你起名叫青橄榄树、又华美、又结好果子．如今他用哄嚷之声、点火在其上、枝子也被折断。

Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

原来栽培你的万军之耶和华已经说、要降祸攻击你、是因以色列家和犹大家行恶、向巴力烧香、惹我发怒、是自作自受。

For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.

耶和华指示我、我就知道．你将他们所行的给我指明。

And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.

我却像柔顺的羊羔、被牵到宰杀之地．我并不知道他们设计谋害我、说、我们把树连果子都灭了罢、将他从活人之地剪除、使他的名不再被记念。

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

按公义判断、察验人肺腑心肠的万军之耶和华阿、我却要见你在他们身上报仇．因我将我的案件向你禀明了。

But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

所以耶和华论到寻索你命的亚拿突人如此说、他们说、你不要奉耶和华的名说豫言、免得你死在我们手中．

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand;

所以万军之耶和华如此说、看哪、我必刑罚他们、他们的少年人、必被刀剑杀死．他们的儿女、必因饥荒灭亡。

therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;

并且没有馀剩的人留给他们．因为在追讨之年、我必使灾祸临到亚拿突人。

and there shall be no remnant unto them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

第12章

耶和华阿、我与你争辩的时候、你显为义．但有一件、我还要与你理论．恶人的道路为何亨通呢．大行诡诈的为何得安逸呢．

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

你栽培了他们、他们也扎了根、长大、而且结果．他们的口、是与你相近、心却与你远离。

Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

耶和华阿、你晓得我、看见我、察验我向你是怎样的心．求你将他们拉出来、好像将宰的羊、叫他们等候杀戮的日子。

But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

这地悲哀、通国的青草枯干、要到几时呢．因其上居民的恶行、牲畜和飞鸟都灭绝了．他们曾说、他看不见我们的结局。

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

耶和华说、你若与步行的人同跑、尚且觉累、怎能与马赛跑呢．你在平安之地、虽然安稳、在约但河边的丛林要怎样行呢。

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

因为连你弟兄和你父家、都用奸诈待你．他们也在你后边大声喊叫．虽向你说好话、你也不要信他们。

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

我离了我的殿宇、撇弃我的产业、将我心里所亲爱的、交在他仇敌的手中。

I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

我的产业向我如林中的狮子．他发声攻击我．因此我恨恶他。

My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

我的产业、向我岂如斑点的鸷鸟呢．鸷鸟岂在他四围攻击他呢．你们要去聚集田野的百兽、带来吞吃罢。

Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

许多牧人毁坏我的葡萄园、践踏我的分、使我美好的分变为荒凉的旷野。

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

他们使地荒凉．地既荒凉、便向我悲哀．全地荒凉、因无人介意。

They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

灭命的都来到旷野中一切净光的高处．耶和华的刀、从地这边、直到地那边、尽行杀灭．凡有血气的、都不得平安。

Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.

他们种的是麦子、收的是荆棘．劳劳苦苦、却毫无益处．因耶和华的烈怒、你们必为自己的土产羞愧。

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

耶和华如此说、一切恶邻、就是占据我使百姓以色列所承受产业的、我要将他们拔出本地、又要将犹大家从他们中间拔出来。

Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

我拔出他们以后、我必转过来怜悯他们、把他们再带回来、各归本业、各归故土。

And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

他们若殷勤学习我百姓的道、指着我的名起誓、说、我指着永生的耶和华起誓．正如他们从前教我百姓指着巴力起誓、他们就必建立在我百姓中间。

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

他们若是不听、我必拔出那国、拔出而且毁灭．这是耶和华说的。

But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, saith Jehovah.

第13章

耶和华对我如此说、你去买一根麻布带子束腰、不可放在水中。

Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

我就照着耶和华的话、买了一根带子束腰。

So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

耶和华的话、第二次临到我说、

And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,

要拿着你所买的腰带、就是你腰上的带子、起来、往伯拉河去、将腰带藏在那里的磐石穴中。

Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

我就去、照着耶和华所吩咐我的、将腰带藏在伯拉河边。

So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.

过了多日、耶和华对我说、你起来、往伯拉河去、将我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带取出来。

And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.

我就往伯拉河去、将腰带从我所藏的地方刨出来．见腰带已经变坏、毫无用了。

Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

耶和华的话临到我说、

Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

耶和华如此说、我必照样败坏犹大的骄傲、和耶路撒冷的大骄傲。

Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

这恶民、不肯听我的话、按自己顽梗的心而行、随从别神、事奉敬拜、他们也必像这腰带、变为无用。

This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.

耶和华说、腰带怎样紧贴人腰、照样、我也使以色列全家、和犹大全家紧贴我、好叫他们属我为子民、使我得名声、得颂赞、得荣耀．他们却不肯听。

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah; that they may be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

所以你要对他们说、耶和华以色列的神如此说、各坛都要盛满了酒．他们必对你说、我们岂不确知各坛都要盛满了酒呢。

Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

你就要对他们说、耶和华如此说、我必使这地的一切居民、就是坐大卫宝座的君王、和祭司、与先知、并耶路撒冷的一切居民、都酩酊大醉。

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David`s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

耶和华说、我要使他们彼此相碰、就是父与子彼此相碰．我必不可怜、不顾惜、不怜悯、以致灭绝他们。

And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

你们当听、当侧耳而听．不要骄傲．因为耶和华已经说了。

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

耶和华你们的神未使黑暗来到、你们的脚、未在昏暗山上绊跌之先、当将荣耀归给他．免得你们盼望光明、他使光明变为死荫、成为幽暗。

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

你们若不听这话、我必因你们的骄傲、在暗地哭泣．我眼必痛哭流泪、因为耶和华的群众被掳去了。

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah`s flock is taken captive.

你要对君王和太后说、你们当自卑、坐在下边、因你们的头巾、就是你们的华冠、已经脱落了。

Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.

南方的城、尽都关闭、无人开放．犹大全被掳掠、且掳掠净尽。

The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.

你们要举目观看从北方来的人．先前赐给你的群众、就是你佳美的群众、如今在哪里呢。

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

耶和华立你自己所交的朋友为首、辖制你、那时你还有甚么话说呢．痛苦岂不将你抓住、像产难的妇人么。

What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?

你若心里说、这一切事为何临到我呢．你的衣襟揭起、你的脚跟受伤、是因你的罪孽甚多。

And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.

古实人岂能改变皮肤呢．豹岂能改变斑点呢．若能、你们这习惯行恶的、便能行善了。

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

所以我必用旷野的风、吹散他们、像吹过的碎秸一样。

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

耶和华说、这是你所当得的、是我量给你的分．因为你忘记我、倚靠虚假。〈或作偶像〉

This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

所以我要揭起你的衣襟、蒙在你脸上、显出你的丑陋。

Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.

你那些可憎恶之事、就是在田野的山上行奸淫、发嘶声、做淫乱的事、我都看见了。耶路撒冷阿、你有祸了．你不肯洁净、还要到几时呢。

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

第14章

耶和华论到干旱之灾的话、临到耶利米。

The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

犹大悲哀、城门衰败、众人披上黑衣坐在地上．耶路撒冷的哀声上达。

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

他们的贵胄打发家僮打水．他们来到水池、见没有水、就拿着空器皿、蒙羞惭愧、抱头而回。

And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

耕地的也蒙羞抱头．因为无雨降在地上、地都干裂。

Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

田野的母鹿、生下小鹿、就撇弃、因为无草。

Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.

野驴站在净光的高处、喘气好像野狗．因为无草、眼目失明。

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

耶和华阿、我们的罪孽、虽然作见证告我们、还求你为你名的缘故行事．我们本是多次背道、得罪了你。

Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name`s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

以色列所盼望在患难时作他救主的阿、你为何在这地像寄居的、又像行路的只住一宵呢。

O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

你为何像受惊的人、像不能救人的勇士呢．耶和华阿、你仍在我们中间、我们也称为你名下的人．求你不要离开我们。

Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

耶和华对这百姓如此说、这百姓喜爱妄行、〈原文作飘流〉不禁止脚步．所以耶和华不悦纳他们．现今要记念他们的罪孽、追讨他们的罪恶。

Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

耶和华又对我说、不要为这百姓祈祷求好处。

And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.

他们禁食的时候、我不听他们的呼求．他们献燔祭和素祭、我也不悦纳．我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、灭绝他们。

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

我就说、唉、主耶和华阿、那些先知常对他们说、你们必不看见刀剑、也不遭遇饥荒．耶和华要在这地方赐你们长久的平安。

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

耶和华对我说、那些先知托我的名说假豫言．我并没有打发他们、没有吩咐他们、也没有对他们说话．他们向你们豫言的、乃是虚假的异象、和占卜、并虚无的事、以及本心的诡诈。

Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

所以耶和华如此说、论到托我名说豫言的那些先知、我并没有打发他们、他们还说这地不能有刀剑饥荒．其实那些先知必被刀剑饥荒灭绝。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

听他们说豫言的百姓、必因饥荒刀剑抛在耶路撒冷的街道上、无人葬埋．他们连妻子带儿女、都是如此．我必将他们的恶、倒在他们身上。〈或作我必使他们罪恶的报应临到他们身上〉

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

你要将这话对他们说、愿我眼泪汪汪、昼夜不息．因为我百姓〈原文作民的处女〉受了裂口破坏的大伤。

And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

我若出往田间、就见有被刀杀的．我若进入城内、就见有因饥荒患病的．连先知带祭司在国中往来、也是毫无知识。〈或作不知怎样才好〉

If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

你全然弃掉犹大么．你心厌恶锡安么．为何击打我们、以致无法医治呢．我们指望平安、却得不着好处．指望痊愈、不料、受了惊惶。

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

耶和华阿、我们承认自己的罪恶、和我们列祖的罪孽．因我们得罪了你。

We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

求你为你名的缘故、不厌恶我们、不辱没你荣耀的宝座．求你追念、不要背了与我们所立的约。

Do not abhor [us], for thy name`s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

外邦人虚无的神中、有能降雨的么。天能自降甘霖么．耶和华我们的神阿、能如此的、不是你么．所以我们仍要等候你、因为这一切都是你所造的。

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

第15章

耶和华对我说、虽有摩西和撒母耳站在我面前代求、我的心也不顾惜这百姓．你将他们从我眼前赶出、叫他们去罢。

Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

他们问你说、我们往那里去呢．你便告诉他们、耶和华如此说、定为死亡的、必至死亡．定为刀杀的、必交刀杀．定为饥荒的、必遭饥荒．定为掳掠的、必被掳掠。

And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

耶和华说、我命定四样害他们、就是刀剑杀戮、狗类撕裂、空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽吞吃毁灭。

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

又必使他们在天下万国中、抛来抛去．都因犹大王希西家的儿子玛拿西在耶路撒冷所行的事。

And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

耶路撒冷阿、谁可怜你呢．谁为你悲伤呢．谁转身问你的安呢。

For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

耶和华说、你弃绝了我、转身退后．因此我伸手攻击你、毁坏你．我后悔甚不耐烦。

Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.

我在境内各城门口、〈或作我在这地边界的关口〉用簸箕簸了我的百姓、使他们丧掉儿女．我毁灭他们、他们仍不转离所行的道。

And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved [them] of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.

他们的寡妇在我面前、比海沙更多．我使灭命的午间来、攻击少年人的母亲、使痛苦惊吓忽然临到他身上。

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

生过七子的妇人、力衰气绝、尚在白昼、日头忽落．他抱愧蒙羞．其馀的人、我必在他们敌人跟前、交与刀剑．这是耶和华说的。

She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith Jehovah.

我的母亲哪、我有祸了、因你生我作为遍地相争相竞的人．我素来没有借贷与人、人也没有借贷与我、人人却都咒骂我。

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.

耶和华说、我必要坚固你、使你得好处．灾祸苦难临到的时候、我必要使仇敌央求你。

Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

人岂能将铜与铁、就是北方的铁、折断呢．

Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?

我必因你在四境之内所犯的一切罪、把你的货物财宝当掠物、白白的交给仇敌。

Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

我也必使仇敌带这掠物到你所不认识的地去．因我怒中起的火要将你们焚烧。

And I will make [them] to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

耶和华阿、你是知道的．求你记念我、眷顾我、向逼迫我的人为我报仇．不要向他们忍怒取我的命．要知道我为你的缘故、受了凌辱。

O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.

耶和华万军之神阿、我得着你的言语、就当食物吃了．你的言语、是我心中的欢喜快乐．因我是称为你名下的人。

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.

我没有坐在宴乐人的会中、也没有欢乐．我因你的感动、〈感动原文作手〉独自静坐．因你使我满心愤恨。

I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

我的痛苦、为何长久不止呢．我的伤痕、为何无法医治、不能痊愈呢．难道你待我有诡诈、像流干的河道么。

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?

耶和华如此说、你若归回、我就将你再带来、使你站在我面前．你若将宝贵的、和下贱的分别出来、你就可以当作我的口、他们必归向你、你却不可归向他们。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, that thou mayest stand before me; and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

我必使你向这百姓成为坚固的铜墙．他们必攻击你、却不能胜你．因我与你同在、要拯救你、搭救你．这是耶和华说的。

And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

我必搭救你脱离恶人的手、救赎你脱离强暴人的手。

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

第16章

耶和华的话又临到我说、

The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying,

你在这地方不可娶妻、生儿养女。

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

因为论到在这地方所生的儿女、又论到在这国中生养他们的父母、耶和华如此说、

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

他们必死得甚苦、无人哀哭、必不得葬埋．必在地上像粪土．必被刀剑和饥荒灭绝．他们的尸首必给空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽作食物。

They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

耶和华如此说、不要进入丧家、不要去哀哭、也不要为他们悲伤．因我已将我的平安、慈爱、怜悯、从这百姓夺去了．这是耶和华说的。

For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.

连大带小、都必在这地死亡、不得葬埋．人必不为他们哀哭、不用刀划身、也不使头光秃。

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

他们有丧事、人必不为他们擘饼、因死人安慰他们．他们丧父丧母、人也不给他们一杯酒安慰他们。

neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

你不可进入宴乐的家、与他们同坐吃喝。

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

因为万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们还活着的日子在你们眼前、我必使欢喜和快乐的声音、新郎和新妇的声音、从这地方止息了。

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

你将这一切的话、指示这百姓、他们问你说、耶和华为甚么说、要降这大灾祸攻击我们呢．我们有甚么罪孽呢．我们向耶和华我们的神犯了甚么罪呢．

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?

你就对他们说、耶和华说、因为你们列祖离弃我、随从别神、事奉敬拜、不遵守我的律法．

Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

而且你们行恶、比你们列祖更甚．因为各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事、甚至不听从我。

and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:

所以我必将你们从这地赶出、直赶到你们和你们列祖素不认识的地．你们在那里必昼夜事奉别神．因为我必不向你们施恩。

therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

耶和华说、日子将到、人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来之永生的耶和华起誓．

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

却要指着那领以色列人从北方之地．并赶他们到的各国上来之永生的耶和华起誓．并且我要领他们再入我从前赐给他们列祖之地。

but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

耶和华说、我要召许多打鱼的、把以色列人打上来．然后我要召许多打猎的、从各山上、各冈上、各石穴中、猎取他们。

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

因我的眼目察看他们的一切行为．他们不能在我面前遮掩、他们的罪孽、也不能在我眼前隐藏。

For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

我先要加倍报应他们的罪孽、和罪恶、因为他们用可憎之尸、玷污我的地土、又用可厌之物、充满我的产业。

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

耶和华阿、你是我的力量、是我的保障、在苦难之日、是我的避难所．列国人必从地极来到你这里、说、我们列祖所承受的、不过是虚假、是虚空无益之物。

O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.

人岂可为自己制造神呢．其实这不是神。

Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

耶和华说、我要使他们知道、就是这一次使他们知道我的手、和我的能力．他们就知道我的名是耶和华了。

Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.

第17章

犹大的罪、是用铁笔、用金钢钻记录的．铭刻在他们的心版上、和坛角上。

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

他们的儿女、记念他们高冈上青翠树旁的坛、和木偶。

whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.

我田野的山哪、我必因你在四境之内所犯的罪、把你的货物、财宝、并邱坛、当掠物交给仇敌。

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures for a spoil, [and] thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.

并且你因自己的罪、必失去我所赐给你的产业．我也必使你在你所不认识的地上、服事你的仇敌、因为你使我怒中起火、直烧到永远。

And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.

耶和华如此说、倚靠人血肉的膀臂、心中离弃耶和华的、那人有祸了．

Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

因他必像沙漠的杜松、不见福乐来到、却要住旷野干旱之处、无人居住的碱地。

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

倚靠耶和华、以耶和华为可靠的、那人有福了。

Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.

他必像树栽于水旁、在河边扎根、炎热来到、并不惧怕、叶子仍必青翠、在干旱之年毫无挂虑、而且结果不止。

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

人心比万物都诡诈、坏到极处、谁能识透呢。

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

我耶和华是鉴察人心、试验人肺腑的、要照各人所行的、和他作事的结果报应他。

I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

那不按正道得财的、好像鹧鸪菢不是自己下的蛋．到了中年、那财都必离开他、他终久成为愚顽人。

As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

我们的圣所是荣耀的宝座、从太初安置在高处。

A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

耶和华以色列的盼望阿、凡离弃你的、必至蒙羞。耶和华说、离开我的、他们的名字必写在土里、因为他们离弃我这活水的泉源。

O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

耶和华阿、求你医治我、我便痊愈．拯救我、我便得救．因你是我所赞美的。

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

他们对我说、耶和华的话在哪里呢、叫这话应验罢。

Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

至于我、那跟从你作牧人的职分、我并没有急忙离弃、也没有想那灾殃的日子、这是你知道的．我口中所出的言语、都在你面前。

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

不要使我因你惊恐．当灾祸的日子、你是我的避难所。

Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

愿那些逼迫我的蒙羞、却不要使我蒙羞、使他们惊惶、却不要使我惊惶、使灾祸的日子临到他们、以加倍的毁坏毁坏他们。

Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

耶和华对我如此说、你去站在平民的门口、就是犹大君王出入的门、又站在耶路撒冷的各门口．

Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

对他们说、你们这犹大君王、和犹大众人、并耶路撒冷的一切居民、凡从这些门进入的、都当听耶和华的话。

and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

耶和华如此说、你们要谨慎、不要在安息日担甚么担子、进入耶路撒冷的各门．

Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

也不要在安息日、从家中担出担子去．无论何工都不可作、只要以安息日为圣日、正如我所吩咐你们列祖的。

neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

他们却不听从、不侧耳而听、竟硬着颈项不听、不受教训。

But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

耶和华说、你们若留意听从我、在安息日不担甚么担子进入这城的各门、只以安息日为圣日、在那日无论何工都不作、

And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

那时就有坐大卫宝座的君王、和首领、他们与犹大人、并耶路撒冷的居民、或坐车、或骑马、进入这城的各门．而且这城必存到永远。

then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for ever.

也必有人从犹大城邑、和耶路撒冷四围的各处、从便雅悯地、高原、山地、并南地而来、都带燔祭、平安祭、素祭、和乳香、并感谢祭、到耶和华的殿去。

And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, unto the house of Jehovah.

你们若不听从我、不以安息日为圣日、仍在安息日担担子、进入耶路撒冷的各门、我必在各门中点火、这火也必烧毁耶路撒冷的宫殿、不能熄灭。

But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

第18章

耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

你起来、下到窑匠的家里去、我在那里要使你听我的话。

Arise, and go down to the potter`s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

我就下到窑匠的家里去、正遇他转轮做器皿。

Then I went down to the potter`s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

窑匠用泥作的器皿、在他手中做坏了、他又用这泥另作别的器皿．窑匠看怎样好、就怎样作。

And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

耶和华的话就临到我说、

Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

耶和华说、以色列家阿、我待你们、岂不能照这窑匠弄泥么．以色列家阿、泥在窑匠的手中怎样、你们在我的手中也怎样。

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter`s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

我何时论到一邦、或一国、说、要拔出、拆毁、毁坏。

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

我所说的那一邦、若是转意离开他们的恶、我就必后悔、不将我想要施行的灾祸降与他们。

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

我何时论到一邦、或一国、说、要建立、栽植．

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

他们若行我眼中看为恶的事、不听从我的话、我就必后悔、不将我所说的福气赐给他们。

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

现在你要对犹大人、和耶路撒冷的居民说、耶和华如此说、我造出灾祸攻击你们、定意刑罚你们．你们各人当回头离开所行的恶道、改正你们的行动作为。

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

他们却说、这是枉然．我们要照自己的计谋去行．各人随自己顽梗的恶心作事。

But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

所以耶和华如此说、你们且往各国访问、有谁听见这样的事、以色列民〈原文作处女〉行了一件极可憎恶的事。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

利巴嫩的雪、从田野的磐石上岂能断绝呢。从远处流下的凉水、岂能干涸呢。

Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?

我的百姓竟忘记我、向假神烧香、使他们在所行的路上、在古道上绊跌、使他们行没有修筑的斜路．

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;

以致他们的地令人惊骇、常常嗤笑、凡经过这地的、必惊骇摇头。

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

我必在仇敌面前分散他们、好像用东风吹散一样．遭难的日子、我必以背向他们、不以面向他们。

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

他们就说、来罢．我们可以设计谋害耶利米、因为我们有祭司讲律法、智慧人设谋略、先知说豫言、都不能断绝．来罢、我们可以用舌头击打他、不要理会他的一切话。

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

耶和华阿、求你理会我、且听那些与我争竞之人的话。

Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

岂可以恶报善呢．他们竟挖坑要害我的性命．求你记念我怎样站在你面前、为他们代求、要使你的忿怒向他们转消。

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

故此、愿你将他们的儿女交与饥荒、和刀剑．愿他们的妻无子、且作寡妇、又愿他们的男人被死亡所灭、他们的少年人在阵上被刀击杀。

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

你使敌军忽然临到他们的时候、愿人听见哀声从他们的屋内发出、因他们挖坑要捉拿我、暗设网罗要绊我的脚。

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

耶和华阿、他们要杀我的那一切计谋、你都知道．不要赦免他们的罪孽、也不要从你面前涂抹他们的罪恶、要叫他们在你面前跌倒、愿你发怒的时候罚办他们。

Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

第19章

耶和华如此说、你去买窑匠的瓦瓶、又带百姓中的长老、和祭司中的长老、

Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter`s earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

出去到欣嫩子谷、哈珥西〈哈珥西就是瓦片的意思〉的门口那里、宣告我所吩咐你的话、

and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

说、犹大君王、和耶路撒冷的居民哪、当听耶和华的话．万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我必使灾祸临到这地方、凡听见的人都必耳鸣．

and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

因为他们和他们列祖、并犹大君王离弃我、将这地方看为平常、在这里向素不认识的别神烧香、又使这地方满了无辜人的血．

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

又建筑巴力的邱坛、好在火中焚烧自己的儿子、作为燔祭献给巴力．这不是我所吩咐的、不是我所题说的、也不是我心所起的意。

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

耶和华说、因此、日子将到、这地方不再称为陀斐特、和欣嫩子谷、反倒称为杀戮谷。

therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

我必在这地方、使犹大和耶路撒冷的计谋落空、也必使他们在仇敌面前倒于刀下、并寻索其命的人手下．他们的尸首我必给空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽作食物。

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

我必使这城、令人惊骇嗤笑．凡经过的人、必因这城所遭的灾、惊骇嗤笑。

And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

我必使他们在围困窘迫之中、就是仇敌和寻索其命的人窘迫他们的时候、各人吃自己儿女的肉、和朋友的肉。

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

你要在同去的人眼前、打碎那瓶、

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

对他们说、万军之耶和华如此说、我要照样打碎这民、和这城、正如人打碎窑匠的瓦器、以致不能再囫囵．并且人要在陀斐特葬埋尸首、甚至无处可葬。

and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter`s vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

耶和华说、我必向这地方、和其中的居民如此行、使这城与陀斐特一样。

Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

耶路撒冷的房屋、和犹大君王的宫殿、是已经被玷污的、就是他们在其上向天上的万象烧香、向别神浇奠祭的宫殿房屋、都必与陀斐特一样。

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.

耶利米从陀斐特、就是耶和华差他去说豫言的地方、回来站在耶和华殿的院中、对众人说、

Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah`s house, and said to all the people:

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我必使我所说的一切灾祸临到这城、和属城的一切城邑、因为他们硬着颈项、不听我的话。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

第20章

祭司音麦的儿子巴施户珥、作耶和华殿的总管、听见耶利米豫言这些事．

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

他就打先知耶利米、用耶和华殿里便雅悯高门内的枷、将他枷在那里。

Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

次日巴施户珥将耶利米开枷释放．于是耶利米对他说、耶和华不是叫你的名为巴施户珥、乃是叫你玛歌珥米撒毕、〈就是四面惊吓的意思〉

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

因耶和华如此说、我必使你自觉惊吓、你也必使众朋友惊吓、他们必倒在仇敌的刀下、你也必亲眼看见、我必将犹大人全交在巴比伦王的手中、他要将他们掳到巴比伦去、也要用刀将他们杀戮。

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

并且我要将这城中的一切货财、和劳碌得来的、并一切珍宝、以及犹大君王所有的宝物、都交在他们仇敌的手中．仇敌要当作掠物、带到巴比伦去。

Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains thereof, and all the precious things thereof, yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

你这巴施户珥和一切住在你家中的人、都必被掳去、你和你的众朋友、就是你向他们说假豫言的、都必到巴比伦去、要死在那里、葬在那里。

And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

耶和华阿、你曾劝导我、我也听了你的劝导．你比我有力量、且胜了我．我终日成为笑话、人人都戏弄我。

O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.

我每逢讲论的时候、就发出哀声、我喊叫说、有强暴、和毁灭．因为耶和华的话终日成了我的凌辱、讥刺。

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

我若说、我不再题耶和华、也不再奉他的名讲论、我便心里觉得似乎有烧着的火、闭塞在我骨中、我就含忍不住、不能自禁。

And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain].

我听见了许多人的谗谤、四围都是惊吓．就是我知己的朋友也都窥探我、愿我跌倒、说、告他罢、我们也要告他、或者他被引诱、我们就能胜他、在他身上报仇。

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

然而耶和华与我同在、好像甚可怕的勇士．因此、逼迫我的必都绊跌、不能得胜、他们必大大蒙羞、就是受永不忘记的羞辱、因为他们行事没有智慧。

But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

试验义人、察看人肺腑心肠的万军之耶和华阿、求你容我见你在他们身上报仇、因我将我的案件向你禀明了。

But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

你们要向耶和华唱歌、赞美耶和华、因他救了穷人的性命脱离恶人的手。

Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

愿我生的那日受咒诅、愿我母亲产我的那日不蒙福。

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

给我父亲报信说、你得了儿子、使我父亲甚欢喜的、愿那人受咒诅。

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

愿那人像耶和华所倾覆而不后悔的城邑．愿他早晨听见哀声、晌午听见呐喊．

And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

因他在我未出胎的时候不杀我、使我母亲成了我的坟墓、胎就时常重大。

because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

我为何出胎见劳碌愁苦、使我的年日因羞愧消灭呢。

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

第21章

耶和华的话临到耶利米．那时西底家王打发玛基雅的儿子巴施户珥、和玛西雅的儿子祭司西番雅、去见耶利米、说、

The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

请你为我们求问耶和华、因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们、或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们、使巴比伦王离开我们上去。

Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us: peradventure Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

耶利米对他们说、你们当对西底家这样说、

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

耶和华以色列的神如此说、我要使你们手中的兵器、就是你们在城外与巴比伦王、和围困你们的迦勒底人打仗的兵器、翻转过来、又要使这些都聚集在这城中。

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

并且我要在怒气、忿怒、和大恼恨中、用伸出来的手、并大能的膀臂、亲自攻击你们。

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.

又要击打这城的居民、连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

以后我要将犹大王西底家、和他的臣仆百姓、就是在城内、从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中剩下的人、都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中、和他们仇敌、并寻索其命的人手中．巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们、不顾惜、不可怜、不怜悯．这是耶和华说的。

And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

你要对这百姓说、耶和华如此说、看哪、我将生命的路、和死亡的路、摆在你们面前。

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

住在这城里的、必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死．但出去归降围困你们迦勒底人的、必得存活、要以自己的命为掠物。

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

耶和华说、我向这城变脸、降祸不降福、这城必交在巴比伦王的手中、他必用火焚烧。

For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

至于犹大王的家、你们当听耶和华的话．

And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah:

大卫家阿、耶和华如此说、你们每早晨要施行公平、拯救被抢夺的脱离欺压人的手、恐怕我的忿怒、因你们的恶行发作、如火𤏲起、甚至无人能以熄灭。

O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

耶和华说、住山谷、和平原磐石上的居民、你们说、谁能下来攻击我们、谁能进入我们的住处呢．看哪、我与你们为敌。

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

耶和华又说、我必按你们作事的结果刑罚你们、我也必使火在耶路撒冷的林中𤏲起、将他四围所有的尽行烧灭。

And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

第22章

耶和华如此说、你下到犹大王的宫中、在那里说这话．

Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

说、坐大卫宝座的犹大王阿、你和你的臣仆、并进入城门的百姓、都当听耶和华的话。

And say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.

耶和华如此说、你们要施行公平和公义、拯救被抢夺的脱离欺压人的手、不可亏负寄居的和孤儿寡妇、不可以强暴待他们、在这地方也不可流无辜人的血。

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

你们若认真行这事、就必有坐大卫宝座的君王、和他的臣仆、百姓、或坐车、或骑马、从这城的各门进入。

For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

你们若不听这些话、耶和华说、我指着自己起誓、这城必变为荒场。

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

耶和华论到犹大王的家如此说、我看你如基列、如利巴嫩顶、然而我必使你变为旷野、为无人居住的城邑。

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, [and] the head of Lebanon; [yet] surely I will make thee a wilderness, [and] cities which are not inhabited.

我要豫备行毁灭的人、各拿器械攻击你、他们要砍下你佳美的香柏树、扔在火中。

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

许多国的民要经过这城、各人对邻舍说、耶和华为何向这大城如此行呢。

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

他们必回答说、是因离弃了耶和华他们神的约、事奉敬拜别神。

Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

不要为死人哭号、不要为他悲伤、却要为离家出外的人大大哭号、因为他不得再回来、也不得再见他的本国。

Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

因为耶和华论到从这地方出去的犹大王约西亚的儿子沙龙、〈列王下二十三章三十节名约哈斯〉就是接续他父亲约西亚作王的、这样说、他必不得再回到这里来．

For thus saith Jehovah 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 thither any more.

却要死在被掳去的地方、必不得再见这地。

But in the place whither they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.

那行不义盖房、行不公造楼、白白使用人的手工不给工价的、有祸了。

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor`s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

他说、我要为自己盖广大的房、宽敞的楼、为自己开窗户．这楼房的护墙板是香柏木的．楼房是丹色油漆的。

that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

难道你作王是在乎造香柏木楼房争胜么．你的父亲岂不是也吃、也喝、也施行公平和公义么．那时他得了福乐。

Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

他为困苦和穷乏人伸冤、那时就得了福乐．认识我不在乎此么．这是耶和华说的。

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

惟有你的眼、和你的心、专顾贪婪、流无辜人的血、行欺压和强暴。

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

所以耶和华论到犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬、如此说、人必不为他举哀、说、哀哉、我的哥哥．或说、哀哉、我的姐姐．也不为他举哀、说、哀哉、我的主．或说、哀哉、我主的荣华。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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!

他被埋葬好像埋驴一样、要拉出去扔在耶路撒冷的城门之外。

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

你要上利巴嫩哀号、在巴珊扬声、从亚巴琳哀号、因为你所亲爱的都毁灭了。

Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.

你兴盛的时候、我对你说话、你却说、我不听．你自幼年以来总是这样、不听从我的话。

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

你的牧人要被风吞吃、你所亲爱的必被掳去．那时你必因你一切的恶、抱愧蒙羞。

The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

你这住利巴嫩在香柏树上搭窝的、有痛苦临到你、好像疼痛临到产难的妇人、那时你何等可怜。

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

耶和华说、犹大王约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅、〈又名耶哥尼雅下同〉虽是我右手上带印的戒指、我凭我的永生起誓、也必将你从其上摘下来。

As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

并且我必将你交给寻索你命的人、和你所惧怕的人手中、就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒、和迦勒底人的手中。

and I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

我也必将你、和生你的母亲、赶到别国、并不是你们生的地方、你们必死在那里．

And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

但心中甚想归回之地、必不得归回。

But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.

哥尼雅这人是被轻看、破坏的器皿么、是无人喜爱的器皿么、他和他的后裔、为何被赶到不认识之地呢。

Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?

地阿、地阿、地阿、当听耶和华的话。

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

耶和华如此说、要写明这人算为无子、是平生不得亨通的、因为他后裔中再无一人得亨通、能坐在大卫的宝座上、治理犹大。

Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

第23章

耶和华说、那些残害赶散我草场之羊的牧人、有祸了。

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

耶和华以色列的神斥责那些牧养他百姓的牧人、如此说、你们赶散我的羊群、并没有看顾他们．我必讨你们这行恶的罪．这是耶和华说的。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

我要将我羊群中所馀剩的、从我赶他们到的各国内、招聚出来、领他们归回本圈、他们也必生养众多。

And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

我必设立照管他们的牧人、牧养他们．他们不再惧怕、不再惊惶、也不缺少一个．这是耶和华说的。

And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、日子将到、我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔、他必掌王权、行事有智慧、在地上施行公平、和公义。

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

在他的日子、犹大必得救、以色列也安然居住．他的名必称为耶和华我们的义。

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

耶和华说、日子将到、人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来永生的耶和华起誓．

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

却要指着那领以色列家的后裔从北方、和赶他们到的各国中上来永生的耶和华起誓．他们必住在本地。

but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

论到那些先知、我心在我里面忧伤、我骨头都发颤．因耶和华和他的圣言、我像醉酒的人、像被酒所胜的人。

Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.

地满了行淫的人．因妄自赌咒、地就悲哀、旷野的草场都枯干了．他们所行的道乃是恶的、他们的勇力使得不正。

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;

连先知、带祭司、都是亵渎的、就是在我殿中我也看见他们的恶．这是耶和华说的。

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

因此、他们的道路必像黑暗中的滑地、他们必被追赶、在这路中仆倒、因为当追讨之年、我必使灾祸临到他们．这是耶和华说的。

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

我在撒玛利亚的先知中曾见愚妄、他们藉巴力说豫言、使我的百姓以色列走错了路。

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

我在耶路撒冷的先知中曾见可憎恶的事、他们行奸淫、作事虚妄．又坚固恶人的手、甚至无人回头离开他的恶、他们在我面前都像所多玛、耶路撒冷的居民都像蛾摩拉。

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

所以万军之耶和华论到先知如此说、我必将茵蔯给他们吃、又将苦胆水给他们喝、因为亵渎的事出于耶路撒冷的先知、流行遍地。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.

万军之耶和华如此说、这些先知向你们说豫言、你们不要听他们的话．他们以虚空教训你们、所说的异象、是出于自己的心、不是出于耶和华的口。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

他们常对藐视我的人说、耶和华说、你们必享平安．又对一切按自己顽梗之心而行的人说、必没有灾祸临到你们。

They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

有谁站在耶和华的会中、得以听见并会悟他的话呢．有谁留心听他的话呢。

For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?

看哪、耶和华的忿怒好像暴风、已经发出．是暴烈的旋风、必转到恶人的头上。

Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

耶和华的怒气必不转消、直到他心中所拟定的成就了、末后的日子你们要全然明白。

The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.

我没有打发那些先知、他们竟自奔跑、我没有对他们说话、他们竟自豫言。

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

他们若是站在我的会中、就必使我的百姓听我的话、又使他们回头离开恶道、和他们所行的恶。

But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

耶和华说、我岂为近处的神呢、不也为远处的神么。

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

耶和华说、人岂能在隐密处藏身、使我看不见他呢．耶和华说、我岂不充满天地么。

Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

我已听见那些先知所说的、就是托我名说的假豫言、他们说、我作了梦、我作了梦。

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

说假豫言的先知、就是豫言本心诡诈的先知、他们这样存心要到几时呢。

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

他们各人将所作的梦对邻舍述说、想要使我的百姓忘记我的名、正如他们列祖因巴力忘记我的名一样。

that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal.

得梦的先知、可以述说那梦．得我话的人、可以诚实讲说我的话．糠秕怎能与麦子比较呢．这是耶和华说的。

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、我的话岂不像火、又像能打碎磐石的大锤么。

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

耶和华说、那些先知、各从邻舍偷窃我的言语、因此我必与他们反对。

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

耶和华说、那些先知用舌头、说是耶和华说的．我必与他们反对。

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

耶和华说、那些以幻梦为豫言、又述说这梦、以谎言和矜夸使我百姓走错了路的、我必与他们反对．我没有打发他们、也没有吩咐他们、他们与这百姓毫无益处．这是耶和华说的。

Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

无论是百姓、是先知、是祭司、问你说、耶和华有甚么默示呢、你就对他们说、甚么默示阿、耶和华说、我要撇弃你们。

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.

无论是先知、是祭司、是百姓、说耶和华的默示、我必刑罚那人、和他的家。

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

你们各人要对邻舍、各人要对弟兄如此说、耶和华回答甚么、耶和华说了甚么呢。

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

耶和华的默示你们不可再题、各人所说的话必作自己的重担．〈重担和默示原文同〉因为你们谬用永生神万军之耶和华我们神的言语。

And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man`s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.

你们要对先知如此说、耶和华回答你甚么、耶和华说了甚么呢。

Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

你们若说耶和华的默示、耶和华就如此说、因你们说耶和华的默示这句话、我也打发人到你们那里去、告诉你们不可说耶和华的默示、

But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

所以我必全然忘记你们、将你们和我所赐给你们并你们列祖的城、撇弃了。

therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:

又必使永远的凌辱、和长久的羞耻、临到你们、是不能忘记的。

and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

第24章

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒、将犹大王约雅敬的儿子耶哥尼雅、和犹大的首领、并工匠、铁匠、从耶路撒冷掳去、带到巴比伦．这事以后、耶和华指给我看、有两筐无花果、放在耶和华的殿前。

Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

一筐是极好的无花果、好像是初熟的．一筐是极坏的无花果、坏得不可吃。

One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

于是耶和华问我说、耶利米你看见甚么、我说、我看见无花果、好的极好、坏的极坏、坏得不可吃。

Then said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

耶和华的话临到我说、

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

耶和华以色列的神如此说、被掳去的犹大人、就是我打发离开这地到迦勒底人之地去的、我必看顾他们如这好无花果、使他们得好处。

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

我要眷顾他们、使他们得好处、领他们归回这地、我也要建立他们、必不拆毁、栽植他们、并不拔出。

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

我要赐他们认识我的心、知道我是耶和华．他们要作我的子民、我要作他们的神、因为他们要一心归向我。

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

耶和华如此说、我必将犹大王西底家、和他的首领、以及剩在这地耶路撒冷的馀民、并住在埃及地的犹大人、都交出来、好像那极坏、坏得不可吃的无花果。

And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,

我必使他们交出来、在天下万国中抛来抛去、遭遇灾祸、在我赶逐他们到的各处、成为凌辱、笑谈、讥刺、咒诅。

I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

我必使刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、临到他们、直到他们从我所赐给他们和他们列祖之地灭绝。

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

第25章

犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年、就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的元年、耶和华论犹大众民的话、临到耶利米。

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,)

先知耶利米就将这话对犹大众人、和耶路撒冷的一切居民说、

which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

从犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚十三年、直到今日、这二十三年之内、常有耶和华的话临到我、我也对你们传说、就是从早起来传说、只是你们没有听从。

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

耶和华也从早起来、差遣他的仆人众先知到你们这里来、（只是你们没有听从、也没有侧耳而听）

And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)

说、你们各人当回头离开恶道、和所作的恶、便可居住耶和华古时所赐给你们和你们列祖之地、直到永远。

saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;

不可随从别神、事奉敬拜、以你们手所作的惹我发怒、这样、我就不加害与你们。

and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

然而你们没有听从我、竟以手所作的惹我发怒、陷害自己．这是耶和华说的。

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

所以万军之耶和华如此说、因为你们没有听从我的话、

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,

我必召北方的众族、和我仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击这地、和这地的居民、并四围一切的国民、我要将他们尽行灭绝、以致他们令人惊骇、嗤笑、并且永久荒凉．这是耶和华说的。

behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

我又要使欢喜和快乐的声音、新郎和新妇的声音、推磨的声音、和灯的亮光、从他们中间止息。

Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

这全地必然荒凉、令人惊骇．这些国民要服事巴比伦王七十年。

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

七十年满了以后、我必刑罚巴比伦王、和那国民、并迦勒底人之地、因他们的罪孽使那地永远荒凉．这是耶和华说的。

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.

我也必使我向那地所说的话、就是记在这书上的话、是耶利米向这些国民说的豫言、都临到那地。

And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.

因为有多国和大君王、必使迦勒底人作奴仆、我也必照他们的行为、按他们手所作的、报应他们。

For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

耶和华以色列的神对我如此说、你从我手中接这杯忿怒的酒、使我所差遣你去的各国的民喝。

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

他们喝了就要东倒西歪、并要发狂、因我使刀剑临到他们中间。

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

我就从耶和华的手中接了这杯、给耶和华所差遣我去的各国的民喝．

Then took I the cup at Jehovah`s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

就是耶路撒冷、和犹大的城邑、并耶路撒冷的君王、与首领、使这城邑荒凉、令人惊骇、嗤笑、咒诅、正如今日一样。

[to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

又有埃及王法老、和他的臣仆、首领、以及他的众民．

Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

并杂族的人民、和乌斯地的诸王、与非利士地的诸王、亚实基伦、迦萨、以革伦、以及亚实突剩下的人．

and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

以东、摩押、亚扪人、

Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

推罗的诸王、西顿的诸王、海岛的诸王、

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

底但、提玛、布斯、和一切剃周围头发的．

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off;

亚拉伯的诸王、住旷野杂族人民的诸王、

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

心利的诸王、以拦的诸王、玛代的诸王、

and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

北方远近的诸王、以及天下地上的万国喝了．以后示沙克〈就是巴比伦〉王也要喝。

and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

你要对他们说、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们要喝、且要喝醉、要呕吐、且要跌倒、不得再起来、都因我使刀剑临到你们中间。

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

他们若不肯从你手接这杯喝、你就要对他们说、万军之耶和华如此说、你们一定要喝。

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.

我既从称为我名下的城起首施行灾祸、你们能尽免刑罚么．你们必不能免、因为我要命刀剑临到地上一切的居民．这是万军之耶和华说的。

For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

所以你要向他们豫言这一切的话攻击他们、说、耶和华必从高天吼叫、从圣所发声、向自己的羊群大声吼叫、他要向地上一切的居民呐喊、像踹葡萄的一样。

Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

必有响声达到地极、因为耶和华与列国相争、凡有血气的他必审问．至于恶人、他必交给刀剑．这是耶和华说的。

A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.

万军之耶和华如此说、看哪、必有灾祸从这国发到那国、并有大暴风从地极刮起。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

到那日、从地这边直到地那边、都有耶和华所杀戮的．必无人哀哭、不得收殓、不得葬埋、必在地上成为粪土。

And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.

牧人哪、你们当哀号、呼喊．群众的头目阿、你们要辊在灰中、因为你们被杀戮分散的日子足足来到、你们要跌碎、好像美器打碎一样。

Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

牧人无路逃跑、群众的头目也无法逃脱。

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

听阿、有牧人呼喊、有群众头目哀号的声音、因为耶和华使他们的草场变为荒场。

A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

耶和华发出猛烈的怒气、平安的羊圈就都寂静无声。

And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

他离了隐密处像狮子一样、他们的地、因刀剑凶猛的欺压、又因他猛烈的怒气、都成为可惊骇的。

He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

第26章

犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬登基的时候、有这话从耶和华临到耶利米说、

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,

耶和华如此说、你站在耶和华殿的院内、对犹大众城邑的人、就是到耶和华殿来礼拜的说我所吩咐你的一切话、一字不可删减．

Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah`s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah`s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word.

或者他们肯听从、各人回头离开恶道、使我后悔不将我因他们所行的恶、想要施行的灾祸、降与他们。

It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

你要对他们说、耶和华如此说、你们若不听从我、不遵行我设立在你们面前的律法、

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

不听我从早起来、差遣到你们那里去我仆人众先知的话、（你们还是没有听从）

to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

我就必使这殿如示罗、使这城为地上万国所咒诅的。

then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

耶利米在耶和华殿中说的这些话、祭司先知与众民都听见了。

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.

耶利米说完了耶和华所吩咐他对众人说的一切话、祭司、先知、与众民、都来抓住他说、你必要死。

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

你为何托耶和华的名豫言、说、这殿必如示罗、这城必变为荒场无人居住呢．于是众民都在耶和华的殿中、聚集到耶利米那里。

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

犹大的首领听见这事、就从王宫上到耶和华的殿、坐在耶和华殿的新门口。

And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king`s house unto the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah`s [house].

祭司、先知、对首领和众民说、这人是该死的、因为他说豫言攻击这城、正如你们亲耳所听见的。

Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

耶利米就对众首领、和众民说、耶和华差遣我豫言、攻击这殿和这城、说你们所听见的这一切话。

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

现在要改正你们的行动作为、听从耶和华你们神的话、他就必后悔、不将所说的灾祸降与你们。

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

至于我、我在你们手中、你们眼看何为善、何为正、就那样待我罢。

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

但你们要确实的知道、若把我治死、就使无辜人的血归到你们、和这城、并其中的居民了、因为耶和华实在差遣我到你们这里来、将这一切话传与你们耳中。

Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

首领和众民就对祭司、先知说、这人是不该死的、因为他是奉耶和华我们神的名、向我们说话。

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

国中的长老、就有几个人起来、对聚会的众民说、

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

当犹大王希西家的日子、有摩利沙人弥迦对犹大众人豫言说、万军之耶和华如此说、锡安必被耕种像一块田、耶路撒冷必变为乱堆、这殿的山必像丛林的高处。

Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

犹大王希西家、和犹大众人、岂是把他治死呢、希西家岂不是敬畏耶和华、恳求他的恩么．耶和华就后悔、不把自己所说的灾祸降与他们．若治死这人、我们就作了大恶、自害己命。

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.

又有一个人奉耶和华的名说豫言、是基列耶琳人示玛雅的儿子乌利亚、他照耶利米的一切话说豫言、攻击这城和这地。

And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

约雅敬王和他众勇士、众首领、听见了乌利亚的话、王就想要把他治死．乌利亚听见就惧怕、逃往埃及去了。

and when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty-men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt:

约雅敬王便打发亚革波的儿子以利拿单、带领几个人往埃及去、

and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

他们就从埃及将乌利亚带出来、送到约雅敬王那里、王用刀杀了他、把他的尸首抛在平民的坟地中。

and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

然而沙番的儿子亚希甘、保护耶利米、不交在百姓的手中治死他。

But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

第27章

犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬〈约雅敬是西底家的别名、看第三节〉登基的时候、有这话从耶和华临到耶利米说、

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

耶和华对我如此说、你作绳索与轭、加在自己的颈项上．

Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

藉那些来到耶路撒冷见犹大王西底家的使臣之手、把绳索与轭、送到以东王、摩押王、亚扪王、推罗王、西顿王那里。

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

且嘱咐使臣、传与他们的主人说、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、

and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:

我用大能和伸出来的膀臂、创造大地和地上的人民、牲畜、我看给谁相宜、就把地给谁。

I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me.

现在我将这些地、都交给我仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手、我也将田野的走兽给他使用。

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

列国都必服事他和他的儿孙、直到他本国遭报的日期来到．那时多国和大君王、要使他作他们的奴仆。

And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son`s son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

无论那一邦、那一国、不肯服事这巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒、也不把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下、我必用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、刑罚那邦、直到我藉巴比伦王的手、将他们毁灭．这是耶和华说的。

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

至于你们、不可听从你们的先知、和占卜的、圆梦的、观兆的、以及行邪术的、他们告诉你们说、你们不至服事巴比伦王。

But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

他们向你们说假豫言、要叫你们迁移、远离本地、以致我将你们赶出去、使你们灭亡。

for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

但那一邦肯把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下、服事他、我必使那邦仍在本地存留、得以耕种居住．这是耶和华说的。

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [nation] will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

我就照这一切的话、对犹大王西底家说、要把你们的颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下、服事他和他的百姓、便得存活。

And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

你和你的百姓、为何要因刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫死亡、正如耶和华论到不服事巴比伦王的那国说的话呢。

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

不可听那些先知对你们所说的话、他们说、你们不至服事巴比伦王、其实他们向你们说假豫言。

And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

耶和华说、我并没有打发他们、他们却托我的名说假豫言、好使我将你们、和向你们说豫言的那些先知、赶出去一同灭亡。

For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

我又对祭司、和这众民说、耶和华如此说、你们不可听那先知对你们所说的豫言、他们说、耶和华殿中的器皿、快要从巴比伦带回来．其实他们向你们说假豫言。

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah`s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

不可听从他们、只管服事巴比伦王便得存活．这城何至变为荒场呢。

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

他们若果是先知、有耶和华的话临到他们、让他们祈求万军之耶和华使那在耶和华殿中、和犹大王宫内、并耶路撒冷剩下的器皿、不被带到巴比伦去。

But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

因为万军之耶和华论到柱子、铜海、盆座、并剩在这城里的器皿、

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,

就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒掳掠犹大王约雅敬的儿子耶哥尼雅、和犹大耶路撒冷一切贵胄的时候所没有掠去的器皿．

which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

论到那在耶和华殿中、和犹大王宫内、并耶路撒冷剩下的器皿、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、

yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:

必被带到巴比伦存在那里、直到我眷顾以色列人的日子、那时、我必将这器皿带回来、交还此地．这是耶和华说的。

They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

第28章

当年、就是犹大王西底家登基第四年五月、基遍人押朔的儿子先知哈拿尼雅、在耶和华的殿中当着祭司和众民、对我说、

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我已经折断巴比伦王的轭。

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

二年之内、我要将巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒从这地掠到巴比伦的器皿、就是耶和华殿中的一切器皿、都带回此地。

Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah`s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:

我又要将犹大王约雅敬的儿子耶哥尼雅、和被掳到巴比伦去的一切犹大人、带回此地、因为我要折断巴比伦王的轭。这是耶和华说的。

and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

先知耶利米当着祭司、和站在耶和华殿里的众民、对先知哈拿尼雅说、

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah,

阿们、愿耶和华如此行、愿耶和华成就你所豫言的话、将耶和华殿中的器皿、和一切被掳去的人、从巴比伦带回此地。

even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so; Jehovah perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah`s house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon unto this place.

然而我向你和众民耳中所要说的话、你应当听。

Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people:

从古以来、在你我以前的先知、向多国和大邦说豫言、论到争战、灾祸、瘟疫的事。

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

先知豫言的平安、到话语成就的时候、人便知道他真是耶和华所差来的。

The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah hath truly sent him.

于是先知哈拿尼雅、将先知耶利米颈项上的轭取下来、折断了。

Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah`s neck, and brake it.

哈拿尼雅又当着众民说、耶和华如此说、二年之内、我必照样从列国人的颈项上、折断巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的轭．于是先知耶利米就走了。

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

先知哈拿尼雅把先知耶利米颈项上的轭折断以后、耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

你去告诉哈拿尼雅说、耶和华如此说、你折断木轭、却换了铁轭．

Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

因为万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我已将铁轭加在这些国的颈项上、使他们服事巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒、他们总要服事他、我也把田野的走兽给了他。

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

于是先知耶利米对先知哈拿尼雅说、哈拿尼雅阿、你应当听．耶和华并没有差遣你、你竟使这百姓倚靠谎言。

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

所以耶和华如此说、看哪、我要叫你去世、你今年必死、因为你向耶和华说了叛逆的话。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

这样、先知哈拿尼雅当年七月间就死了。

So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

第29章

先知耶利米从耶路撒冷寄信与被掳的祭司、先知、和众民、并生存的长老、就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的。

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

（这在耶哥尼雅王、和太后、太监、并犹大、耶路撒冷的首领、以及工匠、铁匠、都离了耶路撒冷以后。）

(after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, [and] the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem,)

他藉沙番的儿子以利亚萨、和希勒家的儿子基玛利的手寄去．他们二人、是犹大王西底家打发往巴比伦去见尼布甲尼撒王的。

by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) saying,

信上说、万军之耶和华以色列的神、对一切被掳去的、就是我使他们从耶路撒冷被掳到巴比伦的人、如此说、

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

你们要盖造房屋住在其中、栽种田园吃其中所产的。

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

娶妻生儿女、为你们的儿子娶妻、使你们的女儿嫁人、生儿养女、在那里生养众多、不至减少。

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

我所使你们被掳到的那城、你们要为那城求平安、为那城祷告耶和华、因为那城得平安、你们也随着得平安。

And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、不要被你们中间的先知和占卜的诱惑、也不要听信自己所作的梦．

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

因为他们托我的名对你们说假豫言、我并没有差遣他们．这是耶和华说的。

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

耶和华如此说、为巴比伦所定的七十年满了以后、我要眷顾你们、向你们成就我的恩言、使你们仍回此地。

For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

耶和华说、我知道我向你们所怀的意念、是赐平安的意念、不是降灾祸的意念、要叫你们末后有指望。

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

你们要呼求我、祷告我、我就应允你们。

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

你们寻求我、若专心寻求我、就必寻见。

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

耶和华说、我必被你们寻见、我也必使你们被掳的人归回、将你们从各国中、和我所赶你们到的各处招聚了来、又将你们带回我使你们被掳掠离开的地方．这是耶和华说的。

And I will be found of you, saith Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places wither I have driven you, saith Jehovah; and I will bring you again unto the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

你们说、耶和华在巴比伦为我们兴起先知．

Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

所以耶和华论到坐大卫宝座的王、和住在这城里的一切百姓、就是未曾与你们一同被掳的弟兄、

thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

万军之耶和华如此说、看哪、我必使刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、临到他们、使他们像极坏的无花果、坏得不可吃。

thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

我必用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、追赶他们、使他们在天下万国抛来抛去、在我所赶他们到的各国中、令人咒诅、惊骇、嗤笑、羞辱。

And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;

耶和华说、这是因为他们没有听从我的话、就是我从早起来差遣我仆人众先知去说的、无奈他们不听．这是耶和华说的。

because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

所以你们一切被掳去的、就是我从耶路撒冷打发到巴比伦去的、当听耶和华的话。

Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

万军之耶和华以色列的神、论到哥赖雅的儿子亚哈、并玛西雅的儿子西底家、如此说、他们是托我名向你们说假豫言的．我必将他们交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中、他要在你们眼前杀害他们。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

住巴比伦一切被掳的犹大人、必藉这二人赌咒、说、愿耶和华使你像巴比伦王在火中烧的西底家和亚哈一样。

and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

这二人是在以色列中行了丑事、与邻舍的妻行淫、又假托我名说我未曾吩咐他们的话．知道的是我、作见证的也是我．这是耶和华说的。

because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors` wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.

论到尼希兰人示玛雅、你当说、

And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speak, saying,

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你曾用自己的名寄信给耶路撒冷的众民、和祭司玛西雅的儿子西番雅、并众祭司、说、

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

耶和华已经立你西番雅为祭司、代替祭司耶何耶大、使耶和华殿中有官长、好将一切狂妄自称为先知的人、用枷枷住、用锁锁住。

Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.

现在亚拿突人耶利米、向你们自称为先知、你们为何没有责备他呢．

Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,

因为他寄信给我们在巴比伦的人说、被掳的事必长久、你们要盖造房屋住在其中、栽种田园吃其中所产的。

forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

祭司西番雅就把这信念给先知耶利米听。

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

于是耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

你当寄信给一切被掳的人、说、耶和华论到尼希兰人示玛雅说、因为示玛雅向你们说豫言、我并没有差遣他、他使你们倚靠谎言．

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

所以耶和华如此说、我必刑罚尼希兰人示玛雅、和他的后裔、他必无一人存留住在这民中、也不得见我所要赐与我百姓的福乐、因为他向耶和华说了叛逆的话。这是耶和华说的。

therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

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耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

耶和华以色列的神如此说、你将我对你说过的一切话都写在书上。

Thus speaketh Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

耶和华说、日子将到、我要使我的百姓以色列、和犹大被掳的人归回．我也要使他们回到我所赐给他们列祖之地、他们就得这地为业．这是耶和华说的。

For, lo, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

以下是耶和华论到以色列和犹大所说的话．

And these are the words that Jehovah spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

耶和华如此说、我们听见声音、是战抖惧怕而不平安的声音。

For thus saith Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

你们且访问看看、男人有产难么、我怎么看见人人用手掐腰、像产难的妇人、脸面都变青了呢。

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

哀哉、那日为大、无日可比、这是雅各遭难的时候、但他必被救出来。

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob`s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

万军之耶和华说、到那日、我必从你颈项上折断仇敌的轭、扭开他的绳索、外邦人不得再使你作他们的奴仆。

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

你们却要事奉耶和华你们的神、和我为你们所要兴起的王大卫。

but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

故此、耶和华说、我的仆人雅各阿、不要惧怕．以色列阿、不要惊惶．因我要从远方拯救你、从被掳到之地拯救你的后裔、雅各必回来得享平靖安逸、无人使他害怕。

Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

因我与你同在、要拯救你．也要将所赶散你到的那些国、灭绝净尽、却不将你灭绝净尽、倒要从宽惩治你、万不能不罚你．〈不罚你或作以你为无罪〉这是耶和华说的。

For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

耶和华如此说、你的损伤无法医治、你的伤痕极其重大。

For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

无人为你分诉、使你的伤痕得以缠裹、你没有医治的良药。

There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

你所亲爱的都忘记你、不来探问〈或作理会〉你．我因你的罪孽甚大、罪恶众多、曾用仇敌加的伤害、伤害你、用残忍者的惩治、惩治你。

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

你为何因损伤哀号呢、你的痛苦无法医治、我因你的罪孽甚大、罪恶众多、曾将这些加在你身上。

Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

故此、凡吞吃你的、必被吞吃．你的敌人、个个都被掳去、掳掠你的、必成为掳物、抢夺你的、必成为掠物。

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

耶和华说、我必使你痊愈、医好你的伤痕、都因人称你为被赶散的、说、这是锡安、无人来探问〈或作理会〉的。

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

耶和华如此说、我必使雅各被掳去的帐棚归回、也必顾惜他的住处．城必建造在原旧的山冈、宫殿也照旧有人居住。

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob`s tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.

必有感谢和欢乐的声音、从其中发出．我要使他们增多、不致减少．使他们尊荣、不致卑微。

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

他们的儿女要如往日、他们的会众坚立在我面前、凡欺压他们的、我必刑罚他。

Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

他们的君王、必是属乎他们的．掌权的必从他们中间而出．我要使他就近我、他也要亲近我、不然、谁有胆量亲近我呢．这是耶和华说的。

And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith Jehovah.

你们要作我的子民、我要作你们的神。

And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

看哪、耶和华的忿怒、好像暴风已经发出、是扫灭的暴风、必转到恶人的头上。

Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

耶和华的烈怒必不转消、直到他心中所拟定的成就了．末后的日子你们要明白。

The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.

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耶和华说、那时我必作以色列各家的神．他们必作我的子民。

At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

耶和华如此说、脱离刀剑的、就是以色列人、我使他享安息的时候、他曾在旷野蒙恩。

Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

古时〈或作从远方〉耶和华向以色列〈原文作我〉显现、说、我以永远的爱、爱你、因此我以慈爱、吸引你。

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

以色列的民哪、〈民原文作处女〉我要再建立你、你就被建立．你必再以击鼓为美、与欢乐的人一同跳舞而出。

Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

又必在撒玛利亚的山上、栽种葡萄园、栽种的人要享用所结的果子。

Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy [the fruit thereof].

日子必到、以法莲山上守望的人、必呼叫说、起来罢、我们可以上锡安、到耶和华我们的神那里去。

For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.

耶和华如此说、你们当为雅各欢乐歌唱、因万国中为首的欢呼．当传扬颂赞、说、耶和华阿、求你拯救你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。

For thus saith Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

我必将他们从北方领来、从地极招聚、同着他们来的、有瞎子、瘸子、孕妇、产妇、他们必成为大帮回到这里来。

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.

他们要哭泣而来、我要照他们恳求的引导他们、使他们在河水旁走正直的路、在其上不致绊跌、因为我是以色列的父、以法莲是我的长子。

They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

列国阿、要听耶和华的话、传扬在远处的海岛、说、赶散以色列的、必招聚他、又看守他、好像牧人看守羊群．

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd doth his flock.

因耶和华救赎了雅各、救赎他脱离比他更强之人的手。

For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

他们要来到锡安的高处歌唱、又流归耶和华施恩之地、就是有五谷、新酒、和油、并羊羔、牛犊之地．他们的心必像浇灌的园子、他们也不再有一点愁烦。

And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

那时处女必欢乐跳舞、年少的年老的、也必一同欢乐、因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜、并要安慰他们、使他们的愁烦转为快乐。

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

我必以肥油使祭司的心满足．我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足．这是耶和华说的。

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.

耶和华如此说、在拉玛听见号咷痛哭的声音、是拉结哭他儿女不肯受安慰、因为他们都不在了。

Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not.

耶和华如此说、你禁止声音不要哀哭、禁止眼目不要流泪、因你所作之工、必有赏赐．他们必从敌国归回．这是耶和华说的。

Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

耶和华说、你末后必有指望、你的儿女必回到自己的境界。

And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and [thy] children shall come again to their own border.

我听见以法莲为自己悲叹、说、你责罚我、我便受责罚、像不惯负轭的牛犊一样、求你使我回转、我便回转、因为你是耶和华我的神。

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

我回转以后、就真正懊悔、受教以后、就拍腿叹息、我因担当幼年的凌辱、就抱愧蒙羞。

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

耶和华说、以法莲是我的爱子么、是可喜悦的孩子么、我每逢责备他、仍深顾念他、所以我的心肠恋慕他、我必要怜悯他。

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

以色列民哪、〈民原文作处女〉你当为自己设立指路碑、竖起引路柱、你要留心向大路、就是你所去的原路．你当回转、回转到你这些城邑。

Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

背道的民哪、〈民原文作女子〉你反来复去要到几时呢．耶和华在地上造了一件新事、就是女子护卫男子。

How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我使被掳之人归回的时候、他们在犹大地和其中的城邑、必再这样说、公义的居所阿、圣山哪、愿耶和华赐福给你。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.

犹大和属犹大城邑的人、农夫和放羊的人、要一同住在其中。

And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.

疲乏的人、我使他饱饫、愁烦的人、我使他知足。

For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.

先知说、我醒了、觉着睡得香甜。

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

耶和华说、日子将到、我要把人的种、和牲畜的种、播种在以色列家、和犹大家。

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

我先前怎样留意将他们拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、苦害、也必照样留意将他们建立、栽植．这是耶和华说的。

And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

当那些日子、人不再说、父亲吃了酸葡萄、儿子的牙酸倒了．

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children`s teeth are set on edge.

但各人必因自己的罪死亡、凡吃酸葡萄的、自己的牙必酸倒。

But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

耶和华说、日子将到、我要与以色列家和犹大家、另立新约。

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

不像我拉着他们祖宗的手、领他们出埃及地的时候、与他们所立的约．我虽作他们的丈夫、他们却背了我的约．这是耶和华说的。

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、那些日子以后、我与以色列家所立的约、乃是这样．我要将我的律法放在他们里面、写在他们心上．我要作他们的神、他们要作我的子民。

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

他们各人不再教导自己的邻舍、和自己的弟兄、说、你该认识耶和华．因为他们从最小的、到至大的、都必认识我．我要赦免他们的罪孽、不再记念他们的罪恶．这是耶和华说的。

and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

那使太阳白日发光、使星月有定例、黑夜发亮、又搅动大海、使海中波浪匉訇的、万军之耶和华是他的名、他如此说、

Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

这些定例、若能在我面前废掉、以色列的后裔也就在我面前断绝、永远不再成国．这是耶和华说的。

If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

耶和华如此说、若能量度上天、寻察下地的根基、我就因以色列后裔一切所行的弃绝他们．这是耶和华说的。

Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、日子将到、这城必为耶和华建造、从哈楠业楼、直到角门。

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

准绳要往外量出、直到迦立山、又转到歌亚。

And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.

抛尸的全谷、和倒灰之处、并一切田地、直到汲沦溪、又直到东方马门的拐角、都要归耶和华为圣、不再拔出、不再倾覆、直到永远。

And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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犹大王西底家第十年、就是尼布甲尼撒十八年、耶和华的话临到耶利米。

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

那时巴比伦王的军队围困耶路撒冷、先知耶利米囚在护卫兵的院内、在犹大王的宫中．

Now at that time the king of Babylon`s army was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah`s house.

因为犹大王西底家已将他囚禁、说、你为甚么豫言说、耶和华如此说、我必将这城交在巴比伦王的手中、他必攻取这城。

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

犹大王西底家必不能逃脱迦勒底人的手、定要交在巴比伦王的手中、要口对口彼此说话、眼对眼彼此相看。

and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

巴比伦王必将西底家带到巴比伦、西底家必住在那里、直到我眷顾他的时候．你们虽与迦勒底人争战、却不顺利．这是耶和华说的。

and he shall bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

耶利米说、耶和华的话临到我说、

And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

你叔叔沙龙的儿子哈拿篾、必来见你、说、我在亚拿突的那块地、求你买来、因你买这地、是合乎赎回之理。

Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾、果然照耶和华的话、来到护卫兵的院内、对我说、我在便雅悯境内、亚拿突的那块地、求你买来、因你买来是合乎承受之理、是你当赎的、你为自己买来罢．我耶利米就知道这是耶和华的话。

So Hanamel mine uncle`s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

我便向我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾、买了亚拿突的那块地、平了十七舍客勒银子给他。

And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle`s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

我在契上画押、将契封缄、又请见证人来、并用天平将银子平给他。

And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

我便将照例按规所立的买契、就是封缄的那一张、和敞着的那一张、

So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, [according to] the law and custom, and that which was open:

当着我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾、和画押作见证的人、并坐在护卫兵院内的一切犹大人眼前、交给玛西雅的孙子尼利亚的儿子巴录、

and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle`s [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.

当着他们众人眼前、我嘱咐巴录说、

And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、要将这封缄的、和敞着的两张契、放在瓦器里、可以存留多日．

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.

因为万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、将来在这地必有人再买房屋、田地、和葡萄园。

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.

我将买契交给尼利亚的儿子巴录以后、便祷告耶和华说、

Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

主耶和华阿、你曾用大能和伸出来的膀臂创造天地、在你没有难成的事．

Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

你施慈爱与千万人、又将父亲的罪孽报应在他后世子孙的怀中、是至大全能的神、万军之耶和华是你的名。

who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;

谋事有大略、行事有大能、注目观看世人一切的举动、为要照各人所行的、和他作事的结果报应他。

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

在埃及地显神迹奇事、直到今日在以色列和别人中间也是如此、使自己得了名声、正如今日一样。

who didst set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, both in Israel and among [other] men; and madest thee a name, as at this day;

用神迹奇事、和大能的手、并伸出来的膀臂、与大可畏的事、领你的百姓以色列出了埃及、

and didst bring forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

将这地赐给他们、就是你向他们列祖起誓应许赐给他们流奶与蜜之地。

and gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

他们进入这地得了为业、却不听从你的话、也不遵行你的律法、你一切所吩咐他们行的、他们一无所行、因此你使这一切的灾祸临到他们。

and they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them.

看哪、敌人已经来到、筑垒要攻取这城、城也因刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、交在攻城的迦勒底人手中．你所说的话都成就了、你也看见了。

Behold, the mounds, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

主耶和华阿、你对我说、要用银子为自己买那块地、又请见证人、其实这城已交在迦勒底人的手中了。

And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

我是耶和华、是凡有血气者的神、岂有我难成的事么。

Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?

耶和华如此说、我必将这城交付迦勒底人的手、和巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手、他必攻取这城。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

攻城的迦勒底人、必来放火焚烧这城、和其中的房屋、在这房屋上、人曾向巴力烧香、向别神浇奠、惹我发怒。

and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

以色列人和犹大人、自从幼年以来、专行我眼中看为恶的事、以色列人尽以手所作的惹我发怒．这是耶和华说的。

For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith Jehovah.

这城自从建造的那日、直到今日、常惹我的怒气和忿怒、使我将这城从我面前除掉。

For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

是因以色列人和犹大人一切的邪恶、就是他们和他们的君王、首领、祭司、先知、并犹大的众人、以及耶路撒冷的居民所行的、惹我发怒。

because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

他们以背向我、不以面向我．我虽从早起来教训他们、他们却不听从、不受教训．

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

竟把可憎之物、设立在称为我名下的殿中、污秽了这殿。

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

他们在欣嫩子谷、建筑巴力的邱坛、好使自己的儿女经火归摩洛、他们行这可憎的事、使犹大陷在罪里、这并不是我所吩咐的、也不是我心所起的意。

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

现在论到这城、就是你们所说已经因刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、交在巴比伦王手中的、耶和华以色列的神如此说、

And now therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:

我在怒气、忿怒、和大恼恨中、将以色列人赶到各国、日后我必从那里将他们招聚出来、领他们回到此地、使他们安然居住。

Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

他们要作我的子民、我要作他们的神。

and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

我要使他们彼此同心同道、好叫他们永远敬畏我、使他们和他们后世的子孙得福乐。

and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

又要与他们立永远的约、必随着他们施恩、并不离开他们、且使他们有敬畏我的心不离开我。

and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

我必欢喜施恩与他们、要尽心尽意、诚诚实实、将他们栽于此地．

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

因为耶和华如此说、我怎样使这一切大祸临到这百姓、我也要照样使我所应许他们的一切福乐、都临到他们。

For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

你们说、这地是荒凉、无人民、无牲畜、是交付迦勒底人手之地．日后在这境内、必有人置买田地。

And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

在便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处、犹大的城邑、山地的城邑、高原的城邑、并南地的城邑、人必用银子买田地、在契上画押、将契封缄、请出见证人、因为我必使被掳的人归回．这是耶和华说的。

Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.

第33章

耶利米还囚在护卫兵的院内、耶和华的话第二次临到他说、

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

成就的是耶和华、造作为要建立的也是耶和华．耶和华是他的名．他如此说、

Thus saith Jehovah that doeth it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:

你求告我、我就应允你、并将你所不知道、又大又难的事、指示你。

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

论到这城中的房屋、和犹大王的宫室、就是拆毁为挡敌人高垒和刀剑的、耶和华以色列的神如此说、

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down [to make a defence] against the mounds and against the sword;

人要与迦勒底人争战、正是拿死尸充满这房屋、就是我在怒气和忿怒中所杀的人．因他们的一切恶我就掩面不顾这城．

while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:

看哪、我要使这城得以痊愈安舒、使城中的人得医治．又将丰盛的平安和诚实显明与他们。

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

我也要使犹大被掳的和以色列被掳的归回、并建立他们和起初一样。

And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

我要除净他们的一切罪、就是向我所犯的罪．又要赦免他们的一切罪、就是干犯我、违背我的罪。

And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

这城、要在地上万国人面前、使我得颂赞、得荣耀、名为可喜可乐之城、万国人因听见我向这城所赐的福乐、所施的恩惠平安、就惧怕战兢。

And [this city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it.

耶和华如此说、你们论这地方说、是荒废无人民无牲畜之地、但在这荒凉无人民无牲畜的犹大城邑、和耶路撒冷的街上、

Thus saith Jehovah: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,

必再听见有欢喜和快乐的声音、新郎和新妇的声音、并听见有人说、要称谢万军之耶和华、因耶和华本为善、他的慈爱永远长存．又有奉感谢祭到耶和华殿中之人的声音．因为我必使这地被掳的人归回．和起初一样．这是耶和华说的。

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.

万军之耶和华如此说、在这荒废无人民无牲畜之地、并其中所有的城邑、必再有牧人的住处．他们要使羊群躺卧在那里。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

在山地的城邑、高原的城邑、南地的城邑、便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处、和犹大的城邑、必再有羊群从数点的人手下经过．这是耶和华说的。

In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that numbereth them, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、日子将到、我应许以色列家和犹大家的恩言、必然成就。

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.

当那日子、那时候、我必使大卫公义的苗裔长起来．他必在地上施行公平和公义。

In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

在那日子犹大必得救、耶路撒冷必安然居住．他的名必称为耶和华我们的义。

In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

因为耶和华如此说、大卫必永不断人坐在以色列家的宝座上．

For thus saith Jehovah: David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

祭司利未人在我面前也不断人献燔祭、烧素祭、时常办理献祭的事。

neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,

耶和华如此说、你们若能废弃我所立白日黑夜的约、使白日黑夜不按时轮转．

Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

就能废弃我与我仆人大卫所立的约、使他没有儿子在他的宝座上为王．并能废弃我与事奉我的祭司利未人所立的约。

then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

天上的万象不能数算、海边的尘沙也不能斗量．我必照样使我仆人大卫的后裔、和事奉我的利未人多起来。

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,

你没有揣摩这百姓的话么．他们说、耶和华所拣选的二族、他已经弃绝了．他们这样藐视我的百姓、以为不再成国。

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

耶和华如此说、若是我立白日黑夜的约不能存住、若是我未曾安排天地的定例．

Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night [stand] not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

我就弃绝雅各的后裔、和我仆人大卫的后裔、不使大卫的后裔治理亚伯拉罕以撒雅各的后裔．因为我必使他们被掳的人归回、也必怜悯他们。

then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

第34章

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领他的全军、和地上属他的各国各邦、攻打耶路撒冷和属耶路撒冷所有的城邑．那时、耶和华的话临到耶利米说．

The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying:

耶和华以色列的神说、你去告诉犹大王西底家、耶和华如此说、我要将这城交付巴比伦王的手、他必用火焚烧．

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

你必不能逃脱他的手、定被拿住、交在他的手中．你的眼要见巴比伦王的眼．他要口对口和你说话、你也必到巴比伦去。

and thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

犹大王西底家阿、你还要听耶和华的话．耶和华论到你如此说、你必不被刀剑杀死．

Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus saith Jehovah concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword;

你必平安而死．人必为你焚烧物件、好像为你列祖、就是在你以前的先王焚烧一般．人必为你举哀、说、哀哉、我主阿．耶和华说、这话是我说的。

thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they make a burning for thee; and they shall lament thee, [saying], Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, saith Jehovah.

于是先知耶利米在耶路撒冷将这一切话告诉犹大王西底家．

Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

那时、巴比伦王的军队正攻打耶路撒冷、又攻打犹大所剩下的城邑、就是拉吉和亚西加．原来犹大的坚固城只剩下这两座。

when the king of Babylon`s army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these [alone] remained of the cities of Judah [as] fortified cities.

西底家王与耶路撒冷的众民立约、要向他们宣告自由、叫各人任他希伯来的仆人和婢女自由出去、谁也不可使他的一个犹大弟兄作奴仆．（此后、有耶和华的话临到耶利米．）

The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

所有立约的首领和众民、就任他的仆人婢女自由出去、谁也不再叫他们作奴仆．大家都顺从、将他们释放了．

And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

后来却又反悔、叫所任去自由的仆人婢女回来、勉强他们仍为仆婢。

but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

因此耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

耶和华以色列的神如此说、我将你们的列祖从埃及地为奴之家领出来的时候、与他们立约、说、

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

你的一个希伯来弟兄、若卖给你服事你六年、到第七年你们各人就要任他自由出去．只是你们列祖不听从我、也不侧耳而听。

At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

如今你们回转、行我眼中看为正的事、各人向邻舍宣告自由．并且在称为我名下的殿中、在我面前立约．

And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

你们却又反悔、亵渎我的名、各人叫所任去随意自由的仆人婢女回来、勉强他们仍为仆婢。

but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

所以耶和华如此说、你们没有听从我、各人向弟兄邻舍宣告自由．看哪、我向你们宣告一样自由、就是使你们自由于刀剑饥荒瘟疫之下．并且使你们在天下万国中抛来抛去．这是耶和华说的。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

犹大的首领、耶路撒冷的首领、太监、祭司、和国中的众民、曾将牛犊劈开、分成两半、从其中经过、在我面前立约．后来又违背我的约、不遵行这约上的话．

And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;

the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;

我必将他们交在仇敌和寻索其命的人手中．他们的尸首必给空中的飞鸟、和地上的野兽作食物。

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.

并且我必将犹大王西底家和他的首领、交在他们仇敌和寻索其命的人、与那暂离你们而去巴比伦王军队的手中。

And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon`s army, that are gone away from you.

耶和华说、我必吩咐他们回到这城、攻打这城、将城攻取、用火焚烧．我也要使犹大的城邑变为荒场、无人居住。

Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

第35章

当犹大王约西亚之子约雅敬的时候、耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

你去见利甲族的人、和他们说话、领他们进入耶和华殿的一间屋子、给他们酒喝．

Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

我就将哈巴洗尼雅的孙子雅利米雅的儿子雅撒尼亚、和他弟兄、并他众子、以及利甲全族的人、

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

领到耶和华的殿、进入神人伊基大利的儿子哈难众子的屋子．那屋子在首领的屋子旁边、在沙龙之子把门的玛西雅屋子以上。

and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

于是我在利甲族人面前设摆盛满酒的碗和杯、对他们说、请你们喝酒。

And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

他们却说、我们不喝酒．因为我们先祖利甲的儿子约拿达曾吩咐我们说、你们与你们的子孙、永不可喝酒．

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

也不可盖房、撒种、栽种葡萄园．但一生的年日要住帐棚、使你们的日子在寄居之地得以延长。

neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

凡我们先祖利甲的儿子约拿达所吩咐我们的话、我们都听从了．我们和我们的妻子儿女、一生的年日、都不喝酒．

And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

也不盖房居住．也没有葡萄园、田地、和种子．

nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

但住帐棚、听从我们先祖约拿达的话、照他所吩咐我们的去行。

but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒上此地来、我们因怕迦勒底的军队、和亚兰的军队、就说、来罢、我们到耶路撒冷去．这样、我们才住在耶路撒冷。

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah, saying,

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你去对犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民说、耶和华说、你们不受教训、不听从我的话么。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.

利甲的儿子约拿达所吩咐他子孙不可喝酒的话、他们已经遵守、直到今日也不喝酒、因为他们听从先祖的吩咐。我从早起来警戒你们、你们却不听从我。

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father`s commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.

我从早起来、差遣我的仆人众先知去、说、你们各人当回头离开恶道、改正行为、不随从事奉别神、就必住在我所赐给你们和你们列祖的地上．只是你们没有听从我、也没有侧耳而听。

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

利甲的儿子约拿达的子孙、能遵守先人所吩咐他们的命、这百姓却没有听从我．

Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;

因此、耶和华万军之神以色列的神如此说、我要使我所说的一切灾祸临到犹大人、和耶路撒冷的一切居民．因为我对他们说话、他们没有听从、我呼唤他们、他们没有答应。

therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

耶利米对利甲族的人说、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、因你们听从你们先祖约拿达的吩咐、谨守他的一切诫命、照他所吩咐你们的去行．

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;

所以万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、利甲的儿子约拿达必永不缺人侍立在我面前。

therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

第36章

犹大王、约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年、耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

你取一书卷、将我对你说攻击以色列、和犹大、并各国的一切话、从我对你说话的那日、就是从约西亚的日子起、直到今日、都写在其上．

Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

或者犹大家听见我想要降与他们的一切灾祸、各人就回头离开恶道、我好赦免他们的罪孽和罪恶。

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

所以耶利米召了尼利亚的儿子巴录来、巴录就从耶利米口中、将耶和华对耶利米所说的一切话写在书卷上。

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

耶利米吩咐巴录说、我被拘管、不能进耶和华的殿．

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

所以你要去、趁禁食的日子、在耶和华殿中、将耶和华的话、就是你从我口中所写在书卷上的话、念给百姓和一切从犹大城邑出来的人听．

therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah`s house upon the fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

或者他们在耶和华面前恳求、各人回头离开恶道．因为耶和华向这百姓所说要发的怒气和忿怒是大的。

It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

尼利亚的儿子巴录就照先知耶利米一切所吩咐的去行、在耶和华的殿中、从书上念耶和华的话。

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah`s house.

犹大王、约西亚的儿子约雅敬第五年九月、耶路撒冷的众民、和那从犹大城邑来到耶路撒冷的众民、在耶和华面前宣告禁食的日子。

Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah.

巴录就在耶和华殿的上院、耶和华殿的新门口、沙番的儿子文士基玛利雅的屋内、念书上耶利米的话给众民听。

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah`s house, in the ears of all the people.

沙番的孙子基玛利雅的儿子米该亚、听见书上耶和华的一切话、

And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,

他就下到王宫、进入文士的屋子．众首领、就是文士以利沙玛、示玛雅的儿子第莱雅、亚革波的儿子以利拿单、沙番的儿子基玛利雅、哈拿尼雅的儿子西底家、和其馀的首领、都坐在那里。

he went down into the king`s house, into the scribe`s chamber: and, lo, all the princes were sitting there, [to wit], Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

于是米该亚对他们述说他所听见的一切话、就是巴录向百姓念那书的时候所听见的。

Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

众首领就打发古示的曾孙示利米雅的孙子尼探雅的儿子犹底到巴录那里、对他说、你将所念给百姓听的书卷拿在手中、到我们这里来．尼利亚的儿子巴录就手拿书卷、来到他们那里。

Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

他们对他说、请你坐下、念给我们听．巴录就念给他们听。

And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

他们听见这一切话就害怕、面面相观、对巴录说、我们必须将这一切话告诉王。

Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

他们问巴录说、请你告诉我们、你怎样从他口中写这一切话呢。

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

巴录回答说、他用口向我说这一切话、我就用笔墨写在书上。

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

众首领对巴录说、你和耶利米要去藏起来．不可叫人知道你们在那里。

Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.

众首领进院见王、却先把书卷存在文士以利沙玛的屋内．以后将这一切话说给王听。

And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

王就打发犹底去拿这书卷来．他便从文士以利沙玛的屋内取来、念给王、和王左右侍立的众首领听。

So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

那时正是九月、王坐在过冬的房屋里、王的前面火盆中有烧𤏲的火。

Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and [there was a fire in] the brazier burning before him.

犹底念了三四篇、〈或作行〉王就用文士的刀将书卷割破、扔在火盆中、直到全卷在火中烧尽了。

And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

王和听见这一切话的臣仆、都不惧怕、也不撕裂衣服。

And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

以利拿单和第莱雅并基玛利雅恳求王不要烧这书卷．他却不听。

Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

王就吩咐哈米勒的儿子〈或作王的儿子〉耶拉篾、和亚斯列的儿子西莱雅、并亚伯叠的儿子示利米雅、去捉拿文士巴录、和先知耶利米．耶和华却将他们隐藏。

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king`s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

王烧了书卷．其上有巴录从耶利米口中所写的话、以后耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

你再取一卷、将犹大王约雅敬所烧第一卷上的一切话写在其上。

Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

论到犹大王约雅敬你要说、耶和华如此说、你烧了书卷、说、你为甚么在其上写着说、巴比伦王必要来毁灭这地、使这地上绝了人民牲畜呢。

And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

所以耶和华论到犹大王约雅敬说．他后裔中必没有人坐在大卫的宝座上．他的尸首必被抛弃、白日受炎热、黑夜受寒霜。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

我必因他、和他后裔．并他臣仆的罪孽、刑罚他们．我要使我所说的一切灾祸临到他们、和耶路撒冷的居民、并犹大人．只是他们不听。

And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not.

于是耶利米又取一书卷、交给尼利亚的儿子文士巴录、他就从耶利米的口中写了犹大王约雅敬所烧前卷上的一切话．另外又添了许多相彷的话。

Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

第37章

约西亚的儿子西底家代替约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅为王、是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒立在犹大地作王的。

And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

但西底家、和他的臣仆、并国中的百姓、都不听从耶和华藉先知耶利米所说的话。

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

西底家王打发示利米雅的儿子犹甲、和祭司玛西雅的儿子西番雅、去见先知耶利米、说、求你为我们祷告耶和华我们的神。

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

那时耶利米在民中出入．因为他们还没有把他囚在监里。

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

法老的军队已经从埃及出来．那围困耶路撒冷的迦勒底人、听见他们的风声、就拔营离开耶路撒冷去了。

And Pharaoh`s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

耶和华的话临到先知耶利米说、

Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

耶和华以色列的神如此说、犹大王打发你们来求问我、你们要如此对他说．那出来帮助你们法老的军队、必回埃及本国去。

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh`s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

迦勒底人必再来、攻打这城．并要攻取、用火焚烧。

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.

耶和华如此说、你们不要自欺、说、迦勒底人必定离开我们．因为他们必不离开。

Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

你们即便杀败了与你们争战的迦勒底全军、但剩下受伤的人、也必各人从帐棚里起来、用火焚烧这城。

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yea would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

迦勒底的军队、因怕法老的军队、拔营离开耶路撒冷的时候、

And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh`s army,

耶利米就杂在民中出离耶路撒冷、要往便雅悯地去、在那里得自己的地业。

then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

他到了便雅悯门那里、有守门官、名叫伊利雅、是哈拿尼亚的孙子、示利米雅的儿子．他就拿住先知耶利米、说、你是投降迦勒底人哪。

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou art falling away to the Chaldeans.

耶利米说、你这是谎话．我并不是投降迦勒底人．伊利雅不听他的话、就拿住他、解到首领那里。

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

首领恼怒耶利米、就打了他、将他囚在文士约拿单的房屋中．因为他们以这房屋当作监牢。

And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

耶利米来到狱中、进入牢房、在那里囚了多日．

When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

西底家王打发人提出他来、在自己的宫内私下问他说、从耶和华有甚么话临到没有．耶利米说、有．又说、你必交在巴比伦王手中。

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

耶利米又对西底家王说、我在甚么事上得罪你、或你的臣仆、或这百姓、你竟将我囚在监里呢。

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

对你们豫言巴比伦王必不来攻击你们和这地的先知、现今在哪里呢。

Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

主我的王阿、求你现在垂听、准我在你面前的恳求．不要使我回到文士约拿单的房屋中、免得我死在那里。

And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

于是西底家王下令、他们就把耶利米交在护卫兵的院中、每天从饼铺街取一个饼给他、直到城中的饼用尽了．这样、耶利米仍在护卫兵的院中。

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers` street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

第38章

玛坦的儿子示法提雅、巴施户珥的儿子基大利、示利米雅的儿子犹甲、玛基雅的儿子巴示户珥听见耶利米对众人所说的话、说、

And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,

耶和华如此说、住在这城里的、必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死．但出去归降迦勒底人的、必得存活、就是以自己命为掠物的、必得存活。

Thus saith Jehovah, He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

耶和华如此说、这城必要交在巴比伦王军队的手中．他必攻取这城。

Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

于是首领对王说、求你将这人治死．因他向城里剩下的兵丁和众民说这样的话、使他们的手发软．这人不是求这百姓得平安、乃是叫他们受灾祸。

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

西底家王说、他在你们手中．无论何事、王也不能与你们反对。

And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.

他们就拿住耶利米、下在哈米勒的儿子〈或作王的儿子〉玛基雅的牢狱里．那牢狱在护卫兵的院中．他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水、只有淤泥．耶利米就陷在淤泥中。

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king`s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

在王宫的太监、古实人以伯米勒、听见他们将耶利米下了牢狱、（那时王坐在便雅悯门口）

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king`s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,)

以伯米勒就从王宫里出来、对王说、

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king`s house, and spake to the king, saying,

主我的王阿、这些人向先知耶利米一味的行恶、将他下在牢狱中．他在那里必因饥饿而死．因为城中再没有粮食。

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

王就吩咐古实人以伯米勒说、你从这里带领三十人、趁着先知耶利米未死以前、将他从牢狱中提上来。

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

于是以伯米勒带领这些人同去、进入王宫、到库房以下、从那里取了些碎布和破烂的衣服、用绳子缒下牢狱去到耶利米那里。

So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

古实人以伯米勒、对耶利米说、你用这些碎布和破烂的衣服放在绳子上、垫你的胳肢窝．耶利米就照样行了。

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

这样、他们用绳子将耶利米从牢狱里拉上来．耶利米仍在护卫兵的院中。

So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

西底家王打发人带领先知耶利米、进耶和华殿中第三门里见王．王就对耶利米说、我要问你一件事、你丝毫不可向我隐瞒。

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

耶利米对西底家说、我若告诉你、你岂不定要杀我么．我若劝戒你、你必不听从我。

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

西底家王就私下向耶利米说、我指着那造我们生命之永生的耶和华起誓、我必不杀你、也不将你交在寻索你命的人手中。

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

耶利米对西底家说、耶和华万军之神、以色列的神如此说、你若出去归降巴比伦王的首领、你的命就必存活、这城也不至被火焚烧．你和你的全家都必存活。

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon`s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.

你若不出去归降巴比伦王的首领、这城必交在迦勒底人手中．他们必用火焚烧、你也不得脱离他们的手。

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon`s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

西底家王对耶利米说、我怕那些投降迦勒底人的犹大人、恐怕迦勒底人将我交在他们手中、他们戏弄我。

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

耶利米说、迦勒底人必不将你交出。求你听从我对你所说耶和华的话．这样、你必得好处、你的命也必存活。

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.

你若不肯出去、耶和华指示我的话乃是这样．

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:

犹大王宫里所剩的妇女、必都带到巴比伦王的首领那里．这些妇女必说、你知己的朋友催逼你、胜过你．见你的脚陷入淤泥中．就转身退后了。

behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah`s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon`s princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: [now that] thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

人必将你的后妃、和你的儿女、带到迦勒底人那里．你也不得脱离他们的手、必被巴比伦王的手捉住．你也必使这城被火焚烧。

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

西底家对耶利米说、不要使人知道这些话、你就不至于死。

Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

首领若听见了我与你说话、就来见你、问你说、你对王说甚么话、不要向我们隐瞒、我们就不杀你．王向你说甚么话、也要告诉我们．

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

你就对他们说、我在王面前恳求不要叫我回到约拿单的房屋死在那里。

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan`s house, to die there.

随后众首领来见耶利米、问他、他就照王所吩咐的一切话回答他们。他们不再与他说话．因为事情没有泄漏。

Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

于是耶利米仍在护卫兵的院中、直到耶路撒冷被攻取的日子。

So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

第39章

犹大王西底家第九年十月、巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军来围困耶路撒冷。

And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and besieged it;

西底家十一年四月初九日、城被攻破。

in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city,)

耶路撒冷被攻取的时候、巴比伦王的首领、尼甲沙利薛、三甲尼波、撒西金、拉撒力、尼甲沙利薛、拉墨、并巴比伦王其馀的一切首领、都来坐在中门。

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [to wit], Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

犹大王西底家和一切兵丁看见他们、就在夜间、从靠近王园两城中间的门出城逃跑、往亚拉巴逃去。

And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king`s garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.

迦勒底的军队追赶他们、在耶利哥的平原追上西底家、将他拿住、带到哈马地的利比拉、巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒那里．尼布甲尼撒就审判他。

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

巴比伦王在利比拉、西底家眼前杀了他的众子、又杀了犹大的一切贵胄．

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

并且剜西底家的眼睛、用铜链锁着他、要带到巴比伦去。

Moreover he put out Zedekiah`s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

迦勒底人用火焚烧王宫、和百姓的房屋、又拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙。

And the Chaldeans burned the king`s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

那时护卫长尼布撒拉旦、将城里所剩下的百姓、和投降他的逃民、以及其馀的民、都掳到巴比伦去了。

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained.

护卫长尼布撒拉旦却将民中毫无所有的穷人留在犹大地、当时给他们葡萄园和田地。

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒题到耶利米、嘱咐护卫长尼布撒拉旦说、

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

你领他去、好好的看待他、切不可害他．他对你怎么说、你就向他怎么行。

Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

护卫长尼布撒拉旦、和尼布沙斯班、拉撒力、尼甲沙利薛、拉墨、并巴比伦王的一切官长、

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;

打发人去、将耶利米从护卫兵院中提出来、交与沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利、带回家去。于是耶利米住在民中。

they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

耶利米还囚在护卫兵院中的时候、耶和华的话临到他说、

Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

你去告诉古实人以伯米勒说、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我说降祸不降福的话必临到这城、到那时必在你面前成就了。

Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.

耶和华说、到那日我必拯救你．你必不至交在你所怕的人手中。

But I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

我定要搭救你．你不至倒在刀下、却要以自己的命为掠物、因你倚靠我．这是耶和华说的。

For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.

第40章

耶利米锁在耶路撒冷和犹大被掳到巴比伦的人中、护卫长尼布撒拉旦将他从拉玛释放以后、耶和华的话临到耶利米。

The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive unto Babylon.

护卫长将耶利米叫来、对他说、耶和华你的神曾说要降这祸与此地．

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;

耶和华使这祸临到、照他所说的行了．因为你们得罪耶和华、没有听从他的话、所以这事临到你们。

and Jehovah hath brought it, and done according as he spake: because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

现在我解开你手上的链子。你若看与我同往巴比伦去好、就可以去、我必厚待你．你若看与我同往巴比伦去不好、就不必去．看哪、全地在你面前．你以为那里美好、那里合宜、只管上那里去罢。

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which are upon thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and right unto thee to go, thither go.

耶利米还没有回去、护卫长说、你可以回到沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利那里去．现在巴比伦王立他作犹大城邑的省长．你可以在他那里住在民中．不然、你看那里合宜、就可以上那里去。于是护卫长送他粮食和礼物、释放他去了。

Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go.

耶利米就到米斯巴见亚希甘的儿子基大利、在他那里住在境内剩下的民中。

Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

在田野的一切军长、和属他们的人、听见巴比伦王立了亚希甘的儿子基大利作境内的省长、并将没有掳到巴比伦的男人、妇女、孩童、和境内极穷的人、全交给他．

Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

于是军长尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、加利亚的两个儿子约哈难和约拿单、单户篾的儿子西莱雅、并尼陀法人以斐的众子、玛迦人的儿子耶撒尼亚、和属他们的人、都到米斯巴见基大利。

then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, [to wit], Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利向他们和属他们的人起誓、说、不要怕服事迦勒底人、只管住在这地、服事巴比伦王、就可以得福。

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

至于我、我要住在米斯巴、伺候那到我们这里来的迦勒底人．只是你们当积蓄酒、油、和夏天的果子、收在器皿里、住在你们所占的城邑中。

As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans that shall come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

在摩押地、和亚扪人中、在以东地、和各国的一切犹大人、听见巴比伦王留下些犹大人、并立沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利管理他们．

Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;

这一切犹大人、就从所赶到的各处回来、到犹大地的米斯巴基大利那里、又积蓄了许多的酒、并夏天的果子。

then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

加利亚的儿子约哈难、和在田野的一切军长、来到米斯巴见基大利、

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

对他说、亚扪人的王巴利斯打发尼探雅的儿子以实玛利来要你的命、你知道么．亚希甘的儿子基大利却不信他们的话。

and said unto him, Dost thou know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take thy life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

加利亚的儿子约哈难在米斯巴私下对基大利说、求你容我去杀尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、必无人知道．何必让他要你的命、使聚集到你这里来的犹大人都分散、以致犹大剩下的人都灭亡呢。

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?

亚希甘的儿子基大利对加利亚的儿子约哈难说、你不可行这事．你所论以实玛利的话是假的。

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

第41章

七月间、王的大臣宗室以利沙玛的孙子尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、带着十个人、来到米斯巴见亚希甘的儿子基大利．他们在米斯巴一同吃饭。

Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、和同他来的那十个人起来、用刀杀了沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利、就是巴比伦王所立为全地省长的。

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

以实玛利又杀了在米斯巴基大利那里的一切犹大人、和所遇见的迦勒底兵丁。

Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, [to wit], with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.

他杀了基大利、无人知道、

And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,

第二天、有八十人从示剑、和示罗、并撒玛利亚来、胡须剃去、衣服撕裂、身体画破、手拿素祭和乳香、要奉到耶和华的殿。

that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.

尼探雅的儿子以实玛利出米斯巴迎接他们、随走随哭．遇见了他们、就对他们说、你们可以来见亚希甘的儿子基大利。

And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.

他们到了城中、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、和同着他的人就将他们杀了、抛在坑中。

And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, [and cast them] into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.

只是他们中间有十个人对以实玛利说、不要杀我们．因为我们有许多大麦、小麦、油、蜜、藏在田间．于是他住了手、没有将他们杀在弟兄中间。

But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.

以实玛利将所杀之人的尸首、都抛在坑里基大利的旁边．这坑是从前亚撒王因怕以色列王巴沙所挖的．尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、将那些被杀的人填满了坑。

Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was that which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel,) Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

以实玛利将米斯巴剩下的人、就是众公主、和仍住在米斯巴所有的百姓、原是护卫长尼布撒拉旦交给亚希甘的儿子基大利的、都掳去了．尼探雅的儿子以实玛利掳了他们、要往亚扪人那里去。

Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king`s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

加利亚的儿子约哈难、和同着他的众军长、听见尼探雅的儿子以实玛利所行的一切恶、

But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

就带领众人前往、要和尼探雅的儿子以实玛利争战、在基遍的大水旁〈或作大水池旁〉遇见他。

then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

以实玛利那里的众人看见加利亚的儿子约哈难、和同着他的众军长、就都欢喜。

Now it came to pass that, when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

这样以实玛利从米斯巴所掳去的众人、都转身归加利亚的儿子约哈难去了。

So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、和八个人脱离约哈难的手、逃往亚扪人那里去了。

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、杀了亚希甘的儿子基大利．从米斯巴将剩下的一切百姓、兵丁、妇女、孩童、太监、掳到基遍之后、加利亚的儿子约哈难、和同着他的众军长、将他们都夺回来、

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, [to wit], the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:

带到靠近伯利恒的金罕寓〈或作基罗特金罕〉住下、要进入埃及去．

and they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

因为尼探雅的儿子以实玛利杀了巴比伦王所立为省长的亚希甘的儿子基大利、约哈难惧怕迦勒底人。

because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

第42章

众军长、和加利亚的儿子约哈难、并何沙雅的儿子耶撒尼亚、〈耶撒尼亚又名亚撒利雅见四十三章二节〉以及众百姓、从最小的、到至大的、都进前来、

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

对先知耶利米说、求你准我们在你面前祈求、为我们这剩下的人祷告耶和华你的神．我们本来众多、现在剩下的极少这是你亲眼所见的。

and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:

愿耶和华你的神指示我们所当走的路、所当作的事。

that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

先知耶利米对他们说、我已经听见你们了．我必照着你们的话祷告耶和华你们的神．耶和华无论回答甚么、我必都告诉你们、毫不隐瞒。

Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass that whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

于是他们对耶利米说、我们若不照耶和华你的神差遣你来说的一切话行、愿耶和华在我们中间作真实诚信的见证。

Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

我们现在请你到耶和华我们的神面前、他说的无论是好是歹、我们都必听从．我们听从耶和华我们神的话、就可以得福。

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.

过了十天、耶和华的话临到耶利米。

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah.

他就将加利亚的儿子约哈难、和同着他的众军长、并众百姓、从最小的、到至大的、都叫了来、

Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

对他们说、耶和华以色列的神、就是你们请我在他面前为你们祈求的主、如此说、

and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

你们若仍住在这地、我就建立你们必不拆毁、栽植你们并不拔出．因我为降与你们的灾祸后悔了。

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

不要怕你们所怕的巴比伦王．耶和华说、不要怕他．因为我与你们同在、要拯救你们脱离他的手。

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

我也要使他发怜悯、好怜悯你们、叫你们归回本地。

And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

倘若你们说、我们不住在这地、以致不听从耶和华你们神的话、

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

说、我们不住这地、却要进入埃及地、在那里看不见争战、听不见角声、也不至无食饥饿．我们必住在那里。

saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

你们所剩下的犹大人哪、现在要听耶和华的话．万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们若定意要进入埃及、在那里寄居．

now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

你们所惧怕的刀剑、在埃及地必追上你们．你们所惧怕的饥荒、在埃及要紧紧的跟随你们．你们必死在那里。

then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

凡定意要进入埃及在那里寄居的、必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死、无一人存留、逃脱我所降与他们的灾祸。

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我怎样将我的怒气和忿怒倾在耶路撒冷的居民身上、你们进入埃及的时候、我也必照样将我的忿怒倾在你们身上、以致你们令人辱骂、惊骇、咒诅、羞辱、你们不得再见这地方。

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my wrath hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.

所剩下的犹大人哪、耶和华论到你们说、不要进入埃及去．你们要确实的知道我今日警教你们了。

Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified unto you this day.

你们行诡诈自害．因为你们请我到耶和华你们的神那里、说、求你为我们祷告耶和华我们神、照耶和华我们的神一切所说的告诉我们、我们就必遵行。

For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:

我今日将这话告诉你们．耶和华你们的神为你们的事、差遣我到你们那里说的、你们却一样没有听从。

and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he hath sent me unto you.

现在你们要确实的知道、你们在所要去寄居之地必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死。

Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.

第43章

耶利米向众百姓说完了耶和华他们神的一切话、就是耶和华他们神差遣他去所说的一切话、

And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅、和加利亚的儿子约哈难、并一切狂傲的人、就对耶利米说、你说谎言．耶和华我们的神并没有差遣你来说、你们不可进入埃及在那里寄居．

then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

这是尼利亚的儿子巴录挑唆你害我们、要将我们交在迦勒底人的手中、使我们有被杀的、有被掳到巴比伦去的。

but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.

于是加利亚的儿子约哈难、和一切军长、并众百姓、不听从耶和华的话住在犹大地。

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.

加利亚的儿子约哈难、和一切军长、却将所剩下的犹大人、就是从被赶到各国回来、在犹大地寄居的男人、妇女、孩童、和众公主、并护卫长尼布撒拉旦所留在沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利那里的众人、与先知耶利米、以及尼利亚的儿子巴录、

But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;

the men, and the women, and the children, and the king`s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;

都带入埃及地、到了答比匿．这是因他们不听从耶和华的话。

and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.

在答比匿耶和华的话临到耶利米说、

Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

你在犹大人眼前要用手拿几块大石头、藏在砌砖的灰泥中、就是在答比匿法老的宫门那里．

Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entry of Pharaoh`s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

对他们说、万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我必召我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来．在所藏的石头上我要安置他的宝座．他必将光华的宝帐支搭在其上。

and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

他要来攻击埃及地．定为死亡的、必至死亡、定为掳掠的、必被掳掠、定为刀杀的、必交刀杀。

And he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death [shall be given] to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

我要在埃及神的庙中使火𤏲起．巴比伦王要将庙宇焚烧、神像掳去．他要得〈得原文作披上〉埃及地、好像牧人披上外衣、从那里安然而去。

And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

他必打碎埃及地伯示麦的柱像．用火焚烧埃及神的庙宇。

He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.

第44章

有临到耶利米的话、论及一切住在埃及地的犹大人、就是住在密夺、答比匿、挪弗、巴忒罗境内的犹大人说、

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我所降与耶路撒冷、和犹大各城的一切灾祸、你们都看见了．那些城邑今日荒凉、无人居住．

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

这是因居民所行的恶、去烧香事奉别神、就是他们、和你们、并你们列祖所不认识的神、惹我发怒。

because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.

我从早起来差遣我的仆人众先知去说、你们切不要行我所厌恶这可憎之事。

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

他们却不听从、不侧耳而听、不转离恶事、仍向别神烧香。

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

因此、我的怒气和忿怒都倒出来、在犹大城邑中、和耶路撒冷的街市上、如火𤏲起、以致都荒废凄凉、正如今日一样。

Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.

现在耶和华万军之神、以色列的神如此说、你们为何作这大恶自害己命、使你们的男人、妇女、婴孩、和吃奶的、都从犹大中剪除、不留一人呢．

Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

就是因你们手所作的、在所去寄居的埃及地、向别神烧香惹我发怒、使你们被剪除、在天下万国中令人咒诅羞辱。

in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

你们列祖的恶行、犹大列王和他们后妃的恶行、你们自己和你们妻子的恶行、就是在犹大地、耶路撒冷街上所行的、你们都忘了么。

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

到如今还没有懊悔、没有惧怕、没有遵行我在你们和你们列祖面前所设立的法度律例。

They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

所以万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我必向你们变脸降灾、以致剪除犹大众人。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.

那定意进入埃及地、在那里寄居的、就是所剩下的犹大人、我必使他们尽都灭绝．必在埃及地仆倒、必因刀剑饥荒灭绝．从最小的、到至大的、都必遭刀剑饥荒而死、以致令人辱骂、惊骇、咒诅、羞辱。

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

我怎样用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、刑罚耶路撒冷、也必照样刑罚那些住在埃及地的犹大人．

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

甚至那进入埃及地寄居的、就是所剩下的犹大人、都不得逃脱、也不得存留归回犹大地、他们心中甚想归回居住之地．除了逃脱的以外、一个都不能归回。

so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.

那些住在埃及地巴忒罗知道自己妻子向别神烧香的、与旁边站立的众妇女聚集成群、回答耶利米说、

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

论到你奉耶和华的名向我们所说的话、我们必不听从。

As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.

我们定要成就我们口中所出的一切话、向天后烧香、浇奠祭按着我们与我们列祖、君王、首领、在犹大的城邑中、和耶路撒冷的街市上、素常所行的一样．因为那时我们吃饱饭、享福乐、并不见灾祸。

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

自从我们停止向天后烧香、浇奠祭、我们倒缺乏一切．又因刀剑饥荒灭绝。

But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

妇女说、我们向天后烧香、浇奠祭、作天后像的饼供奉他、向他浇奠祭、是外乎我们的丈夫么。

And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?

耶利米对一切那样回答他的男人妇女说、

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,

你们与你们列祖、君王、首领、并国内的百姓、在犹大城邑中、和耶路撒冷街市上所烧的香、耶和华岂不记念、心中岂不思想么。

The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind?

耶和华因你们所作的恶、所行可憎的事、不能再容忍．所以你们的地荒凉、令人惊骇、咒诅、无人居住、正如今日一样。

so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

你们烧香、得罪耶和华、没有听从他的话、没有遵行他的律法、条例、法度．所以你们遭遇这灾祸、正如今日一样。

Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

耶利米又对众民和众妇女说、你们在埃及地的一切犹大人、当听耶和华的话．

Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、你们和你们的妻、都口中说、手里作、说、我们定要偿还所许的愿、向天后烧香、浇奠祭．现在你们只管坚定所许的愿而偿还罢。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.

所以你们住在埃及地的一切犹大人、当听耶和华的话．耶和华说、我指着我的大名起誓、在埃及全地、我的名不再被犹大一个人的口称呼、说、我指着主永生的耶和华起誓。

Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah liveth.

我向他们留意降祸不降福、在埃及地的一切犹大人必因刀剑饥荒所灭、直到灭尽。

Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

脱离刀剑、从埃及地归回犹大地的人数很少．那进入埃及地要在那里寄居的、就是所剩下的犹大人、必知道是谁的话立得住、是我的话呢、是他们的话呢。

And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.

耶和华说、我在这地方刑罚你们、必有豫兆、使你们知道我降祸与你们的话、必要立得住。

And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

耶和华如此说、我必将埃及王法老合弗拉交在他仇敌和寻索其命的人手中、像我将犹大王西底家交在他仇敌和寻索其命的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中一样。

Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.

第45章

犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年、尼利亚的儿子巴录将先知耶利米口中所说的话写在书上、耶利米说、

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

巴录阿、耶和华以色列的神说、

Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

巴录〈原文作你〉曾说、哀哉、耶和华将忧愁加在我的痛苦上．我因唉哼而困乏、不得安歇。

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

你要这样告诉他、耶和华如此说、我所建立的我必拆毁．我所栽植的我必拔出．在全地我都如此行。

Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

你为自己图谋大事么．不要图谋．我必使灾祸临到凡有血气的．但你无论往那里去、我必使你以自己的命为掠物．这是耶和华说的。

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

第46章

耶和华论列国的话临到先知耶利米。

The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

论到关乎埃及王法老尼哥的军队．这军队安营在伯拉河边的迦基米施、是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒在犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年所打败的。

Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

你们要豫备大小盾牌、往前上阵。

Prepare ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

你们套上车、骑上马、顶盔站立、磨枪贯甲。

Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

我为何看见他们惊惶转身退后呢．他们的勇士打败了、急忙逃跑、并不回头．惊吓四围都有．这是耶和华说的。

Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.

不要容快跑的逃避、不要容勇士逃脱．〈或作快跑的不能逃避勇士不能逃脱〉他们在北方伯拉河边绊跌仆倒。

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

像尼罗河涨发、像江河之水翻腾的是谁呢。

Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

埃及像尼罗河涨发、像江河的水翻腾．他说、我要涨发遮盖遍地．我要毁灭城邑、和其中的居民。

Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

马匹上去罢．车辆急行罢．勇士、就是手拿盾牌的古实人和弗人、〈又作吕彼亚人〉并拉弓的路德族、都出去罢。

Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.

那日是主万军之耶和华报仇的日子、要向敌人报仇．刀剑必吞吃得饱、饮血饮足．因为主万军之耶和华、在北方伯拉河边有献祭的事。

For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

埃及的民哪、〈民原文作处女〉可以上基列取乳香去．你虽多服良药、总是徒然、不得治好。

Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.

列国听见你的羞辱、遍地满了你的哀声．勇士与勇士彼此相碰、一齐跌倒。

The nations have heard of thy shame, and the earth is full of thy cry; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

耶和华对先知耶利米所说的话、论到巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要来攻击埃及地。

The word that Jehovah spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

你们要传扬在埃及、宣告在密夺、报告在挪弗、答比匿、说、要站起出队、自作准备．因为刀剑在你四围施行吞灭的事。

Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand forth, and prepare thee; for the sword hath devoured round about thee.

你的壮士为何被冲去呢．他们站立不住、因为耶和华驱逐他们。

Why are thy strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah did drive them.

使多人绊跌、他们也彼此撞倒、说、起来罢、我们再往本民本地去、好躲避欺压的刀剑。

He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

他们在那里喊叫说、埃及王法老不过是个声音．〈不过是个声音或作已经败亡〉他已错过所定的时候了。

They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.

君王、名为万军之耶和华的、说、我指着我的永生起誓、尼布甲尼撒〈原文作他〉来的势派必像他泊在众山之中、像迦密在海边一样。

As I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

住在埃及的民哪、〈民原文作女子〉要豫备掳去时所用的物件．因为挪弗必成为荒场、且被烧毁、无人居住。

O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

埃及是肥美的母牛犊．但出于北方的毁灭〈毁灭或作牛虻〉来到了、来到了。

Egypt is a very fair heifer; [but] destruction out of the north is come, it is come.

其中的雇勇、好像圈里的肥牛犊．他们转身退后、一齐逃跑、站立不住．因为他们遭难的日子、追讨的时候、已经临到。

Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.

其中的声音、好像蛇行一样．敌人要成队而来、如砍伐树木的手拿斧子攻击他。

The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

耶和华说、埃及的树林、虽然不能寻察、〈或作穿不过〉敌人却要砍伐、因他们多于蝗虫、不可胜数。

They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

埃及的民〈民原文作女子〉必然蒙羞．必交在北方人的手中。

The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

万军之耶和华以色列的神说、我必刑罚挪的亚扪〈埃及尊大之神〉和法老、并埃及、与埃及的神、以及君王．也必刑罚法老、和倚靠他的人。

Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:

我要将他们交付寻索其命之人的手、和巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒与他臣仆的手．以后埃及必再有人居住、与从前一样．这是耶和华说的。

and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith Jehovah.

我的仆人雅各阿、不要惧怕．以色列阿、不要惊惶。因我要从远方拯救你、从被掳到之地拯救你的后裔．雅各必回来、得享平靖安逸、无人使他害怕。

But fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

我的仆人雅各阿、不要惧怕．因我与你同在．我要将我所赶你到的那些国灭绝净尽．却不将你灭绝净尽、倒要从宽惩治你、万不能不罚你．〈不罚你或作以你为无罪〉这是耶和华说的。

Fear not thou, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee; but I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

第47章

法老攻击迦萨之先、有耶和华论非利士人的话临到先知耶利米。

The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

耶和华如此说、有水从北方发起、成为涨溢的河、要涨过遍地和其中所有的、并城和其中所住的、人必呼喊、境内的居民都必哀号。

Thus saith Jehovah: 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 them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

听见敌人壮马蹄跳的响声、和战车隆隆、车轮轰轰、为父的手就发软、不回头看顾儿女．

At 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 look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;

因为日子将到、要毁灭一切非利士人、剪除帮助推罗西顿所剩下的人．原来耶和华必毁灭非利士人、就是迦斐托海岛馀剩的人。

because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

迦萨成了光秃．平原中所剩的亚实基伦归于无有．你用刀划身、要到几时呢。

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

耶和华的刀剑哪、你到几时才止息呢．你要入鞘、安靖不动。

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

耶和华既吩咐你攻击亚实基伦、和海边之地、他已经派定你、焉能止息呢。

How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.

第48章

论摩押。万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、尼波有祸了、因变为荒场．基列亭蒙羞被攻取．米斯迦蒙羞被毁坏。

Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

摩押不再被称赞．有人在希实本设计谋害他、说、来罢、我们将他剪除、不再成国。玛得缅哪、你也必默默无声．刀剑必追赶你。

The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue thee.

从何罗念有喊荒凉大毁灭的哀声．

The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

摩押毁灭了．他的孩童〈或作家僮〉发哀声、使人听见。

Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

人上鲁希坡随走随哭．因为在何罗念的下坡、听见毁灭的哀声。

For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

你们要奔逃、自救性命、独自居住好像旷野的杜松。

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

你因倚靠自己所作的、和自己的财宝、必被攻取、基抹和属他的祭司、首领、也要一同被掳去。

For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

行毁灭的、必来到各城、并无一城得免．山谷必至败落、平原必被毁坏．正如耶和华所说的。

And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.

要将翅膀给摩押、使他可以飞去．他的城邑必至荒凉、无人居住。

Give wings unto Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

懒惰为耶和华行事的、必受咒诅．禁止刀剑不经血的、必受咒诅。

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

摩押自幼年以来、常享安逸、如酒在渣滓上澄清、没有从这器皿倒在那器皿里、也未曾被掳去．因此、他的原味尚存、香气未变。

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.

耶和华说、日子将到、我必打发倒酒的往他那里去、将他倒出来．倒空他的器皿、打碎他的坛子。

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

摩押必因基抹羞愧、像以色列家从前倚靠伯特利的神羞愧一样。

And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.

你们怎么说、我们是勇士、是有勇力打仗的呢。

How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

摩押变为荒场．敌人上去进了他的城邑．他所特选的少年人、下去遭了杀戮．这是君王、名为万军之耶和华说的。

Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

摩押的灾殃临近、他的苦难、速速来到。

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

凡在他四围的、和认识他名的、你们都要为他悲伤、说、那结实的杖、和那美好的棍、何竟折断了呢。

All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

住在底本的民哪、〈民原文作女子〉要从你荣耀的位上下来、坐受干渴．因毁灭摩押的上来攻击你．毁坏了你的保障。

O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.

住亚罗珥的阿、要站在道旁观望．问逃避的男人、和逃脱的女人、说、是甚么事呢。

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?

摩押因毁坏蒙羞．你们要哀号呼喊．要在亚嫩旁报告、说、摩押变为荒场。

Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

刑罚临到平原之地的何伦、雅杂、米法押、

And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,

底本、尼波、伯低比拉太音、

and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

基列亭、伯迦末、伯米恩、

and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

加略、波斯拉、和摩押地远近所有的城邑。

and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

摩押的角砍断了、摩押的膀臂折断了．这是耶和华说的。

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.

你们要使摩押沉醉、因他向耶和华夸大．他要在自己所吐之中打辊、又要被人嗤笑。

Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

摩押阿、你不曾嗤笑以色列么．他岂是在贼中查出来的呢．你每逢题到他便摇头。

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.

摩押的居民哪、要离开城邑、住在山崖里、像鸽子在深渊口上搭窝。

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

我们听说摩押人骄傲、是极其骄傲．听说他自高自傲、并且狂妄、居心自大。

We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.

耶和华说、我知道他的忿怒、是虚空的．他夸大的话、一无所成。

I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.

因此、我要为摩押哀号、为摩押全地呼喊．人必为吉珥哈列设人叹息。

Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.

西比玛的葡萄树阿、我为你哀哭甚于雅谢人哀哭．你的枝子蔓延过海、直长到雅谢海、那行毁灭的、已经临到你夏天的果子、和你所摘的葡萄。

With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah: thy branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage the destroyer is fallen.

肥田和摩押地的欢喜快乐、都被夺去、我使酒醡的酒绝流、无人踹酒欢呼．那欢呼却变为仇敌的呐喊。〈原文作那欢呼却不是欢呼〉

And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.

希实本人发的哀声、达到以利亚利、直达到雅杂、从琐珥达到何罗念、直到伊基拉施利施亚．因为宁林的水、必然干涸。

From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

耶和华说、我必在摩押地、使那在邱坛献祭的、和那向他的神烧香的、都断绝了。

Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

我心腹为摩押哀鸣如箫、我心肠为吉珥哈列设人、也是如此．因摩押人所得的财物、都灭没了。

Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

各人头上光秃、胡须剪短、手有画伤、腰束麻布。

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

在摩押的各房顶上、和街市上、处处有人哀哭．因我打碎摩押、好像打碎无人喜悦的器皿．这是耶和华说的。

On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.

摩押何等毁坏、何等哀号、何等羞愧转背．这样、摩押必令四围的人嗤笑惊骇。

How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are round about him.

耶和华如此说、仇敌必如大鹰飞起、展开翅膀、攻击摩押。

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

加略被攻取、保障也被占据、到那日、摩押的勇士心中疼痛、如临产的妇人。

Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

摩押必被毁灭、不再成国、因他向耶和华夸大。

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.

耶和华说、摩押的居民哪、恐惧、陷坑、网罗、都临近你。

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

躲避恐惧、的必坠入陷坑．从陷坑上来的、必被网罗缠住．因我必使追讨之年临到摩押．这是耶和华说的。

He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

躲避的人、无力站在希实本的影下．因为有火从希实本发出、有火焰出于西宏的城、烧尽摩押的角、和哄嚷人的头顶。

They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

摩押阿、你有祸了．属基抹的民灭亡了．因你的众子都被掳去．你的众女也被掳去。

Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.

耶和华说、到末后、我还要使被掳的摩押人归回。摩押受审判的话到此为止。

Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

第49章

论亚扪人。耶和华如此说、以色列没有儿子么、没有后嗣么．玛勒堪为何得迦得之地为业呢．属他的民为何住其中的城邑呢。

Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities thereof?

耶和华说、日子将到、我必使人听见打仗的喊声、是攻击亚扪人拉巴的喊声、拉巴要成为乱堆．属他的乡村〈原文作女子〉要被火焚烧．先前得以色列地为业的、此时以色列倒要得他们的地为业．这是耶和华说的。

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess them that did possess him, saith Jehovah.

希实本哪、你要哀号、因为爱地变为荒场．拉巴的居民哪、〈居民原文作女子〉要呼喊、以麻布束腰．要哭号、在篱笆中跑来跑去．因玛勒堪和属他的祭司、首领、要一同被掳去。

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

背道的民哪、〈民原文作女子〉你们为何因有山谷、就是水流的山谷、夸张呢．为何倚靠财宝、说、谁能来到我们这里呢。

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come unto me?

主万军之耶和华说、我要使恐吓从四围的人中临到你们．你们必被赶出、各人一直前往、没有人收聚逃民。

Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.

后来我还要使被掳的亚扪人归回．这是耶和华说的。

But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith Jehovah.

论以东。万军之耶和华如此说、提幔中再没有智慧么．明哲人不再有谋略么．他们的智慧尽归无有么。

Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

底但的居民哪、要转身逃跑、住在深密处．因为我向以扫追讨的时候、必使灾殃临到他。

Flee ye, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall visit him.

摘葡萄的、若来到他那里、岂不剩下些葡萄呢．盗贼若夜间而来、岂不毁坏、直到彀了呢。

If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

我却使以扫赤露、显出他的隐密处．他不能自藏．他的后裔、弟兄、邻舍、尽都灭绝、他也归于无有。

But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

你撇下孤儿、我必保全他们的命．你的寡妇可以倚靠我。

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

耶和华如此说、原不该喝那杯的、一定要喝．你能尽免刑罚么．你必不能免、一定要喝。

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.

耶和华说、我指着自己起誓、波斯拉必令人惊骇、羞辱、咒诅、并且荒凉．他的一切城邑、必变为永远的荒场。

For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

我从耶和华那里听见信息、并有使者被差往列国去、说、你们聚集来攻击以东．要起来争战。

I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

我使你在列国中为最小、在世人中被藐视。

For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

住在山穴中据守山顶的阿、论到你的威吓、你因心中的狂傲自欺．你虽如大鹰高高搭窝、我却从那里拉下你来．这是耶和华说的。

As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

以东必令人惊骇．凡经过的人、就受惊骇、又因他一切的灾祸嗤笑。

And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

耶和华说、必无人住在那里、也无人在其中寄居．要像所多玛蛾摩拉和邻近的城邑倾覆的时候一样。

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

仇敌必像狮子从约但河边的丛林上来、攻击坚固的居所．转眼之间、我要使以东人逃跑、离开这地．谁蒙拣选、我就派谁治理这地．谁能比我呢．谁能给我定规日期呢．有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢。

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

你们要听耶和华攻击以东所说的谋略、和他攻击提幔居民所定的旨意．仇敌定要将他们群众微弱的拉去、定要使他们的居所荒凉。

Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

因他们仆倒的声音、地就震动．人在红海那里、必听见呼喊的声音。

The earth trembleth at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.

仇敌必如大鹰飞起、展开翅膀攻击波斯拉．到那日、以东的勇士心中疼痛、如临产的妇人。

Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

论大马色。哈马和亚珥拔蒙羞．因他们听见凶恶的信息、就消化了．海上有忧愁、不得平静。

Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

大马色发软、转身逃跑．战兢将他捉住、痛苦忧愁将他抓住、如产难的妇人一样。

Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

我所喜乐可称赞的城、为何被撇弃了呢。

How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?

他的少年人、必仆倒在街上．当那日、一切兵丁必默默无声．这是万军之耶和华说的。

Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.

我必在大马色城中使火𤏲起、烧灭便哈达的宫殿。

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

论巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所攻打的基达、和夏琐的诸国。耶和华如此说、迦勒底人哪、起来上基达去、毁灭东方人。

Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.

他们的帐棚、和羊群、都要夺去、将幔子、和一切器皿、并骆驼、为自己掠去。人向他们喊着说、四围都有惊吓。

Their tents and their flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!

耶和华说、夏琐的居民哪、要逃奔远方、住在深密处．因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒设计谋害你们、起意攻击你们。

Flee ye, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

耶和华说、迦勒底人哪、起来、上安逸无虑的居民那里去．他们是无门无闩、独自居住的。

Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.

他们的骆驼、必成为掠物．他们众多的牲畜、必成为掳物。我必将剃周围头发的人、分散四方、〈方原文作风〉使灾殃从四围临到他们．这是耶和华说的。

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter unto all winds them that have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, saith Jehovah.

夏琐必成为野狗的住处、永远凄凉．必无人住在那里、也无人在其中寄居。

And Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation for ever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

犹大王西底家登基的时候、耶和华论以拦的话临到先知耶利米说、

The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

万军之耶和华如此说、我必折断以拦人的弓、就是他们为首的权力。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

我要使四风从天的四方刮来、临到以拦人、将他们分散四方．〈方原文作风〉这被赶散的人、没有一国不到的。

And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

耶和华说、我必使以拦人在仇敌和寻索其命的人面前惊惶．我也必使灾祸、就是我的烈怒、临到他们．又必使刀剑追杀他们、直到将他们灭尽。

And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;

我要在以拦设立我的宝座、从那里除灭君王、和首领．这是耶和华说的。

and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.

到末后、我还要使被掳的以拦人归回．这是耶和华说的。

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.

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耶和华藉先知耶利米论巴比伦和迦勒底人之地所说的话。

The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

你们要在万国中传扬报告、竖立大旗．要报告、不可隐瞒、说、巴比伦被攻取、彼勒蒙羞、米罗达惊惶．巴比伦的神像都蒙羞、他的偶像都惊惶。

Declare ye among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

因有一国从北方上来攻击他、使他的地荒凉、无人居住．连人带牲畜、都逃走了。

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

耶和华说、当那日子、那时候、以色列人要和犹大人同来、随走随哭、寻求耶和华他们的神。

In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.

他们必访问锡安、又面向这里、说、来罢、你们要与耶和华联合为永远不忘的约。

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

我的百姓作了迷失的羊．牧人使他们走差路、使他们转到山上．他们从大山走到小山、竟忘了安歇之处。

My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place.

凡遇见他们的、就把他们吞灭．敌人说、我们没有罪、因他们得罪那作公义居所的耶和华、就是他们列祖所仰望的耶和华。

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

我民哪、你们要从巴比伦中逃走、从迦勒底人之地出去．要像羊群前面走的公山羊。

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.

因我必激动联合的大国、从北方上来攻击巴比伦．他们要摆阵攻击他．他必从那里被攻取．他们的箭、好像善射之勇士的箭、一枝也不徒然返回。

For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

迦勒底必成为掠物．凡掳掠他的都必心满意足．这是耶和华说的。

And Chaldea shall be a prey: all that prey upon her shall be satisfied, saith Jehovah.

抢夺我产业的阿、你们因欢喜快乐、且像踹谷撒欢的母牛犊、又像发嘶声的壮马．

Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out [the grain], and neigh as strong horses;

你们的母巴比伦就极其抱愧、生你们的必然蒙羞．他要列在诸国之末、成为旷野、旱地、沙漠。

your mother shall be utterly put to shame; she that bare you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the hindermost of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

因耶和华的忿怒、必无人居住、要全然荒凉．凡经过巴比伦的、要受惊骇、又因他所遭的灾殃嗤笑。

Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

所有拉弓的、你们要在巴比伦的四围摆阵、射箭攻击他．不要爱惜箭枝、因他得罪了耶和华。

Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against Jehovah.

你们要在他四围呐喊．他已经投降．外郭坍塌了、城墙拆毁了．因为这是耶和华报仇的事．你们要向巴比伦报仇、他怎样待人、也要怎样待他。

Shout against her round about: she hath submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

你们要将巴比伦撒种的、和收割时拿镰刀的、都剪除了．他们各人、因怕欺压的刀剑、必归回本族、逃到本土。

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.

以色列是打散的羊、是被狮子赶出的．首先是亚述王将他吞灭、末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。

Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

所以万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、我必罚巴比伦王、和他的地、像我从前罚亚述王一样。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

我必再领以色列回他的草场．他必在迦密和巴珊吃草、又在以法莲山上、和基列境内、得以饱足。

And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

耶和华说、当那日子、那时候、虽寻以色列的罪孽、一无所有．虽寻犹大的罪恶、也无所见．因为我所留下的人、我必赦免。

In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

耶和华说上去攻击米拉大翁之地、又攻击比割的居民．要追杀灭尽、照我一切所吩咐你的去行。

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

境内有打仗和大毁灭的响声。

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

全地的大锤、何竟砍断破坏．巴比伦在列国中、何竟荒凉。

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

巴比伦哪、我为你设下网罗、你不知不觉被缠住．你被寻着、也被捉住、因为你与耶和华争竞。

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

耶和华已经开了武库、拿出他恼恨的兵器．因为主万军之耶和华、在迦勒底人之地有当作的事。

Jehovah hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a work [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.

你们要从极远的边界来攻击他、开他的仓廪、将他堆如高堆、毁灭净尽、丝毫不留。

Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.

要杀他的一切牛犊、使他们下去遭遇杀戮．他们有祸了、因为追讨他们的日子已经来到。

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

有从巴比伦之地逃避出来的人、在锡安扬声报告耶和华我们的神报仇、就是为他的殿报仇。

The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.

招集一切弓箭手来、攻击巴比伦．要在巴比伦四围安营．不要容一人逃脱、照着他所做的报应他．他怎样待人、也要怎样待他．因为他向耶和华以色列的圣者、发了狂傲。

Call together the archers against Babylon, all them that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.

所以他的少年人、必仆倒在街上．当那日、一切兵丁必默默无声．这是耶和华说的。

Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah.

主万军之耶和华说、你这狂傲的阿、我与你反对．因为我追讨你的日子已经来到。

Behold, I am against thee, O thou proud one, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

狂傲的必绊跌仆倒、无人扶起．我也必使火在他的城邑中𤏲起来、将他四围所有的尽行烧灭。

And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

万军之耶和华如此说、以色列人和犹大人一同受欺压．凡掳掠他们的、都紧紧抓住他们、不肯释放。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

他们的救赎主大有能力．万军之耶和华是他的名．他必伸清他们的冤、好使全地得平安、并搅扰巴比伦的居民。

Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

耶和华说、有刀剑临到迦勒底人、和巴比伦的居民、并他的首领、与智慧人。

A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

有刀剑临到矜夸的人、他们就成为愚昧．有刀剑临到他的勇士、他们就惊惶。

A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.

有刀剑临到他的马匹、车辆、和其中杂族的人民．他们必像妇女一样。有刀剑临到他的宝物、就被抢夺。

A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

有干旱临到他的众水、就必干涸．因为这是有雕刻偶像之地、人因偶像而颠狂。

A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.

所以旷野的走兽和豺狼、必住在那里、鸵鸟也住在其中、永无人烟、世世代代无人居住。

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

耶和华说、必无人住在那里、也无人在其中寄居．要像我倾覆所多玛蛾摩拉和邻近的城邑一样。

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, saith Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.

看哪、有一种民从北方而来．并有一大国和许多君王被激动、从地极来到。

Behold, a people cometh from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

他们拿弓和枪．性情残忍、不施怜悯．他们的声音像海浪匉訇。巴比伦城阿、〈城原文作女子〉他们骑马、都摆队伍、如上战场的人、要攻击你。

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

巴比伦王听见他们的风声、手就发软．痛苦将他抓住、疼痛仿佛产难的妇人。

The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

仇敌必像狮子从约但河边的丛林上来、攻击坚固的居所．转眼之间、我要使他们逃跑、离开这地．谁蒙拣选、我就派谁治理这地．谁能比我呢．谁能给我定规日期呢．有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢。

Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

你们要听耶和华攻击巴比伦所说的谋略、和他攻击迦勒底人之地所定的旨意。仇敌定要将他们群众微弱的拉去、定要使他们的居所荒凉。

Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

因巴比伦被取的声音、地就震动、人在列邦都听见呼喊的声音。

At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.

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耶和华如此说、我必使毁灭的风刮起、攻击巴比伦、和住在立加米的人。

Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.

我要打发外邦人来到巴比伦、簸扬他、使他的地空虚．在他遭祸的日子、他们要周围攻击他。

And I will send unto Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

拉弓的、要向拉弓的和贯甲挺身的射箭．不要怜惜他的少年人．要灭尽他的全军。

Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against [him that] lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

他们必在迦勒底人之地、被杀仆倒、在巴比伦的街上被刺透。

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

以色列和犹大、虽然境内充满违背以色列圣者的罪、却没有被他的神万军之耶和华丢弃。

For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

你们要从巴比伦中逃奔、各救自己的性命．不要陷在他的罪孽中、一同灭亡、因为这是耶和华报仇的时候．他必向巴比伦施行报应。

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah`s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.

巴比伦素来是耶和华手中的金杯、使天下沉醉．万国喝了他的酒就颠狂了。

Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah`s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

巴比伦忽然倾覆毁坏．要为他哀号、为止他的疼痛、拿乳香、或者可以治好。

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

我们想医治巴比伦、他却没有治好．离开他罢、我们各人归回本国．因为他受的审判通于上天、达到穹苍。

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

耶和华已经彰显我们的公义．来罢、我们可以在锡安报告耶和华我们神的作为。

Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.

你们要磨尖了箭头、抓住盾牌．耶和华定意攻击巴比伦、将他毁灭、所以激动了玛代君王的心、因这是耶和华报仇、就是为自己的殿报仇。

Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

你们要竖立大旗、攻击巴比伦的城墙．要坚固瞭望台、派定守望的设下埋伏．因为耶和华指着巴比伦居民所说的话、所定的意、他已经作成。

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

住在众水之上多有财宝的阿、你的结局到了、你贪婪之量满了。

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.

万军之耶和华指着自己起誓、说、我必使敌人充满你、像蚂蚱一样．他们必呐喊攻击你。

Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.

耶和华用能力创造大地、用智慧建立世界、用聪明铺张穹苍。

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

他一发声、空中便有多水激动．他使云雾从地极上腾．他造电随雨而闪、从他府库中带出风来。

各人都成了畜类、毫无知识．各银匠都因他的偶像羞愧．他所铸的偶像、本是虚假的、其中并无气息．

Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

都是虚无的、是迷惑人的工作．到追讨的时候、必被除灭。

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

雅各的分不像这些．因他是造作万有的主．以色列也是他产业的支派．万军之耶和华是他的名。

The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

你是我争战的斧子、和打仗的兵器．我要用你打碎列国、用你毁灭列邦．

Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

用你打碎马和骑马的．用你打碎战车和坐在其上的．

and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

用你打碎男人和女人．用你打碎老年人和少年人．用你打碎壮丁和处女．

and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

用你打碎牧人和他的群畜．用你打碎农夫和他一对牛．用你打碎省长和副省长。

and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke [of oxen]; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and deputies.

耶和华说、我必在你们眼前报复巴比伦人和迦勒底居民在锡安所行的诸恶。

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

耶和华说、你这行毁灭的山哪、就是毁灭天下的山、我与你反对．我必向你伸手、将你从山岩辊下去、使你成为烧毁的山。

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

人必不从你那里取石头为房角石、也不取石头为根基石．你必永远荒凉．这是耶和华说的。

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

要在境内竖立大旗、在各国中吹角、使列国豫备攻击巴比伦、将亚拉腊、米尼、亚实基拿各国招来攻击他．又派军长来攻击他、使马匹上来如蚂蚱．

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.

使列国和玛代君王、与省长、和副省长、并他们所管全地之人、都豫备攻击他。

Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of their dominion.

地必震动而瘠苦．因耶和华向巴比伦所定的旨意成立了、使巴比伦之地荒凉、无人居住。

And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

巴比伦的勇士止息争战、藏在坚垒之中．他们的勇力衰尽、好像妇女一样．巴比伦的住处有火𤏲起．门闩都折断了。

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.

通报的要彼此相遇、送信的要互相迎接、报告巴比伦王、说、城的四方、被攻取了．

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to met another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter:

渡口被占据了、苇塘被火烧了、兵丁也惊慌了。

and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说、巴比伦城、〈城原文作女子〉好像踹谷的禾场．再过片时、收割他的时候就到了。

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

以色列人说、巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒吞灭我、压碎我、使我成为空虚的器皿．他像大鱼、将我吞下、用我的美物充满他的肚腹、又将我赶出去。

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.

锡安的居民要说、巴比伦以强暴待我、损害我的身体．愿这罪归给他．耶路撒冷人要说、愿流我们血的罪、归到迦勒底的居民。

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

所以耶和华如此说、我必为你伸冤、为你报仇．我必使巴比伦的海枯竭、使他的泉源干涸。

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

巴比伦必成为乱堆、为野狗的住处、令人惊骇、嗤笑、并且无人居住。

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

他们要像少壮狮子咆哮、像小狮子吼叫。

They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions` whelps.

他们火热的时候、我必为他们设摆酒席、使他们沉醉、好叫他们快乐、睡了长觉、永不醒起．这是耶和华说的。

When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

我必使他们像羊羔、像公绵羊和公山羊、下到宰杀之地。

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

示沙克〈就是巴比伦〉何竟被攻取．天下所称赞的、何竟被占据．巴比伦在列国中、何竟变为荒场。

How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

海水涨起、漫过巴比伦．他被许多海浪遮盖。

The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.

他的城邑、变为荒场、旱地、沙漠、无人居住、无人经过之地。

Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

我必刑罚巴比伦的彼勒、使他吐出所吞的．万民必不再流归他那里、巴比伦的城墙、也必坍塌了。

And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

我的民哪、你们要从其中出去、各人拯救自己、躲避耶和华的烈怒。

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.

你们不要心惊胆怯、也不要因境内所听见的风声惧怕．因为这年有风声传来、那年也有风声传来、境内有强暴的事、官长攻击官长。

And let not your heart faint, neither fear ye for the tidings that shall be heard in the land; for tidings shall come one year, and after that in another year [shall come] tidings, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

日子将到、我必刑罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像．他全地必然抱愧．他被杀的人、必在其中仆倒。

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

那时、天地和其中所有的、必因巴比伦欢呼．因为行毁灭的、要从北方来到他那里．这是耶和华说的。

Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come unto her from the north, saith Jehovah.

巴比伦怎样使以色列被杀的人仆倒、照样他全地被杀的人、也必在巴比伦仆倒。

As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.

你们躲避刀剑的要快走、不要站住．要在远方记念耶和华、心中追想耶路撒冷。

Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

我们听见辱骂就蒙羞、满面惭愧．因为外邦人进入耶和华殿的圣所。

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah`s house.

耶和华说、日子将到、我必刑罚巴比伦雕刻的偶像．通国受伤的人必唉哼。

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

巴比伦虽升到天上、虽使他坚固的高处更坚固、还有行毁灭的、从我这里到他那里．这是耶和华说的。

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

有哀号的声音、从巴比伦出来．有大毁灭的响声、从迦勒底人之地发出。

The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

因耶和华使巴比伦变为荒场、使其中的大声灭绝．仇敌仿佛众水波浪匉訇、响声已经发出。

For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

这是行毁灭的临到巴比伦．巴比伦的勇士被捉住．他们的弓折断了．因为耶和华是施行报应的神、必定施行报应。

for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

君王、名为万军之耶和华的、说、我必使巴比伦的首领、智慧人、省长、副省长、和勇士、都沉醉、使他们睡了长觉、永不醒起。

And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

万军之耶和华如此说、巴比伦宽阔的城墙、必全然倾倒、他高大的城门、必被火焚烧．众民所劳碌的必致虚空、列国所劳碌的被火焚烧．他们都必困乏。

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.

犹大王西底家在位第四年、上巴比伦去的时候、玛西雅的孙子尼利亚的儿子西莱雅与王同去．（西莱雅是王宫的大臣）先知耶利米有话吩咐他。

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

耶利米将一切要临到巴比伦的灾祸、就是论到巴比伦的一切话、写在书上。

And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.

耶利米对西莱雅说、你到了巴比伦务要念这书上的话。

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

又说、耶和华阿、你曾论到这地方、说、要剪除、甚至连人带牲畜没有在这里居住的、必永远荒凉。

and say, O Jehovah, thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

你念完了这书、就把一块石头拴在书上、扔在伯拉河中、

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:

说、巴比伦因耶和华所要降与他的灾祸、必如此沉下去、不再兴起．人民也必困乏。耶利米的话到此为止。

and thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

第52章

西底家登基的时候、年二十一岁．在耶路撒冷作王十一年．他母亲名叫哈慕他、是立拿人耶利米的女儿。

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事、是照约雅敬一切所行的。

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

因此、耶和华的怒气在耶路撒冷和犹大发作、以致将人民从自己的面前赶出。

For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

西底家背叛巴比伦王。他作王第九年、十月初十日、巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军来攻击耶路撒冷、对城安营、四围筑垒攻城。

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

于是城被围困、直到西底家王十一年。

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

四月初九日、城里有大饥荒、甚至百姓都没有粮食。

In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

城被攻破、一切兵丁、就在夜间从靠近王园两城中间的门、出城逃跑、迦勒底人正在四围攻城、他们就往亚拉巴逃去。

Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king`s garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.

迦勒底的军队追赶西底家王、在耶利哥的平原追上他．他的全军都离开他四散了。

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

迦勒底人就拿住王、带他到哈马地的利比拉巴比伦王那里．巴比伦王便审判他。

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.

巴比伦王在西底家眼前、杀了他的众子．又在利比拉杀了犹大的一切首领．

And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

并且剜了西底家的眼睛、用铜链锁着他、带到巴比伦去、将他囚在监里、直到他死的日子。

And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒十九年、五月初十日、在巴比伦王面前侍立的护卫长尼布撒拉旦进入耶路撒冷、

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:

用火焚烧耶和华的殿、和王宫．又焚烧耶路撒冷的房屋、就是各大户家的房屋。

and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king`s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.

跟从护卫长迦勒底的全军、就拆毁耶路撒冷四围的城墙。

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

那时护卫长尼布撒拉旦将民中最穷的、和城里所剩下的百姓、并已经投降巴比伦王的人、以及大众所剩下的人、都掳去了。

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.

但护卫长尼布撒拉旦留下些民中最穷的、使他们修理葡萄园、耕种田地。

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

耶和华殿的铜柱、并殿内的盆座、和铜海、迦勒底人都打碎了、将那铜运到巴比伦去了。

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

又带去锅、铲子、蜡剪、盘子、调羹、并所用的一切铜器、

The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

杯、火鼎、碗、盆、灯台、调羹、爵、无论金的银的、护卫长也都带去了。

And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the bowls-that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,- the captain of the guard took away.

所罗门为耶和华殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海、并座下的十二只铜牛、这一切的铜、多得无法可称。

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah-the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

这一根柱子高十八肘、厚四指、是空的．围十二肘。

And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

柱上有铜顶、高五肘、铜顶的周围有网子和石榴、都是铜的．那一根柱子照此一样、也有石榴。

And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like unto these, and pomegranates.

柱子四面有九十六个石榴．在网子周围、共有一百石榴。

And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.

护卫长拿住大祭司西莱雅、副祭司西番亚、和三个把门的．

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:

又从城中拿住一个管理兵丁的官、〈或作太监〉并在城里所遇常见王面的七个人、和检点国民军长的书记、以及城里所遇见的国民六十个人。

and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and seven men of them that saw the king`s face, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

护卫长尼布撒拉旦将这些人带到利比拉巴比伦王那里。

And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

巴比伦王就把他们击杀在哈马地的利比拉。这样、犹大人被掳去离开本地。

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.

尼布甲尼撒所掳的民数、记在下面．在他第七年掳去犹大人三千零二十三名．

This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty;

尼布甲尼撒十八年从耶路撒冷掳去八百三十二人．

in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons;

尼布甲尼撒二十三年、护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去犹大人七百四十五名．共有四千六百人。

in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

犹大王约雅斤被掳后三十七年．巴比伦王以未米罗达元年、十二月二十五日、使犹大王约雅斤抬头、提他出监．

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

又对他说恩言、使他的位高过与他一同在巴比伦众王的位、

and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

给他脱了囚服。他终身在巴比伦王面前吃饭。

and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:

巴比伦王赐他所需用的食物、日日赐他一分．终身是这样、直到他死的日子。

and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

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