| | 1 | 耶和華的話臨到耶利米、說、
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: | |
| | 2 | 當聽這約的話、告訴猶大人、和耶路撒冷的居民．
"Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. | |
| | 3 | 對他們說、耶和華以色列的 神如此說、不聽從這約之話的人、必受咒詛．
Tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Cursed is the man who does not obey the terms of this covenant-- | |
| | 4 | 這約、是我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來、脫離鐵爐的那日所吩咐他們的、說、你們要聽從我的話、照我一切所吩咐的去行．這樣、你們就作我的子民、我也作你們的 神．
the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, 'Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. | |
| | 5 | 我好堅定向你們列祖所起的誓、給他們流奶與蜜之地、正如今日一樣。我就回答說、耶和華阿、阿們。
Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey'--the land you possess today." I answered, "Amen, LORD." | |
| | 6 | 耶和華對我說、你要在猶大城邑中、和耶路撒冷街市上、宣告這一切話、說、你們當聽從遵行這約的話。
The LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: 'Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. | |
| | 7 | 因為我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來的那日、直到今日、都是從早起來、切切誥誡他們、說、你們當聽從我的話。
From the time I brought your forefathers up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, "Obey me." | |
| | 8 | 他們卻不聽從、不側耳而聽、竟隨從自己頑梗的惡心去行．所以我使這約中一切咒詛的話、臨到他們身上、這約是我吩咐他們行的、他們卻不去行。
But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.'" | |
| | 9 | 耶和華對我說、在猶大人和耶路撒冷居民中、有同謀背叛的事。
Then the LORD said to me, "There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. | |
| | 10 | 他們轉去效法他們的先祖、不肯聽我的話、犯罪作孽．又隨從別神事奉他．以色列家和猶大家背了我與他們列祖所立的約。
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their forefathers. | |
| | 11 | 所以耶和華如此說、我必使災禍臨到他們、是他們不能逃脫的．他們必向我哀求、我卻不聽。
Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. | |
| | 12 | 那時猶大城邑的人、和耶路撒冷的居民、要去哀求他們燒香所供奉的神．只是遭難的時候、這些神毫不拯救他們。
The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. | |
| | 13 | 猶大阿、你神的數目、與你城的數目相等．你為那可恥的巴力所築燒香的壇、也與耶路撒冷街道的數目相等。
You have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.' | |
| | 14 | 所以你不要為這百姓祈禱、不要為他們呼求禱告．因為他們遭難向我哀求的時候、我必不應允。
"Do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress. | |
| | 15 | 我所親愛的、既行許多淫亂、聖肉也離了你、你在我殿中作甚麼呢．你作惡就喜樂。
"What is my beloved doing in my temple as she works out her evil schemes with many? Can consecrated meat avert your punishment? When you engage in your wickedness, then you rejoice." | |
| | 16 | 從前耶和華給你起名叫青橄欖樹、又華美、又結好果子．如今他用鬨嚷之聲、點火在其上、枝子也被折斷。
The LORD called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. | |
| | 17 | 原來栽培你的萬軍之耶和華已經說、要降禍攻擊你、是因以色列家和猶大家行惡、向巴力燒香、惹我發怒、是自作自受。
The LORD Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done evil and provoked me to anger by burning incense to Baal. | |
| | 18 | 耶和華指示我、我就知道．你將他們所行的給我指明。
Because the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. | |
| | 19 | 我卻像柔順的羊羔、被牽到宰殺之地．我並不知道他們設計謀害我、說、我們把樹連果子都滅了罷、將他從活人之地剪除、使他的名不再被記念。
I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more." | |
| | 20 | 按公義判斷、察驗人肺腑心腸的萬軍之耶和華阿、我卻要見你在他們身上報仇．因我將我的案件向你稟明了。
But, O LORD Almighty, you who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause. | |
| | 21 | 所以耶和華論到尋索你命的亞拿突人如此說、他們說、你不要奉耶和華的名說豫言、免得你死在我們手中．
"Therefore this is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, 'Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD or you will die by our hands'-- | |
| | 22 | 所以萬軍之耶和華如此說、看哪、我必刑罰他們、他們的少年人、必被刀劍殺死．他們的兒女、必因飢荒滅亡。
therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. | |
| | 23 | 並且沒有餘剩的人留給他們．因為在追討之年、我必使災禍臨到亞拿突人。
Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.'" | |
