1預言旱災耶和華的話臨到耶利米，是關於旱災的事：
1The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2“猶大悲哀，她的城鎮（“城鎮”原文作“城門”）衰落，人人都坐在地上悲傷痛哭；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達於天。
2Judah mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3他們的顯貴差派童僕去打水；童僕來到池邊，卻找不到水，就拿著空的器皿回來；他們失望難過，蒙著自己的頭。
3Their 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 disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
4土地乾裂，因為地上沒有雨水；農夫失望，都蒙著自己的頭。
4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
5甚至母鹿在田野生產了小鹿，也得把牠丟棄，因為沒有青草。
5Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
6野驢站在光禿的高岡上，像野狗喘著氣；牠們雙目發呆，因為沒有青草。”
6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
7“耶和華啊！即使我們的罪孽指證我們，還求你因你名的緣故施行拯救。我們實在多次背道，得罪了你。
7Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
8以色列的盼望啊！以色列遭難時的拯救者啊！你為甚麼在本地像一個寄居的人，又像個只住宿一夜的旅客呢？
8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
9你為甚麼像個受驚的人，又像個不能拯救人的勇士呢？耶和華啊！你是在我們中間，我們是稱為你名下的人，求你不要離棄我們。”
9Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don’t leave us.
10耶和華論到這人民這樣說：“他們喜愛這樣流蕩，不約束自己的腳；因此耶和華不悅納他們，現在就要記念他們的罪孽，並要懲罰他們的罪惡。”
10Thus says Yahweh to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
11耶和華對我說：“不要為這人民祈求好處；
11Yahweh said to me, Don’t pray for this people for their good.
12即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；即使他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫去滅盡他們。”
12When 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.
13假先知的收場我就說：“唉，主耶和華啊！你看，那些先知常對他們說：‘你們必不會看見刀劍，也必不會有饑荒；因為我耶和華要在這地方賜給你們恆久的平安。’”
13Then I said, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14耶和華對我說：“那些先知借我的名說假預言；我並沒有差遣他們，沒有吩咐他們，也沒有向他們說話。他們對你們所預言的，是虛假的異象、占卜的預兆、虛無的事，和他們自己心裡的詭詐。”
14Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn’t send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
15因此，耶和華這樣說：“關於那些借我名說預言的先知，我並沒有差遣他們，他們竟說：‘這地必不會有刀劍和饑荒。’那些先知必被刀劍和饑荒滅絕。
15Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn’t send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
16至於那些聽他們說預言的人民，必因刀劍和饑荒被拋棄在耶路撒冷的街上，沒有人埋葬他們，也沒有人埋葬他們的妻子和兒女。我必要把他們作惡應得的報應倒在他們身上。
16The 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 on them.
17耶利米為人民哀痛“你要對他們說這話：‘願我的眼淚直流，日夜不停；因為我的同胞（“同胞”原文作“人民的處女”）遭受極大的毀滅，受到很嚴重的打擊。
17You shall say this word to them, Let my 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.
18如果我出到田間，就看見那些被刀劍所殺的人；如果我走進城裡，就看見因饑荒而來的各種疾病。連先知和祭司也流亡到他們素不認識的地方。’”
18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
19你真的棄絕猶大嗎？你真的討厭錫安嗎？你為甚麼擊打我們，使我們無法醫治呢？我們期待平安，卻得不到好處；期待得醫治的時候，不料，只有驚慌。
19Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck 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!
20耶和華啊！我們承認我們的罪惡，和我們列祖的罪孽；我們實在得罪了你。
20We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21求你為你名的緣故，不要厭棄我們！不要叫你榮耀的寶座蒙羞！求你記念你和我們所立的約，不要廢除！
21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don’t break your covenant with us.
22列國虛無的偶像中，有可以降雨的嗎？天能自降甘霖嗎？耶和華我們的 神啊！能夠這樣作的，不是只有你嗎？所以我們仰望你，因為這一切都是你所作的。
22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.