¹眾人求耶利米禱告　神所有的將領，包括加利亞的兒子約哈難和何沙雅的兒子耶撒尼亞，以及全體人民，從最小的到最大的，都上前來，

¹Then 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 to the greatest, came near,

²對耶利米先知說：“求你容我們向你懇求，請為我們這餘剩的民向耶和華你的　神禱告；因為我們從前人數眾多，現在剩下的極少，就像你現在親眼所見的一樣。

²and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:

³請為我們求耶和華你的　神指示我們當走的路和該作的事。”

³that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

⁴耶利米先知對他們說：“我聽見了！我必照著你們的話禱告耶和華你們的　神。耶和華回答你們所說的一切話，我必告訴你們，一句也不會向你們隱瞞。”

⁴Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.

⁵於是他們對耶利米說：“我們若不照著耶和華你的　神差遣你到我們這裡來所說的一切話去作，願耶和華作真實和誠信的見證，指控我們。

⁵Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God shall send you to us.

⁶不論是甜是苦，我們都願聽從耶和華我們　神的話，因為是我們委派你向他祈求的；我們聽從耶和華我們　神的話，就必凡事亨通。”

⁶Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.

⁷耶和華要他們仍居猶大過了十天，耶和華的話臨到耶利米。

⁷It happened after ten days, that the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah.

⁸耶利米就把加利亞的兒子約哈難，和所有與他一起的將領，以及全體人民，從最小的到最大的，都叫了來，

⁸Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

⁹對他們說：“耶和華以色列的　神，就是你們委派我去為你們向他懇求的那位，這樣說：

⁹and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:

¹⁰‘你們若決意住在這地，我就建立你們，必不拆毀；栽植你們，必不拔除；因我為那已經降在你們身上的災禍回心轉意。

¹⁰If you will still live 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 grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.

¹¹你們所怕的巴比倫王，你們不要懼怕他；你們不要懼怕他（這是耶和華的宣告），因為我與你們同在，要拯救你們，要搭救你們脫離他的手。

¹¹Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don’t be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

¹²我要向你們施憐憫，他也會憐憫你們，使你們歸回自己的土地。’

¹²I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.

¹³但是，你們若說：‘我們不住在這地’，不聽從耶和華你們的　神的話，

¹³But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don’t obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

¹⁴或說：‘不！我們要去埃及地，在那裡看不到戰爭，聽不見號角的聲音，也不會因缺乏糧食而飢餓；我們要留在那裡。’

¹⁴saying, 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:

¹⁵這樣，猶大餘剩的人哪，你們現在要聽耶和華的話！萬軍之耶和華以色列的　神這樣說：‘你們若決意去埃及，到那裡寄居，

¹⁵now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

¹⁶你們懼怕的刀劍必在埃及地追上你們；你們恐懼的饑荒必在埃及緊隨著你們；你們必死在那裡。

¹⁶then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

¹⁷所有決意去埃及，在那裡寄居的人，必因刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫而死；他們沒有一人能倖存，或避過我降在他們身上的災禍。’

¹⁷So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live 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 on them.

¹⁸責備他們不聽警告“因為萬軍之耶和華以色列的　神這樣說：‘我從前怎樣把我的怒氣和烈怒傾倒在耶路撒冷的居民身上，現在你們進入埃及的時候，我也必照樣把我的烈怒傾倒在你們身上。你們就必成為令人驚駭、被人咒罵、咒詛和羞辱的對象。你們必不能再看見這地方。

¹⁸For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.

¹⁹猶大餘剩的人哪，耶和華曾對你們說：‘你們不要去埃及。’你們要確實知道，我今天已經警告你們了。

¹⁹Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don’t you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.

²⁰你們實在自己欺騙自己，因為是你們委派我去見耶和華你們的　神，你們說：‘請為我們向耶和華我們的　神禱告；無論耶和華我們的　神說甚麼，你都要告訴我們，我們就必照著去作。’

²⁰For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

²¹我今天告訴了你們，你們卻不聽從耶和華你們的　神派我來告訴你們的一切話。

²¹and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.

²²現在你們要確實知道，在你們想去寄居的那地方，你們必因刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫而死。”

²²Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to live there.