1在埃及的猶大人仍事奉別神以下的話臨到耶利米，論到所有住在埃及地的猶大人，就是那些住在密奪、答比匿、挪弗和巴忒羅地的人，說：
1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2“萬軍之耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：‘你們都親眼看見我降在耶路撒冷和猶大各城的一切災禍。看哪！那些城鎮今天仍然荒涼，沒有人居住，
2Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein,
3這是因為他們所行的惡事的緣故；他們向別神燒香，事奉它們，惹我發怒。這些神是他們和你們，以及你們的列祖所不認識的。
3because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods, that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
4雖然我不斷差遣我的僕人眾先知到你們那裡去，說：你們千萬不可行我所恨惡，這可憎的事！
4However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.
5他們卻不聽從，毫不留心，不肯離開他們的惡行，仍向別神燒香。
5But they didn’t listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
6因此，我必傾出我的烈怒和怒氣，在猶大的各城鎮和耶路撒冷的街上燒起，以致它們都荒涼廢棄，像今天一樣。’
6Therefore my wrath and my 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.
7現在，耶和華萬軍的 神以色列的 神這樣說：‘你們為甚麼自己招來這樣的大災禍，使你們的男人、女人、孩童和嬰兒都從猶大中除滅，一個餘剩的人也不留下呢？
7Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the midst of Judah, to leave yourselves none remaining;
8為甚麼因你們手所作的，在你們來寄居的埃及地向別神燒香，惹我發怒，以致你們被除滅，成為地上萬國咒詛和羞辱的對象呢？
8in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to live; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9你們列祖的惡行、猶大列王的惡行、他們妻子的惡行、你們自己的惡行和你們妻子的惡行，就是在猶大地和耶路撒冷街上所行的，你們忘記了嗎？
9Have you 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?
10直到今日，他們還沒有痛悔，沒有畏懼，也沒有遵行我在你們和你們列祖面前所立的律法和條例。’
10They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
11在埃及的猶大人必被殲滅“因此萬軍之耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：‘看哪！我決意向你們降下災禍，把全猶大都除滅。
11Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
12那些決意去埃及地，在那裡寄居的猶大餘剩的人，我必把他們除去；他們必在埃及地滅絕；他們必倒在刀下，必因饑荒滅亡；他們從最小的到最大的都必因刀劍和饑荒而死，以致成了令人驚駭、被人咒罵、咒詛和羞辱的對象。
12I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live 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 to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13我必用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫懲罰那些住在埃及地的人，好像懲罰耶路撒冷一樣。
13For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
14那些去埃及地，在那裡寄居的猶大餘剩的人，必不能逃脫，不能倖存，不能返回他們心裡渴望回去居住的猶大地；除了一些逃脫了的人以外，一個都不能返回。’”
14so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live 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.
15人民不聽警告，仍事奉別神那些知道自己的妻子曾向別神燒香的眾人，和一大群站在那裡的婦女，以及住在埃及地巴忒羅的眾民，回答耶利米說：
15Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16“你奉耶和華的名對我們所說的話，我們不聽從。
16As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
17我們口中說過的一切話，我們一定去作，我們要向天后燒香，澆奠祭，好像我們自己和我們的列祖，以及我們的君王和領袖，在猶大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上所行的一樣。那時我們吃得飽，得享福樂，不見災禍。
17But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to 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 food, and were well, and saw no evil.
18但是，自從我們停止向天后燒香和澆奠祭以後，我們就樣樣都缺乏，又因刀劍和饑荒滅亡。”
18But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19那些婦女又說：“我們不錯是向天后燒香和澆奠祭，難道我們的丈夫不知道我們照著天后的形象製餅供奉她，向她澆奠祭嗎？”
19When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
20再警告必遭災禍耶利米對全體人民，對那些用這話答覆他的男人、女人和眾民說：
20Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
21“你們和你們的列祖，以及你們的君王、領袖，和全國的人民，在猶大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上燒的香，耶和華怎能忘記，他心裡怎能不想起呢？
21The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t Yahweh remember them, and didn’t it come into his mind?
22耶和華再不能容忍你們邪惡的行為，和你們所行可憎的事；故此，你們的土地荒涼，成了令人驚駭、被人咒詛的對象，沒有人居住，好像今天一樣。
22so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore your land has become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
23因為你們向別神燒香，得罪了耶和華，不聽從耶和華的話，不遵行他的律法、條例和法度，所以這災禍臨到你們，好像今天一樣。”
23Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is this day.
24耶利米又對眾民和眾婦女說：“在埃及地所有的猶大人哪，要聽耶和華的話！
24Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt:
25萬軍之耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：‘你們和你們的妻子親口說過：我們一定要實行我們的願，向天后燒香，澆奠祭。你們果然親手作了。現在你們只管持定你們所許的願，只管實行你們的誓言吧！’
25Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You 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 the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
26但所有住在埃及地的猶大人哪，你們要聽耶和華的話！耶和華說：‘看哪！我指著我偉大的名起誓：在埃及全地每一個猶大人的口中，再不會呼喚我的名，說：我指著永活的主耶和華起誓。
26Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, 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 Yahweh lives.
27看哪！我要留意向他們降禍不降福；在埃及地所有的猶大人都必因刀劍和饑荒滅亡，直到滅絕。
27Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
28那些逃脫刀劍的，必從埃及地返回猶大地；他們人數很少。這樣，所有去埃及地在那裡寄居的猶大餘剩的人，就知道誰的話實現：我的，還是他們的。
28Those who 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, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29埃及被巴比倫擊敗的預兆“‘我要在這地方懲罰你們，這是給你們的徵兆，好使你們知道我說要降禍給你們的話，一定實現。’這是耶和華的宣告。
29This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
30耶和華這樣說：‘看哪！我必把埃及王法老合弗拉交在他仇敵的手中，和那些尋索他性命的人的手中，像我把猶大王西底家交在他仇敵，那尋索他性命的巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中一樣。’”
30Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.