¹耶利米宣告　神的约

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

²“你要告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民：‘你们要听从这约的话。’

²`Hear ye the words of this covenant, and ye have spoken unto the men of Judah, and unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

³你要对他们说：‘耶和华以色列的　神这样说：不听从这约的话的，必受咒诅。

³and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed [is] the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,

⁴这约就是我把你们的列祖从埃及地、从铁炉那里领出来的那天所吩咐他们的，说：你们要听从我的话，照着我吩咐你们的一切话去行；这样，你们就作我的子民，我也作你们的　神。

⁴That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God,

⁵我好履行向你们列祖所起的誓，就是把流奶与蜜之地赐给他们，好像今天一样。’”于是我回答说：“耶和华啊！阿们。”

⁵In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.`

⁶责犹大背约，必受惩罚耶和华又对我说：“你要在犹大各城中和耶路撒冷的街道上，宣告这一切话，说：‘你们要听从、遵行这约的话。

⁶And Jehovah saith 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 ye have done them.

⁷因为自从我领你们的列祖出埃及地那一天，我已郑重警告他们，直到今日，我仍不断警告他们，说：“你们要听从我的话。”

⁷For I certainly testified against your fathers, In the day of My bringing them up out of the land of Egypt — till this day, Rising early and testifying, saying, Hearken to My voice,

⁸他们却不听从，毫不留心，各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。所以，我使这约中一切咒诅的话临到他们身上。我曾吩咐他们遵行这约，他们却不遵行。’”

⁸And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.`

⁹耶和华又对我说：“在犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民中间，有背叛的阴谋。

⁹And Jehovah saith unto me: `A conspiracy is found in the men of Judah, And in the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁰他们回到他们祖先所犯的罪孽中。他们的祖先不肯听从我的话，却随从事奉别的神。以色列家和犹大家都违犯了我和他们列祖所立的约。”

¹⁰They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

¹¹因此耶和华这样说：“看哪！我必使灾祸临到他们身上，是他们不能逃脱的；他们虽然向我哀求，我必不听他们。

¹¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

¹²那时，犹大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民，都必去哀求他们烧香供奉的神，只是在他们遭难的时候，这些神却完全不能拯救他们。

¹²And the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation.

¹³犹大啊！你的城有多少，你的神也有多少；耶路撒冷的街道有多少，你为那可耻的巴力所设立烧香的祭坛也有多少。

¹³For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And — the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

¹⁴“至于你，不要为这人民祈祷，不要为他们呼求祷告，因为他们遭难向我呼求的时候，我必不听他们。

¹⁴And thou, thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer, For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation.

¹⁵“我所爱的既然行了罪大恶极的事，还有什么资格在我的殿里呢？难道祭肉可以消除你的灾祸，使你得着欢乐吗？”

¹⁵What — to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.

¹⁶耶和华曾称你的名字为壮丽、多结美果的青橄榄树；现在他必借风暴雷轰，把它燃点起来，它的枝子也都折断。

¹⁶`An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,` Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.

¹⁷那栽种你的万军之耶和华，已经宣布降灾攻击你，是因以色列家和犹大家自己所行的恶；他们向巴力烧香，惹我发怒。

¹⁷And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal.

¹⁸耶利米遭人谋害耶和华把他们的阴谋指示我，我就知道了；那时，你把他们所行的给我指明。

¹⁸And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.

¹⁹至于我，我却像一只驯良的羊羔，被牵到屠宰之地；我并不知道他们设计谋害我。他们说：“我们来把这树和果子（“果子”原文作“它的食物”）都毁灭吧，把它从活人之地剪除，使它的名不再被人记念。”

¹⁹And I [am] as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.

²⁰亚拿突人受惩罚但万军之耶和华啊！你是凭公义审判人，试验人肺腑和心肠的。求你让我看见你在他们身上施行的报复，因为我已经把我的案件向你陈明了。

²⁰And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.`

²¹因此耶和华指责那些亚拿突人，他们寻索你命，向你恐吓说：“不要奉耶和华的名说预言，免得你死在我们手中。”

²¹Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, And thou dost not die by our hands.

²²万军之耶和华这样说：“看哪！我要惩罚他们；他们的年轻人必死在刀下，他们的儿女必因饥荒而死。

²²Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine,

²³他们中间必没有余剩的，因为在惩罚他们的年日，我必使灾祸临到他们身上。”

²³And they have no remnant, For I bring evil unto the men of Anathoth, The year of their inspection!`