1耶利米质疑恶人为何亨通
1Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
2你栽种了他们，他们也扎了根，并且长大，结出果实；他们的口中有你，心里却没有你（“他们的口中有你，心里却没有你”原文作“你与他们的口很接近，却离他们的心很远”）。
2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near [art] Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.
3但耶和华啊！你认识我，了解我，你察验了我对你的心意。求你把他们拉出来，好像将宰的羊一般；求你把他们分别出来，留待宰杀的日子。
3And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.
4这地悲哀，田野的青草都枯干，要等到几时呢？由于这地居民的恶行，走兽和飞鸟都灭绝了；因为他们说：“ 神看不见我们的作为（“作为”一词按照《马索拉抄本》应作“结局”；现参照《七十士译本》翻译）。”
4Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.`
5耶和华说：“如果你与徒步的人同跑，尚且觉得疲倦，怎能跟马赛跑呢？你在平安稳妥之地，尚且跌倒，在约旦河边的丛林怎么办呢？
5For — with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident — And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!
6因为连你的兄弟、你的父家，都以诡诈待你，连他们也在你后面高声喊叫。虽然他们对你说好话，你也不可信他们。”
6For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they — they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.
7遍地荒凉“我撇下了我的家，丢弃了我的产业；我把我心爱的交在她仇敌的手中。
7I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
8我的产业对我，就像树林中的狮子向我咆哮，因此我恨恶她。
8Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.
9我的产业对我，不就像一只带斑点的鸷鸟，其他的鸷鸟都四围攻击她？你们去聚集田野各样的走兽，带它们来吃吧！
9A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.
10许多牧人毁坏了我的葡萄园，践踏了我的田地；他们使我美好的田地变为荒凉的旷野。
10Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness — a desolation.
11他们使地荒凉，在我面前一片荒凉悲哀；全地荒凉，却无人关心。”
11He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart.
12在旷野一切光秃的高冈上，行毁灭的已经来到了；因为耶和华的刀从地这边直到地那边，要吞灭一切；人人都没有平安。
12On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Jehovah is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.
13他们种的是小麦，收的却是荆棘；虽然筋疲力竭，却一无所获。因耶和华的烈怒，他们必为自己的（“自己的”原文作“你们的”）出产羞愧（本句或译：“你们必为你们的农获羞愧”）。
13They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick — they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.
14警告恶邻耶和华这样说：“至于所有邪恶的邻国，他们侵犯我赐给我子民以色列的产业；看哪！我要把他们从本地拔出来，也要把犹大家从他们中间拔出来。
14Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbours, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people — Israel — to inherit: `Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst.
15但我把他们拔出来以后，我必再怜悯他们，把他们领回来，各自归回自己的产业，自己的故乡。
15And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.
16如果那些邻近的国家真的学习我子民的道路，指着我的名起誓，说：‘我指着永活的耶和华起誓！’正如他们从前教导我的子民指着巴力起誓一样，他们就必在我的子民中间被建立起来。
16And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,` As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.
17他们如果有不听从的，我就把那国拔出来，把她拔除消灭。”这是耶和华的宣告。
17And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!`