¹以色列的不忠与背信

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²“你去在耶路撒冷人的耳中呼叫，说：‘耶和华这样说：你年轻时的恩爱，新婚时的爱情，你怎样在旷野、在未曾耕种之地跟从我，我都记得。

²`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

³那时，以色列归耶和华为圣，作他初熟的土产。吞吃她的，都算为有罪，灾祸必临到他们。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

³Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah.

⁴雅各家啊！以色列家的各族啊！你们要听耶和华的话。

⁴Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.

⁵耶和华这样说：“你们列祖在我身上究竟发现了什么不义，使他们远离我，随从虚无的偶像，自己也成了虚妄呢？

⁵Thus said Jehovah: What — have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

⁶他们也不问：‘那领我们从埃及地上来，引导我们走过旷野，走过荒漠有深坑之地、干旱死荫之地、无人经过、无人居住之地的耶和华在哪里呢？’

⁶And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land — none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?`

⁷我领你们进入这肥美之地，得吃其中的果子和美物；可是你们一进来，就玷污了我的地；你们使我的产业成为可憎恶的。

⁷Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

⁸众祭司都不问：‘耶和华在哪里？’律法师不认识我，官长悖逆我，先知奉巴力的名说预言，跟从那无益的偶像。

⁸The priests have not said, `Where [is] Jehovah?` And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

⁹因此，我要再跟你们争辩，也要跟你们的子孙争辩。”这是耶和华的宣告。

⁹Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead.

¹⁰“你们尽管过到基提海岛察看，派人去基达仔细查考，看看曾有这样的事没有。

¹⁰For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:

¹¹有哪一国把自己的神换掉呢？其实那些并不是神。我的子民竟把他们的荣耀，换了无益的偶像。

¹¹Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

¹²诸天哪！你们要因此震惊，要大大战栗，极其凄凉。”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹²Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹³“因为我的子民作了两件恶事，就是离弃了我这活水的泉源，为自己凿了池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。

¹³For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

¹⁴不忠的结果“以色列岂是奴隶，或是在家中生的奴仆呢？为什么竟成了掠物呢？

¹⁴A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?

¹⁵幼狮都向他咆哮，大声吼叫，使他的地荒凉，城中破毁，无人居住。

¹⁵Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

¹⁶挪弗人和答比匿人也剃光了你的头顶。

¹⁶Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee — the crown of the head!

¹⁷你这不是自作自受吗？耶和华你的　神在路上引导你时，你却离弃了他。

¹⁷Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?

¹⁸现在，你为什么要到埃及去，喝西曷的水呢？你为什么要到亚述去，喝幼发拉底河的水呢？

¹⁸And now, what — to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what — to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?

¹⁹你自己的罪恶要惩罚你，你背道的事必责备你。你当知道，也要明白，离弃耶和华你的　神，没有畏惧我的心，是邪恶的，是痛苦的。”这是主万军之耶和华的宣告。

¹⁹Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁰以色列的罪恶“你从古时就折断了自己的轭，解开了自己的绳索，说：‘我不事奉你了。’你在每个高冈上，在每棵繁茂树下，蹲伏行淫。

²⁰For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,` For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering — a harlot.

²¹我栽你时原是上等的葡萄树，是绝对纯种的；你怎么在我面前变为坏枝子，成了野葡萄呢？

²¹And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?

²²你虽然用碱洗涤，多加肥皂，你罪孽的污渍仍留在我面前。”这是主耶和华的宣告。

²²But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

²³“你怎么能说：‘我没有玷污自己，未曾跟从过巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行径，想想你所作过的！简直像快捷的小雌驼，在路上乱闯；

²³How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?` See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,

²⁴又像惯在旷野的野驴，欲心一起就喘气，它春情发动，谁能抑制它呢？寻找它的都不必费力，在它的交配期间，必能找到它。

²⁴A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting — who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.

²⁵不要使你的脚赤露，你的喉咙干渴！你却说：‘没用的！因为我爱外族人的神，我要跟从他们！’

²⁵Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.`

²⁶以色列该受的惩罚“贼被捉拿时怎样羞愧，以色列家和他们的君王、领袖、祭司和先知，也都怎样羞愧。

²⁶As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,

²⁷他们对木头说：‘你是我爸爸’；对石头说：‘你是生我的’。他们以背向我，不以脸向我；然而遭遇患难时却说：‘起来，救救我们吧！’

²⁷Saying to wood, `My father [art] thou!` And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,` For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.`

²⁸你为自己所做的神在哪里？你遭遇患难时，如果他们能救你，就让他们起来吧！犹大啊！你的城有多少，你的神也有多少！

²⁸And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For — the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

²⁹你们为什么跟我争辩呢？你们都悖逆了我！”这是耶和华的宣告。

²⁹Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁰“我责打你们的儿女也是没用，因为他们不受管教。你们的刀剑，像灭命的狮子吞噬你们的先知。

³⁰In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

³¹这世代的人哪！你们要注意耶和华的话：‘对以色列人来说，难道我是旷野，或是黑暗的地方？我的子民为什么说：我们自由了，不再到你那里去了？

³¹O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.`

³²少女能忘记她的饰物吗？新妇能忘记她的华带吗？我的子民却忘记了我，这些日子无法数算。

³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

³³你多么通晓门路，去寻求爱情！就连坏女人，你也可以把门路指教她们。

³³What — dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

³⁴在你衣襟上又发现无辜穷人的血，并且你不是发现他们在挖窟窿时杀他们的。虽然这样，

³⁴Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

³⁵你还说：我是无辜的，他的怒气必已离开我。看哪！我要审判你，因为你曾说：我没有犯罪！

³⁵And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?` Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.`

³⁶你为什么要东奔西跑，改变你的路向呢？你必因埃及蒙羞，像你从前因亚述受辱一样。

³⁶What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,

³⁷你必双手抱头从埃及出来，因为耶和华弃绝了你所倚靠的，你靠他们必不能成功。’”

³⁷Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!