1警戒君民
1Thus said Jehovah, `Go down [to] the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,
2说：‘坐大卫王位的犹大王啊！你和你的臣仆，以及从这些门进来的人民，都要听耶和华的话。
2Hear a word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who art sitting on the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who are coming in at these gates,
3耶和华这样说：你们要施行公正和公义，解救被抢夺的脱离欺压者的手，不可虐待或以强暴对待寄居的、孤儿和寡妇，也不可在这地方流无辜人的血。
3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.
4如果你们切实地行这些事，就必有坐大卫王位的列王，乘着车，骑着马，与自己的臣仆和人民进入这王宫的各门。
4For, if ye certainly do this thing, Then come in by the gates of this house Have kings sitting for David on his throne, Riding on chariot, and on horses, He, and his servants, and his people.
5如果你们不听从这些话，我指着自己起誓，这宫殿必变为废墟。’”这是耶和华的宣告。
5And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn — an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.
6因为耶和华论到犹大王的宫殿这样说：“虽然在我看来，你好像基列，好像黎巴嫩的山峰；我却要使你变为旷野，变为无人居住的城市。
6For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead [art] thou to Me — head of Lebanon, If not — I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited.
7我要指派毁灭者，各有兵器攻击你；他们必砍下你最好的香柏树，丢进火里。
7And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire.
8多国的人必经过这城，彼此发问：‘耶和华为什么这样对待这大城呢？’
8And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?
9必有人说：‘是因为他们离弃了耶和华他们 神的约，并且敬拜事奉别神。’”
9And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.`
10预言沙龙之祸不要为那已死的人哀哭，不要为他悲伤；却要为那远去的人大大哀哭，因为他不得再回来，也不能再见自己的国土。
10Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.
11因为论到犹大王约西亚的儿子，就是继承他父亲约西亚作王的沙龙，耶和华这样说：“他离开了这地方，必不得再回来；
11For thus said Jehovah concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who is reigning instead of Josiah his father, who hath gone forth from this place: He doth not turn back hither again;
12因为他要死在被掳去的地方，不得再见这地。
12For in the place whither they have removed him he dieth, And this land he doth not see again.
13预言约雅敬之祸“用不义的手段建造自己房屋、用不公正的方法建筑自己楼房的，有祸了！他使自己的同胞白白作工，不把工资付给他们。
13Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.
14他说：‘我要为自己建造宏伟的房屋、宽敞的楼房。’他又为房屋装设宽阔的窗户，用香柏木作镶板，并且漆上红色。
14Who is saying, `I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,` And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermillion.
15难道你是用香柏木争胜来表明王的身分吗？你父亲不是也吃也喝，也施行公正和公义吗？那时他得享福乐。
15Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father — did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then [it is] well with him.
16他为困苦和贫穷人伸冤，那时他得享福乐。这不是认识我的真义吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。
16He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then [it is] well — is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
17“但你的眼你的心什么都不顾，只顾你的不义之财，只知流无辜人的血，施行欺压和迫害的事。”
17But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
18因此，论到犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬，耶和华这样说：“人必不为他哀伤，说：‘哀哉，我哥哥！’‘哀哉，我姊姊！’人必不为他哀伤，说：‘哀哉，主上！’‘哀哉，尊荣的王！’
18Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.
19他像驴子一样被埋葬，被拖走，拋在耶路撒冷城门外。”
19The burial of an ass — he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to the gates of Jerusalem.
20“耶路撒冷啊，上黎巴嫩哀叫吧！在巴珊扬声吧！从亚巴琳哀叫吧！因为你的盟友都毁灭了。
20Go up to Lebanon, and cry, And in Bashan give forth thy voice, And cry from Abarim, For destroyed have been all loving thee.
21你安定的时候，我曾警告过你，你却说：‘我不听！’从你幼年以来，你就是这样，不听从我的话。
21I have spoken unto thee in thine ease, Thou hast said, `I do not hearken,` This [is] thy way from thy youth, For thou hast not hearkened to My voice.
22风要卷走你所有的牧人，你的盟友要被掳去；那时，因你的一切恶行，你必蒙羞受辱。
22All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed for all thy wickedness.
23住在黎巴嫩，在香柏林中搭窝的啊！有痛苦临到你，像产妇剧痛的时候，你要怎样呻吟呢？”
23O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain — as of a travailing woman.
24预言哥尼雅之祸“我指着我的永生起誓（这是耶和华的宣告），犹大王约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅，虽然你是我右手上的印戒，我也要把你从手上脱下来，
24I live — an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,
25交在那些寻索你性命和你们惧怕的人手中，就是交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人手中。
25And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26我要把你和生你的母亲驱赶到异地去，你们不是生在那里，却要死在那里。
26And I have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die.
27你们（“你们”原文作“他们”）渴望归回本国，却不得回去。”
27And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.
28哥尼雅这个人是被鄙视、被摔碎的瓶子，是没有人喜悦的器皿吗？他和他的后裔为什么被驱赶，被拋弃到他们不认识的地去呢？
28A grief — a despised broken thing — is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?
29大地啊！大地啊！大地啊！要听耶和华的话。
29Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,
30耶和华这样说：“你们要写下，这人算为无子，他的一生毫无成就；因为他的后裔中没有一人可以成功，能坐在大卫的王位上，再次统治犹大。”
30Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man — he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!