¹列国必服事巴比伦王

¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

²“耶和华对我这样说：‘你要用绳套和木头做轭，套在自己的颈上。

²`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes,

³然后借着那些前来耶路撒冷朝见犹大王西底家的使臣的手，把轭送到以东王、摩押王、亚扪王、推罗王、西顿王那里。

³And thou hast put them on thy neck, and hast sent them unto the king of Edom, and unto the king of Moab, and unto the king of the sons of Ammon, and unto the king of Tyre, and unto the king of Zidon, by the hand of messengers who are coming in to Jerusalem, unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

⁴你要吩咐使臣对他们的王说：万军之耶和华以色列的　神这样说：你们要这样对你们的王说：

⁴And thou hast commanded them for their lords, saying, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel,

⁵是我用大能和伸出来的膀臂创造了大地，以及地面上的人和兽；我看给谁适合，就把地给谁。

⁵Thus do ye say unto your lords, I — I have made the earth with man, and the cattle that [are] on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My stretched-out arm, and I have given it to whom it hath been right in Mine eyes.

⁶现在我已经亲自把这一切国家都交在我仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，连田野的走兽，我也交给他，供他奴役。

⁶`And now, I — I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to him to serve him;

⁷列国都要服事他和他的儿子、孙子，直到他本国遭报的时候来到；那时，许多国家和大君王都要奴役他。

⁷And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son`s son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings.

⁸不服事巴比伦王的必遭灾祸“‘无论哪一国、哪一邦，不服事巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，不把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下，我必用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫去惩罚那国，直到我借着巴比伦王的手把他们完全消灭。’这是耶和华的宣告。

⁸And it hath come to pass, the nation and the kingdom that do not serve him — Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon — and that which putteth not its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, I lay a charge on that nation — an affirmation of Jehovah — till I consume them by his hand.

⁹‘至于你们，不可听从你们的先知，也不可听从占卜的、解梦的、算命的和行邪术的；他们告诉你们说：你们必不会服事巴比伦王。

⁹`And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, —

¹⁰因为他们向你们说虚假的预言，使你们远离你们的土地；我要赶逐你们，你们必要灭亡。

¹⁰For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.

¹¹但哪一国肯把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下，服事他，我就必使那国仍留在本土，可以在那里耕种和居住。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

¹¹And the nation that causeth its neck to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and hath served him — I have left it on its ground — an affirmation of Jehovah — and it hath tilled it, and dwelt in it.`

¹²劝西底家服事巴比伦王我照着这一切话对犹大王西底家说：“你们要把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下，服事他和他的人民，就可以生存。

¹²And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, `Cause your necks to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

¹³你和你的人民为什么要因刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫而死，正如耶和华论到不肯服事巴比伦王的国家所说的一样呢？

¹³Why do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon?

¹⁴不要听从那些对你们说‘你们必不会服事巴比伦王’的先知的话，因为他们向你们说的是虚假的预言。

¹⁴`And ye do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, — for falsehood they are prophesying to you.

¹⁵我并没有差遣他们（这是耶和华的宣告），他们却冒我的名说虚假的预言，以致我赶逐你们，使你们和那些向你们说虚假预言的先知都一同灭亡。”

¹⁵For I have not sent them — an affirmation of Jehovah — and they are prophesying in My name falsely, so as to drive you out, and ye have perished, ye, and the prophets who are prophesying to you.`

¹⁶预言圣殿器皿必被掳去我又对众祭司和这众民说：“耶和华这样说：‘你们的先知对你们预言，说：耶和华殿中的器皿快要从巴比伦送回来了。他们的话，你们不要听从，因为他们对你们说的是虚假的预言。

¹⁶And unto the priests, and unto all this people, I have spoken, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not hearken unto the words of your prophets, who are prophesying to you, saying, Lo, the vessels of the house of Jehovah are brought back from Babylon now in haste, for falsehood they are prophesying to you.

¹⁷你们不要听从他们，只要服事巴比伦王，就可以生存。为什么要使这城变为废墟呢？

¹⁷Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste?

¹⁸如果他们是真先知，如果他们有耶和华的话，就让他们向万军之耶和华祈求，使那些留在耶和华殿中和犹大王宫中，以及在耶路撒冷中的器皿，不会被送到巴比伦去。’

¹⁸`And, if they be prophets, and if a word of Jehovah be with them, let them intercede, I pray you, with Jehovah of Hosts, so that the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, have not gone into Babylon.

¹⁹因为万军之耶和华这样说，论到这些柱子、铜海、盆座和留在这城其余的器皿，

¹⁹For thus said Jehovah of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,

²⁰就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒把犹大王约雅敬的儿子耶哥尼雅，以及犹大和耶路撒冷所有的贵族，从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的时候，没有拿走的器皿；

²⁰That Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath not taken, in his removing Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon with all the freemen of Judah and Jerusalem,

²¹论到那些留在耶和华殿中和犹大王宫中，以及在耶路撒冷中的器皿，万军之耶和华以色列的　神这样说：

²¹Surely thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king of Judah, and [in] Jerusalem:

²²‘这些器皿必被送到巴比伦，存在那里，直到我眷顾这些器皿的日子。那时，我必把它们带上来，放回这地方。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

²²To Babylon they are brought, and there they are till the day of My inspecting them — an affirmation of Jehovah; then I have brought them up, and have brought them back unto this place.`