¹预言西底家被掳，圣城被毁

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah — and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his force, and all kingdoms of the land of the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities — saying:

²“耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘你去告诉犹大王西底家说：耶和华这样说：看哪！我要把这城交在巴比伦王的手中，他要用火烧城。

²`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Go, and thou hast spoken unto Zedekiah king of Judah, and hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath burned it with fire,

³你必逃不出他的手，必被拿住，交在他的手中。你必亲眼看见巴比伦王，他必亲口和你说话；你也必到巴比伦去。’

³and thou, thou dost not escape out of his hand, for thou art certainly caught, and into his hand thou art given, and thine eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth with thy mouth speaketh, and Babylon thou enterest.

⁴但犹大王西底家啊，你还要听耶和华的话！耶和华论到你这样说：‘你必不会死在刀下；

⁴`Only, hear a word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus said Jehovah unto thee: Thou dost not die by sword,

⁵你必平平安安死去。人怎样为你的列祖，就是在你以前的君王，焚烧香料，也必照样为你焚烧香料；人必为你哀悼，说：“哀哉，主上！”’这话是我说的。”这是耶和华的宣告。

⁵in peace thou diest, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who have been before thee, so they make a burning for thee; and Ah, lord, they lament for thee, for the word I have spoken — an affirmation of Jehovah.`

⁶于是耶利米先知在耶路撒冷把这一切话都告诉了犹大王西底家。

⁶And Jeremiah the prophet speaketh unto Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem,

⁷那时，巴比伦王的军队正在攻打耶路撒冷和犹大剩下的城镇，就是拉吉和亚西加，因为在犹大的各城中，只剩下这两座坚固的城了。

⁷and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left — against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

⁸君民立约释放奴仆西底家王和在耶路撒冷的众民立了约，要向奴仆宣告自由。人人都要释放自己的希伯来奴婢；谁也不可使自己的一位犹大兄弟作奴仆。（这事以后，从耶和华那里有话临到耶利米。）

⁸The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who [are] in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

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⁹to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant — the Hebrew and the Hebrewess — free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

¹⁰所有立了约的领袖和众民都同意释放各人自己的奴婢，谁也不再使他们作奴仆。他们都同意了，并且把奴婢释放了。

¹⁰and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

¹¹但后来他们反悔，把他们释放了的奴婢叫回来，强迫他们再作奴婢。

¹¹and they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹²背约必受惩罚于是耶和华有话临到耶利米，说：

¹²And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

¹³“耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘我把你们的列祖从埃及地为奴之家领出来的那日子，就和他们立了约，说：

¹³`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I — I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,

¹⁴“一个希伯来兄弟卖了身给你，服事了你六年，到第七年，你们各人就应释放他，容他自由离去。”但你们的列祖不听从我，毫不在意。

¹⁴At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.

¹⁵现今你们悔改，行我眼中看为正的事，各人向自己的同胞宣告自由，并且在称为我名下的殿中，在我面前立了约。

¹⁵`And ye turn back, ye to-day, and ye do that which is right in Mine eyes, to proclaim liberty each to his neighbour, and ye make a covenant before Me in the house over which My name is called.

¹⁶你们却又反悔，亵渎我的名；各人把得了释放随意离去的奴婢叫回来，强迫他们再作奴婢。’

¹⁶And — ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.

¹⁷“所以，耶和华这样说：‘你们各人没有听从我，向兄弟、同胞宣告自由；看哪！我现在向你们宣告自由，容让你们遭受刀剑、瘟疫和饥荒，使你们成为地上万国所惊惧的。’这是耶和华的宣告。

¹⁷`Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto Me to proclaim freedom, each to his brother, and each to his neighbour; lo, I am proclaiming to you liberty — an affirmation of Jehovah — unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, and I have given you for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁸‘我必把那些违犯我的约的人交出去；他们没有履行在我面前和我立约的誓言，就是他们把牛犊劈开两半，并且从两半中间走过去时立下的。

¹⁸`And I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through between its pieces —

¹⁹那些从牛犊两半中间走过去的人，就是犹大的领袖、耶路撒冷的领袖、宫中的臣宰、祭司和这地的众民。

¹⁹heads of Judah, and heads of Jerusalem, the officers, and the priests, and all the people of the land those passing through between the pieces of the calf —

²⁰我必把他们交在他们仇敌的手中，和那些寻索他们性命的人的手中；他们的尸体必给空中的飞鸟和地上的走兽作食物。

²⁰yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.

²¹我也必把犹大王西底家和众领袖交在他们仇敌的手中，和那些寻索他们性命的人的手中，以及那些从你们面前暂时撤退的巴比伦王的军队的手中。

²¹`And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his heads, I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon, that are going up from off you.

²²看哪！我必下令，使他们回到这城来；他们必攻打、夺取这城，用火焚烧；我必使犹大的城镇都荒凉，没有人居住。’”这是耶和华的宣告。

²²Lo, I am commanding — an affirmation of Jehovah — and have brought them back unto this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and the cities of Judah I do make a desolation — without inhabitant.`