1预言法老必挫败
1That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations,
2以下的话是关于埃及，论到埃及王法老尼哥的军队，这军队在犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒在靠近幼发拉底河的迦基米施击败。
2For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
3“要准备好大小的盾牌，踏上战场。
3`Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
4要装备马匹，骑上战马；站好岗位，戴上头盔；磨快枪矛，穿上铁甲。
4Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.
5但为什么我看见他们惊惶，转身退后呢？他们的勇士被击败了，他们急速奔逃，不敢回转。四围都是惊慌。”这是耶和华的宣告。
5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed — They are turned backward, And their mighty ones are beaten down, And [to] a refuge they have fled, and not turned the face? Fear [is] round about — an affirmation of Jehovah.
6“快跑的跑不掉，勇士也不能逃脱；他们在北方、在幼发拉底河边，都绊跌仆到。
6The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
7那像尼罗河上涨，像江河的水翻腾的是谁呢？
7Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
8埃及像尼罗河上涨，像江河的水翻腾；它说：‘我要上涨，淹盖大地；我要毁灭城镇和城里的居民。’
8Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
9马匹啊，上前吧！战车啊，狂奔吧！勇士啊，就是紧握盾牌的古实人和弗人，以及拉弓的吕底亚人哪，上阵吧！
9Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling — treading the bow.
10那是主万军之耶和华的日子，是报仇的日子，他要向自己的敌人报仇；刀剑必吞噬、饱餐他们的肉，痛饮他们的血。因为在北方，靠近幼发拉底河之地，主万军之耶和华要屠宰敌人像杀祭牲一样。
10And that day [is] to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice [is] to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.
11埃及的人民哪，上基列去取乳香吧！你虽多用药物都是无效，你必不得医治。
11Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.
12列国听见你的羞耻，大地满了你的哀号；因为勇士和勇士相碰，双方一同仆倒。”
12Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen — both of them!`
13预言巴比伦王必来攻打埃及以下是耶和华对耶利米先知所说的话，论到巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要来攻打埃及地。
13The word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt:
14“你们要在埃及传扬，在密夺宣告，在挪弗和答比匿宣扬，说：‘要站好岗位，作好准备，因为刀剑要吞灭你周围的人！’
14`Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,
15你的壮士为什么俯伏？他们站立不住（“你的壮士为什么俯伏？他们站立不住”或可参照《七十士译本》译作“为什么亚比士神逃跑？你的牛神站立不住”），是因耶和华把他们推倒了。
15Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because Jehovah thrust him away.
16他使众人绊跌，倒在一起；他们说：‘起来！我们要回到我们本族，和我们出生之地那里去，躲避欺压者的刀剑。’
16He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
17他们在那里喊叫：‘埃及王法老不过是喧哗的声音；他已失去机会。’”
17They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt [is] a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
18名叫万军之耶和华的王宣告说：“我指着我的永生起誓，必有一位要来，像群山中的他泊山，像海边的迦密山一样。
18I live — an affirmation of the King, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, Surely as Tabor [is] among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea — he cometh in,
19住在埃及的人民哪！要为自己预备被掳时所需的器物；因为挪弗必成为荒场，必被烧毁，无人居住。
19Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
20埃及是一头肥美的母牛，但北方的牛虫已经来到它身上（“它身上”有古卷作“来到了”）。
20A heifer very fair [is] Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
21它中间的雇佣兵像棚里的肥牛犊，他们一同转身逃跑，没有一个站立得住；因为他们遭灾的日子、受惩罚的时候，已经临到他们身上。
21Even her hired ones in her midst [are] as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection.
22它逃走的声音像蛇行的响声，因为敌人要成队而来，像砍伐树木的，拿着斧子前来攻击它。
22Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
23他们要砍伐它的森林。这是耶和华的宣告；它的森林虽然茂密难以通过，但敌人比蝗虫还多，无法数算。
23They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of Jehovah — for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
24埃及的人民必蒙羞受辱，必交在北方的民族的手中。”
24Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.
25万军之耶和华以色列的 神说：“看哪！我必惩罚挪的亚扪神、法老和那些倚靠法老的人。
25Said hath Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after Amon of No, And after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after Pharaoh, and after those trusting in him,
26我必把他们交在那些寻索他们性命的人的手里，就是交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和他的臣仆的手中。但以后，埃及必再有人居住，像从前一样。”这是耶和华的宣告。
26And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterwards it is inhabited, As [in] days of old — an affirmation of Jehovah.
27 神必拯救他的子民“至于你，我的仆人雅各啊！你不要惧怕。以色列啊！你不要惊慌。因为我必从远方拯救你回来，从被掳之地必拯救你的后裔脱离他们被掳之地。雅各必归回，得享平静安逸，没有人可以使他害怕。
27And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor [art] thou dismayed, O Israel, For lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing.
28我的仆人雅各啊！你不要惧怕。因为我与你同在；我要消灭我赶逐你去的列国。却必不消灭你。我要按公正惩治你，决不能免你受罚。”这是耶和华的宣告。
28Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah — for with thee I [am], For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!`