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耶利米书 12
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶利米书 12
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶利米質疑惡人為何亨通
12 耶和華啊！我跟你爭辯的時候，
總是你有理；
然而我還要跟你討論有關公正的問題。
惡人的道路為甚麼亨通？
所有行詭詐的為甚麼都得享安逸？
2 你栽種了他們，他們也扎了根，
並且長大，結出果實；
他們的口中有你，
心裡卻沒有你（“他們的口中有你，心裡卻沒有你”原文作“你與他們的口很接近，卻離他們的心很遠”）。
3 但耶和華啊！你認識我，了解我，
你察驗了我對你的心意。
求你把他們拉出來，好像將宰的羊一般；
求你把他們分別出來，留待宰殺的日子。
4 這地悲哀，
田野的青草都枯乾，要等到幾時呢？
由於這地居民的惡行，
走獸和飛鳥都滅絕了；
因為他們說：“ 神看不見我們的結局。”
5 耶和華說：“如果你與徒步的人同跑，尚且覺得疲倦，
怎能跟馬賽跑呢？
你在平安穩妥之地，尚且跌倒，
在約旦河邊的叢林怎麼辦呢？
6 因為連你的兄弟、你的父家，
都以詭詐待你，
連他們也在你後面高聲喊叫。
雖然他們對你說好話，
你也不可信他們。”
遍地荒涼
7 “我撇下了我的家，
丟棄了我的產業；
我把我心愛的
交在她仇敵的手中。
8 我的產業對我，
就像樹林中的獅子向我咆哮，
因此我恨惡她。
9 我的產業對我，不就像一隻帶斑點的鷙鳥，
其他的鷙鳥都四圍攻擊她？
你們去聚集田野各樣的走獸，
帶牠們來吃吧！
10 許多牧人毀壞了我的葡萄園，
踐踏了我的田地；
他們使我美好的田地
變為荒涼的曠野。
11 他們使地荒涼，
在我面前一片荒涼悲哀；
全地荒涼，
卻無人關心。”
12 在曠野一切光禿的高岡上，
行毀滅的已經來到了；
因為耶和華的刀。
從地這邊直到地那邊，要吞滅一切；
人人都沒有平安。
13 他們種的是小麥，收的卻是荊棘；
雖然筋疲力竭，卻一無所獲。
因耶和華的烈怒，
他們必為自己的（“自己的”原文作“你們的”）出產羞愧（本句或譯：“你們必為你們的農穫羞愧”）。
警告惡鄰
14 耶和華這樣說：“至於所有邪惡的鄰國，他們侵犯我賜給我子民以色列的產業；看哪！我要把他們從本地拔出來，也要把猶大家從他們中間拔出來。 15 但我把他們拔出來以後，我必再憐憫他們，把他們領回來，各自歸回自己的產業，自己的故鄉。 16 如果那些鄰近的國家真的學習我子民的道路，指著我的名起誓，說：‘我指著永活的耶和華起誓！’正如他們從前教導我的子民指著巴力起誓一樣，他們就必在我的子民中間被建立起來。 17 他們如果有不聽從的，我就把那國拔出來，把她拔除消滅。”這是耶和華的宣告。
Jeremiah 12
New International Version
Jeremiah 12
New International Version
Jeremiah’s Complaint
12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
Why do all the faithless live at ease?
2 You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.(G)
3 Yet you know me, Lord;
you see me and test(H) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(I) to be butchered!
Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(J)
4 How long will the land lie parched(K)
and the grass in every field be withered?(L)
Because those who live in it are wicked,
the animals and birds have perished.(M)
Moreover, the people are saying,
“He will not see what happens to us.”
God’s Answer
5 “If you have raced with men on foot
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble[a] in safe country,
how will you manage in the thickets(N) by[b] the Jordan?
6 Your relatives, members of your own family—
even they have betrayed you;
they have raised a loud cry against you.(O)
Do not trust them,
though they speak well of you.(P)
7 “I will forsake(Q) my house,
abandon(R) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(S)
into the hands of her enemies.(T)
8 My inheritance has become to me
like a lion(U) in the forest.
She roars at me;
therefore I hate her.(V)
9 Has not my inheritance become to me
like a speckled bird of prey
that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.(W)
10 Many shepherds(X) will ruin my vineyard
and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
into a desolate wasteland.(Y)
11 It will be made a wasteland,(Z)
parched and desolate before me;(AA)
the whole land will be laid waste
because there is no one who cares.
12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(AB) of the Lord(AC) will devour(AD)
from one end of the land to the other;(AE)
no one will be safe.(AF)
13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(AG)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(AH)
14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(AI) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(AJ) them from their lands and I will uproot(AK) the people of Judah from among them. 15 But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion(AL) and will bring(AM) each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. 16 And if they learn(AN) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(AO)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(AP)—then they will be established among my people.(AQ) 17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy(AR) it,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of
Jeremiah 12
New King James Version
Jeremiah 12
New King James Version
Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.
3 But You, O Lord, (D)know me;
You have seen me,
And You have (E)tested my heart toward You.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
And prepare them for (F)the day of slaughter.
4 How long will (G)the land mourn,
And the herbs of every field wither?
(H)The beasts and birds are consumed,
(I)For the wickedness of those who dwell there,
Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”
The Lord Answers Jeremiah
5 “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in (J)the [b]floodplain of the Jordan?
6 For even (K)your brothers, the house of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you;
Yes, they have called [c]a multitude after you.
(L)Do not believe them,
Even though they speak [d]smooth words to you.
7 “I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage;
I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest;
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have (M)hated it.
9 My [e]heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture;
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
(N)Bring them to devour!
10 “Many (O)rulers[f] have destroyed (P)My vineyard,
They have (Q)trodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My [g]pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it (R)desolate;
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because (S)no one takes it to heart.
12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
13 (T)They have sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have [h]put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
14 Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who (U)touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will (V)pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 (W)Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them (X)and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land. 16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, (Y)to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be (Z)established in the midst of My people. 17 But if they do not (AA)obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
- Jeremiah 12:5 Or thicket
- Jeremiah 12:6 Or abundantly
- Jeremiah 12:6 Lit. good
- Jeremiah 12:9 inheritance
- Jeremiah 12:10 Lit. shepherds or pastors
- Jeremiah 12:10 desired portion of land
- Jeremiah 12:13 Or strained
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