耶利米书 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
预言旱灾
14 耶和华告诉耶利米有关旱灾的事:
2 “犹大充满悲泣,
她的城邑衰败,
人人坐在地上痛哭,
耶路撒冷哀鸣四起。
3 贵族派仆人去水池打水,
仆人去那里发现没有水,
就带着空瓶垂头丧气、
羞愧难当地回去了。
4 天不下雨,
土地干裂,
农夫沮丧地抱着头。
5 因为没有草,
田野的母鹿抛弃了刚生下来的小鹿;
6 因为没有草,
野驴站在光秃的山头上像豺狼一样喘气,双目无神。”
7 耶和华啊,虽然我们的罪控告我们,
我们屡屡叛逆得罪你,
求你为了自己的尊名而拯救我们。
8 以色列的盼望和患难时的救主啊,
你为什么在这里像一个异乡人,
像一个只住一夜的旅客呢?
9 你为什么像一个受惊的人,
像一个无力救人的勇士呢?
耶和华啊,你一直都在我们中间,
我们属于你的名下,
求你不要抛弃我们。
10 论到这些百姓,耶和华这样说:
“他们喜欢流浪,
不约束自己的脚步,
因此耶和华不喜欢他们。
现在祂要清算他们的罪恶,
追讨他们的罪。”
11 耶和华对我说:“你不要为这百姓祷告。 12 他们禁食,我也不会听他们的呼求;他们献上燔祭和素祭,我也不会悦纳。我要用战争、饥荒和瘟疫灭绝他们。” 13 我说:“主耶和华啊!众先知不停地告诉他们不会有战争,也不会遭遇饥荒,说耶和华必在这地方赐给他们永久的平安。”
14 耶和华对我说:“那些先知奉我的名说假预言,我并没有差派他们,没有委任他们,也没有对他们说话。他们对你们说的预言是假异象,是占卜,是凭空捏造。 15 我没有差派他们,他们却奉我的名说这地方必没有战争和饥荒。他们必死于战争和饥荒。这是耶和华说的。 16 至于听他们说预言的人以及那些人的妻子儿女,必因饥荒和战争而暴尸耶路撒冷街头。因为我要使他们受到应得的报应。
17 “耶利米,你要对他们说,
‘让我昼夜泪眼汪汪吧,
因为我的同胞遭受重创,
遍体鳞伤。
18 我走到田间,
眼前是具具被杀的尸体;
我进入城里,
见饥荒肆虐,
祭司和先知也流亡异乡[a]。’”
19 耶和华啊,你完全丢弃犹大了吗?
你厌恶锡安吗?
你为什么把我们打得伤痕累累,以致无法医治?
我们期待平安,却没有平安;
渴望得到医治,却饱受惊吓。
20 耶和华啊,我们承认自己和我们祖先的罪,
我们都得罪了你。
21 为了你的尊名,
求你不要厌恶我们,
不要让你荣耀的宝座蒙羞。
求你顾念你与我们立的约,
不要废除它。
22 在列国供奉的偶像中,
谁能赐下雨水呢?
天能自降甘霖吗?
我们的上帝耶和华啊,
难道不是只有你能行这些事吗?
是你赐雨水降甘霖,
所以我们仰望你。
Footnotes
- 14:18 “祭司和先知也流亡异乡”或译“连祭司和先知也浑浑噩噩,不知道自己做什么”。
耶利米書 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
預言旱災
14 耶和華告訴耶利米有關旱災的事:
2 「猶大充滿悲泣,
她的城邑衰敗,
人人坐在地上痛哭,
耶路撒冷哀鳴四起。
3 貴族派僕人去水池打水,
僕人去那裡發現沒有水,
就帶著空瓶垂頭喪氣、
羞愧難當地回去了。
4 天不下雨,
土地乾裂,
農夫沮喪地抱著頭。
5 因為沒有草,
田野的母鹿拋棄了剛生下來的小鹿;
6 因為沒有草,
野驢站在光禿的山頭上像豺狼一樣喘氣,雙目無神。」
7 耶和華啊,雖然我們的罪控告我們,
我們屢屢叛逆得罪你,
求你為了自己的尊名而拯救我們。
8 以色列的盼望和患難時的救主啊,
你為什麼在這裡像一個異鄉人,
像一個只住一夜的旅客呢?
9 你為什麼像一個受驚的人,
像一個無力救人的勇士呢?
耶和華啊,你一直都在我們中間,
我們屬於你的名下,
求你不要拋棄我們。
10 論到這些百姓,耶和華這樣說:
「他們喜歡流浪,
不約束自己的腳步,
因此耶和華不喜歡他們。
現在祂要清算他們的罪惡,
追討他們的罪。」
11 耶和華對我說:「你不要為這百姓禱告。 12 他們禁食,我也不會聽他們的呼求;他們獻上燔祭和素祭,我也不會悅納。我要用戰爭、饑荒和瘟疫滅絕他們。」 13 我說:「主耶和華啊!眾先知不停地告訴他們不會有戰爭,也不會遭遇饑荒,說耶和華必在這地方賜給他們永久的平安。」
14 耶和華對我說:「那些先知奉我的名說假預言,我並沒有差派他們,沒有委任他們,也沒有對他們說話。他們對你們說的預言是假異象,是占卜,是憑空捏造。 15 我沒有差派他們,他們卻奉我的名說這地方必沒有戰爭和饑荒。他們必死於戰爭和饑荒。這是耶和華說的。 16 至於聽他們說預言的人以及那些人的妻子兒女,必因饑荒和戰爭而曝屍耶路撒冷街頭。因為我要使他們受到應得的報應。
17 「耶利米,你要對他們說,
『讓我晝夜淚眼汪汪吧,
因為我的同胞遭受重創,
遍體鱗傷。
18 我走到田間,
眼前是具具被殺的屍體;
我進入城裡,
見饑荒肆虐,
祭司和先知也流亡異鄉[a]。』」
19 耶和華啊,你完全丟棄猶大了嗎?
你厭惡錫安嗎?
你為什麼把我們打得傷痕纍纍,以致無法醫治?
我們期待平安,卻沒有平安;
渴望得到醫治,卻飽受驚嚇。
20 耶和華啊,我們承認自己和我們祖先的罪,
我們都得罪了你。
21 為了你的尊名,
求你不要厭惡我們,
不要讓你榮耀的寶座蒙羞。
求你顧念你與我們立的約,
不要廢除它。
22 在列國供奉的偶像中,
誰能賜下雨水呢?
天能自降甘霖嗎?
我們的上帝耶和華啊,
難道不是只有你能行這些事嗎?
是你賜雨水降甘霖,
所以我們仰望你。
Footnotes
- 14·18 「祭司和先知也流亡異鄉」或譯「連祭司和先知也渾渾噩噩,不知道自己做什麼」。
Jeremiah 14
New International Version
Drought, Famine, Sword
14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:(A)
2 “Judah mourns,(B)
her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
3 The nobles send their servants for water;
they go to the cisterns
but find no water.(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
dismayed and despairing,
they cover their heads.(D)
4 The ground is cracked
because there is no rain in the land;(E)
the farmers are dismayed
and cover their heads.
5 Even the doe in the field
deserts her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.(F)
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(G)
and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
for lack of food.”(H)
7 Although our sins testify(I) against us,
do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(J)
For we have often rebelled;(K)
we have sinned(L) against you.
8 You who are the hope(M) of Israel,
its Savior(N) in times of distress,(O)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who stays only a night?
9 Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
like a warrior powerless to save?(P)
You are among(Q) us, Lord,
and we bear your name;(R)
do not forsake(S) us!
10 This is what the Lord says about this people:
“They greatly love to wander;
they do not restrain their feet.(T)
So the Lord does not accept(U) them;
he will now remember(V) their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.”(W)
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(X) for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(Y) though they offer burnt offerings(Z) and grain offerings,(AA) I will not accept(AB) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(AC) famine(AD) and plague.”(AE)
13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(AF) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(AG) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(AH) in this place.’”
14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies(AI) in my name. I have not sent(AJ) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,(AK) divinations,(AL) idolatries[a] and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish(AM) by sword and famine.(AN) 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury(AO) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.(AP) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.(AQ)
17 “Speak this word to them:
“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(AR)
night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(AS) Daughter, my people,
has suffered a grievous wound,
a crushing blow.(AT)
18 If I go into the country,
I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
I see the ravages of famine.(AU)
Both prophet and priest
have gone to a land they know not.(AV)’”
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(AW)
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?(AX)
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(AY)
20 We acknowledge(AZ) our wickedness, Lord,
and the guilt of our ancestors;(BA)
we have indeed sinned(BB) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(BC) do not despise us;
do not dishonor your glorious throne.(BD)
Remember your covenant(BE) with us
and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(BF) of the nations bring rain?(BG)
Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
Therefore our hope is in you,
for you are the one who does all this.(BH)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations
Jeremiah 14
King James Version
14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
10 Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
11 Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14 Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Jeremiah 14
New King James Version
Sword, Famine, and Pestilence
14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts.
2 “Judah mourns,
And (A)her gates languish;
They (B)mourn for the land,
And (C)the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water;
They went to the cisterns and found no water.
They returned with their vessels empty;
They were (D)ashamed and confounded
(E)And covered their heads.
4 Because the ground is parched,
For there was (F)no rain in the land,
The plowmen were ashamed;
They covered their heads.
5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field,
But [a]left because there was no grass.
6 And (G)the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights;
They sniffed at the wind like jackals;
Their eyes failed because there was no grass.”
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,
Do it (H)for Your name’s sake;
For our backslidings are many,
We have sinned against You.
8 (I)O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble,
Why should You be like a stranger in the land,
And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should You be like a man astonished,
Like a mighty one (J)who cannot save?
Yet You, O Lord, (K)are in our midst,
And we are called by Your name;
Do not leave us!
10 Thus says the Lord to this people:
(L)“Thus they have loved to wander;
They have not restrained their feet.
Therefore the Lord does not accept them;
(M)He will remember their iniquity now,
And punish their sins.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, (N)“Do not pray for this people, for their good. 12 (O)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (P)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (Q)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
13 (R)Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you [b]assured (S)peace in this place.’ ”
14 And the Lord said to me, (T)“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. (U)I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, [c]divination, a worthless thing, and the (V)deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, (W)and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; (X)they will have no one to bury them—them nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness on them.’
17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(Y)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(Z)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
18 If I go out to (AA)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (AB)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
The People Plead for Mercy
19 (AC)Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that (AD)there is no healing for us?
(AE)We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our (AF)fathers,
For (AG)we have sinned against You.
21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
(AH)Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 (AI)Are there any among (AJ)the idols of the nations that can cause (AK)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(AL)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:5 abandoned her young
- Jeremiah 14:13 true
- Jeremiah 14:14 Telling the future by signs and omens
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