耶利米书 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
耶和华降灾难的日子
16 耶和华对耶利米说： 2 “你不可在这地方娶妻，也不可生儿育女。 3 至于在这地方出生的孩子和他们的父母，耶和华说， 4 ‘他们必死于恶疾，无人哀悼，无人埋葬，他们好像地上的粪便。他们必死于战争和饥荒，尸首必成为飞鸟和走兽的食物。’” 5 耶和华对我说：“你不要进入丧家为他们哀悼悲伤，因为我已收回我赐给这百姓的平安、慈爱和怜悯。这是耶和华说的。 6 他们无论尊卑都要死在这里，无人埋葬，无人哀悼，也无人为他们的死而割伤身体、剃光头发。 7 无人用食物和酒安慰哀悼者，甚至无人给丧父或丧母者一杯安慰酒。 8 你不可进入宴乐之家与他们同坐吃喝。” 9 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：“在这百姓有生之年，我要使这地方的欢乐声和新郎新娘的欢笑声从他们眼前消失。
10 “当你把这些话告诉他们的时候，他们会质问你，‘耶和华为什么给我们降这大灾难？我们有什么罪？我们哪里得罪了我们的上帝耶和华？’ 11 你要对他们说，‘耶和华说，你们的祖先背弃我，去跟随、供奉、祭拜别的神明；他们背弃我，不遵守我的律法。 12 可是，你们的行为比他们更邪恶，一意孤行，不听从我。 13 所以，我要把你们从这里驱逐到你们和你们祖先都不认识的地方，你们在那里要日夜供奉别的神明，因为我不再恩待你们。’”
14 耶和华说：“时候将到，那时人不再凭把以色列人带出埃及的耶和华起誓， 15 而是凭把他们从流放之地——北方和列国领回来的永活的耶和华起誓。因为我必领他们回到我赐给他们祖先的地方。”
16 耶和华说：“看啊，我要召来许多渔夫把他们捕捞上来，我要召来许多猎人去各山岭和岩穴猎取他们。 17 因为我鉴察他们的一切行为，他们无法隐藏，他们的罪恶逃不过我的眼晴。 18 首先，我要让他们因自己的罪与恶而受加倍的报应，因为他们用没有生命气息的可憎偶像玷污我的土地，使可厌之物充满我的产业。”
19 耶和华啊，你是我的力量，
是我的堡垒，
是我患难时的避难所。
万国都要从地极来朝见你，
说：“我们祖先所拜的神像虚假无用，一无是处。
20 难道人可以为自己制造神明吗？
其实那些神明并不是真神。”
21 耶和华说：“看啊，这一次我要让他们知道我的权柄和能力，让他们知道我是耶和华。”
耶利米書 16
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶和華降災難的日子
16 耶和華對耶利米說： 2 「你不可在這地方娶妻，也不可生兒育女。 3 至於在這地方出生的孩子和他們的父母，耶和華說， 4 『他們必死於惡疾，無人哀悼，無人埋葬，他們好像地上的糞便。他們必死於戰爭和饑荒，屍首必成為飛鳥和走獸的食物。』」 5 耶和華對我說：「你不要進入喪家為他們哀悼悲傷，因為我已收回我賜給這百姓的平安、慈愛和憐憫。這是耶和華說的。 6 他們無論尊卑都要死在這裡，無人埋葬，無人哀悼，也無人為他們的死而割傷身體、剃光頭髮。 7 無人用食物和酒安慰哀悼者，甚至無人給喪父或喪母者一杯安慰酒。 8 你不可進入宴樂之家與他們同坐吃喝。」 9 以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說：「在這百姓有生之年，我要使這地方的歡樂聲和新郎新娘的歡笑聲從他們眼前消失。
10 「當你把這些話告訴他們的時候，他們會質問你，『耶和華為什麼給我們降這大災難？我們有什麼罪？我們哪裡得罪了我們的上帝耶和華？』 11 你要對他們說，『耶和華說，你們的祖先背棄我，去跟隨、供奉、祭拜別的神明；他們背棄我，不遵守我的律法。 12 可是，你們的行為比他們更邪惡，一意孤行，不聽從我。 13 所以，我要把你們從這裡驅逐到你們和你們祖先都不認識的地方，你們在那裡要日夜供奉別的神明，因為我不再恩待你們。』」
14 耶和華說：「時候將到，那時人不再憑把以色列人帶出埃及的耶和華起誓， 15 而是憑把他們從流放之地——北方和列國領回來的永活的耶和華起誓。因為我必領他們回到我賜給他們祖先的地方。」
16 耶和華說：「看啊，我要召來許多漁夫把他們捕撈上來，我要召來許多獵人去各山嶺和岩穴獵取他們。 17 因為我鑒察他們的一切行為，他們無法隱藏，他們的罪惡逃不過我的眼晴。 18 首先，我要讓他們因自己的罪與惡而受加倍的報應，因為他們用沒有生命氣息的可憎偶像玷污我的土地，使可厭之物充滿我的產業。」
19 耶和華啊，你是我的力量，
是我的堡壘，
是我患難時的避難所。
萬國都要從地極來朝見你，
說：「我們祖先所拜的神像虛假無用，一無是處。
20 難道人可以為自己製造神明嗎？
其實那些神明並不是真神。」
21 耶和華說：「看啊，這一次我要讓他們知道我的權柄和能力，讓他們知道我是耶和華。」
Jeremiah 16
Living Bible
16 On yet another occasion God spoke to me, and said:
2 You must not marry and have children here. 3 For the children born in this city and their mothers and fathers 4 shall die from terrible diseases. No one shall mourn for them or bury them, but their bodies shall lie on the ground to rot and fertilize the soil. They shall die from war and famine, and their bodies shall be picked apart by vultures and wild animals. 5 Do not mourn or weep for them, for I have removed my protection and my peace from them—taken away my loving-kindness and my mercies. 6 Both great and small shall die in this land, unburied and unmourned, and their friends shall not cut themselves nor shave their heads as signs of sorrow (as is their heathen custom). 7 No one shall comfort the mourners with a meal nor send them a cup of wine expressing grief for their parents’ death.
8 As a sign to them of these sad days ahead,[a] don’t you join them anymore in their feasts and parties—don’t even eat a meal with them. 9 For the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will end all laughter in this land—the happy songs, the marriage feasts, the songs of bridegrooms and of brides.
10 And when you tell the people all these things and they ask, “Why has the Lord decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to merit such treatment? What is our sin against the Lord our God?” 11 tell them the Lord’s reply is this: Because your fathers forsook me. They worshiped other gods and served them; they did not keep my laws, 12 and you have been worse than your fathers were! You follow evil to your hearts’ content and refuse to listen to me. 13 Therefore, I will throw you out of this land and chase you into a foreign land where neither you nor your fathers have been before, and there you can go ahead and worship your idols all you like—and I will grant you no favors!
14-15 But there will come a glorious day, says the Lord, when the whole topic of conversation will be that God is bringing his people home from a nation in the north, and from many other lands where he had scattered them. You will look back no longer to the time when I rescued you from your slavery in Egypt. That mighty miracle will scarcely be mentioned anymore. Yes, I will bring you back again, says the Lord, to this same land I gave your fathers.
16 Now I am sending for many fishermen to fish you from the deeps where you are hiding from my wrath. I am sending for hunters to chase you down like deer in the forests or mountain goats on inaccessible crags. Wherever you run to escape my judgment, I will find you and punish you. 17 For I am closely watching you, and I see every sin. You cannot hope to hide from me.
18 And I will punish you doubly for all your sins because you have defiled my land with your detestable idols and filled it up with all your evil deeds.
19 O Lord, my Strength and Fortress, my Refuge in the day of trouble, nations from around the world will come to you saying, “Our fathers have been foolish, for they have worshiped worthless idols! 20 Can men make God? The gods they made are not real gods at all.”
21 And when they come in that spirit, I will show them[b] my power and might and make them understand at last that I alone am God.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 16:8 As a sign to them of these sad days ahead, implied.
- Jeremiah 16:21 And when they come in that spirit, I will show them, literally, “Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know.”
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