耶利米的抱怨

12 耶和华啊,每次我与你争论,

都显明你是对的。
然而,我还是对你的公正有所不解:
为什么恶人总是得势?
为什么诡诈之人反而生活安逸?
你栽培他们,让他们生根长大,
结出果实。
他们嘴上尊崇你,
心却远离你。
但耶和华啊,你认识我,了解我,
察验我的内心。
求你拖走他们,
就像拖走待宰的羊,
留到宰杀之日。
大地哀恸、
田野的植物枯槁要到何时呢?
由于这地方居民的罪恶,
野兽和飞鸟都灭绝了。
他们说:“上帝看不见我们的行为[a]。”
耶和华说:“如果你与步行的人竞走,
尚且感到疲乏,
又怎能与马赛跑呢?
如果你在宽阔之地尚且跌倒,
在约旦河边的丛林中又会怎样呢?
你的弟兄和家人都背叛了你,
与你作对。
任他们甜言蜜语,你不要相信。

“我已离开我的殿,
撇弃我的产业,
把我爱的子民交给他们的敌人。
我的子民像林中的狮子一样向我吼叫,
因此我憎恶他们;
我的子民就像一只带斑点的鸷鸟,
被其他鸷鸟围攻。
招聚野兽来吞吃它吧!
10 列国的首领毁坏我的葡萄园,
践踏我美好的土地,
使它荒凉;
11 他们使这片土地荒凉,
以致它在我面前哀哭。
遍地如此荒凉,却无人在意。
12 杀戮者已来到旷野中光秃的山岭,
耶和华使刀剑横扫全境,
无人幸免。
13 我的子民播种麦子,
却收割荆棘;
辛勤耕耘,却一无所获。
他们必因耶和华的烈怒而收获羞辱。”

14 耶和华说:“邪恶的邻国侵占了我赐给我以色列子民的土地,我要把这些恶邻逐出他们的本土,正如我要逐出犹大一样。 15 我逐出他们以后,还要再怜悯他们,把他们带回各自的家园和故土。 16 如果他们真心接受我子民的信仰,凭永活的耶和华之名起誓,正如他们教导我子民向巴力起誓一样,他们便能成为我的子民。 17 如果哪一国不听我的话,我必把它连根拔起,彻底毁灭。这是耶和华说的。”

Footnotes

  1. 12:4 上帝看不见我们的行为”参照《七十士译本》,希伯来文也可译作“他(指耶利米)看不见我们的结局”。

耶利米的抱怨

12 耶和華啊,每次我與你爭論,

都顯明你是對的。
然而,我還是對你的公正有所不解:
為什麼惡人總是得勢?
為什麼詭詐之人反而生活安逸?
你栽培他們,讓他們生根長大,
結出果實。
他們嘴上尊崇你,
心卻遠離你。
但耶和華啊,你認識我,瞭解我,
察驗我的內心。
求你拖走他們,
就像拖走待宰的羊,
留到宰殺之日。
大地哀慟、
田野的植物枯槁要到何時呢?
由於這地方居民的罪惡,
野獸和飛鳥都滅絕了。
他們說:「上帝看不見我們的行為[a]。」
耶和華說:「如果你與步行的人競走,
尚且感到疲乏,
又怎能與馬賽跑呢?
如果你在寬闊之地尚且跌倒,
在約旦河邊的叢林中又會怎樣呢?
你的弟兄和家人都背叛了你,
與你作對。
任他們甜言蜜語,你不要相信。

「我已離開我的殿,
撇棄我的產業,
把我愛的子民交給他們的敵人。
我的子民像林中的獅子一樣向我吼叫,
因此我憎惡他們;
我的子民就像一隻帶斑點的鷙鳥,
被其他鷙鳥圍攻。
招聚野獸來吞吃牠吧!
10 列國的首領毀壞我的葡萄園,
踐踏我美好的土地,
使它荒涼;
11 他們使這片土地荒涼,
以致它在我面前哀哭。
遍地如此荒涼,卻無人在意。
12 殺戮者已來到曠野中光禿的山嶺,
耶和華使刀劍橫掃全境,
無人倖免。
13 我的子民播種麥子,
卻收割荊棘;
辛勤耕耘,卻一無所獲。
他們必因耶和華的烈怒而收穫羞辱。」

14 耶和華說:「邪惡的鄰國侵佔了我賜給我以色列子民的土地,我要把這些惡鄰逐出他們的本土,正如我要逐出猶大一樣。 15 我逐出他們以後,還要再憐憫他們,把他們帶回各自的家園和故土。 16 如果他們真心接受我子民的信仰,憑永活的耶和華之名起誓,正如他們教導我子民向巴力起誓一樣,他們便能成為我的子民。 17 如果哪一國不聽我的話,我必把它連根拔起,徹底毀滅。這是耶和華說的。」

Footnotes

  1. 12·4 上帝看不見我們的行為」參照《七十士譯本》,希伯來文也可譯作「他(指耶利米)看不見我們的結局」。

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?
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)
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)
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

“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?
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)

“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)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(U) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(V)
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

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
  2. Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of

耶利米的抱怨

12 耶和华啊,每次我与你争论,

都显明你是对的。
然而,我还是对你的公正有所不解:
为什么恶人总是得势?
为什么诡诈之人反而生活安逸?
你栽培他们,让他们生根长大,
结出果实。
他们嘴上尊崇你,
心却远离你。
但耶和华啊,你认识我,了解我,
察验我的内心。
求你拖走他们,
就像拖走待宰的羊,
留到宰杀之日。
大地哀恸、
田野的植物枯槁要到何时呢?
由于这地方居民的罪恶,
野兽和飞鸟都灭绝了。
他们说:“上帝看不见我们的行为[a]。”
耶和华说:“如果你与步行的人竞走,
尚且感到疲乏,
又怎能与马赛跑呢?
如果你在宽阔之地尚且跌倒,
在约旦河边的丛林中又会怎样呢?
你的弟兄和家人都背叛了你,
与你作对。
任他们甜言蜜语,你不要相信。

“我已离开我的殿,
撇弃我的产业,
把我爱的子民交给他们的敌人。
我的子民像林中的狮子一样向我吼叫,
因此我憎恶他们;
我的子民就像一只带斑点的鸷鸟,
被其他鸷鸟围攻。
招聚野兽来吞吃它吧!
10 列国的首领毁坏我的葡萄园,
践踏我美好的土地,
使它荒凉;
11 他们使这片土地荒凉,
以致它在我面前哀哭。
遍地如此荒凉,却无人在意。
12 杀戮者已来到旷野中光秃的山岭,
耶和华使刀剑横扫全境,
无人幸免。
13 我的子民播种麦子,
却收割荆棘;
辛勤耕耘,却一无所获。
他们必因耶和华的烈怒而收获羞辱。”

14 耶和华说:“邪恶的邻国侵占了我赐给我以色列子民的土地,我要把这些恶邻逐出他们的本土,正如我要逐出犹大一样。 15 我逐出他们以后,还要再怜悯他们,把他们带回各自的家园和故土。 16 如果他们真心接受我子民的信仰,凭永活的耶和华之名起誓,正如他们教导我子民向巴力起誓一样,他们便能成为我的子民。 17 如果哪一国不听我的话,我必把它连根拔起,彻底毁灭。这是耶和华说的。”

Footnotes

  1. 12:4 上帝看不见我们的行为”参照《七十士译本》,希伯来文也可译作“他(指耶利米)看不见我们的结局”。

耶利米的抱怨

12 耶和華啊,每次我與你爭論,

都顯明你是對的。
然而,我還是對你的公正有所不解:
為什麼惡人總是得勢?
為什麼詭詐之人反而生活安逸?
你栽培他們,讓他們生根長大,
結出果實。
他們嘴上尊崇你,
心卻遠離你。
但耶和華啊,你認識我,瞭解我,
察驗我的內心。
求你拖走他們,
就像拖走待宰的羊,
留到宰殺之日。
大地哀慟、
田野的植物枯槁要到何時呢?
由於這地方居民的罪惡,
野獸和飛鳥都滅絕了。
他們說:「上帝看不見我們的行為[a]。」
耶和華說:「如果你與步行的人競走,
尚且感到疲乏,
又怎能與馬賽跑呢?
如果你在寬闊之地尚且跌倒,
在約旦河邊的叢林中又會怎樣呢?
你的弟兄和家人都背叛了你,
與你作對。
任他們甜言蜜語,你不要相信。

「我已離開我的殿,
撇棄我的產業,
把我愛的子民交給他們的敵人。
我的子民像林中的獅子一樣向我吼叫,
因此我憎惡他們;
我的子民就像一隻帶斑點的鷙鳥,
被其他鷙鳥圍攻。
招聚野獸來吞吃牠吧!
10 列國的首領毀壞我的葡萄園,
踐踏我美好的土地,
使它荒涼;
11 他們使這片土地荒涼,
以致它在我面前哀哭。
遍地如此荒涼,卻無人在意。
12 殺戮者已來到曠野中光禿的山嶺,
耶和華使刀劍橫掃全境,
無人倖免。
13 我的子民播種麥子,
卻收割荊棘;
辛勤耕耘,卻一無所獲。
他們必因耶和華的烈怒而收穫羞辱。」

14 耶和華說:「邪惡的鄰國侵佔了我賜給我以色列子民的土地,我要把這些惡鄰逐出他們的本土,正如我要逐出猶大一樣。 15 我逐出他們以後,還要再憐憫他們,把他們帶回各自的家園和故土。 16 如果他們真心接受我子民的信仰,憑永活的耶和華之名起誓,正如他們教導我子民向巴力起誓一樣,他們便能成為我的子民。 17 如果哪一國不聽我的話,我必把它連根拔起,徹底毀滅。這是耶和華說的。」

Footnotes

  1. 12·4 上帝看不見我們的行為」參照《七十士譯本》,希伯來文也可譯作「他(指耶利米)看不見我們的結局」。

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?
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)
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)
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

“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?
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)

“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)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(U) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(V)
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

  1. Jeremiah 12:5 Or you feel secure only
  2. Jeremiah 12:5 Or the flooding of