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耶利米书 13
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶利米书 13
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
麻布腰帶的比喻
13 耶和華這樣對我說：“你去為自己買一根麻布腰帶，束在腰上，但不要把它放在水中。” 2 我就照著耶和華的話，買了一根腰帶，束在腰上。
3 耶和華的話第二次臨到我，說： 4 “拿你買來束在腰上的腰帶，起來，往幼發拉底河去，把腰帶藏在那裡的巖石縫中。” 5 我就照著耶和華所吩咐我的，去把腰帶藏在幼發拉底河那裡。
6 過了多日，耶和華對我說：“起來，往幼發拉底河去，把我吩咐你藏在那裡的腰帶取出來。” 7 於是我往幼發拉底河去，在那裡挖掘，把腰帶從我埋藏的地方取出來；看哪！腰帶已經腐爛了，完全沒用了。
8 那時，耶和華的話臨到我，說： 9 “耶和華這樣說：‘我必照樣敗壞猶大的尊榮和耶路撒冷極大的尊榮。 10 這邪惡的人民，不肯聽從我的話，他們隨著自己頑梗的心行事，隨從別的神，事奉敬拜他們；所以他們必像這根腰帶，毫無用處。 11 因為腰帶怎樣緊貼著人的腰，我也曾怎樣使以色列全家和猶大全家緊貼著我，好使他們作我的子民，叫我得名聲，得讚美，得榮耀；可是他們卻不聽從。’”這是耶和華的宣告。
酒瓶的比喻
12 “你要對他們說這話：‘耶和華以色列的 神這樣說：每一個酒瓶都要盛滿酒。’如果他們對你說：‘難道我們不清楚知道每一個酒瓶都要盛滿酒嗎？’ 13 你就要對他們說：‘耶和華這樣說：看哪！我要使這地所有的居民，就是那些坐大衛王位的君王，以及祭司、先知和耶路撒冷所有的居民，都完全醉倒。 14 我要使他們彼此碰撞，連父子也要互相碰撞；我必不愛惜、不可憐，也不憐憫他們，我必把他們滅絕。’”這是耶和華的宣告。
警告驕傲的後果嚴重
15 你們要聽，要留心聽，不要驕傲；
因為是耶和華說的。
16 耶和華你們的 神還沒有使黑暗臨到以前，
你們的腳還沒有在昏暗的山上絆倒之前，
你們要把榮耀歸給他。
你們期待光明，
他卻把光明變為死蔭，
使光明變成黝黑。
17 如果你們不聽從，
我必因你們的驕傲暗暗哭泣；
我的眼必痛哭流淚，
因為耶和華的羊群被擄去了。
18 你要對君王和太后說：
“你們應從寶座下來，
因為華麗的冠冕
已經從你們的頭上脫下來了。”
19 南地的城市已被圍困，
沒有人能解圍；
整個猶大都被擄走，
全被擄去了。
20 耶路撒冷啊！你要舉目觀看
那些從北方來的人。
從前交給你的羊群，
就是你引以為榮的群羊，現今在哪裡呢？
21 耶和華立你自己結交（“結交”原文作“教導”）的盟友
為首領管轄你，
那時，你還有甚麼話說呢？
痛苦豈不把你抓住，
好像婦女生產時的痛苦一樣嗎？
22 如果你心裡問：
“這些事為甚麼發生在我身上呢？”
這是由於你極大的罪孽；
你的袍子被掀起，
你的下體（“下體”原文作“腳跟”）暴露出來。
23 古實人怎能改變他的膚色？
花豹怎能改變牠的斑點？
你們這些慣作壞事的人，
又怎能行善呢？
24 “因此，我要使你們（“你們”原文作“他們”）四散，
像被曠野的風吹走的碎稭一樣。
25 這是你應得的，是我量給你的分。”
這是耶和華的宣告。
“因為你忘記了我，
去倚靠虛假的偶像；
26 所以，我必把你的袍子掀到你的臉上，
使人看見你的醜態。
27 你的姦淫，你淫蕩的叫聲，
你邪淫的惡行，
在山上，在田野間，
你那些可憎的事我都看見了。
耶路撒冷啊，你有禍了！
你這樣不潔淨要到幾時呢？”
Jeremiah 13
New International Version
Jeremiah 13
New International Version
A Linen Belt
13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.
3 Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time:(A) 4 “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath[a](B) and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.” 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me.(C)
6 Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.” 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride(D) of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen(E) to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts(F) and go after other gods(G) to serve and worship them,(H) will be like this belt—completely useless!(I) 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown(J) and praise and honor.(K) But they have not listened.’(L)
Wineskins
12 “Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ 13 then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness(M) all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. 14 I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity(N) or mercy or compassion(O) to keep me from destroying(P) them.’”
Threat of Captivity
15 Hear and pay attention,
do not be arrogant,
for the Lord has spoken.(Q)
16 Give glory(R) to the Lord your God
before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(S)
on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
but he will turn it to utter darkness
and change it to deep gloom.(T)
17 If you do not listen,(U)
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,(V)
because the Lord’s flock(W) will be taken captive.(X)
18 Say to the king(Y) and to the queen mother,(Z)
“Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(AA)
will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(AB) will be carried into exile,
carried completely away.
20 Look up and see
those who are coming from the north.(AC)
Where is the flock(AD) that was entrusted to you,
the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
those you cultivated as your special allies?(AE)
Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor?(AF)
22 And if you ask yourself,
“Why has this happened to me?”(AG)—
it is because of your many sins(AH)
that your skirts have been torn off(AI)
and your body mistreated.(AJ)
23 Can an Ethiopian[b] change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.(AK)
24 “I will scatter you like chaff(AL)
driven by the desert wind.(AM)
25 This is your lot,
the portion(AN) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(AO) me
and trusted in false gods.(AP)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
that your shame may be seen(AQ)—
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
your shameless prostitution!(AR)
I have seen your detestable acts
on the hills and in the fields.(AS)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
How long will you be unclean?”(AT)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:4 Or possibly to the Euphrates; similarly in verses 5-7
- Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)
Jeremiah 13
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 13
English Standard Version
The Ruined Loincloth
13 Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and (A)put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, 4 “Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, (B)go to the Euphrates and hide it there in (C)a cleft of the rock.” 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And after many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there (D)the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took (E)the loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was (F)spoiled; it was (G)good for nothing.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Thus says the Lord: (H)Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great (I)pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, (J)who stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is (K)good for nothing. 11 For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, (L)that they might be for me a people, (M)a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.
The Jars Filled with Wine
12 “You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that (N)every jar will be filled with wine?’ 13 Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: (O)Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: (P)the kings who sit on David's throne, (Q)the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 14 And I will (R)dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”
Exile Threatened
15 Hear and give ear; be not proud,
for the Lord has spoken.
16 (S)Give glory to the Lord your God
(T)before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and (U)while you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it (V)deep darkness.
17 But if you will not listen,
(W)my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to (X)the king and (Y)the queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for (Z)your beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”
19 (AA)The cities of the Negeb are shut up,
with none to open them;
all Judah is taken into exile,
wholly taken into exile.
20 “Lift up your eyes (AB)and see
those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you yourself have taught to be friends to you?
(AC)Will not pangs take hold of you
like those of a woman in labor?
22 And if you say in your heart,
(AD)‘Why have these things come upon me?’
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
that (AE)your skirts are lifted up
and you suffer violence.
23 (AF)Can the Ethiopian change his skin
or (AG)the leopard his spots?
Then also you can do good
who are accustomed to do evil.
24 I will scatter you[a] (AH)like chaff
driven by the wind from the desert.
25 (AI)This is your lot,
the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,
because (AJ)you have forgotten me
and trusted in lies.
26 (AK)I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
and your shame will be seen.
27 I have seen (AL)your abominations,
your adulteries and (AM)neighings, your lewd whorings,
(AN)on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will it be (AO)before you are made clean?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 13:24 Hebrew them
Jeremiah 13
King James Version
Jeremiah 13
King James Version
13 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.
3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,
4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
6 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.
16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock is carried away captive.
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
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