耶利米买田

32 犹大王西底迦第十年,就是尼布甲尼撒执政第十八年,耶和华的话传给了耶利米。 那时,巴比伦王的军队正围攻耶路撒冷。耶利米先知被囚禁在犹大王宫中护卫兵的院子里。 犹大王西底迦囚禁了他,责问他为什么预言说:“耶和华说,‘看啊,我要让巴比伦王攻占这座城。 犹大王西底迦逃不出迦勒底人的手,必成为巴比伦王的阶下囚,被他审问、 遣送到巴比伦,住在那里一直到死。你们和迦勒底人作战注定要失败。这是耶和华说的。’”

耶利米说:“耶和华对我说, ‘看啊,你叔父沙龙的儿子哈拿篾会去找你,让你买下他在亚拿突的那块田地,说你是他的近亲,理当买下它。’” 果然如耶和华所言,我堂兄弟哈拿篾到护卫兵的院子里对我说:“我在便雅悯境内的亚拿突有一块田,求你买下它,因为你理当买下它。求你买下吧!”我知道这是耶和华的旨意。 9-10 于是,我从堂兄弟哈拿篾手里买了亚拿突的那块田。我当着证人的面签订了契约,封好,秤了二百克银子给他。 11 地契上列明了详细条款,一份加了封印,一份没有加。 12 我当着堂兄弟哈拿篾、证人和护卫兵院子里所有犹大人的面,把地契交给玛西雅的孙子、尼利亚的儿子巴录。 13 我当众对巴录说: 14 “以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华吩咐你把封印的和没有封印的两份地契放在一个瓦瓶里,长期保存。 15 因为以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说,将来必有人在这里重新买房屋、田地和葡萄园。”

16 我把地契交给尼利亚的儿子巴录之后,便向耶和华祷告说: 17 “主耶和华啊,看啊,你伸出大能的臂膀创造天地,你无所不能。 18 你恩待千万人,也向后世的子孙追讨他们祖先所犯的罪。伟大全能的上帝啊!你名叫万军之耶和华。 19 你的计划充满智慧,你的作为奇妙无比,你鉴察世人,按照各人的行为施行赏罚。 20 你曾在埃及行神迹奇事,现今仍在以色列和世界各地行神迹奇事,使自己威名远扬,直到今日。 21 你伸出臂膀用大能的手行神迹奇事及可畏的事,领你的子民出了埃及。 22 你信守对他们祖先的应许,赐给他们这奶蜜之乡。 23 他们得到这块土地之后,却不听你的话,也不遵行你的律法,对你的吩咐置若罔闻,因此你使他们大祸临头。 24 看啊,敌人已经修筑高台要攻打这城,这城要因战争、饥荒和瘟疫而落入迦勒底人手中。你所说的都应验了,你也看见了。 25 主耶和华啊!虽然这城快要落入迦勒底人手中了,可是你还要让我在证人面前买下这块地。”

26 耶和华对耶利米说: 27 “看啊,我是耶和华,是全人类的上帝,难道有我做不到的事吗? 28 看啊,我要把这城交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和他率领的迦勒底人手中,让他们攻取这城。这是耶和华说的。 29 他们必放火焚城,把城中的房屋付之一炬,城中的居民曾在房顶上向巴力烧香、向假神奠酒,惹我发怒。 30 以色列人和犹大人从一开始就行我视为恶的事,他们的所作所为惹我发怒。这是耶和华说的。 31 这城自从建立以来一直惹我发怒,以致我不得不毁灭它。 32 以色列和犹大的君王、首领、祭司、先知、百姓和耶路撒冷居民的恶行令我怒不可遏。 33 他们不是面向我而是背对我,我不厌其烦地教导他们,他们却不肯听,不受教。 34 他们把可憎的神像放在我的殿中,玷污了我的殿; 35 他们在欣嫩子谷为巴力建丘坛,用自己的儿女作祭物献给摩洛,使犹大陷入罪中——我从未吩咐他们做如此邪恶的事,连想都没想过。 36 耶利米啊,你们说这座城要因战争、饥荒和瘟疫而落入巴比伦王手中,但以色列的上帝耶和华说, 37 ‘看啊,我极其愤怒地把他们驱散到各地,我也必招聚他们,领他们回到故土,使他们安居乐业。 38 他们要做我的子民,我要做他们的上帝。 39 我要使他们永远全心全意地敬畏我,使他们和子孙得到福乐。 40 我要与他们立永远的约,永远恩待他们,使他们对我心存敬畏,不再背弃我。 41 我必以恩待他们为乐,全心全意在这地方培育他们。

42 “‘我曾降下这一切灾祸给他们,我也要把我应许的福乐赐给他们。这是耶和华说的。 43 耶利米啊,你们说这地方落在了迦勒底人手中,变得一片荒凉,人兽绝迹。但将来这地方必再有人置买田产。 44 在便雅悯境内,耶路撒冷周围和犹大的城邑,以及山区、丘陵、南部的城邑中,必有人置买田地,签订地契,盖封印,请人作证,因为我必使被掳的人回到故土。这是耶和华说的。’”

Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (A)in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up (B)in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you (C)prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: (D)“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; and Zedekiah king of Judah (E)shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him [a]face to face, and see him (F)eye to eye; then he shall (G)lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be (H)until I visit him,” says the Lord; (I)“though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”

And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the (J)right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and (K)weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I signed the [b]deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; 12 and I gave the purchase deed to (L)Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the (M)witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

13 “Then I charged (N)Baruch before them, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.” 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be (O)possessed again in this land.” ’

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

16 “Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, (P)You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. (Q)There is nothing too [c]hard for You. 18 You show (R)lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, (S)the Mighty God, whose name is (T)the Lord of hosts. 19 You are (U)great in counsel and mighty in [d]work, for Your (V)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, (W)to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings. 20 You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself (X)a name, as it is this day. 21 You (Y)have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 22 You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—(Z)“a land flowing with milk and honey.” 23 And they came in and took possession of it, but (AA)they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.

24 ‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of (AB)the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! 25 And You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy the field for money, and take witnesses”!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ ”

God’s Assurance of the People’s Return

26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the (AC)God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? 28 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 29 And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and (AD)set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses (AE)on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger; 30 because the children of Israel and the children of Judah (AF)have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,’ says the Lord. 31 ‘For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day; (AG)so I will remove it from before My face 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger—(AH)they, their kings, their princes, their priests, (AI)their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned to Me the (AJ)back, and not the face; though I taught them, (AK)rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34 But they (AL)set their abominations in [e]the house which is called by My name, to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (AM)cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to (AN)Molech, (AO)which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’

36 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 37 Behold, I will (AP)gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them (AQ)to dwell safely. 38 They shall be (AR)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (AS)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (AT)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (AU)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, (AV)I will rejoice over them to do them good, and (AW)I will [f]assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

42 “For thus says the Lord: (AX)‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields will be bought in this land (AY)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in (AZ)the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the [g]lowland, and in the cities of the [h]South; for (BA)I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:4 Lit. mouth to mouth
  2. Jeremiah 32:10 Lit. book
  3. Jeremiah 32:17 difficult
  4. Jeremiah 32:19 deed
  5. Jeremiah 32:34 The temple
  6. Jeremiah 32:41 truly
  7. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. shephelah
  8. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. Negev

耶利米买田

32 犹大王西底迦第十年,就是尼布甲尼撒执政第十八年,耶和华的话传给了耶利米。 那时,巴比伦王的军队正围攻耶路撒冷。耶利米先知被囚禁在犹大王宫中护卫兵的院子里。 犹大王西底迦囚禁了他,责问他为什么预言说:“耶和华说,‘看啊,我要让巴比伦王攻占这座城。 犹大王西底迦逃不出迦勒底人的手,必成为巴比伦王的阶下囚,被他审问、 遣送到巴比伦,住在那里一直到死。你们和迦勒底人作战注定要失败。这是耶和华说的。’”

耶利米说:“耶和华对我说, ‘看啊,你叔父沙龙的儿子哈拿篾会去找你,让你买下他在亚拿突的那块田地,说你是他的近亲,理当买下它。’” 果然如耶和华所言,我堂兄弟哈拿篾到护卫兵的院子里对我说:“我在便雅悯境内的亚拿突有一块田,求你买下它,因为你理当买下它。求你买下吧!”我知道这是耶和华的旨意。 9-10 于是,我从堂兄弟哈拿篾手里买了亚拿突的那块田。我当着证人的面签订了契约,封好,秤了二百克银子给他。 11 地契上列明了详细条款,一份加了封印,一份没有加。 12 我当着堂兄弟哈拿篾、证人和护卫兵院子里所有犹大人的面,把地契交给玛西雅的孙子、尼利亚的儿子巴录。 13 我当众对巴录说: 14 “以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华吩咐你把封印的和没有封印的两份地契放在一个瓦瓶里,长期保存。 15 因为以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说,将来必有人在这里重新买房屋、田地和葡萄园。”

16 我把地契交给尼利亚的儿子巴录之后,便向耶和华祷告说: 17 “主耶和华啊,看啊,你伸出大能的臂膀创造天地,你无所不能。 18 你恩待千万人,也向后世的子孙追讨他们祖先所犯的罪。伟大全能的上帝啊!你名叫万军之耶和华。 19 你的计划充满智慧,你的作为奇妙无比,你鉴察世人,按照各人的行为施行赏罚。 20 你曾在埃及行神迹奇事,现今仍在以色列和世界各地行神迹奇事,使自己威名远扬,直到今日。 21 你伸出臂膀用大能的手行神迹奇事及可畏的事,领你的子民出了埃及。 22 你信守对他们祖先的应许,赐给他们这奶蜜之乡。 23 他们得到这块土地之后,却不听你的话,也不遵行你的律法,对你的吩咐置若罔闻,因此你使他们大祸临头。 24 看啊,敌人已经修筑高台要攻打这城,这城要因战争、饥荒和瘟疫而落入迦勒底人手中。你所说的都应验了,你也看见了。 25 主耶和华啊!虽然这城快要落入迦勒底人手中了,可是你还要让我在证人面前买下这块地。”

26 耶和华对耶利米说: 27 “看啊,我是耶和华,是全人类的上帝,难道有我做不到的事吗? 28 看啊,我要把这城交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和他率领的迦勒底人手中,让他们攻取这城。这是耶和华说的。 29 他们必放火焚城,把城中的房屋付之一炬,城中的居民曾在房顶上向巴力烧香、向假神奠酒,惹我发怒。 30 以色列人和犹大人从一开始就行我视为恶的事,他们的所作所为惹我发怒。这是耶和华说的。 31 这城自从建立以来一直惹我发怒,以致我不得不毁灭它。 32 以色列和犹大的君王、首领、祭司、先知、百姓和耶路撒冷居民的恶行令我怒不可遏。 33 他们不是面向我而是背对我,我不厌其烦地教导他们,他们却不肯听,不受教。 34 他们把可憎的神像放在我的殿中,玷污了我的殿; 35 他们在欣嫩子谷为巴力建丘坛,用自己的儿女作祭物献给摩洛,使犹大陷入罪中——我从未吩咐他们做如此邪恶的事,连想都没想过。 36 耶利米啊,你们说这座城要因战争、饥荒和瘟疫而落入巴比伦王手中,但以色列的上帝耶和华说, 37 ‘看啊,我极其愤怒地把他们驱散到各地,我也必招聚他们,领他们回到故土,使他们安居乐业。 38 他们要做我的子民,我要做他们的上帝。 39 我要使他们永远全心全意地敬畏我,使他们和子孙得到福乐。 40 我要与他们立永远的约,永远恩待他们,使他们对我心存敬畏,不再背弃我。 41 我必以恩待他们为乐,全心全意在这地方培育他们。

42 “‘我曾降下这一切灾祸给他们,我也要把我应许的福乐赐给他们。这是耶和华说的。 43 耶利米啊,你们说这地方落在了迦勒底人手中,变得一片荒凉,人兽绝迹。但将来这地方必再有人置买田产。 44 在便雅悯境内,耶路撒冷周围和犹大的城邑,以及山区、丘陵、南部的城邑中,必有人置买田地,签订地契,盖封印,请人作证,因为我必使被掳的人回到故土。这是耶和华说的。’”

Jeremiah Buys a Field

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (A)in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up (B)in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you (C)prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: (D)“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; and Zedekiah king of Judah (E)shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him [a]face to face, and see him (F)eye to eye; then he shall (G)lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be (H)until I visit him,” says the Lord; (I)“though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”

And Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the (J)right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ Then Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and (K)weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I signed the [b]deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; 12 and I gave the purchase deed to (L)Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the (M)witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

13 “Then I charged (N)Baruch before them, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last many days.” 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be (O)possessed again in this land.” ’

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

16 “Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, (P)You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. (Q)There is nothing too [c]hard for You. 18 You show (R)lovingkindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them—the Great, (S)the Mighty God, whose name is (T)the Lord of hosts. 19 You are (U)great in counsel and mighty in [d]work, for Your (V)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, (W)to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings. 20 You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself (X)a name, as it is this day. 21 You (Y)have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror; 22 You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—(Z)“a land flowing with milk and honey.” 23 And they came in and took possession of it, but (AA)they have not obeyed Your voice or walked in Your law. They have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have caused all this calamity to come upon them.

24 ‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of (AB)the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it! 25 And You have said to me, O Lord God, “Buy the field for money, and take witnesses”!—yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ ”

God’s Assurance of the People’s Return

26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the (AC)God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? 28 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 29 And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and (AD)set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses (AE)on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger; 30 because the children of Israel and the children of Judah (AF)have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,’ says the Lord. 31 ‘For this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My fury from the day that they built it, even to this day; (AG)so I will remove it from before My face 32 because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger—(AH)they, their kings, their princes, their priests, (AI)their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33 And they have turned to Me the (AJ)back, and not the face; though I taught them, (AK)rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34 But they (AL)set their abominations in [e]the house which is called by My name, to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (AM)cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to (AN)Molech, (AO)which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’

36 “Now therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ‘It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 37 Behold, I will (AP)gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them (AQ)to dwell safely. 38 They shall be (AR)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (AS)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (AT)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (AU)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, (AV)I will rejoice over them to do them good, and (AW)I will [f]assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

42 “For thus says the Lord: (AX)‘Just as I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will bring on them all the good that I have promised them. 43 And fields will be bought in this land (AY)of which you say, “It is desolate, without man or beast; it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.” 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in (AZ)the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the [g]lowland, and in the cities of the [h]South; for (BA)I will cause their captives to return,’ says the Lord.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:4 Lit. mouth to mouth
  2. Jeremiah 32:10 Lit. book
  3. Jeremiah 32:17 difficult
  4. Jeremiah 32:19 deed
  5. Jeremiah 32:34 The temple
  6. Jeremiah 32:41 truly
  7. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. shephelah
  8. Jeremiah 32:44 Heb. Negev