耶利米书 5
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
耶路撒冷之恶
5 “你们当在耶路撒冷的街上跑来跑去，在宽阔处寻找，看看有一人行公义、求诚实没有！若有，我就赦免这城。 2 其中的人虽然指着永生的耶和华起誓，所起的誓实在是假的。” 3 耶和华啊，你的眼目不是看顾诚实吗？你击打他们，他们却不伤恸；你毁灭他们，他们仍不受惩治。他们使脸刚硬过于磐石，不肯回头。
4 我说：“这些人实在是贫穷的，是愚昧的，因为不晓得耶和华的作为和他们神的法则。 5 我要去见尊大的人，对他们说话，因为他们晓得耶和华的作为和他们神的法则。”哪知，这些人齐心将轭折断，挣开绳索。 6 因此，林中的狮子必害死他们，晚上[a]的豺狼必灭绝他们，豹子要在城外窥伺他们。凡出城的必被撕碎，因为他们的罪过极多，背道的事也加增了。
弃神崇奉伪神
7 “我怎能赦免你呢？你的儿女离弃我，又指着那不是神的起誓。我使他们饱足，他们就行奸淫，成群地聚集在娼妓家里。 8 他们像喂饱的马，到处乱跑，各向他邻舍的妻发嘶声。” 9 耶和华说：“我岂不因这些事讨罪呢？岂不报复这样的国民呢？”
行诡谲不敬不信
10 “你们要上她葡萄园的墙施行毁坏，但不可毁坏净尽，只可除掉她的枝子，因为不属耶和华。 11 原来以色列家和犹大家大行诡诈攻击我。”这是耶和华说的。 12 他们不认耶和华，说：“这并不是他，灾祸必不临到我们，刀剑和饥荒我们也看不见。 13 先知的话必成为风，道也不在他们里面，这灾必临到他们身上。”
14 所以耶和华万军之神如此说：“因为百姓说这话，我必使我的话在你口中为火，使他们为柴，这火便将他们烧灭。” 15 耶和华说：“以色列家啊，我必使一国的民从远方来攻击你，是强盛的国，是从古而有的国。他们的言语你不晓得，他们的话你不明白。 16 他们的箭袋是敞开的坟墓，他们都是勇士。 17 他们必吃尽你的庄稼和你的粮食，是你儿女该吃的；必吃尽你的牛羊，吃尽你的葡萄和无花果。又必用刀毁坏你所倚靠的坚固城。” 18 耶和华说：“就是到那时，我也不将你们毁灭净尽。”
侍他神轻视主恩
19 “百姓若说：‘耶和华我们的神为什么向我们行这一切事呢？’你就对他们说：‘你们怎样离弃耶和华[b]，在你们的地上侍奉外邦神，也必照样在不属你们的地上侍奉外邦人。’
行不义罪孽充盈
20 “当传扬在雅各家，报告在犹大说： 21 愚昧无知的百姓啊，你们有眼不看，有耳不听，现在当听这话！ 22 耶和华说：你们怎么不惧怕我呢？我以永远的定例，用沙为海的界限，水不得越过，因此你们在我面前还不战兢吗？波浪虽然翻腾，却不能逾越；虽然砰訇，却不能过去。 23 但这百姓有背叛忤逆的心，他们叛我而去。 24 心内也不说：‘我们应当敬畏耶和华我们的神，他按时赐雨，就是秋雨春雨，又为我们定收割的节令，永存不废。’ 25 你们的罪孽使这些事转离你们，你们的罪恶使你们不能得福。 26 因为在我民中有恶人，他们埋伏窥探，好像捕鸟的人，他们设立圈套陷害人。 27 笼内怎样满了雀鸟，他们的房中也照样充满诡诈，所以他们得成为大，而且富足。 28 他们肥胖光润，作恶过甚，不为人申冤，就是不为孤儿申冤，不使他亨通，也不为穷人辨屈。 29 耶和华说：我岂不因这些事讨罪呢？岂不报复这样的国民呢？”
先知祭司伪言欺民
30 “国中有可惊骇、可憎恶的事， 31 就是先知说假预言，祭司借他们把持权柄，我的百姓也喜爱这些事。到了结局，你们怎样行呢？
Jeremiah 5
Contemporary English Version
Is Anyone Honest and Faithful?
The Lord said to me:
5 “Search Jerusalem
for honest people
who try to be faithful.
If you can find even one,
I'll forgive the whole city.
2 Everyone breaks promises
made in my name.”
3 I answered, “I know
that you look for truth.
You punished your people
for their lies,
but in spite of the pain,
they became more stubborn
and refused to turn back
to you.”
4 Then I thought to myself,
“These common people
act like fools,
and they have never learned
what the Lord their God
demands of them.
5 So I'll go and talk to the leaders.
They know what God demands.”
But even they had decided
not to obey the Lord.
6 The people have rebelled
and rejected the Lord
too many times.
So enemies will attack
like lions from the forest
or wolves from the desert.
Those enemies will watch
the towns of Judah,
and like leopards
they will tear to pieces
whoever goes outside.
Enemies Will Punish Judah
The Lord said:
7 People of Judah,
how can I forgive you?
I gave you everything,
but you abandoned me
and worshiped idols.
You men go to prostitutes
and are unfaithful
to your wives.
8 You are no better than animals,
and you always want sex
with someone else's wife.
9 Why shouldn't I punish
the people of Judah?
10 I will tell their enemies,
“Go through my vineyard.
Don't destroy the vines,
but cut off the branches,
because they are the people
who don't belong to me.”
11 In every way, Judah and Israel
have been unfaithful to me.
* 12 Their prophets lie and say,
“The Lord won't punish us.
We will have peace
and plenty of food.”
13 They tell these lies in my name,
so now they will be killed in war
or starve to death.
14 I am the Lord God All-Powerful.
Jeremiah, I will tell you
exactly what to say.
Your words will be a fire;
Israel and Judah
will be the fuel.
15 People of Israel,
I have made my decision.
An army from a distant country
will attack you.
I've chosen an ancient nation,
and you won't understand
their language.
16 All of them are warriors,
and their arrows bring death.
17 This nation will eat your crops
and livestock;
they will leave no fruit
on your vines or fig trees.
And although you feel safe
behind thick walls,
your towns will be destroyed
and your children killed.
Israel Refused To Worship the Lord
18 The Lord said:
Jeremiah, the enemy army won't kill everyone in Judah. 19 And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the Lord our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them:
I am the Lord,
but you abandoned me
and worshiped other gods
in your own land.
Now you will be slaves
in a foreign country.
20 Tell these things to each other,
you people of Judah,
you descendants of Jacob.
21 (A) You fools! Why don't you listen
when I speak?
Why can't you understand
22 (B) that you should worship me
with fear and trembling?
I'm the one who made the shore
to hold back the ocean.
Waves may crash on the beach,
but they can come no farther.
23 You stubborn people have rebelled
and turned your backs on me.
24 You refuse to say,
“Let's worship the Lord!
He's the one who sends rain
in spring and autumn
and gives us a good harvest.”
25 That's why I cannot bless you!
* 26 A hunter traps birds
and puts them in a cage,
but some of you trap humans
and make them your slaves.
27 You are evil, and you lie and cheat
to make yourselves rich.
You are powerful
28 and prosperous,
but you refuse to help[a] the poor
get the justice they deserve.
29 You need to be punished,
and so I will take revenge.
30 Look at the terrible things
going on in this country.
I am shocked!
31 Prophets give their messages
in the name of a false god,[b]
my priests don't want
to serve me,[c]
and you—my own people—
like it this way!
But on the day of disaster,
where will you turn for help?
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