耶利米书 17
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
犹大的罪与罚
17 “犹大人的罪是用铁笔记录的，用钻石镌刻的，写在了他们心坎上和祭坛角上。 2 他们的儿女没有忘记绿树下、高岗上、 3 山野间的丘坛和亚舍拉神像。因为他们境内的罪恶，我必使敌人掳掠他们的财宝和神庙。 4 他们必失去我赐给他们的产业，被敌人掳到异乡做奴隶，因为他们激起了我的怒火，永难熄灭。”
5 耶和华说：
“信靠世人、倚靠血肉之躯、
背叛耶和华的人该受咒诅！
6 这样的人毫无福乐，
像沙漠中的灌木。
他要住在旷野中干旱无人的盐碱地。
7 信靠耶和华、倚靠耶和华的人有福了！
8 这样的人像一棵栽在水边的树，
根扎入水中，
不怕炎热，不怕干旱，
绿叶如荫，不断结果。
9 “人心比什么都诡诈，
无可救药，
谁能识透呢？
10 我耶和华鉴察人心，
察看人的意念，
按照人的行为报应人。”
11 谋取不义之财的人就像孵其他鸟蛋的鹧鸪，
他中年便会失去不义之财，
最后成了愚昧之人。
12 我们的圣殿是从太初就矗立在高处的荣耀宝座。
13 耶和华啊，你是以色列的盼望。
背弃你的人必蒙羞，
背叛你的人必像写在尘土上的名字一样消逝，
因为他们背弃了耶和华——活水的源泉。
14 耶和华啊，
你医治我，我必痊愈；
你拯救我，我必脱离危难，
因为你是我所赞美的。
15 人们常讥讽我说：“耶和华说的那些事在哪里？
怎么还没有实现呢？”
16 但我并没有逃避牧养你子民的工作，
也没有求你降祸给他们。
你知道我说的每一句话。
17 你是我患难中的避难所，
求你不要使我恐惧。
18 愿你使那些迫害我的人蒙羞，
不要使我蒙羞；
愿你使他们惊慌，
不要使我惊慌。
求你使他们大祸临头，
彻底毁灭他们。
遵守安息日
19 耶和华对我说：“你去站在犹大君王出入的城门前和耶路撒冷的各城门前， 20 宣告，‘从这些城门进出的犹大君王、百姓以及耶路撒冷的居民啊，你们都要听耶和华的话。 21 耶和华说，如果你们想保住性命，就要小心，不要在安息日带货物进耶路撒冷的城门， 22 也不要从家中运出货物，不要在安息日做任何工作。要按照我对你们祖先的吩咐守安息日为圣日。 23 然而，他们却不听，毫不理会，顽固不化，不肯受教。
24 “‘耶和华说，你们要留心听我的话，在安息日不可运货物进耶路撒冷的城门，不可做任何工作，要守安息日为圣日。 25 这样，坐大卫宝座的君王及其官员必乘车骑马和犹大人以及耶路撒冷的居民从城门出入。这城必永远有人居住。 26 人们必带着燔祭、平安祭、素祭、乳香和感恩祭从犹大的城邑、耶路撒冷四周、便雅悯地区、丘陵、山区和南地去耶和华的殿。 27 但如果你们不听我的话，不守安息日为圣日，仍在安息日运货物进耶路撒冷的城门，我必在各城门点起无法扑灭的大火，烧毁耶路撒冷的宫殿。’”
Jeremiah 17
New King James Version
Judah’s Sin and Punishment
17 “The sin of Judah is (A)written with a (B)pen of iron;
With the point of a diamond it is (C)engraved
On the tablet of their heart,
And on the horns of your altars,
2 While their children remember
Their altars and their (D)wooden[a] images
By the green trees on the high hills.
3 O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.
4 And you, even yourself,
Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;
And I will cause you to serve your enemies
In (E)the land which you do not know;
For (F)you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”
5 Thus says the Lord:
(G)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (H)flesh his [b]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be (I)like a shrub in the desert,
And (J)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
(K)In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed(L) is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be (M)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [c]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The (N)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [d]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, (O)search the heart,
I test the [e]mind,
(P)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
11 “As a partridge that [f]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It (Q)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be (R)a fool.”
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, (S)the hope of Israel,
(T)All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me
Shall be (U)written in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The (V)fountain of living waters.”
Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For (W)You are my praise.
15 Indeed they say to me,
(X)“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”
16 As for me, (Y)I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.
17 Do not be a terror to me;
(Z)You are my hope in the day of doom.
18 (AA)Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But (AB)do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And (AC)destroy[g] them with double destruction!
Hallow the Sabbath Day
19 Thus the Lord said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say to them, (AD)‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. 21 Thus says the Lord: (AE)“Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I (AF)commanded your fathers. 23 (AG)But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but [h]made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
24 “And it shall be, (AH)if you heed Me carefully,” says the Lord, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the (AI)Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, 25 (AJ)then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever. 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from (AK)the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from (AL)the [i]lowland, from the mountains and from (AM)the [j]South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing (AN)sacrifices of praise to the house of the Lord.
27 “But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then (AO)I will kindle a fire in its gates, (AP)and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be (AQ)quenched.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:2 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm
- Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see
- Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick
- Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
- Jeremiah 17:11 Sits on eggs
- Jeremiah 17:18 Lit. crush
- Jeremiah 17:23 Were stubborn
- Jeremiah 17:26 Heb. shephelah
- Jeremiah 17:26 Heb. Negev
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