耶利米书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶路撒冷的罪惡
5 “你們去走遍耶路撒冷的街道，
到處觀察留意，
又在城的廣場上尋覓；
如果能找到一個行正義、求誠實的人，
我就赦免這城。
2 城裡的人雖然指著永活的耶和華起誓，
其實，他們起的誓是假的。”
3 耶和華啊！你的眼目不是要看誠實的事嗎？
你擊打他們，他們卻不覺得傷痛；
你摧毀他們，他們仍不肯接受管教。
他們板著臉，臉皮比磐石還硬，
總不肯回轉。
4 我說：“這些人只是貧窮小民，
為人愚昧；
他們不曉得耶和華的道路，
也不明白他們 神的法則。
5 我要親自去見那些權貴領袖，
跟他們談談；
因為他們曉得耶和華的道路，
也明白他們 神的法則。”
誰知他們竟一起把軛折斷，
掙脫繩索。
6 因此，獅子必從林中出來襲擊他們，
曠野的豺狼要殺害他們，
豹子在他們的城邊窺伺，
出城的都必被撕碎；
因為他們的過犯眾多，
背道的事也無法數算。
7 “為甚麼我要赦免你？
你的兒女離棄我，
指著那些不是神的起誓。
我使他們飽足，他們卻去行淫，
一起擠在妓院裡。
8 他們像飽食的馬，情慾奔放，
各向別人的妻子嘶叫。
9 我因這些事怎能不施行懲罰呢？
像這樣的國家，
我怎能不親自報復呢？”
這是耶和華的宣告。
10 “你們要走進她的葡萄園（“葡萄園”原文作“葡萄樹的行列”）裡施行毀壞，
但不可毀滅淨盡，要除掉她的枝子，
因為它們不屬耶和華。
11 以色列家和猶大家，
待我實在太奸詐了。”
這是耶和華的宣告。
12 他們不信耶和華，
說：“他不會作甚麼，
災禍必不臨到我們，
我們也不會看見刀劍和饑荒。
13 先知不過是一陣風，
主的道也不在他們裡面；
他們所說的必臨到他們身上。”
14 因此，耶和華萬軍之 神這樣說：
“因他們說了這話，
我必使我的話在你口中成為火，
使這人民成為柴，
火要把他們吞滅。
15 以色列家啊！
我必使一國從遠方來攻擊你們。”
這是耶和華的宣告。
“那國歷久不衰，
從古就有；
他們的言語你們不懂得，
他們所說的你們不明白。
16 他們的箭囊像敞開的墳墓，
他們盡都是勇士。
17 他們必吞滅你們的莊稼和糧食，
吞滅你的兒女，
你們的羊群牛群，
以及你們的葡萄和無花果；
他們也必用刀劍毀壞你們所倚仗的堅固城。
18 就是到了那時，
我也不把你們完全毀滅。”
這是耶和華的宣告。
19 “將來如果有人問：‘耶和華我們的 神，為甚麼向我們行這一切事呢？’你就要對他們說：‘你們怎樣離棄我，在你們的土地上事奉外族人的神，你們也要在不屬你們的土地上照樣服事外族人。’”
神的警告
20 你們要在雅各家宣告這事，
在猶大傳揚，說：
21 “愚昧無知的民哪！
你們有眼不能看，
有耳不能聽；
你們應當聽這話：
22 ‘你們連我都不懼怕嗎？
在我面前你們也不戰兢嗎？’
這是耶和華的宣告。
‘我以沙作海的疆界，
作永遠的界限，海就不能越過；
波浪翻騰，卻不能漫過；
怒濤澎湃，仍無法逾越。
23 可是這人民，竟存著頑梗悖逆的心；
背我而去。’
24 他們心裡也不想想：
‘我們應當敬畏耶和華我們的 神，
他按時賜雨，就是秋雨春霖，
又為我們保存定時收割的節令。’
25 你們的罪孽使這些都離開了，
你們的罪惡剝奪了你們的幸福。
26 在我的子民中發現了惡人，
他們好像捕鳥的人蹲伏窺探，
裝置網羅捕捉人。
27 籠中怎樣滿了雀鳥，
他們的屋裡也滿了詭詐；
他們就因此財雄勢大。
28 他們肥胖光潤，
作盡各種壞事；
他們不為人辯護，
不替孤兒辨屈，使他們獲益，
也不為窮人伸冤。
29 我因這些事怎能不施行懲罰呢？
像這樣的國家，
我怎能不親自報復呢？”
這是耶和華的宣告。
30 “恐怖駭人的事在國中發生了。
31 先知說假預言，
祭司憑己意把持權柄。
我的子民竟喜愛這樣，
到了結局你們怎麼辦呢？”
Jeremiah 5
King James Version
5 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
