耶利米书 1
1 便雅悯地亚拿突城的祭司中，希勒家的儿子耶利米的话记在下面。
The words of Jeremias the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.
2 犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位十三年，耶和华的话临到耶利米。
The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候，直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年，就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候，耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.
4 耶利米说，耶和华的话临到我说：
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
5 我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你； 你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣； 我已派你作列国的先知。
Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 我就说：主耶和华啊，我不知怎样说，因为我是年幼的。
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
7 耶和华对我说： 你不要说我是年幼的， 因为我差遣你到谁那里去，你都要去； 我吩咐你说什么话，你都要说。
And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.
8 你不要惧怕他们， 因为我与你同在， 要拯救你。 这是耶和华说的。
Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 于是耶和华伸手按我的口，对我说： 我已将当说的话传给你。
And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me: Behold I have given my words in thy mouth:
10 看哪，我今日立你在列邦列国之上， 为要施行拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆， 又要建立、栽植。
Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root up, and pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant.
11 耶和华的话又临到我说：“耶利米，你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一根杏树枝。”
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see a rod watching.
12 耶和华对我说：“你看得不错；因为我留意保守我的话，使得成就。”
And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.
13 耶和华的话第二次临到我说：“你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一个烧开的锅，从北而倾。”
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying: What seest thou? I see a boiling caldron, and the face thereof from the face of the north.
14 耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地的一切居民。”
And the Lord said to me: from the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 耶和华说：“看哪，我要召北方列国的众族；他们要来，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城门口，周围攻击城墙，又要攻击犹大的一切城邑。
For behold I will call together all the families of the kingdoms of the north: saith the Lord: and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all the walls thereof round about, and upon all the cities of Juda,
16 至于这民的一切恶，就是离弃我、向别神烧香、跪拜自己手所造的，我要发出我的判语，攻击他们。
And I will pronounce my judgements against them, touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, and have adored the work of their own hands.
17 所以你当束腰，起来将我所吩咐你的一切话告诉他们；不要因他们惊惶，免得我使你在他们面前惊惶。
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not afraid at their presence: for I will make thee not to fear their countenance.
18 看哪，我今日使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙，与全地和犹大的君王、首领、祭司，并地上的众民反对。
For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.
19 他们要攻击你，却不能胜你；因为我与你同在，要拯救你。这是耶和华说的。”
And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
