耶利米书 12
1 耶和华啊，我与你争辩的时候， 你显为义； 但有一件，我还要与你理论： 恶人的道路为何亨通呢？ 大行诡诈的为何得安逸呢？
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?
2 你栽培了他们， 他们也扎了根， 长大，而且结果。 他们的口是与你相近， 心却与你远离。
Thou hast planted them; yea, they have taken root; They grow, yea, they bring forth fruit; Thou art near to their mouth, But far from their hearts.
3 耶和华啊，你晓得我，看见我， 察验我向你是怎样的心。 求你将他们拉出来， 好像将宰的羊， 叫他们等候杀戮的日子。
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; Thou hast seen me, and tried my heart, Whether it be devoted to thee. Tear them away, as sheep for slaughter; Separate them for the day of slaughter!
4 这地悲哀， 通国的青草枯干，要到几时呢？ 因其上居民的恶行， 牲畜和飞鸟都灭绝了。 他们曾说：他看不见我们的结局。
How long shall the land mourn, And the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, The beasts are consumed, and the birds; For they say, “He will not see our latter end.”
5 耶和华说：你若与步行的人同跑， 尚且觉累， 怎能与马赛跑呢？ 你在平安之地，虽然安稳， 在约旦河边的丛林要怎样行呢？
If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, Then how canst thou contend with horses? If it be so with thee in a land of peace, in which thou art secure, What wilt thou do in the glory of Jordan?
6 因为连你弟兄和你父家都用奸诈待你。 他们也在你后边大声喊叫， 虽向你说好话， 你也不要信他们。
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even these are treacherous toward thee, And raise a full cry after thee; Trust them not, though they speak fair words to thee!
7 我离了我的殿宇， 撇弃我的产业， 将我心里所亲爱的交在她仇敌的手中。
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the darling of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 我的产业向我如林中的狮子， 她发声攻击我， 因此我恨恶她。
My inheritance is become to me like a lion of the forest; She lifteth up her voice against me; Therefore do I hate her.
9 我的产业向我岂如斑点的鸷鸟呢？ 鸷鸟岂在她四围攻击她呢？ 你们要去聚集田野的百兽， 带来吞吃吧！
A rapacious beast, a hyena, is my inheritance become to me; Therefore shall the rapacious beasts rush upon her on all sides. Come, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!
10 许多牧人毁坏我的葡萄园， 践踏我的分， 使我美好的分变为荒凉的旷野。
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; They have trodden my portion under foot; My pleasant portion have they made a desolate wilderness.
11 他们使地荒凉； 地既荒凉，便向我悲哀。 全地荒凉，因无人介意。
They have made it a desolation; Desolate it mourneth on account of me; The whole land is desolate, Because no man layeth my word to heart.
12 灭命的都来到旷野中一切净光的高处； 耶和华的刀从地这边直到地那边尽行杀灭。 凡有血气的都不得平安。
Upon all the high places in the desert do the plunderers come; Behold, the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land to the other; No man hath peace.
13 他们种的是麦子， 收的是荆棘； 劳劳苦苦却毫无益处。 因耶和华的烈怒， 你们必为自己的土产羞愧。
They sow wheat, but they reap thorns; They weary themselves, and are not profited; They shall be ashamed of their harvest, Because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
14 耶和华如此说：“一切恶邻，就是占据我使百姓以色列所承受产业的，我要将他们拔出本地，又要将犹大家从他们中间拔出来。
Thus saith Jehovah against all my evil neighbors, Who seize the inheritance which I gave my people, Israel: Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, And the house of Judah will I pluck out from among them.
15 我拔出他们以后，我必转过来怜悯他们，把他们再带回来，各归本业，各归故土。
Yet after I have plucked them out of their land, I will again have compassion on them, and bring them back, Every one to his own possession, And every one to his own land.
16 他们若殷勤学习我百姓的道，指着我的名起誓说：‘我指着永生的耶和华起誓’，正如他们从前教我百姓指着巴力起誓，他们就必建立在我百姓中间。
And if they will indeed learn the ways of my people, And swear by my name, saying, As Jehovah liveth! As they taught my people to swear by Baal, Then shall they be built up in the midst of my people;
17 他们若是不听，我必拔出那国，拔出而且毁灭。这是耶和华说的。”
But if they will not hearken, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
