耶利米书 14
1 耶和华论到干旱之灾的话临到耶利米：
The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2 犹大悲哀，城门衰败。 众人披上黑衣坐在地上； 耶路撒冷的哀声上达。
Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish. They sit in black upon the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
3 他们的贵胄打发家僮打水； 他们来到水池， 见没有水，就拿着空器皿， 蒙羞惭愧，抱头而回。
And their ranking men send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads,
4 耕地的也蒙羞抱头； 因为无雨降在地上， 地都干裂。
because of the ground which is cracked. Because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame; they cover their heads.
5 田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇弃， 因为无草。
Yea, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes it because there is no grass.
6 野驴站在净光的高处，喘气好像野狗； 因为无草，眼目失明。
And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no herbage.
7 耶和华啊，我们的罪孽虽然作见证告我们， 还求你为你名的缘故行事。 我们本是多次背道，得罪了你。
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against thee.
8 以色列所盼望、在患难时作他救主的啊， 你为何在这地像寄居的， 又像行路的只住一宵呢？
O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 你为何像受惊的人， 像不能救人的勇士呢？ 耶和华啊，你仍在我们中间； 我们也称为你名下的人， 求你不要离开我们。
Why should thou be as a man frightened, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet thou, O Jehovah, are in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name. Do not leave us.
10 耶和华对这百姓如此说： 这百姓喜爱妄行， 不禁止脚步， 所以耶和华不悦纳他们。 现今要记念他们的罪孽， 追讨他们的罪恶。
Thus says Jehovah to this people: Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Jehovah does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
11 耶和华又对我说：“不要为这百姓祈祷求好处。
And Jehovah said to me, Pray not for this people for good.
12 他们禁食的时候，我不听他们的呼求；他们献燔祭和素祭，我也不悦纳；我却要用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝他们。”
When they fast, I will not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
13 我就说：“唉！主耶和华啊，那些先知常对他们说：‘你们必不看见刀剑，也不遭遇饥荒；耶和华要在这地方赐你们长久的平安。’”
Then I said, Ah, lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, nor shall ye have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14 耶和华对我说：“那些先知托我的名说假预言，我并没有打发他们，没有吩咐他们，也没有对他们说话；他们向你们预言的，乃是虚假的异象和占卜，并虚无的事，以及本心的诡诈。
Then Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of naught, and the deceit of their own heart.
15 所以耶和华如此说：论到托我名说预言的那些先知，我并没有打发他们；他们还说这地不能有刀剑饥荒，其实那些先知必被刀剑饥荒灭绝。
Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I did not send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
16 听他们说预言的百姓必因饥荒刀剑抛在耶路撒冷的街道上，无人葬埋。他们连妻子带儿女，都是如此。我必将他们的恶倒在他们身上。”
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters. For I will pour their wickedness upon them.
17 你要将这话对他们说： 愿我眼泪汪汪， 昼夜不息， 因为我百姓受了裂口破坏的大伤。
And thou shall say this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
18 我若出往田间， 就见有被刀杀的； 我若进入城内， 就见有因饥荒患病的； 连先知带祭司在国中往来， 也是毫无知识。
If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
19 你全然弃掉犹大吗？ 你心厌恶锡安吗？ 为何击打我们，以致无法医治呢？ 我们指望平安，却得不着好处； 指望痊愈，不料，受了惊惶。
Have thou utterly rejected Judah? Has thy soul loathed Zion? Why have thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came, and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
20 耶和华啊，我们承认自己的罪恶， 和我们列祖的罪孽， 因我们得罪了你。
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.
21 求你为你名的缘故， 不厌恶我们， 不辱没你荣耀的宝座。 求你追念， 不要背了与我们所立的约。
Do not abhor us. For thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory. Remember, do not break thy covenant with us.
22 外邦人虚无的神中有能降雨的吗？ 天能自降甘霖吗？ 耶和华—我们的 神啊， 能如此的不是你吗？ 所以，我们仍要等候你， 因为这一切都是你所造的。
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are not thou he, O Jehovah our God? Therefore we will wait for thee, for thou have made all these things.
