耶利米书 14
1 耶和华论到干旱之灾的话临到耶利米：
AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS 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。
Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is 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 her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.
4 耕地的也蒙羞抱头； 因为无雨降在地上， 地都干裂。
And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇弃， 因为无草。
And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was 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。
The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
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。
Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for 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 Lord, [thou art] the hope of Israel, and deliverest [us] in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?
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。
Wilt thou be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that cannot save? yet thou art among us, O Lord, and thy name is called upon us; forget us not.
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 saith the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
11 耶和华又对我说：“不要为这百姓祈祷求好处。
And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] 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。”
for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with 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。’”
And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and 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 the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices 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 saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.
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, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out 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 shalt speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous.
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 plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.
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。
Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore has thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!
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 know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before 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。
Refrain for thy name's sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not 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。
Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things.
