耶利米书 14
1 耶和华论到干旱之灾的话临到耶利米：
So much of the word of Yahweh as came unto Jeremiah, concerning the matter of 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 mourneth, And the gates thereof, pine They lie in gloom on the ground, —And, the outcry of Jerusalem, hath ascended;
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 nobles have sent their menials to the waters, —They have been to the pits, They have found no water They have returned, their vessels empty, They are pale and ashamed and have covered their heads.
4 耕地的也蒙羞抱头； 因为无雨降在地上， 地都干裂。
Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.
5 田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇弃， 因为无草。
For, even the hind of the field hath calved and forsaken, Because there is no young herbage;
6 野驴站在净光的高处，喘气好像野狗； 因为无草，眼目失明。
Yea, wild asses stand still on the bare heights, They pant for air like jackals, —Dimmed are their eyes Because there is 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。
Though, our iniquities, have testified against us, O Yahweh, effectually work thou for the sake of thy Name, —For our apostasies have abounded Against thee, have we sinned.
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？
Thou Hope of Israel, His Saviour in the time of distress, —Wherefore shouldst thou be as a sojourner in the and? Or as a wayfarer, who hath turned aside to lodge for the 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。
Wherefore, shouldst thou be as a man astounded, As a mighty man who cannot save? Yet, thou, art in our midst—O Yahweh And, thy Name, on us, hath been called Do not abandon 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, saith Yahweh To this people In this way, have they loved to wander, Their feet, have they not restrained, —Yahweh, therefore hath not accepted them, Now, will he call to mind their iniquity, —That he may punish their sins.
11 耶和华又对我说：“不要为这百姓祈祷求好处。
And Yahweh said unto me, —Do not pray for this people for blessing;
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。”
Though they fast, I am not going to hearken unto their loud cry, and Though they offer ascending-sacrifice and meal-offering, I am not going to accept them, —For with sword and with famine and with pestilence, am, I, about to consume them.
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 said I, Ah, My Lord Yahweh! Lo! the prophets, are saying to them—Ye shall not see the sword And famine, shall ye not have, —For prosperity in truth, will I give you, 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。
So then Yahweh said unto me, Falsehood, are the prophets prophesying in my name, I have not sent them Neither have I commanded them, Neither have I spoken unto them, —A vision of falsehood, and A divination of worthlessness and A fraud of their own hearts, They, are prophesying unto you.
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 Yahweh concerning the prophets who are prophesying in my Name though, I, sent them not, and yet, they have been, saying, Neither sword nor famine, shall there be in this land, —By sword or by famine, shall, those prophets, 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 have been prophesying shall be getting cast out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and of there being none to give burial unto them, them, their wives, nor their sons nor their daughters, —So will I pour out upon them their own wickedness.
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。
Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word, Let mine eyes, run down with tears night and day, And let them not rest, —For with a grievous injury, hath been injured the virgin the daughter of my people, With a wound, severe indeed!
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 have gone out into the field, Then lo! the slain of the sword! And, if I have entered the city, Then lo! the diseases of famine! For, both prophet and priest, have trafficked against the land unnoticed.
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, Judah? Zion itself, hath thy soul loathed? Why, hast thou smitten us so that there is for us no healing? A waiting For prosperity, but no welfare, and For a time of healing, but lo! terror!
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 Yahweh Our own lawlessness 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 despise—for the sake of thy Name, Do not treat with contempt—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, among the vanities of the nations senders of rain? Or can, the heavens themselves, give myriad drops? Art not, thou, he, O Yahweh our God? Therefore will we wait for thee, For, thou, hast made all these.
