耶利米书 15
1 耶和华对我说：“虽有摩西和撒母耳站在我面前代求，我的心也不顾惜这百姓。你将他们从我眼前赶出，叫他们去吧！
The Lord told me: Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me pleading with me on behalf of these people, I wouldn't feel sorry for them. Send them away from me. Have them leave.
2 他们问你说：‘我们往哪里去呢？’你便告诉他们，耶和华如此说： 定为死亡的，必致死亡； 定为刀杀的，必交刀杀； 定为饥荒的，必遭饥荒； 定为掳掠的，必被掳掠。”
If they ask you, “Where shall we go?” tell them that this is what the Lord says: Those to be killed by the plague, to the plague; those to be killed by the sword, to the sword; those to be killed by famine, to famine; and those to be killed in captivity, to captivity.
3 耶和华说：“我命定四样害他们，就是刀剑杀戮、狗类撕裂、空中的飞鸟，和地上的野兽吞吃毁灭；
I will put four kinds of destroyers in charge of them, declares the Lord: swords to kill, dogs to drag their bodies away, and the birds of prey and wild animals to eat them and destroy them.
4 又必使他们在天下万国中抛来抛去，都因犹大王希西家的儿子玛拿西在耶路撒冷所行的事。”
I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified by them, because of the evil things Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
5 耶路撒冷啊，谁可怜你呢？ 谁为你悲伤呢？ 谁转身问你的安呢？
Who will be sorry for you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will stop to ask you how you are?
6 耶和华说：你弃绝了我， 转身退后； 因此我伸手攻击你，毁坏你。 我后悔甚不耐烦。
You have deserted me, declares the Lord. You have turned your back on me. So I will take action against you and destroy you; I am tired of showing you mercy.
7 我在境内各城门口， 用簸箕簸了我的百姓， 使他们丧掉儿女。 我毁灭他们， 他们仍不转离所行的道。
I will scatter you with a winnowing fork from every town in the country. I will destroy my people and take away their children because they refuse to give up their evil ways.
8 他们的寡妇在我面前比海沙更多； 我使灭命的午间来， 攻击少年人的母亲， 使痛苦惊吓忽然临到她身上。
There will be more widows than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon and mothers will lose their young sons. They will suddenly experience agony and shock.
9 生过七子的妇人力衰气绝； 尚在白昼，日头忽落； 她抱愧蒙羞。 其余的人， 我必在他们敌人跟前，交与刀剑。 这是耶和华说的。
A mother of seven children will collapse; she will gasp for breath. Her sun will set while it's still daytime; she will be ashamed and humiliated. I will let the enemies kill the rest of them, declares the Lord.
10 我的母亲哪，我有祸了！因你生我作为遍地相争相竞的人。我素来没有借贷与人，人也没有借贷与我，人人却都咒骂我。
How sad I am, my mother, that you gave birth to me! I'm a victim of argument and conflict wherever I go in the country. I have never lent anyone anything, or borrowed anything, but still everyone curses me.
11 耶和华说：“我必要坚固你，使你得好处。灾祸苦难临到的时候，我必要使仇敌央求你。（
But the Lord told me: Don't worry, I'm going to take away your problems so you can do good. I will make your enemies plead with you whenever they're in trouble or suffering.
12 人岂能将铜与铁，就是北方的铁折断呢？）
Can anyone break iron, iron from the north, or bronze?
13 “我必因你在四境之内所犯的一切罪，把你的货物财宝当掠物，白白地交给仇敌。
I will give away your wealth and valuable possessions for free. They will become plunder for your enemies because of all the sins you committed throughout your country.
14 我也必使仇敌带这掠物到你所不认识的地去，因我怒中起的火要将你们焚烧。”
Then I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country, because I will so angry it will be like lighting a fire that will burn you up.
15 耶和华啊，你是知道的； 求你记念我，眷顾我， 向逼迫我的人为我报仇； 不要向他们忍怒取我的命， 要知道我为你的缘故受了凌辱。
You know what's happening to me, Lord. Please remember me and look after me. Punish my persecutors! Please be patient—don't let me die! You know I put up with criticism because I want to honor you.
16 耶和华—万军之 神啊， 我得着你的言语就当食物吃了； 你的言语是我心中的欢喜快乐， 因我是称为你名下的人。
When I received your messages, I ate them up! What you said made me really happy—I was delighted. I belong to you, Lord God Almighty!
17 我没有坐在宴乐人的会中， 也没有欢乐； 我因你的感动独自静坐， 因你使我满心愤恨。
I didn't join in with a bunch of jokers as they had fun. I stayed by myself because you have called me, and you have filled me with outrage.
18 我的痛苦为何长久不止呢？ 我的伤痕为何无法医治、不能痊愈呢？ 难道你待我有诡诈，像流干的河道吗？
Why doesn't my pain ever stop? Why is my wound incurable? Why can't it be healed? You've really become like a seasonal stream to me, an unreliable source of water.
19 耶和华如此说：你若归回， 我就将你再带来， 使你站在我面前； 你若将宝贵的和下贱的分别出来， 你就可以当作我的口。 他们必归向你， 你却不可归向他们。
So this is what the Lord says: If you come back to me, I will take you back and you will serve me again. If what you talk about are worthwhile subjects and not nonsense, you will be my spokesman, Jeremiah. They must be the ones who follow you; you must not follow them.
20 我必使你向这百姓成为坚固的铜墙； 他们必攻击你，却不能胜你； 因我与你同在，要拯救你，搭救你。 这是耶和华说的。
Then I will make you a wall to these people, a strong wall of bronze. They will fight against you but they won't defeat you. I am with you to save you and rescue you, declares the Lord.
21 我必搭救你脱离恶人的手， 救赎你脱离强暴人的手。
I will liberate you from the power of the wicked, and free you from clutches of the cruel.
