耶利米书 18
1 耶和华的话临到耶利米说：
The word that came from the Lord to
2 “你起来，下到窑匠的家里去，我在那里要使你听我的话。”
Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there you shall hear my words.
3 我就下到窑匠的家里去，正遇他转轮做器皿。
So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.
4 窑匠用泥做的器皿，在他手中做坏了，他又用这泥另做别的器皿；窑匠看怎样好，就怎样做。
And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make [it].
5 耶和华的话就临到我说：
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
6 “耶和华说：以色列家啊，我待你们，岂不能照这窑匠弄泥吗？以色列家啊，泥在窑匠的手中怎样，你们在我的手中也怎样。
Shall I not be able, O house of Israel, to do to you as this potter? behold, as the clay of the potter are you in my hands.
7 我何时论到一邦或一国说，要拔出、拆毁、毁坏；
[If] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy [them];
8 我所说的那一邦，若是转意离开他们的恶，我就必后悔，不将我想要施行的灾祸降与他们。
and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.
9 我何时论到一邦或一国说，要建立、栽植；
And [if] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant [it];
10 他们若行我眼中看为恶的事，不听从我的话，我就必后悔，不将我所说的福气赐给他们。
and they do evil before me, so as not to listen to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them.
11 现在你要对犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民说：‘耶和华如此说：我造出灾祸攻击你们，定意刑罚你们。你们各人当回头离开所行的恶道，改正你们的行动作为。’
And now say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Behold, I prepare evils against you, and devise a device against you: let every one turn now from his evil way, and amend your practices.
12 “他们却说：‘这是枉然。我们要照自己的计谋去行。’各人随自己顽梗的恶心做事。”
And they said, We will quit ourselves like men, for we will pursue our perverse ways, and we will perform each the lusts of his evil heart.
13 所以，耶和华如此说： 你们且往各国访问， 有谁听见这样的事？ 以色列民行了一件极可憎恶的事。
Therefore thus says the Lord; Enquire now amongst the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done?
14 黎巴嫩的雪从田野的磐石上岂能断绝呢？ 从远处流下的凉水岂能干涸呢？
Will fertilising streams fail [to flow] from a rock, or snow [fail] from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?
15 我的百姓竟忘记我， 向假神烧香， 使他们在所行的路上，在古道上绊跌， 使他们行没有修筑的斜路，
For my people have forgotten me, they have offered incense in vain, and they fail in their ways, [leaving] the ancient tracks, to enter upon impassable paths;
16 以致他们的地令人惊骇， 常常嗤笑； 凡经过这地的必惊骇摇头。
to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads.
17 我必在仇敌面前分散他们， 好像用东风吹散一样。 遭难的日子，我必以背向他们， 不以面向他们。
I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will show them the day of their destruction.
18 他们就说：“来吧！我们可以设计谋害耶利米；因为我们有祭司讲律法，智慧人设谋略，先知说预言，都不能断绝。来吧！我们可以用舌头击打他，不要理会他的一切话。”
Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremias; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.
19 耶和华啊，求你理会我， 且听那些与我争竞之人的话。
Hear me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my pleading.
20 岂可以恶报善呢？ 他们竟挖坑要害我的性命！ 求你记念我怎样站在你面前为他们代求， 要使你的忿怒向他们转消。
Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me; remember that I stood before your face, to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 故此，愿你将他们的儿女交与饥荒和刀剑； 愿他们的妻无子，且作寡妇； 又愿他们的男人被死亡所灭， 他们的少年人在阵上被刀击杀。
Therefore do you deliver their sons to famine, and gather them to the power of the sword: let their women be childless and widows; and let their men be cut off by death, and their young men fall by the sword in war.
22 你使敌军忽然临到他们的时候， 愿人听见哀声从他们的屋内发出； 因他们挖坑要捉拿我， 暗设网罗要绊我的脚。
Let there be a cry in their houses: you shall bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.
23 耶和华啊，他们要杀我的那一切计谋， 你都知道。 不要赦免他们的罪孽， 也不要从你面前涂抹他们的罪恶， 要叫他们在你面前跌倒； 愿你发怒的时候罚办他们。
And you, Lord, know all their deadly counsel against me: account not their iniquities guiltless, and blot not out their sins from before you: let their weakness come before you; deal with them in the time of your wrath.
