耶利米书 2
1 耶和华的话临到我说：
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “你去向耶路撒冷人的耳中喊叫说，耶和华如此说： 你幼年的恩爱， 婚姻的爱情， 你怎样在旷野， 在未曾耕种之地跟随我， 我都记得。
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
3 那时以色列归耶和华为圣， 作为土产初熟的果子； 凡吞吃它的必算为有罪， 灾祸必临到他们。 这是耶和华说的。
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
4 雅各家、以色列家的各族啊，你们当听耶和华的话。
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
5 耶和华如此说： 你们的列祖见我有什么不义， 竟远离我，随从虚无的神， 自己成为虚妄的呢？
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
6 他们也不说： 那领我们从埃及地上来， 引导我们经过旷野， 沙漠有深坑之地， 和干旱死荫、无人经过、 无人居住之地的耶和华在哪里呢？
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
7 我领你们进入肥美之地， 使你们得吃其中的果子和美物； 但你们进入的时候就玷污我的地， 使我的产业成为可憎的。
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
8 祭司都不说，耶和华在哪里呢？ 传讲律法的都不认识我。 官长违背我； 先知借巴力说预言， 随从无益的神。
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
9 耶和华说：我因此必与你们争辩， 也必与你们的子孙争辩。
Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
10 你们且过到基提海岛去察看， 打发人往基达去留心查考， 看曾有这样的事没有。
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 岂有一国换了他的神吗？ 其实这不是神！ 但我的百姓将他们的荣耀换了那无益的神。
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
12 诸天哪，要因此惊奇， 极其恐慌，甚为凄凉！ 这是耶和华说的。
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,”
13 因为我的百姓做了两件恶事， 就是离弃我这活水的泉源， 为自己凿出池子， 是破裂不能存水的池子。
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
14 以色列是仆人吗？ 是家中生的奴仆吗？ 为何成为掠物呢？
Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
15 少壮狮子向他咆哮，大声吼叫， 使他的地荒凉； 城邑也都焚烧，无人居住。
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
16 挪弗人和答比匿人也打破你的头顶。
The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
17 这事临到你身上，不是你自招的吗？ 不是因耶和华—你 神引你行路的时候， 你离弃他吗？
Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
18 现今你为何在埃及路上要喝西曷的水呢？ 你为何在亚述路上要喝大河的水呢？
Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
19 你自己的恶必惩治你； 你背道的事必责备你。 由此可知可见，你离弃耶和华—你的 神， 不存敬畏我的心， 乃为恶事，为苦事。 这是主—万军之耶和华说的。
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,”
20 我在古时折断你的轭，解开你的绳索。 你说：我必不事奉耶和华； 因为你在各高冈上、各青翠树下屈身行淫。
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
21 然而，我栽你是上等的葡萄树， 全然是真种子； 你怎么向我变为外邦葡萄树的坏枝子呢？
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
22 你虽用硷、多用肥皂洗濯， 你罪孽的痕迹仍然在我面前显出。 这是主耶和华说的。
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,”
23 你怎能说： 我没有玷污、没有随从众巴力？ 你看你谷中的路，就知道你所行的如何。 你是快行的独峰驼，狂奔乱走。
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
24 你是野驴，惯在旷野， 欲心发动就吸风； 起性的时候谁能使它转去呢？ 凡寻找它的必不致疲乏； 在它的月分必能寻见。
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
25 我说：你不要使脚上无鞋， 喉咙干渴。 你倒说：这是枉然。 我喜爱别神，我必随从他们。
You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
26 贼被捉拿，怎样羞愧， 以色列家和他们的君王、首领、 祭司、先知也都照样羞愧。
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
27 他们向木头说：你是我的父； 向石头说：你是生我的。 他们以背向我， 不以面向我； 及至遭遇患难的时候却说： 起来拯救我们。
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
28 你为自己做的神在哪里呢？ 你遭遇患难的时候， 叫他们起来拯救你吧！ 犹大啊，你神的数目与你城的数目相等。
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
29 耶和华说： 你们为何与我争辩呢？ 你们都违背了我。
Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,”
30 我责打你们的儿女是徒然的， 他们不受惩治。 你们自己的刀吞灭你们的先知， 好像残害的狮子。
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
31 这世代的人哪， 你们要看明耶和华的话。 我岂向以色列作旷野呢？ 或作幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说： 我们脱离约束，再不归向你了？
You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
32 处女岂能忘记她的妆饰呢？ 新妇岂能忘记她的美衣呢？ 我的百姓却忘记了我无数的日子！
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
33 你怎么修饰你的道路要求爱情呢？ 就是恶劣的妇人你也叫她们行你的路。
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
34 并且你的衣襟上有无辜穷人的血； 你杀他们并不是遇见他们挖窟窿， 乃是因这一切的事。
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
35 你还说：我无辜； 耶和华的怒气必定向我消了。 看哪，我必审问你； 因你自说：我没有犯罪。
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 你为何东跑西奔要更换你的路呢？ 你必因埃及蒙羞， 像从前因亚述蒙羞一样。
How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
37 你也必两手抱头从埃及出来； 因为耶和华已经弃绝你所倚靠的， 你必不因他们得顺利。
Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
