耶利米书 4
1 耶和华说：以色列啊， 你若回来归向我， 若从我眼前除掉你可憎的偶像， 你就不被迁移。
If thou wilt return to me, O Israel, saith Jehovah, Thou shalt return [[to thy land]]; If thou wilt put away thy abominations from my sight, Thou shalt no more be a wanderer [[in a foreign land]].
2 你必凭诚实、公平、公义， 指着永生的耶和华起誓； 列国必因耶和华称自己为有福， 也必因他夸耀。
If thou wilt swear, As Jehovah liveth! In truth, in justice, and in righteousness, Then shall the nations bless themselves by thee, And in thee shall they glory.
3 耶和华对犹大和耶路撒冷人如此说： 要开垦你们的荒地， 不要撒种在荆棘中。
Thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up your fallow ground, And sow not among thorns!
4 犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪， 你们当自行割礼，归耶和华， 将心里的污秽除掉； 恐怕我的忿怒因你们的恶行发作， 如火着起， 甚至无人能以熄灭！
Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah; Yea, circumcise your hearts, Ye men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Lest, for the evil of your doings, My fury break forth like fire, And burn so that none can quench it.
5 你们当传扬在犹大， 宣告在耶路撒冷说： 你们当在国中吹角，高声呼叫说： 你们当聚集！ 我们好进入坚固城！
Declare ye in Judah, And proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land; Cry ye aloud, and say, Gather yourselves together, And let us go into the fortified cities;
6 应当向锡安竖立大旗。 要逃避，不要迟延， 因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。
Set up a standard toward Zion, Flee, make no stand! For I am about to bring evil from the north, Even great destruction.
7 有狮子从密林中上来， 是毁坏列国的。 它已经动身出离本处， 要使你的地荒凉， 使你的城邑变为荒场无人居住。
The lion goeth up from his thicket, The destroyer of nations is on his way; He goeth forth from his place to make thy land desolate; Thy cities shall be laid waste so as to be without an inhabitant.
8 因此，你们当腰束麻布，大声哀号， 因为耶和华的烈怒没有向我们转消。
For this cause gird on sackcloth, Lament and howl! For the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.
9 耶和华说：“到那时，君王和首领的心都要消灭；祭司都要惊奇，先知都要诧异。”
In that day, saith Jehovah, Shall the heart of the king perish, And the heart of the princes; The priests shall be amazed, And the prophets confounded.
10 我说：“哀哉！主耶和华啊，你真是大大地欺哄这百姓和耶路撒冷，说：‘你们必得平安。’其实刀剑害及性命了。”
Then said I, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem; Thou hast said, “Ye shall have peace”; And the sword reacheth to the very life!
11 那时，必有话对这百姓和耶路撒冷说：“有一阵热风从旷野净光的高处向我的众民刮来，不是为簸扬，也不是为扬净。
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A dry wind cometh from the hills of the desert, It cometh toward my people, Not to fan, nor to cleanse.
12 必有一阵更大的风从这些地方为我刮来；现在我又必发出判语，攻击他们。”
Yea, a wind stronger than this shall come; Now will I myself give sentence against them.
13 看哪，仇敌必如云上来； 他的战车如旋风， 他的马匹比鹰更快。 我们有祸了！ 我们败落了！
Behold, he cometh up like clouds, And his chariots are like a whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are laid waste!
14 耶路撒冷啊，你当洗去心中的恶， 使你可以得救。 恶念存在你心里要到几时呢？
Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, That thou mayst be saved! How long shall thy evil devices lodge within thee?
15 有声音从但传扬， 从以法莲山报祸患。
For a voice proclaimeth tidings from Dan, And announceth calamity from mount Ephraim.
16 你们当传给列国， 报告攻击耶路撒冷的事说： 有探望的人从远方来到， 向犹大的城邑大声呐喊。
Proclaim ye to the nations, Behold, publish ye to Jerusalem, “Watchmen are coming from a far country, And lift their voice against the cities of Judah.”
17 他们周围攻击耶路撒冷， 好像看守田园的， 因为她背叛了我。 这是耶和华说的。
Like keepers of fields are they round about her Because she hath rebelled against me, saith Jehovah.
18 你的行动，你的作为，招惹这事； 这是你罪恶的结果， 实在是苦， 是害及你心了！
Thy way and thy doings have brought this upon thee; This is the fruit of thy wickedness; It is bitter; it reacheth to thy heart.
19 我的肺腑啊，我的肺腑啊，我心疼痛！ 我心在我里面烦躁不安。 我不能静默不言， 因为我已经听见角声和打仗的喊声。
O my breast, my breast! I am pained in the walls of my heart; My heart trembleth within me; I cannot be silent; For thou hearest, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war!
20 毁坏的信息连络不绝， 因为全地荒废。 我的帐棚忽然毁坏； 我的幔子顷刻破裂。
There is a cry of destruction upon destruction; Yea, the whole land is laid waste; Suddenly are my tents destroyed, And my canopies in an instant.
21 我看见大旗，听见角声， 要到几时呢？
How long shall I see the standard, Hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 耶和华说：我的百姓愚顽，不认识我； 他们是愚昧无知的儿女， 有智慧行恶，没有知识行善。
My people is foolish, They have no regard to me; Stupid children are they, And have no understanding; They are wise to do evil, But for doing good they have no knowledge.
23 先知说：我观看地， 不料，地是空虚混沌； 我观看天，天也无光。
I look to the earth, and lo! emptiness and desolation; To the heavens, and there is no light.
24 我观看大山，不料，尽都震动， 小山也都摇来摇去。
I look to the mountains, and lo! they tremble, And all the hills shake.
25 我观看，不料，无人； 空中的飞鸟也都躲避。
I look, and lo! there is not a man, And all the birds of heaven are fled.
26 我观看，不料，肥田变为荒地； 一切城邑在耶和华面前， 因他的烈怒都被拆毁。
I look, and lo! Carmel is a desert, And all its cities are thrown down, Before the presence of Jehovah, Before the heat of his anger.
27 耶和华如此说：全地必然荒凉， 我却不毁灭净尽。
For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be desolate, Yet will I not make a full end.
28 因此，地要悲哀， 在上的天也必黑暗； 因为我言已出，我意已定， 必不后悔，也不转意不做。
Therefore shall the earth mourn, And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not recede from it.
29 各城的人因马兵和弓箭手的响声就都逃跑， 进入密林，爬上磐石； 各城被撇下， 无人住在其中。
At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen every city fleeth; They go into thickets, And climb up upon the rocks; All the cities are forsaken, And not a man dwelleth in them.
30 你凄凉的时候要怎样行呢？ 你虽穿上朱红衣服， 佩戴黄金装饰， 用颜料修饰眼目， 这样标致是枉然的！ 恋爱你的藐视你， 并且寻索你的性命。
And thou, destined to perish, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself in scarlet, And deck thyself with ornaments of gold, And rend thine eyes with paint, In vain dost thou adorn thyself; Thy lovers despise thee; They seek thy life.
31 我听见有声音，仿佛妇人产难的声音， 好像生头胎疼痛的声音， 是锡安女子的声音； 她喘着气、挓挲手， 说：我有祸了！ 在杀人的跟前，我的心发昏了。
I hear a cry, as of a woman in travail, Anguish, as of her that bringeth forth her first child. The voice of the daughter of Zion. She sobbeth, she spreadeth out her hands, “Ah! woe is me! I am dying by murderers!”
