耶利米书 9
1 但愿我的头为水， 我的眼为泪的泉源， 我好为我百姓中被杀的人昼夜哭泣。
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
2 惟愿我在旷野有行路人住宿之处， 使我可以离开我的民出去； 因他们都是行奸淫的， 是行诡诈的一党。
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
3 他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,”
4 你们各人当谨防邻舍， 不可信靠弟兄； 因为弟兄尽行欺骗， 邻舍都往来谗谤人。
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
5 他们各人欺哄邻舍，不说真话； 他们教舌头学习说谎， 劳劳碌碌地作孽。
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
6 你的住处在诡诈的人中； 他们因行诡诈，不肯认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”
7 所以万军之耶和华如此说： 看哪，我要将他们熔化熬炼； 不然，我因我百姓的罪该怎样行呢？
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
8 他们的舌头是毒箭，说话诡诈； 人与邻舍口说和平话， 心却谋害他。
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
9 耶和华说：我岂不因这些事讨他们的罪呢？ 岂不报复这样的国民呢？
Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10 我要为山岭哭泣悲哀， 为旷野的草场扬声哀号； 因为都已干焦，甚至无人经过。 人也听不见牲畜鸣叫， 空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽都已逃去。
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
11 我必使耶路撒冷变为乱堆，为野狗的住处， 也必使犹大的城邑变为荒场，无人居住。
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 谁是智慧人，可以明白这事？耶和华的口向谁说过，使他可以传说？遍地为何灭亡，干焦好像旷野，甚至无人经过呢？
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 耶和华说：“因为这百姓离弃我在他们面前所设立的律法，没有遵行，也没有听从我的话；
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
14 只随从自己顽梗的心行事，照他们列祖所教训的随从众巴力。”
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
15 所以万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：“看哪，我必将茵 给这百姓吃，又将苦胆水给他们喝。
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 我要把他们散在列邦中，就是他们和他们列祖素不认识的列邦。我也要使刀剑追杀他们，直到将他们灭尽。”
I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
17 万军之耶和华如此说： 你们应当思想， 将善唱哀歌的妇女召来， 又打发人召善哭的妇女来，
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
18 叫她们速速为我们举哀， 使我们眼泪汪汪， 使我们的眼皮涌出水来。
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
19 因为听见哀声出于锡安，说： 我们怎样败落了！ 我们大大地惭愧！ 我们撇下地土； 人也拆毁了我们的房屋。
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
20 妇女们哪，你们当听耶和华的话， 领受他口中的言语； 又当教导你们的儿女举哀， 各人教导邻舍唱哀歌。
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
21 因为死亡上来， 进了我们的窗户， 入了我们的宫殿； 要从外边剪除孩童， 从街上剪除少年人。
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
22 你当说，耶和华如此说： 人的尸首必倒在田野像粪土， 又像收割的人遗落的一把禾稼， 无人收取。
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
23 耶和华如此说：“智慧人不要因他的智慧夸口，勇士不要因他的勇力夸口，财主不要因他的财物夸口。
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
24 夸口的却因他有聪明，认识我是耶和华，又知道我喜悦在世上施行慈爱、公平，和公义，以此夸口。这是耶和华说的。”
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,”
25 耶和华说：“看哪，日子将到，我要刑罚一切受过割礼、心却未受割礼的，
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
26 就是埃及、犹大、以东、亚扪人、摩押人，和一切住在旷野剃周围头发的；因为列国人都没有受割礼，以色列人心中也没有受割礼。”
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
