耶利米书 1
1 便雅悯地亚拿突城的祭司中，希勒家的儿子耶利米的话记在下面。
The word of God which came to Jeremias the [son] of Chelcias, of the priests, who lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位十三年，耶和华的话临到耶利米。
[accordingly] as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候，直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年，就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候，耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
And it was in the days of Joakim, son of Josias king of Juda, until the eleventh year of Sedekias king of Juda, [even] until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4 耶利米说，耶和华的话临到我说：
And the word of the Lord came to him, [saying],
5 我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你； 你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣； 我已派你作列国的先知。
Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth from the womb, I sanctified you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
6 我就说：主耶和华啊，我不知怎样说，因为我是年幼的。
And I said, O Lord, you that are supreme Lord, behold, I know not [how] to speak, for I am a child.
7 耶和华对我说： 你不要说我是年幼的， 因为我差遣你到谁那里去，你都要去； 我吩咐你说什么话，你都要说。
And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whoever I shall send you, and according to all [the words] that I shall command you, you shall speak.
8 你不要惧怕他们， 因为我与你同在， 要拯救你。 这是耶和华说的。
Be not afraid before them: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
9 于是耶和华伸手按我的口，对我说： 我已将当说的话传给你。
And the Lord stretched forth his hand to me, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words into your mouth.
10 看哪，我今日立你在列邦列国之上， 为要施行拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆， 又要建立、栽植。
Behold, I have appointed you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant.
11 耶和华的话又临到我说：“耶利米，你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一根杏树枝。”
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What see you? And I said, A rod of an almond tree.
12 耶和华对我说：“你看得不错；因为我留意保守我的话，使得成就。”
And the Lord said to me, You have well seen: for I have watched over my words to perform them.
13 耶和华的话第二次临到我说：“你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一个烧开的锅，从北而倾。”
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What see you? And I said, A caldron on the fire; and the face of it is toward the north.
14 耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地的一切居民。”
And the Lord said to me, From the north shall flame forth evils upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 耶和华说：“看哪，我要召北方列国的众族；他们要来，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城门口，周围攻击城墙，又要攻击犹大的一切城邑。
For, behold, I call together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, says the Lord; and they shall come, and shall set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls round about her, and against all the cities of Juda.
16 至于这民的一切恶，就是离弃我、向别神烧香、跪拜自己手所造的，我要发出我的判语，攻击他们。
And I will speak to them in judgment, concerning all their iniquity, [forasmuch] as they have forsaken me, and sacrificed to strange gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 所以你当束腰，起来将我所吩咐你的一切话告诉他们；不要因他们惊惶，免得我使你在他们面前惊惶。
And do you gird up your loins, and stand up, and speak all [the words] that I shall command you: be not afraid of their face, neither be you alarmed before them; for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
18 看哪，我今日使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙，与全地和犹大的君王、首领、祭司，并地上的众民反对。
Behold, I have made you this day as a strong city, and as a brazen wall, strong [against] all the kings of Juda, and the princes thereof, and the people of the land.
19 他们要攻击你，却不能胜你；因为我与你同在，要拯救你。这是耶和华说的。”
And they shall fight against you; but they shall by no means prevail against you; because I am with you, to deliver you, says the Lord.
