耶利米書 14
1 耶和華論到乾旱之災的話臨到耶利米：
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.
2 猶大悲哀，城門衰敗。 眾人披上黑衣坐在地上； 耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。
“Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.
3 他們的貴冑打發家僮打水； 他們來到水池， 見沒有水，就拿着空器皿， 蒙羞慚愧，抱頭而回。
The greater ones have sent their lesser ones to the water. They went to draw water; they did not find water; they carried their vessels back empty. They were confounded and afflicted, and so they covered their heads.
4 耕地的也蒙羞抱頭； 因為無雨降在地上， 地都乾裂。
Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.
5 田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇棄， 因為無草。
For even the doe has given birth in the field, and then left it behind. For there was no grass.
6 野驢站在淨光的高處，喘氣好像野狗； 因為無草，眼目失明。
And the wild donkeys stood upon the rocks; like dragons, they drew in the wind, but their eyes failed. For there was no grass.”
7 耶和華啊，我們的罪孽雖然作見證告我們， 還求你為你名的緣故行事。 我們本是多次背道，得罪了你。
“O Lord, if our iniquities have responded against us, let it be for the sake of your name. For our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you.
8 以色列所盼望、在患難時作他救主的啊， 你為何在這地像寄居的， 又像行路的只住一宵呢？
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of tribulation, why would you be like a sojourner in the land, and like a traveler turning aside for lodging?
9 你為何像受驚的人， 像不能救人的勇士呢？ 耶和華啊，你仍在我們中間； 我們也稱為你名下的人， 求你不要離開我們。
Why would you be like a wandering man, like a strong man who is unable to save? But you, O Lord, are with us, and your name is invoked over us, so do not abandon us!”
10 耶和華對這百姓如此說： 這百姓喜愛妄行， 不禁止腳步， 所以耶和華不悅納他們。 現今要記念他們的罪孽， 追討他們的罪惡。
Thus says the Lord to this people, who have loved to move their feet, and who have not rested, but who have not pleased the Lord: “Now he will remember their iniquities, and now he will visit against their sins.”
11 耶和華又對我說：「不要為這百姓祈禱求好處。
And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to pray for this people for good.
12 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 我就說：「唉！主耶和華啊，那些先知常對他們說：『你們必不看見刀劍，也不遭遇饑荒；耶和華要在這地方賜你們長久的平安。』」
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! The prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see the sword, and there will be no famine among you. Instead, he will give you true peace in this place.’”
14 耶和華對我說：「那些先知託我的名說假預言，我並沒有打發他們，沒有吩咐他們，也沒有對他們說話；他們向你們預言的，乃是虛假的異象和占卜，並虛無的事，以及本心的詭詐。
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets prophesy falsely in my name. I did not send them, and I did not instruct them, and I have not spoken to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and a divination, and a fraud, and a seduction from their own heart.
15 所以耶和華如此說：論到託我名說預言的那些先知，我並沒有打發他們；他們還說這地不能有刀劍饑荒，其實那些先知必被刀劍饑荒滅絕。
For this reason, thus says the Lord about the prophets who prophesy in my name, whom I have not sent, who say: ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ By sword and famine those prophets will be consumed.
16 聽他們說預言的百姓必因饑荒刀劍拋在耶路撒冷的街道上，無人葬埋。他們連妻子帶兒女，都是如此。我必將他們的惡倒在他們身上。」
And the people, to whom they prophesy, will be cast into the streets of Jerusalem, due to famine and the sword, and there will be no one who may bury them, they and their wives, their sons and daughters, and I will pour out their own evil upon them.
17 你要將這話對他們說： 願我眼淚汪汪， 晝夜不息， 因為我百姓受了裂口破壞的大傷。
And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by a very grievous wound.”
18 我若出往田間， 就見有被刀殺的； 我若進入城內， 就見有因饑荒患病的； 連先知帶祭司在國中往來， 也是毫無知識。
“If I go out into the fields: behold, those slain by the sword. And if I enter into the city: behold, those weakened by famine. Likewise, the prophet, too, and the priest, have gone into a land that they did not know.
19 你全然棄掉猶大嗎？ 你心厭惡錫安嗎？ 為何擊打我們，以致無法醫治呢？ 我們指望平安，卻得不着好處； 指望痊癒，不料，受了驚惶。
Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.
20 耶和華啊，我們承認自己的罪惡， 和我們列祖的罪孽， 因我們得罪了你。
O Lord, we acknowledge our impieties, the iniquities of our fathers, that we have sinned against you.
21 求你為你名的緣故， 不厭惡我們， 不辱沒你榮耀的寶座。 求你追念， 不要背了與我們所立的約。
For the sake of your name, do not give us over into disgrace. And do not dishonor in us the throne of your glory. Remember, do not make void, your covenant with us.
22 外邦人虛無的神中有能降雨的嗎？ 天能自降甘霖嗎？ 耶和華－我們的上帝啊， 能如此的不是你嗎？ 所以，我們仍要等候你， 因為這一切都是你所造的。
Could any of the graven images of the Gentiles send rain? Or are the heavens able to give showers? Have we not hoped in you, the Lord our God? For you have made all these things.”
