耶利米書 31
1 耶和華說：「那時，我必作以色列各家的上帝；他們必作我的子民。」
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
2 耶和華如此說： 脫離刀劍的就是以色列人。 我使他享安息的時候， 他曾在曠野蒙恩。
This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
3 古時耶和華向以色列顯現，說： 我以永遠的愛愛你， 因此我以慈愛吸引你。
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
4 以色列的民哪， 我要再建立你，你就被建立； 你必再以擊鼓為美， 與歡樂的人一同跳舞而出；
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
5 又必在撒馬利亞的山上栽種葡萄園， 栽種的人要享用所結的果子。
Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
6 日子必到，以法蓮山上守望的人必呼叫說： 起來吧！我們可以上錫安， 到耶和華－我們的上帝那裏去。
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
7 耶和華如此說： 你們當為雅各歡樂歌唱， 因萬國中為首的歡呼。 當傳揚頌讚說： 耶和華啊， 求你拯救你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。
For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
8 我必將他們從北方領來， 從地極招聚； 同着他們來的有瞎子、瘸子、孕婦、產婦； 他們必成為大幫回到這裏來。
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
9 他們要哭泣而來。 我要照他們懇求的引導他們， 使他們在河水旁走正直的路， 在其上不致絆跌； 因為我是以色列的父， 以法蓮是我的長子。
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
10 列國啊，要聽耶和華的話， 傳揚在遠處的海島說： 趕散以色列的必招聚他， 又看守他，好像牧人看守羊群。
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
11 因耶和華救贖了雅各， 救贖他脫離比他更強之人的手。
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
12 他們要來到錫安的高處歌唱， 又流歸耶和華施恩之地， 就是有五穀、新酒，和油， 並羊羔、牛犢之地。 他們的心必像澆灌的園子； 他們也不再有一點愁煩。
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
13 那時，處女必歡樂跳舞； 年少的、年老的，也必一同歡樂； 因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜， 並要安慰他們，使他們的愁煩轉為快樂。
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
14 我必以肥油使祭司的心滿足； 我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。 這是耶和華說的。
I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,”
15 耶和華如此說： 在拉瑪聽見號咷痛哭的聲音， 是拉結哭她兒女，不肯受安慰， 因為他們都不在了。
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
16 耶和華如此說： 你禁止聲音不要哀哭， 禁止眼目不要流淚， 因你所做之工必有賞賜； 他們必從敵國歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
17 耶和華說：你末後必有指望； 你的兒女必回到自己的境界。
So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
18 我聽見以法蓮為自己悲歎說： 你責罰我，我便受責罰， 像不慣負軛的牛犢一樣。 求你使我回轉，我便回轉， 因為你是耶和華－我的上帝。
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
19 我回轉以後就真正懊悔； 受教以後就拍腿歎息； 我因擔當幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 耶和華說：以法蓮是我的愛子嗎？ 是可喜悅的孩子嗎？ 我每逢責備他，仍深顧念他； 所以我的心腸戀慕他； 我必要憐憫他。
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,”
21 以色列民哪， 你當為自己設立指路碑， 豎起引路柱。 你要留心向大路， 就是你所去的原路； 你當回轉，回轉到你這些城邑。
“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
22 背道的民哪， 你反來覆去要到幾時呢？ 耶和華在地上造了一件新事， 就是女子護衛男子。
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
23 萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：「我使被擄之人歸回的時候，他們在猶大地和其中的城邑必再這樣說： 公義的居所啊， 聖山哪，願耶和華賜福給你。
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
24 猶大和屬猶大城邑的人，農夫和放羊的人，要一同住在其中。
And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
25 疲乏的人，我使他飽飫；愁煩的人，我使他知足。」
for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
26 先知說：「我醒了，覺着睡得香甜！」
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
27 耶和華說：「日子將到，我要把人的種和牲畜的種播種在以色列家和猶大家。
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
28 我先前怎樣留意將他們拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆、苦害，也必照樣留意將他們建立、栽植。這是耶和華說的。
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
29 當那些日子，人不再說： 父親吃了酸葡萄， 兒子的牙酸倒了。
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
30 但各人必因自己的罪死亡；凡吃酸葡萄的，自己的牙必酸倒。」
Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
31 耶和華說：「日子將到，我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約，
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
32 不像我拉着他們祖宗的手，領他們出埃及地的時候，與他們所立的約。我雖作他們的丈夫，他們卻背了我的約。這是耶和華說的。」
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,”
33 耶和華說：「那些日子以後，我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法放在他們裏面，寫在他們心上。我要作他們的上帝，他們要作我的子民。
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
34 他們各人不再教導自己的鄰舍和自己的弟兄說：『你該認識耶和華』，因為他們從最小的到至大的都必認識我。我要赦免他們的罪孽，不再記念他們的罪惡。這是耶和華說的。」
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
35 那使太陽白日發光， 使星月有定例，黑夜發亮， 又攪動大海，使海中波浪匉訇的， 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。 他如此說：
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
36 這些定例若能在我面前廢掉， 以色列的後裔也就在我面前斷絕， 永遠不再成國。 這是耶和華說的。
“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
37 耶和華如此說： 若能量度上天， 尋察下地的根基， 我就因以色列後裔一切所行的棄絕他們。 這是耶和華說的。
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,”
38 耶和華說：「日子將到，這城必為耶和華建造，從哈楠業樓直到角門。
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39 準繩要往外量出，直到迦立山，又轉到歌亞。
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
40 拋屍的全谷和倒灰之處，並一切田地，直到汲淪溪，又直到東方馬門的拐角，都要歸耶和華為聖，不再拔出，不再傾覆，直到永遠。」
The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
