Jeremiah 23
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
耶和华—以色列的 神斥责那些牧养他百姓的牧人，如此说：“你们赶散我的羊群，并没有看顾他们；我必讨你们这行恶的罪。这是耶和华说的。
3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
我要将我羊群中所余剩的，从我赶他们到的各国内招聚出来，领他们归回本圈；他们也必生养众多。
4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
我必设立照管他们的牧人，牧养他们。他们不再惧怕，不再惊惶，也不缺少一个；这是耶和华说的。”
5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
耶和华说：“日子将到，我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔；他必掌王权，行事有智慧，在地上施行公平和公义。
6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
在他的日子，犹大必得救，以色列也安然居住。他的名必称为‘耶和华—我们的义’。”
7 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
耶和华说：“日子将到，人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来永生的耶和华起誓，
8 Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
却要指着那领以色列家的后裔从北方和赶他们到的各国中上来、永生的耶和华起誓。他们必住在本地。”
9 As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
论到那些先知， 我心在我里面忧伤， 我骨头都发颤； 因耶和华和他的圣言， 我像醉酒的人， 像被酒所胜的人。
10 For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
地满了行淫的人！ 因妄自赌咒，地就悲哀； 旷野的草场都枯干了。 他们所行的道乃是恶的； 他们的勇力使得不正。
11 “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,”
连先知带祭司都是亵渎的， 就是在我殿中我也看见他们的恶。 这是耶和华说的。
12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,”
因此，他们的道路必像黑暗中的滑地， 他们必被追赶，在这路中仆倒； 因为当追讨之年， 我必使灾祸临到他们。 这是耶和华说的。
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
我在撒马利亚的先知中曾见愚妄； 他们借巴力说预言， 使我的百姓以色列走错了路。
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
我在耶路撒冷的先知中曾见可憎恶的事； 他们行奸淫，做事虚妄， 又坚固恶人的手， 甚至无人回头离开他的恶。 他们在我面前都像所多玛； 耶路撒冷的居民都像蛾摩拉。
15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
所以万军之耶和华论到先知如此说： 我必将茵 给他们吃， 又将苦胆水给他们喝； 因为亵渎的事出于耶路撒冷的先知，流行遍地。
16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
万军之耶和华如此说：“这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
17 They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
他们常对藐视我的人说：‘耶和华说：你们必享平安’；又对一切按自己顽梗之心而行的人说：‘必没有灾祸临到你们。’”
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
有谁站在耶和华的会中 得以听见并会悟他的话呢？ 有谁留心听他的话呢？
19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
看哪！耶和华的忿怒 好像暴风，已经发出； 是暴烈的旋风， 必转到恶人的头上。
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
耶和华的怒气必不转消， 直到他心中所拟定的成就了。 末后的日子你们要全然明白。
21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
我没有打发那些先知， 他们竟自奔跑； 我没有对他们说话， 他们竟自预言。
22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
他们若是站在我的会中， 就必使我的百姓听我的话， 又使他们回头离开恶道和他们所行的恶。
23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
耶和华说：“我岂为近处的 神呢？不也为远处的 神吗？”
24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
耶和华说：“人岂能在隐密处藏身，使我看不见他呢？”耶和华说：“我岂不充满天地吗？
25 “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
我已听见那些先知所说的，就是托我名说的假预言，他们说：‘我做了梦！我做了梦！’
26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
说假预言的先知，就是预言本心诡诈的先知，他们这样存心要到几时呢？
27 They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
他们各人将所做的梦对邻舍述说，想要使我的百姓忘记我的名，正如他们列祖因巴力忘记我的名一样。
28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
得梦的先知可以述说那梦；得我话的人可以诚实讲说我的话。糠秕怎能与麦子比较呢？这是耶和华说的。”
29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
耶和华说：“我的话岂不像火，又像能打碎磐石的大锤吗？”
30 “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
耶和华说：“那些先知各从邻舍偷窃我的言语，因此我必与他们反对。”
31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
耶和华说：“那些先知用舌头，说是耶和华说的；我必与他们反对。”
32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
耶和华说：“那些以幻梦为预言，又述说这梦，以谎言和矜夸使我百姓走错了路的，我必与他们反对。我没有打发他们，也没有吩咐他们。他们与这百姓毫无益处。这是耶和华说的。”
33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
“无论是百姓，是先知，是祭司，问你说：‘耶和华有什么默示呢？’你就对他们说：‘什么默示啊？耶和华说：我要撇弃你们。’
34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
无论是先知，是祭司，是百姓，说‘耶和华的默示’，我必刑罚那人和他的家。
35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
你们各人要对邻舍，各人要对弟兄如此说：‘耶和华回答什么？’‘耶和华说了什么呢？’
36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
‘耶和华的默示’你们不可再提，各人所说的话必作自己的重担，因为你们谬用永生 神、万军之耶和华—我们 神的言语。
37 Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
你们要对先知如此说：‘耶和华回答你什么？’‘耶和华说了什么呢？’
38 But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
你们若说‘耶和华的默示’，耶和华就如此说：‘因你们说“耶和华的默示”这句话，我也打发人到你们那里去，告诉你们不可说“耶和华的默示”。’
39 therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
所以我必全然忘记你们，将你们和我所赐给你们并你们列祖的城撇弃了；
40 And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
又必使永远的凌辱和长久的羞耻临到你们，是不能忘记的。”
