Jeremiah 31
1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
耶和华说：“那时，我必作以色列各家的 神；他们必作我的子民。”
2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
耶和华如此说： 脱离刀剑的就是以色列人。 我使他享安息的时候， 他曾在旷野蒙恩。
3 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.
古时耶和华向以色列显现，说： 我以永远的爱爱你， 因此我以慈爱吸引你。
4 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.
以色列的民哪， 我要再建立你，你就被建立； 你必再以击鼓为美， 与欢乐的人一同跳舞而出；
5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
又必在撒马利亚的山上栽种葡萄园， 栽种的人要享用所结的果子。
6 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!’”
日子必到，以法莲山上守望的人必呼叫说： 起来吧！我们可以上锡安， 到耶和华—我们的 神那里去。
7 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!’
耶和华如此说： 你们当为雅各欢乐歌唱， 因万国中为首的欢呼。 当传扬颂赞说： 耶和华啊， 求你拯救你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。
8 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!
我必将他们从北方领来， 从地极招聚； 同着他们来的有瞎子、瘸子、孕妇、产妇； 他们必成为大帮回到这里来。
9 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.”
他们要哭泣而来。 我要照他们恳求的引导他们， 使他们在河水旁走正直的路， 在其上不致绊跌； 因为我是以色列的父， 以法莲是我的长子。
10 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.
列国啊，要听耶和华的话， 传扬在远处的海岛说： 赶散以色列的必招聚他， 又看守他，好像牧人看守羊群。
11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
因耶和华救赎了雅各， 救赎他脱离比他更强之人的手。
12 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.
他们要来到锡安的高处歌唱， 又流归耶和华施恩之地， 就是有五谷、新酒，和油， 并羊羔、牛犊之地。 他们的心必像浇灌的园子； 他们也不再有一点愁烦。
13 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.
那时，处女必欢乐跳舞； 年少的、年老的，也必一同欢乐； 因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜， 并要安慰他们，使他们的愁烦转为快乐。
14 I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,”
我必以肥油使祭司的心满足； 我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。 这是耶和华说的。
15 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.”
耶和华如此说： 在拉玛听见号咷痛哭的声音， 是拉结哭她儿女，不肯受安慰， 因为他们都不在了。
16 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.
耶和华如此说： 你禁止声音不要哀哭， 禁止眼目不要流泪， 因你所做之工必有赏赐； 他们必从敌国归回。 这是耶和华说的。
17 So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
耶和华说：你末后必有指望； 你的儿女必回到自己的境界。
18 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.
我听见以法莲为自己悲叹说： 你责罚我，我便受责罚， 像不惯负轭的牛犊一样。 求你使我回转，我便回转， 因为你是耶和华—我的 神。
19 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.’
我回转以后就真正懊悔； 受教以后就拍腿叹息； 我因担当幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。
20 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,”
耶和华说：以法莲是我的爱子吗？ 是可喜悦的孩子吗？ 我每逢责备他，仍深顾念他； 所以我的心肠恋慕他； 我必要怜悯他。
21 “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.
以色列民哪， 你当为自己设立指路碑， 竖起引路柱。 你要留心向大路， 就是你所去的原路； 你当回转，回转到你这些城邑。
22 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.”
背道的民哪， 你反来复去要到几时呢？ 耶和华在地上造了一件新事， 就是女子护卫男子。
23 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.’
万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：“我使被掳之人归回的时候，他们在犹大地和其中的城邑必再这样说： 公义的居所啊， 圣山哪，愿耶和华赐福给你。
24 And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
犹大和属犹大城邑的人，农夫和放羊的人，要一同住在其中。
25 for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
疲乏的人，我使他饱饫；愁烦的人，我使他知足。”
26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
先知说：“我醒了，觉着睡得香甜！”
27 “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.
耶和华说：“日子将到，我要把人的种和牲畜的种播种在以色列家和犹大家。
28 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.
我先前怎样留意将他们拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、苦害，也必照样留意将他们建立、栽植。这是耶和华说的。
29 “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.’
当那些日子，人不再说： 父亲吃了酸葡萄， 儿子的牙酸倒了。
30 Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
但各人必因自己的罪死亡；凡吃酸葡萄的，自己的牙必酸倒。”
31 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.
耶和华说：“日子将到，我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约，
32 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,”
不像我拉着他们祖宗的手，领他们出埃及地的时候，与他们所立的约。我虽作他们的丈夫，他们却背了我的约。这是耶和华说的。”
33 “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.
耶和华说：“那些日子以后，我与以色列家所立的约乃是这样：我要将我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们心上。我要作他们的 神，他们要作我的子民。
34 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.”
他们各人不再教导自己的邻舍和自己的弟兄说：‘你该认识耶和华’，因为他们从最小的到至大的都必认识我。我要赦免他们的罪孽，不再记念他们的罪恶。这是耶和华说的。”
35 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:
那使太阳白日发光， 使星月有定例，黑夜发亮， 又搅动大海，使海中波浪匉訇的， 万军之耶和华是他的名。 他如此说：
36 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
这些定例若能在我面前废掉， 以色列的后裔也就在我面前断绝， 永远不再成国。 这是耶和华说的。
37 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,”
耶和华如此说： 若能量度上天， 寻察下地的根基， 我就因以色列后裔一切所行的弃绝他们。 这是耶和华说的。
38 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
耶和华说：“日子将到，这城必为耶和华建造，从哈楠业楼直到角门。
39 The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
准绳要往外量出，直到迦立山，又转到歌亚。
40 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.”
抛尸的全谷和倒灰之处，并一切田地，直到汲沦溪，又直到东方马门的拐角，都要归耶和华为圣，不再拔出，不再倾覆，直到永远。”
