Jeremiah 12
1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?
耶和华啊，我与你争辩的时候， 你显为义； 但有一件，我还要与你理论： 恶人的道路为何亨通呢？ 大行诡诈的为何得安逸呢？
2 Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
你栽培了他们， 他们也扎了根， 长大，而且结果。 他们的口是与你相近， 心却与你远离。
3 And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
耶和华啊，你晓得我，看见我， 察验我向你是怎样的心。 求你将他们拉出来， 好像将宰的羊， 叫他们等候杀戮的日子。
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.
这地悲哀， 通国的青草枯干，要到几时呢？ 因其上居民的恶行， 牲畜和飞鸟都灭绝了。 他们曾说：他看不见我们的结局。
5 If thou hast wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan?
耶和华说：你若与步行的人同跑， 尚且觉累， 怎能与马赛跑呢？ 你在平安之地，虽然安稳， 在约旦河边的丛林要怎样行呢？
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.
因为连你弟兄和你父家都用奸诈待你。 他们也在你后边大声喊叫， 虽向你说好话， 你也不要信他们。
7 I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies.
我离了我的殿宇， 撇弃我的产业， 将我心里所亲爱的交在她仇敌的手中。
8 My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.
我的产业向我如林中的狮子， 她发声攻击我， 因此我恨恶她。
9 Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all the beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.
我的产业向我岂如斑点的鸷鸟呢？ 鸷鸟岂在她四围攻击她呢？ 你们要去聚集田野的百兽， 带来吞吃吧！
10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness.
许多牧人毁坏我的葡萄园， 践踏我的分， 使我美好的分变为荒凉的旷野。
11 They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart.
他们使地荒凉； 地既荒凉，便向我悲哀。 全地荒凉，因无人介意。
12 The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.
灭命的都来到旷野中一切净光的高处； 耶和华的刀从地这边直到地那边尽行杀灭。 凡有血气的都不得平安。
13 They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns: they have received an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
他们种的是麦子， 收的是荆棘； 劳劳苦苦却毫无益处。 因耶和华的烈怒， 你们必为自己的土产羞愧。
14 Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of them.
耶和华如此说：“一切恶邻，就是占据我使百姓以色列所承受产业的，我要将他们拔出本地，又要将犹大家从他们中间拔出来。
15 And when I shall have plucked them out, I will return, and have mercy on them: and I will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man to his land.
我拔出他们以后，我必转过来怜悯他们，把他们再带回来，各归本业，各归故土。
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
他们若殷勤学习我百姓的道，指着我的名起誓说：‘我指着永生的耶和华起誓’，正如他们从前教我百姓指着巴力起誓，他们就必建立在我百姓中间。
17 But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
他们若是不听，我必拔出那国，拔出而且毁灭。这是耶和华说的。”
