Jeremiah 31
1 At that time, I will be the God of all Israel's families, and they will be my people, declares the Lord.
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 Israelites who survive death by the sword were blessed by the Lord in the desert as they looked for peace and quiet.
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 Long ago the Lord came and told us, My love for you will last forever. I hold you close to me with my trustworthy love.
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 I'm going to rebuild you, and it will happen. You will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will pick up your tambourines again and run outside to dance with joy.
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 You will replant vineyards on Samaria's hills; those who plant and will enjoy the grapes.
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 A day is coming when watchmen will call out from the hills of Ephraim, “Come on, let's go up to Zion, to worship 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 This is what the Lord says: Sing happily for the descendants of Jacob; shout for the greatest of all nations! Let everybody know! Praise and call out, “Lord, save your people, those who are left 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 Watch, because I will bring them back from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Everyone will return, even the blind and the lame, pregnant women, even mothers giving birth—a great gathering coming home,
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 back with tears in their eyes, and they will be praying as I take them home. I will lead them beside streams of waters, on level paths where they won't stumble. For I am Israel's Father; 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 Listen, nations, to what the Lord has to say, and let others know about in faraway countries: The Lord who scattered Israel will gather them together and keep them safe, just like a shepherd looks after 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 The Lord has redeemed the descendants of Jacob and rescued them from their enemies who had defeated them.
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 return and celebrate with happy shouts on Mount Zion; their faces will beam over the Lord's wonderful gifts—the grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the young of their flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden; and they won't ever be depressed again.
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 The girls will dance in celebration; young men and old people will join in too. I will turn their sorrow into joy, and I will comfort them and change their sadness into happiness.
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 give my priests everything they need and more, and my people will be more than satisfied with my goodness towards them, declares the Lord.
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: The sound of terrible weeping and mourning is heard in Ramah. It's Rachel crying for her children. They are dead, and she can't be comforted
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: Don't cry anymore, don't weep anymore, because you're going to be rewarded for what you've done, declares the Lord. Your children will return from the country of your enemies.
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 you can have hope for the future, declares the Lord. Your children will return to their own country.
耶和华说：你末后必有指望； 你的儿女必回到自己的境界。
18 Don't worry, I've heard Ephraim's groans, saying, “You disciplined me really hard as if I was a calf that hadn't been trained. Please bring me back, let me 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 When I came back to you I was sorry, and once I understood, I held my head in sadness. I was ashamed and I blushed, embarrassed at what I'd done when I was young.”
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 But isn't Ephraim still my precious son, my lovely child? Even though I often have to scold him, I can't forget him. So I'm torn inside with longing, wanting to show how much I care about him! declares the Lord.
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 Put up markers on the road; make signposts for yourselves. You need to be sure you can find the highway, the road you traveled on. Come back, Virgin Israel, come back to your towns.
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 are you going to waver in your decision, you unfaithful daughter? For the Lord has made something new happen here: a woman is going to protect 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 Almighty, the God of Israel, says: When I bring them back home from exile, they will say again in the land of Judah and in its towns: “May the Lord bless you, holy mountain of Jerusalem, home of what is good and right.
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 The people of Judah and all its towns will live together in the land, the farmers and those who move around with their 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 because I'm going to give rest to those who are tired and give strength to all those 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 woke up and looked around. I'd had a very pleasant sleep.
先知说：“我醒了，觉着睡得香甜！”
27 Look! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make the numbers of people and livestock grow in Israel and Judah.
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 I took care of them by uprooting them and tearing them down, by wiping them out and destroying them and bringing them disaster. Now I will take care of them by building them up and helping them grow, 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 At that time people won't repeat this proverb, “The fathers ate the unripe grapes, but their children got the sour taste.”
当那些日子，人不再说： 父亲吃了酸葡萄， 儿子的牙酸倒了。
30 No. Each person will die because of their own sins. If anyone eats unripe grapes, they will get the sour taste themselves.
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 Look! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and 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 won't be like the agreement that I made with their forefathers when I held their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I was faithful like a husband to them, declares the Lord.
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 agreement I'm going to make with the people of Israel at that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws inside them and write them in their minds. 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 one will need to teach a neighbor or their brother, telling them, “You ought to know the Lord.” For everyone will know me, from the smallest to the greatest. I will forgive them when they do wrong, and I will forget about their sins.
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 This is what the Lord says, who provides the sun to give light during the day, who places in order the moon and stars to give light at night, who makes the sea rough so that its waves roar; his name is the Lord Almighty:
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 I allowed this order to fell apart, declares the Lord, would Israel's descendants stop being my people.
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 could be investigated, would I reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything they've done, declares the Lord.
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 time is coming, declares the Lord, when this city will be rebuilt for the Lord, all the way 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 builder's measuring line will again stretch out directly to Gareb Hill and then turn toward Goah.
准绳要往外量出，直到迦立山，又转到歌亚。
40 The entire valley, where the dead are buried and the trash is dumped, and all the fields from the Kidron Valley as far as the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the Lord. Jerusalem will never again be torn down or destroyed.
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。”
