< Jeremiah 31 >
1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall 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 Thus saith the Lord, The people which escaped the sworde, founde grace in the wildernes: he walked before Israel to cause him to 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 hath appeared vnto me of old, say they: Yea, I haue loued thee with an euerlasting loue, therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee.
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 Againe I will builde thee, and thou shalt be builded, O virgine Israel: thou shalt stil be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt goe foorth in the dance of them that be ioyfull.
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 Thou shalt yet plant vines vpon the mountaines of Samaria, and the planters that plant them, shall make them common.
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 the dayes shall come that the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let vs go vp vnto 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 thus saith the Lord, Reioyce with gladnesse for Iaakob, and shoute for ioye among the chiefe of the Gentiles: publish praise, and say, O Lord, saue thy 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 Beholde, I will bring them from the North countrey, and gather them from the coastes of the world, with the blinde and the lame among them, with the woman with childe, and her that is deliuered also: a great companie shall returne hither.
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 shall come weeping, and with mercie will I bring them againe: I will lead them by the riuers of water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.
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 Heare the worde of the Lord, O ye Gentiles, and declare in the yles afarre off, and say, Hee that scattered Israel, wil gather him and wil keepe him, as a shepheard doeth his flocke.
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 hath redeemed Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of him, that was stronger then he.
因耶和华救赎了雅各, 救赎他脱离比他更强之人的手。
12 Therefore they shall come, and reioyce in the height of Zion, and shall runne to the bountifulnes of the Lord, euen for the wheat and for the wine, and for the oyle, and for the increase of sheepe, and bullocks: and their soule shalbe as a watered garden, and they shall haue no more sorow.
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 shall ye virgine reioyce in the dance, and the yong men and the old men together: for I wil turne their mourning into ioy, and wil comfort them, and giue them ioy for their sorowes.
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 And I wil replenish the soule of the Priests with fatnesse, and my people shalbe satisfied with my goodnesse, saith 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 Thus saith the Lord, A voyce was heard on hie, a mourning and bitter weeping. Rahel weeping for her children, refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
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 Thus saith the Lord, Refraine thy voyce from weeping, and thine eyes from teares: for thy worke shalbe rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come againe from the land of the enemie:
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 And there is hope in thine ende, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come againe to their owne borders.
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 haue heard Ephraim lamenting thus, Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised as an vntamed calfe: conuert thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art 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 Surely after that I conuerted, I repented: and after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, euen confounded, because I did beare the reproch 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 Ephraim my deare sonne or pleasant childe? yet since I spake vnto him, I still remembred him: therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I wil surely haue compassion vpon him, saith 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 Set thee vp signes: make thee heapes: set thine heart towarde the path and way, that thou hast walked: turne againe, O virgine of Israel: turne againe to these thy cities.
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 wilt thou goe astray, O thou rebellious daughter? for the Lord hath created a newe thing in the earth: A WOMAN shall compasse 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 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Yet shall they say this thing in the land of Iudah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring againe their captiuitie, The Lord blesse thee, O habitation of iustice and holy mountaine.
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 Iudah shall dwell in it, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen and they that goe foorth with the flocke.
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 haue saciate the wearie soule, and I haue replenished euery sorowfull soule.
疲乏的人,我使他饱饫;愁烦的人,我使他知足。”
26 Therefore I awaked and behelde, and my sleepe was sweete vnto me.
先知说:“我醒了,觉着睡得香甜!”
27 Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will sowe the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah with the seede of man and with the seede 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 And like as I haue watched vpon them, to plucke vp and to roote out, and to throw downe, and to destroy, and to plague them, so wil I watch ouer them, to build and to plant them, saith ye 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 dayes shall they say no more, The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape, and the childrens teeth 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 But euery one shall die for his owne iniquitie: euery man that eateth the sowre grape, his teeth shalbe 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 Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new couenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iudah,
耶和华说:“日子将到,我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约,
32 Not according to ye couenant that I made with their fathers, when I tooke them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the which my couenant they brake, although I was an husband vnto them, saith 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 shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe 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 And they shall teach no more euery man his neighbour and euery man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me from the least of them vnto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I wil forgiue their iniquitie, and will remember their sinnes 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 saith the Lord, which giueth the sunne for a light to the day, and the courses of the moone and of the starres for a light to the night, which breaketh the sea, when the waues thereof roare: his Name is the Lord of hostes.
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 If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lord, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.
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 Thus saith the Lord, If the heauens can be measured, or the fundations of the earth be searched out beneath, then wil I cast off all the seed of Israel, for all that they haue done, saith 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 Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that the citie shalbe built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel, vnto the gate of the corner.
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 And the line of the measure shall go foorth in his presence vpon the hil Gareb, and shall compasse about to Goath.
准绳要往外量出,直到迦立山,又转到歌亚。
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields vnto the brooke of Kidron, and vnto the corner of the horsegate toward the East, shalbe holy vnto the Lord, neither shall it be plucked vp nor destroyed any more for euer.
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。”