Jeremiah 4
1 O Israel, if thou returne, returne vnto me, saith the Lord: and if thou put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remoue.
耶和华说：以色列啊， 你若回来归向我， 若从我眼前除掉你可憎的偶像， 你就不被迁移。
2 And thou shalt sweare, The Lord liueth in trueth, in iudgement, and in righteousnesse, and the nations shall be blessed in him, and shall glorie in him.
你必凭诚实、公平、公义， 指着永生的耶和华起誓； 列国必因耶和华称自己为有福， 也必因他夸耀。
3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Iudah, and to Ierusalem,
耶和华对犹大和耶路撒冷人如此说： 要开垦你们的荒地， 不要撒种在荆棘中。
4 Breake vp your fallowe ground, and sowe not among the thornes: be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskinnes of your hearts, ye men of Iudah, and inhabitants of Ierusalem, lest my wrath come foorth like fire, and burne, that none can quenche it, because of the wickednesse of your inuentions.
犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪， 你们当自行割礼，归耶和华， 将心里的污秽除掉； 恐怕我的忿怒因你们的恶行发作， 如火着起， 甚至无人能以熄灭！
5 Declare in Iudah, and shewe forth in Ierusalem, and say, Blowe the trumpet in the lande: cry, and gather together, and say, Assemble your selues, and let vs goe into strong cities.
你们当传扬在犹大， 宣告在耶路撒冷说： 你们当在国中吹角，高声呼叫说： 你们当聚集！ 我们好进入坚固城！
6 Set vp the standart in Zion: prepare to flee, and stay not: for I will bring a plague from the North, and a great destruction.
应当向锡安竖立大旗。 要逃避，不要迟延， 因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。
7 The lyon is come vp from his denne, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is departed, and gone forth of his place to lay thy land waste, and thy cities shalbe destroyed without an inhabitant.
有狮子从密林中上来， 是毁坏列国的。 它已经动身出离本处， 要使你的地荒凉， 使你的城邑变为荒场无人居住。
8 Wherefore girde you with sackecloth: lament, and howle, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is not turned backe from vs.
因此，你们当腰束麻布，大声哀号， 因为耶和华的烈怒没有向我们转消。
9 And in that day, saith the Lord, the heart of the King shall perish, and the heart of the princes and the Priestes shall be astonished, and the Prophets shall wonder.
耶和华说：“到那时，君王和首领的心都要消灭；祭司都要惊奇，先知都要诧异。”
10 Then saide I, Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast deceiued this people and Ierusalem, saying, Ye shall haue peace, and the sworde perceth vnto the heart.
我说：“哀哉！主耶和华啊，你真是大大地欺哄这百姓和耶路撒冷，说：‘你们必得平安。’其实刀剑害及性命了。”
11 At that time shall it bee saide to this people and to Ierusalem, A dry winde in the hie places of the wildernes commeth towarde ye daughter of my people, but neither to fanne nor to clense.
那时，必有话对这百姓和耶路撒冷说：“有一阵热风从旷野净光的高处向我的众民刮来，不是为簸扬，也不是为扬净。
12 A mightie winde shall come vnto me from those places, and nowe will I also giue sentence vpon them.
必有一阵更大的风从这些地方为我刮来；现在我又必发出判语，攻击他们。”
13 Beholde, he shall come vp as the cloudes, and his charets shalbe as a tempest: his horses are lighter then eagles. Woe vnto vs, for wee are destroyed.
看哪，仇敌必如云上来； 他的战车如旋风， 他的马匹比鹰更快。 我们有祸了！ 我们败落了！
14 O Ierusalem, wash thine heart from wickednes, that thou maiest be saued: how long shall thy wicked thoughtes remaine within thee?
耶路撒冷啊，你当洗去心中的恶， 使你可以得救。 恶念存在你心里要到几时呢？
15 For a voyce declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
有声音从但传扬， 从以法莲山报祸患。
16 Make ye mention of the heathen, and publish in Ierusalem, Beholde, the skoutes come from a farre countrey, and crie out against the cities of Iudah.
你们当传给列国， 报告攻击耶路撒冷的事说： 有探望的人从远方来到， 向犹大的城邑大声呐喊。
17 They haue compassed her about as the watchmen of the fielde, because it hath prouoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.
他们周围攻击耶路撒冷， 好像看守田园的， 因为她背叛了我。 这是耶和华说的。
18 Thy wayes and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, such is thy wickednesse: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall perce vnto thine heart.
你的行动，你的作为，招惹这事； 这是你罪恶的结果， 实在是苦， 是害及你心了！
19 My bely, my bely, I am pained, euen at the very heart: mine heart is troubled within me: I cannot be still: for my soule hath heard the sounde of the trumpet, and the alarme of the battell.
我的肺腑啊，我的肺腑啊，我心疼痛！ 我心在我里面烦躁不安。 我不能静默不言， 因为我已经听见角声和打仗的喊声。
20 Destruction vpon destruction is cryed, for the whole lande is wasted: suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtaines in a moment.
毁坏的信息连络不绝， 因为全地荒废。 我的帐棚忽然毁坏； 我的幔子顷刻破裂。
21 Howe long shall I see the standert, and heare the sounde of the trumpet?
我看见大旗，听见角声， 要到几时呢？
22 For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.
耶和华说：我的百姓愚顽，不认识我； 他们是愚昧无知的儿女， 有智慧行恶，没有知识行善。
23 I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.
先知说：我观看地， 不料，地是空虚混沌； 我观看天，天也无光。
24 I behelde the mountaines: and loe, they trembled and all the hilles shooke.
我观看大山，不料，尽都震动， 小山也都摇来摇去。
25 I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.
我观看，不料，无人； 空中的飞鸟也都躲避。
26 I behelde, and loe, the fruitfull place was a wildernesse, and all the cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce wrath.
我观看，不料，肥田变为荒地； 一切城邑在耶和华面前， 因他的烈怒都被拆毁。
27 For thus hath the Lord saide, The whole lande shall be desolate: yet will I not make a full ende.
耶和华如此说：全地必然荒凉， 我却不毁灭净尽。
28 Therefore shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue shall be darkened, because I haue pronounced it: I haue thought it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.
因此，地要悲哀， 在上的天也必黑暗； 因为我言已出，我意已定， 必不后悔，也不转意不做。
29 The whole citie shall flee, for the noyse of the horsemen and bowemen: they shall goe into thickets, and clime vp vpon the rockes: euery citie shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
各城的人因马兵和弓箭手的响声就都逃跑， 进入密林，爬上磐石； 各城被撇下， 无人住在其中。
30 And when thou shalt be destroyed, what wilt thou doe? Though thou clothest thy selfe with skarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of golde, though thou paintest thy face with colours, yet shalt thou trimme thy selfe in vaine: for thy louers will abhorre thee and seeke thy life.
你凄凉的时候要怎样行呢？ 你虽穿上朱红衣服， 佩戴黄金装饰， 用颜料修饰眼目， 这样标致是枉然的！ 恋爱你的藐视你， 并且寻索你的性命。
31 For I haue heard a noyse as of a woman trauailing, or as one labouring of her first child, euen the voyce of the daughter Zion that sigheth and stretcheth out her handes: woe is me nowe: for my soule fainteth because of the murtherers.
我听见有声音，仿佛妇人产难的声音， 好像生头胎疼痛的声音， 是锡安女子的声音； 她喘着气、挓挲手， 说：我有祸了！ 在杀人的跟前，我的心发昏了。
