Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel:
以色列家啊，要听耶和华对你们所说的话。
2 Thus hath said the Lord, Do not habituate yourselves on the way of the nations, and at the signs of the heavens be ye not dismayed; although the nations should be dismayed at them.
耶和华如此说： 你们不要效法列国的行为， 也不要为天象惊惶， 因列国为此事惊惶。
3 For the statutes of these people concern what is vanity; for it is but a tree which a man hath cut out of a forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
众民的风俗是虚空的； 他们在树林中用斧子砍伐一棵树， 匠人用手工造成偶像。
4 With silver and with gold do they ornament it; with nails and with hammers do they fasten it, that it move not from its place.
他们用金银妆饰它， 用钉子和锤子钉稳， 使它不动摇。
5 As a wrought-out palm-like column are they, and cannot speak; they must needs be borne, because they cannot step along. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do any harm, so also to do any good is not in them.
它好像棕树，是旋成的， 不能说话，不能行走， 必须有人抬着。 你们不要怕它； 它不能降祸， 也无力降福。
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord: thou [alone] art great, and great is thy name in might.
耶和华啊，没有能比你的！ 你本为大，有大能大力的名。
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [they say] there is none like unto thee.
万国的王啊，谁不敬畏你？ 敬畏你本是合宜的； 因为在列国的智慧人中， 虽有政权的尊荣， 也不能比你。
8 But at once shall they be shown to be brutish and foolish: it is a doctrine of vanities, it concerneth but wood.
他们尽都是畜类，是愚昧的。 偶像的训诲算什么呢？ 偶像不过是木头。
9 The beaten out silver is brought from Tharshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple is their clothing; the work of skilful men are they all.
有银子打成片，是从他施带来的， 并有从乌法来的金子， 都是匠人和银匠的手工， 又有蓝色紫色料的衣服， 都是巧匠的工作。
10 But the Lord God is the truth, he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall quake, and nations cannot endure his indignation.
惟耶和华是真 神， 是活 神，是永远的王。 他一发怒，大地震动； 他一恼恨，列国都担当不起。 （
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, shall perish away from the earth, and from under these heavens.
你们要对他们如此说：不是那创造天地的神，必从地上从天下被除灭！）
12 He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
耶和华用能力创造大地， 用智慧建立世界， 用聪明铺张穹苍。
13 At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:
他一发声，空中便有多水激动； 他使云雾从地极上腾； 他造电随雨而闪， 从他府库中带出风来。
14 Then standeth every man as brutish without knowledge; ashamed is every goldsmith because of the graven image; for falsehood is his molten work, and there is no breath therein.
各人都成了畜类，毫无知识； 各银匠都因他雕刻的偶像羞愧。 他所铸的偶像本是虚假的， 其中并无气息，
15 They are vanity, the work of deception; in the time of their punishment shall they vanish.
都是虚无的， 是迷惑人的工作； 到追讨的时候必被除灭。
16 Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
雅各的分不像这些， 因他是造作万有的主。 以色列也是他产业的支派， 万军之耶和华是他的名。
17 Gather up thy wares from the ground, O inhabitress of the beleaguered city.
受围困的人哪，当收拾你的财物， 从国中带出去。
18 For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will cast forth as with a sling the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will enclose them, in order that they may find them.
因为耶和华如此说： 这时候，我必将此地的居民， 好像用机弦甩出去， 又必加害在他们身上， 使他们觉悟。
19 Woe is me for my breach! my wound is painful; but I thought, This is but pain, and I shall be able to bear it.
民说：祸哉！我受损伤； 我的伤痕极其重大。 我却说：这真是我的痛苦， 必须忍受。
20 [But now] my tent is laid waste, and all my cords are torn asunder; my children are gone away from me, and they are not [here]; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
我的帐棚毁坏； 我的绳索折断。 我的儿女离我出去，没有了。 无人再支搭我的帐棚，挂起我的幔子。
21 For the shepherds were brutish, and the Lord had they not sought; therefore have they not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
因为牧人都成为畜类， 没有求问耶和华， 所以不得顺利； 他们的羊群也都分散。
22 Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to render the cities of Judah desolate, a dwelling for monsters.
有风声！看哪，敌人来了！ 有大扰乱从北方出来， 要使犹大城邑变为荒凉， 成为野狗的住处。
23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in his own power: it is not in man that passeth away to direct his own steps.
耶和华啊，我晓得人的道路不由自己， 行路的人也不能定自己的脚步。
24 Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
耶和华啊，求你从宽惩治我， 不要在你的怒中惩治我， 恐怕使我归于无有。
25 Pour out thy fury over the nations that know thee not, and over the families that have not called on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his dwelling desolate.
愿你将忿怒倾在不认识你的列国中， 和不求告你名的各族上； 因为他们吞了雅各，不但吞了，而且灭绝， 把他的住处变为荒场。
