< Jeremiah 31 >
1 “At that time,” a declaration of YHWH, “I am the God of all families of Israel, And they are My people.”
耶和華說:「那時,我必作以色列各家的上帝;他們必作我的子民。」
2 Thus said YHWH: “A people remaining from the sword Have found grace in the wilderness When Israel went to find rest.”
耶和華如此說: 脫離刀劍的就是以色列人。 我使他享安息的時候, 他曾在曠野蒙恩。
3 YHWH has appeared to me from afar, “I have loved you with perpetual love, Therefore I have drawn you [with] kindness.
古時耶和華向以色列顯現,說: 我以永遠的愛愛你, 因此我以慈愛吸引你。
4 I build you again, And you have been built, O virgin of Israel, You put on your tambourines again, And have gone out in the chorus of the playful.
以色列的民哪, 我要再建立你,你就被建立; 你必再以擊鼓為美, 與歡樂的人一同跳舞而出;
5 You plant vineyards in mountains of Samaria again, Planters have planted, and made common.
又必在撒馬利亞的山上栽種葡萄園, 栽種的人要享用所結的果子。
6 For there is a day, Watchmen have cried on Mount Ephraim, Rise, and we go up to Zion, to our God YHWH”;
日子必到,以法蓮山上守望的人必呼叫說: 起來吧!我們可以上錫安, 到耶和華-我們的上帝那裏去。
7 For thus said YHWH: “Sing [with] joy for Jacob, And cry aloud at the head of the nations, Sound, praise, and say, Save, O YHWH, Your people, the remnant of Israel.
耶和華如此說: 你們當為雅各歡樂歌唱, 因萬國中為首的歡呼。 當傳揚頌讚說: 耶和華啊, 求你拯救你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。
8 Behold, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Blind and lame [are] among them, Conceiving and travailing one—together, A great assembly—they return here.
我必將他們從北方領來, 從地極招聚; 同着他們來的有瞎子、瘸子、孕婦、產婦; 他們必成為大幫回到這裏來。
9 They come in with weeping, And I bring them with supplications, I cause them to go to streams of waters, In a right way—they do not stumble in it, For I have been a Father to Israel, And Ephraim—he [is] My firstborn.”
他們要哭泣而來。 我要照他們懇求的引導他們, 使他們在河水旁走正直的路, 在其上不致絆跌; 因為我是以色列的父, 以法蓮是我的長子。
10 Hear a word of YHWH, O nations, And declare among the far off in the islands, and say: He who is scattering Israel gathers him, And has kept His flock as a shepherd,
列國啊,要聽耶和華的話, 傳揚在遠處的海島說: 趕散以色列的必招聚他, 又看守他,好像牧人看守羊群。
11 For YHWH has ransomed Jacob, And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.
因耶和華救贖了雅各, 救贖他脫離比他更強之人的手。
12 And they have come in, And have sung in the high place of Zion, And flowed to the goodness of YHWH, For wheat, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock and herd, And their soul has been as a watered garden, And they do not add to grieve anymore.
他們要來到錫安的高處歌唱, 又流歸耶和華施恩之地, 就是有五穀、新酒,和油, 並羊羔、牛犢之地。 他們的心必像澆灌的園子; 他們也不再有一點愁煩。
13 “Then a virgin rejoices in a chorus, Both young men and old men—together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,
那時,處女必歡樂跳舞; 年少的、年老的,也必一同歡樂; 因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜, 並要安慰他們,使他們的愁煩轉為快樂。
14 And satisfied the soul of the priests [with] fatness, And My people are satisfied with My goodness,” A declaration of YHWH.
我必以肥油使祭司的心滿足; 我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。 這是耶和華說的。
15 Thus said YHWH: “A voice is heard in Ramah, Wailing [and] the weeping of bitterness, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She has refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.”
耶和華如此說: 在拉瑪聽見號咷痛哭的聲音, 是拉結哭她兒女,不肯受安慰, 因為他們都不在了。
16 Thus said YHWH: “Withhold your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, For there is a reward for your work,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.
耶和華如此說: 你禁止聲音不要哀哭, 禁止眼目不要流淚, 因你所做之工必有賞賜; 他們必從敵國歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
17 And there is hope for your latter end,” A declaration of YHWH, “And the sons have turned back [to] their border.
耶和華說:你末後必有指望; 你的兒女必回到自己的境界。
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, You have disciplined me, And I am disciplined, as a heifer [that is] not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For You [are] my God YHWH.
我聽見以法蓮為自己悲歎說: 你責罰我,我便受責罰, 像不慣負軛的牛犢一樣。 求你使我回轉,我便回轉, 因為你是耶和華-我的上帝。
19 For after my turning back I regretted, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth.
我回轉以後就真正懊悔; 受教以後就拍腿歎息; 我因擔當幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。
20 Is Ephraim a precious son to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I still thoroughly remember him, Therefore My bowels have been moved for him, I love him greatly,” A declaration of YHWH.
耶和華說:以法蓮是我的愛子嗎? 是可喜悅的孩子嗎? 我每逢責備他,仍深顧念他; 所以我的心腸戀慕他; 我必要憐憫他。
21 “Set up signs for yourself, Make heaps for yourself, Set your heart to the highway, the way you went, Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back to these cities of yours.
以色列民哪, 你當為自己設立指路碑, 豎起引路柱。 你要留心向大路, 就是你所去的原路; 你當回轉,回轉到你這些城邑。
22 Until when do you withdraw yourself, O backsliding daughter? For YHWH has prepared a new thing in the land, Woman surrounds man.”
背道的民哪, 你反來覆去要到幾時呢? 耶和華在地上造了一件新事, 就是女子護衛男子。
23 Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back [to] their captivity, YHWH blesses you, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.
萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:「我使被擄之人歸回的時候,他們在猶大地和其中的城邑必再這樣說: 公義的居所啊, 聖山哪,願耶和華賜福給你。
24 And farmers have dwelt in Judah, And in all its cities together, And they have journeyed in order.
猶大和屬猶大城邑的人,農夫和放羊的人,要一同住在其中。
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, And I have filled every grieved soul.”
疲乏的人,我使他飽飫;愁煩的人,我使他知足。」
26 On this I have awoken, and I behold, and my sleep has been sweet to me.
先知說:「我醒了,覺着睡得香甜!」
27 “Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man and seed of beast.
耶和華說:「日子將到,我要把人的種和牲畜的種播種在以色列家和猶大家。
28 And it has been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So I watch over them to build, and to plant,” A declaration of YHWH.
我先前怎樣留意將他們拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆、苦害,也必照樣留意將他們建立、栽植。這是耶和華說的。
29 “In those days they no longer say: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons’ teeth are blunted.
當那些日子,人不再說: 父親吃了酸葡萄, 兒子的牙酸倒了。
30 But—each dies for his own iniquity, Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, His teeth are blunted.
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 Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have made a new covenant With the house of Israel And with the house of Judah,
耶和華說:「日子將到,我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約,
32 Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made My covenant void, And I ruled over them,” A declaration of YHWH.
不像我拉着他們祖宗的手,領他們出埃及地的時候,與他們所立的約。我雖作他們的丈夫,他們卻背了我的約。這是耶和華說的。」
33 “For this [is] the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days,” A declaration of YHWH, “I have given My law in their inward part, And I write it on their heart, And I have been their God, And they are My people.
耶和華說:「那些日子以後,我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣:我要將我的律法放在他們裏面,寫在他們心上。我要作他們的上帝,他們要作我的子民。
34 And they do not teach anymore Each his neighbor, and each his brother, Saying, Know YHWH, For they all know Me, from their least to their greatest,” A declaration of YHWH; “For I pardon their iniquity, And I make no more mention of their sin.”
他們各人不再教導自己的鄰舍和自己的弟兄說:『你該認識耶和華』,因為他們從最小的到至大的都必認識我。我要赦免他們的罪孽,不再記念他們的罪惡。這是耶和華說的。」
35 Thus said YHWH, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name:
那使太陽白日發光, 使星月有定例,黑夜發亮, 又攪動大海,使海中波浪匉訇的, 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。 他如此說:
36 “If these statutes depart from before Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “Even the seed of Israel ceases From being a nation before Me [for] all the days.”
這些定例若能在我面前廢掉, 以色列的後裔也就在我面前斷絕, 永遠不再成國。 這是耶和華說的。
37 Thus said YHWH: “If the heavens above can be measured, And the foundations of earth searched below, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done,” A declaration of YHWH.
耶和華如此說: 若能量度上天, 尋察下地的根基, 我就因以色列後裔一切所行的棄絕他們。 這是耶和華說的。
38 “Behold, days [are coming],” A declaration of YHWH, “And the city has been built for YHWH, From the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.
耶和華說:「日子將到,這城必為耶和華建造,從哈楠業樓直到角門。
39 And the measuring line has gone out again before it, over the height of Gareb, And it has gone around to Goah.
準繩要往外量出,直到迦立山,又轉到歌亞。
40 And all the valley of the carcasses and of the ashes, And all the fields to the Brook of Kidron, To the corner of the Horse Gate eastward, [Are] holy to YHWH, It is not plucked up, Nor is it thrown down anymore for all time!”
拋屍的全谷和倒灰之處,並一切田地,直到汲淪溪,又直到東方馬門的拐角,都要歸耶和華為聖,不再拔出,不再傾覆,直到永遠。」