Jeremiah 9
1 Who makes my head waters, And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
但愿我的头为水， 我的眼为泪的泉源， 我好为我百姓中被杀的人昼夜哭泣。
2 Who gives me in a wilderness A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
惟愿我在旷野有行路人住宿之处， 使我可以离开我的民出去； 因他们都是行奸淫的， 是行诡诈的一党。
3 “And they bend their tongue, Their bow [is] a lie, And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, For they have gone forth from evil to evil, And they have not known Me,” A declaration of YHWH!
他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
4 “You each beware of his friend, And do not trust any brother, For every brother utterly supplants, For every friend slanderously walks,
你们各人当谨防邻舍， 不可信靠弟兄； 因为弟兄尽行欺骗， 邻舍都往来谗谤人。
5 And they each mock at his friend, And they do not speak truth, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, They have labored to commit iniquity.
他们各人欺哄邻舍，不说真话； 他们教舌头学习说谎， 劳劳碌碌地作孽。
6 Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
你的住处在诡诈的人中； 他们因行诡诈，不肯认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
7 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?
所以万军之耶和华如此说： 看哪，我要将他们熔化熬炼； 不然，我因我百姓的罪该怎样行呢？
8 Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, It has spoken deceit in its mouth, It speaks peace with its neighbor, And in its heart it lays its ambush,
他们的舌头是毒箭，说话诡诈； 人与邻舍口说和平话， 心却谋害他。
9 Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”
耶和华说：我岂不因这些事讨他们的罪呢？ 岂不报复这样的国民呢？
10 I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, For they have been burned up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, They have gone.
我要为山岭哭泣悲哀， 为旷野的草场扬声哀号； 因为都已干焦，甚至无人经过。 人也听不见牲畜鸣叫， 空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽都已逃去。
11 “And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And I make the cities of Judah a desolation, Without inhabitant.”
我必使耶路撒冷变为乱堆，为野狗的住处， 也必使犹大的城邑变为荒场，无人居住。
12 Who [is] the wise man? And he understands this, And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
谁是智慧人，可以明白这事？耶和华的口向谁说过，使他可以传说？遍地为何灭亡，干焦好像旷野，甚至无人经过呢？
13 And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
耶和华说：“因为这百姓离弃我在他们面前所设立的律法，没有遵行，也没有听从我的话；
14 And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Ba‘alim, That their fathers taught them,”
只随从自己顽梗的心行事，照他们列祖所教训的随从众巴力。”
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
所以万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：“看哪，我必将茵 给这百姓吃，又将苦胆水给他们喝。
16 And I have scattered them among nations Which they did not know, they and their fathers, And have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them.”
我要把他们散在列邦中，就是他们和他们列祖素不认识的列邦。我也要使刀剑追杀他们，直到将他们灭尽。”
17 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, And they come, And send to the wise women, And they come,
万军之耶和华如此说： 你们应当思想， 将善唱哀歌的妇女召来， 又打发人召善哭的妇女来，
18 And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, And waters flow from our eyelids.
叫她们速速为我们举哀， 使我们眼泪汪汪， 使我们的眼皮涌出水来。
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
因为听见哀声出于锡安，说： 我们怎样败落了！ 我们大大地惭愧！ 我们撇下地土； 人也拆毁了我们的房屋。
20 But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, And your ear receives a word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And each her neighbor lamentation.
妇女们哪，你们当听耶和华的话， 领受他口中的言语； 又当教导你们的儿女举哀， 各人教导邻舍唱哀歌。
21 For death has come up into our windows, It has come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from outside, Young men from the broad places.
因为死亡上来， 进了我们的窗户， 入了我们的宫殿； 要从外边剪除孩童， 从街上剪除少年人。
22 Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, And the carcass of man has fallen, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.”
你当说，耶和华如此说： 人的尸首必倒在田野像粪土， 又像收割的人遗落的一把禾稼， 无人收取。
23 Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
耶和华如此说：“智慧人不要因他的智慧夸口，勇士不要因他的勇力夸口，财主不要因他的财物夸口。
24 But let the boaster boast himself in this, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For I have delighted in these,” A declaration of YHWH.
夸口的却因他有聪明，认识我是耶和华，又知道我喜悦在世上施行慈爱、公平，和公义，以此夸口。这是耶和华说的。”
25 “Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
耶和华说：“看哪，日子将到，我要刑罚一切受过割礼、心却未受割礼的，
26 On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
就是埃及、犹大、以东、亚扪人、摩押人，和一切住在旷野剃周围头发的；因为列国人都没有受割礼，以色列人心中也没有受割礼。”
