Jeremiah 23
1 Alas for the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture Declareth Yahweh.
耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”
2 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Concerning the shepherds who are tending my people, —Ye have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and have not visited them, —Behold me! visiting upon you the wickedness of your doings Declareth Yahweh.
耶和华—以色列的 神斥责那些牧养他百姓的牧人，如此说：“你们赶散我的羊群，并没有看顾他们；我必讨你们这行恶的罪。这是耶和华说的。
3 I myself, therefore will gather the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands whither I have driven them, —And will bring them back unto their own fold, And they shall be fruitful and multiply;
我要将我羊群中所余剩的，从我赶他们到的各国内招聚出来，领他们归回本圈；他们也必生养众多。
4 And I will raise up over them shepherds who will tend them, —So shall they not be afraid any more, nor be dismayed nor be missing, Declareth Yahweh.
我必设立照管他们的牧人，牧养他们。他们不再惧怕，不再惊惶，也不缺少一个；这是耶和华说的。”
5 Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will raise up to David A righteous Bud, And he shall reign as king, and prosper, And shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
耶和华说：“日子将到，我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔；他必掌王权，行事有智慧，在地上施行公平和公义。
6 In his days, Shall Judah be saved, And Israel abide securely, —And, this, is his name whereby he shall be called Yahweh, our Righteousness.
在他的日子，犹大必得救，以色列也安然居住。他的名必称为‘耶和华—我们的义’。”
7 Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall not be said any more As Yahweh liveth, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
耶和华说：“日子将到，人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来永生的耶和华起誓，
8 but—As Yahweh liveth who hath brought up and who hath brought in the seed of the house of Israel out of the land of the North, and out of all the lands whither I have driven them, —And they shall remain upon their own soil.
却要指着那领以色列家的后裔从北方和赶他们到的各国中上来、永生的耶和华起誓。他们必住在本地。”
9 As for the prophets, —Broken is my heart within me Trembled have all my bones, I have become as a drunken man, And as a strong man whom wine hath overcome, —Because of Yahweh, And because of his holy words.
论到那些先知， 我心在我里面忧伤， 我骨头都发颤； 因耶和华和他的圣言， 我像醉酒的人， 像被酒所胜的人。
10 For with adulterers, is the land filled, Yea because of cursing, doth the land mourn, Dried up are the oases of the desert, —And, their oppression hath become wicked, And, their might is not right.
地满了行淫的人！ 因妄自赌咒，地就悲哀； 旷野的草场都枯干了。 他们所行的道乃是恶的； 他们的勇力使得不正。
11 For both prophet and priest, are profane, —Even in my house, have I found their wickedness, Declareth Yahweh.
连先知带祭司都是亵渎的， 就是在我殿中我也看见他们的恶。 这是耶和华说的。
12 Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on and shall fall therein, —For I will bring in upon them calamity—The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.
因此，他们的道路必像黑暗中的滑地， 他们必被追赶，在这路中仆倒； 因为当追讨之年， 我必使灾祸临到他们。 这是耶和华说的。
13 Even among the prophets of Samaria, had I seen a foolish thing, —They prophesied by Baal, And led astray my people Israel.
我在撒马利亚的先知中曾见愚妄； 他们借巴力说预言， 使我的百姓以色列走错了路。
14 But among the prophets of Jerusalem, have I seen a horrible thing, —Committing adultery, And walking in falsehood, And so strengthening the hands of doers of wickedness, not to return any man from his wickedness: They have all of them become to me as Sodom, And her inhabitants as Gomorrah.
我在耶路撒冷的先知中曾见可憎恶的事； 他们行奸淫，做事虚妄， 又坚固恶人的手， 甚至无人回头离开他的恶。 他们在我面前都像所多玛； 耶路撒冷的居民都像蛾摩拉。
15 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts Concerning the prophets, —Behold me! Feeding them with wormwood, And I will cause them to drink poisoned water, —For from the prophets of Jerusalem, hath there gone forth profanity unto all the land.
所以万军之耶和华论到先知如此说： 我必将茵 给他们吃， 又将苦胆水给他们喝； 因为亵渎的事出于耶路撒冷的先知，流行遍地。
16 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, —Do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are prophesying unto you, They are filling you, with vain hopes, —The vision of their own hearts, do they speak, Not from the mouth of Yahweh!
万军之耶和华如此说：“这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
17 They keep on saying to them who despise me, Yahweh, hath spoken, saying, Prosperity, shall ye have! And to every one who is going on in the stubbornness of his own heart, have they said, There shall come on you, no calamity
他们常对藐视我的人说：‘耶和华说：你们必享平安’；又对一切按自己顽梗之心而行的人说：‘必没有灾祸临到你们。’”
18 For who hath stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should see and hear his word? Who hath given ear to his word and heard it?
有谁站在耶和华的会中 得以听见并会悟他的话呢？ 有谁留心听他的话呢？
19 Lo! the tempest of Yahweh! Indignation, hath come forth, Even a tempest whirling along: On the head of the lawless, shall it hurl itself down.
看哪！耶和华的忿怒 好像暴风，已经发出； 是暴烈的旋风， 必转到恶人的头上。
20 The anger of Yahweh, wilt not return, Until he hath executed nor Until he hath established The purposes of his heart, —In the afterpart of the days, shall ye understand it perfectly.
耶和华的怒气必不转消， 直到他心中所拟定的成就了。 末后的日子你们要全然明白。
21 I sent not the prophets yet they, ran, I spake not unto them yet, they, prophesied.
我没有打发那些先知， 他们竟自奔跑； 我没有对他们说话， 他们竟自预言。
22 But if they had stood in my council, Then might they have announced my words unto my people, And have turned them from their wicked way and from the wickedness of their doings.
他们若是站在我的会中， 就必使我的百姓听我的话， 又使他们回头离开恶道和他们所行的恶。
23 Am I, a God at hand, Demandeth Yahweh, And not a God afar off?
耶和华说：“我岂为近处的 神呢？不也为远处的 神吗？”
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh, —The heavens and the earth, do I not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.
耶和华说：“人岂能在隐密处藏身，使我看不见他呢？”耶和华说：“我岂不充满天地吗？
25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy in my name falsely, saying, —I have dreamed! I have dreamed!
我已听见那些先知所说的，就是托我名说的假预言，他们说：‘我做了梦！我做了梦！’
26 How long shall it be in the heart of the prophets, To be prophets of falsehood, —And prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
说假预言的先知，就是预言本心诡诈的先知，他们这样存心要到几时呢？
27 Who lay a plot to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they relate every man to his neighbour, —Just as their fathers forgat, my name, for Baal.
他们各人将所做的梦对邻舍述说，想要使我的百姓忘记我的名，正如他们列祖因巴力忘记我的名一样。
28 The prophet with whom is a dream, Let him relate it as a dream, And he with whom is my word, Let him speak my word as truth, —What is the chaff to the wheat? Demandeth Yahweh:
得梦的先知可以述说那梦；得我话的人可以诚实讲说我的话。糠秕怎能与麦子比较呢？这是耶和华说的。”
29 Is not my word, like this, Like fire? Demandeth Yahweh, —And like a hammer, that breaketh in pieces a cliff?
耶和华说：“我的话岂不像火，又像能打碎磐石的大锤吗？”
30 Therefore! behold me! against the prophets, Declareth Yahweh, —who steal my words, every man from his neighbour:
耶和华说：“那些先知各从邻舍偷窃我的言语，因此我必与他们反对。”
31 Behold me! against the prophets, Declareth Yahweh, who presume with their tongue and declare He declareth:
耶和华说：“那些先知用舌头，说是耶和华说的；我必与他们反对。”
32 Behold me! against such as prophesy the dreams of falsehood, Declareth Yahweh, who have related them and led astray my people, with their falsehoods and with their recklessness, —whereas, I, had not sent them nor commanded them, so that they could be of no, profit, to this people, Declareth Yahweh.
耶和华说：“那些以幻梦为预言，又述说这梦，以谎言和矜夸使我百姓走错了路的，我必与他们反对。我没有打发他们，也没有吩咐他们。他们与这百姓毫无益处。这是耶和华说的。”
33 But when this people or a prophet or a priest shall ask thee saying What is the oracle of Yahweh? Then shalt thou say unto them Ye, yourselves, are the oracle, Therefore will I reject you Declareth Yahweh;
“无论是百姓，是先知，是祭司，问你说：‘耶和华有什么默示呢？’你就对他们说：‘什么默示啊？耶和华说：我要撇弃你们。’
34 But the prophet, or the priest or the people who shall say—the oracle of Yahweh, I will bring punishment upon that man and upon his house.
无论是先知，是祭司，是百姓，说‘耶和华的默示’，我必刑罚那人和他的家。
35 Thus, shall ye say—every man unto his neighbour and every man unto his brother, —What hath Yahweh, answered? or, What hath Yahweh, spoken?
你们各人要对邻舍，各人要对弟兄如此说：‘耶和华回答什么？’‘耶和华说了什么呢？’
36 but the oracle of Yahweh, shall ye not mention, any more, —for, every man’s oracle, shall be his own word, because ye have perverted the words of a Living God, Yahweh of hosts our God.
‘耶和华的默示’你们不可再提，各人所说的话必作自己的重担，因为你们谬用永生 神、万军之耶和华—我们 神的言语。
37 Thus, shalt thou say unto the prophet, —What hath Yahweh, answered thee? or What hath Yahweh, spoken?
你们要对先知如此说：‘耶和华回答你什么？’‘耶和华说了什么呢？’
38 But, since ye keep on saying, The Oracle of Yahweh, therefore, Thus saith Yahweh, Because ye have said this word, The oracle of Yahweh, whereas I had sent unto you saying, Ye shall not say, The oracle of Yahweh
你们若说‘耶和华的默示’，耶和华就如此说：‘因你们说“耶和华的默示”这句话，我也打发人到你们那里去，告诉你们不可说“耶和华的默示”。’
39 therefore, behold me! I will lift you up, —and carry you away, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers from before my face;
所以我必全然忘记你们，将你们和我所赐给你们并你们列祖的城撇弃了；
40 and will give unto you reproach age-abiding, —and disgrace age-abiding, which shall not be forgotten.
又必使永远的凌辱和长久的羞耻临到你们，是不能忘记的。”
