Jeremiah 13
1 The LORD said to me, “Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.”
耶和华对我如此说：“你去买一根麻布带子束腰，不可放在水中。”
2 So I bought a belt according to the LORD’s word, and put it on my waist.
我就照着耶和华的话，买了一根带子束腰。
3 The LORD’s word came to me the second time, saying,
耶和华的话第二次临到我说：
4 “Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.”
“要拿着你所买的腰带，就是你腰上的带子，起来往幼发拉底河去，将腰带藏在那里的磐石穴中。”
5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
我就去，照着耶和华所吩咐我的，将腰带藏在幼发拉底河边。
6 After many days, the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.”
过了多日，耶和华对我说：“你起来往幼发拉底河去，将我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带取出来。”
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined. It was profitable for nothing.
我就往幼发拉底河去，将腰带从我所藏的地方刨出来，见腰带已经变坏，毫无用了。
8 Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
耶和华的话临到我说：
9 “The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
“耶和华如此说：我必照样败坏犹大的骄傲和耶路撒冷的大骄傲。
10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, will even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
这恶民不肯听我的话，按自己顽梗的心而行，随从别神，事奉敬拜，他们也必像这腰带变为无用。”
11 For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to me,’ says the LORD; ‘that they may be to me for a people, for a name, for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.’
耶和华说：“腰带怎样紧贴人腰，照样，我也使以色列全家和犹大全家紧贴我，好叫他们属我为子民，使我得名声，得颂赞，得荣耀；他们却不肯听。”
12 “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’
“所以你要对他们说：‘耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：各坛都要盛满了酒。’他们必对你说：‘我们岂不确知各坛都要盛满了酒呢？’
13 Then tell them, ‘The LORD says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
你就要对他们说：‘耶和华如此说：我必使这地的一切居民，就是坐大卫宝座的君王和祭司，与先知，并耶路撒冷的一切居民，都酩酊大醉。’”
14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the LORD: “I will not pity, spare, or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.”’”
耶和华说：“我要使他们彼此相碰，就是父与子彼此相碰；我必不可怜，不顾惜，不怜悯，以致灭绝他们。”
15 Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud, for the LORD has spoken.
你们当听，当侧耳而听。 不要骄傲，因为耶和华已经说了。
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.
耶和华—你们的 神未使黑暗来到， 你们的脚未在昏暗山上绊跌之先， 当将荣耀归给他； 免得你们盼望光明， 他使光明变为死荫， 成为幽暗。
17 But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
你们若不听这话， 我必因你们的骄傲在暗地哭泣； 我眼必痛哭流泪， 因为耶和华的群众被掳去了。
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory.
你要对君王和太后说： 你们当自卑，坐在下边； 因你们的头巾， 就是你们的华冠，已经脱落了。
19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is no one to open them. Judah is carried away captive: all of them. They are wholly carried away captive.
南方的城尽都关闭， 无人开放； 犹大全被掳掠， 且掳掠净尽。
20 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
你们要举目观看从北方来的人。 先前赐给你的群众， 就是你佳美的群众， 如今在哪里呢？
21 What will you say when he sets over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? Won’t sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
耶和华立你自己所交的朋友为首，辖制你， 那时你还有什么话说呢？ 痛苦岂不将你抓住像产难的妇人吗？
22 If you say in your heart, “Why have these things come on me?” Your skirts are uncovered because of the greatness of your iniquity, and your heels suffer violence.
你若心里说：这一切事为何临到我呢？ 你的衣襟揭起， 你的脚跟受伤， 是因你的罪孽甚多。
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
古实人岂能改变皮肤呢？ 豹岂能改变斑点呢？ 若能，你们这习惯行恶的便能行善了。
24 “Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
所以我必用旷野的风吹散他们， 像吹过的碎秸一样。
25 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me,” says the LORD, “because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”
耶和华说：这是你所当得的， 是我量给你的分； 因为你忘记我， 倚靠虚假。
26 Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear.
所以我要揭起你的衣襟， 蒙在你脸上， 显出你的丑陋。
27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?”
你那些可憎恶之事— 就是在田野的山上行奸淫， 发嘶声，做淫乱的事— 我都看见了。 耶路撒冷啊，你有祸了！ 你不肯洁净，还要到几时呢？
