耶利米書

第12章

1 耶和華啊,我與你爭辯的時候,你顯為義;但有一件,關乎你的判斷[of thy judgements],我還要與你談論[talk]:惡人的道路為何亨通呢?大行詭詐的為何得[happy]呢?

2 你栽培了他們,他們也扎了根,長大,而且結果。他們的口是與你相近,肺腑[reins]卻與你遠離。

3 但你─[But thou]耶和華啊,你曉得我,已經[hast]看見我,察驗我向你是怎樣的心。求你將他們拉出來,好像將宰的羊,預備他們[prepare them]好待宰殺的日子[for the day of slaughter]

4 這地因其上居民的惡行悲哀,一切田間的菜蔬因其上居民的惡行枯乾,要到幾時呢[How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?]?牲畜和飛鳥都滅絕了。因為[because]他們曾說:他看不見我們的結局。

5 耶和華說:你若與步行的人同跑,尚且覺累,怎能與馬賽跑呢?你[if]所倚靠的[wherein thou trustedst]平安之地,尚且不覺安穩[they wearied thee],在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢?

6 因為連你弟兄和你父家都用奸詐待你。他們招聚群眾跟著你[called a multitude after thee];雖向你說好話,你也不要信他們。

7 我離了我的殿宇,撇了[left]我的產業,將我心裏所親愛的交在她仇敵的手中。

8 我的產業向我如林中的獅子,[it]發聲攻擊我;因此我恨惡[it]

9 我的產業向我如斑點的鷙鳥,有鷙鳥在她四圍攻擊她[Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her]。你們[come],聚集田野的一切野獸[all the beasts],帶來吞吃吧。

10 許多牧者[pastors]毀壞我的葡萄園,踐踏我的分,使我美好的分變為荒涼的曠野。

11 他們使地荒涼,地既荒涼便向我悲哀;全地荒涼,因無人放在心上[layeth it to heart]

12 滅命的都經過[through]曠野,來到一切高處[high places]因為[for]耶和華的刀[shall]從地這邊直到地那邊盡行殺滅。凡有血氣的[shall]不得平安。

13 他們種的是麥子,收的是荊棘;勞勞苦苦卻不得[shall not]益處;因耶和華的烈怒,他們[they]必為你們所得之利[your revenues]羞愧。

14 耶和華如此說:「一切惡鄰,就是挨近[touch]我使百姓以色列所承受產業的;看哪[behold],我要將他們拔出本地,又要將猶大家從他們中間拔出來。

15 我拔出他們以後,我必轉過來憐憫他們,把他們再帶回來,各歸本業,各歸故土。

16 他們若殷勤學習我百姓的道,指著我的名起誓說:『我指著永生的耶和華起誓,就像[as]他們從前教我百姓指著巴力起誓,他們就必建立在我百姓中間。

17 他們若不順從[will not obey],我必全然[utterly]拔出那國,將那國毀滅[destroy that nation],這是耶和華說的。」

Jeremiah

Chapter 12

1 RIGHTEOUS art thou. O LORD, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk of justice before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the treacherous men rich?

2 Thou hast planted them; yea, their roots have become strong; they grow, they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth, and far from their hearts.

3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou hast seen me and tried my heart before thee; prepare them like sheep for the slaughter, and invite them for the day of destruction.

4 How long shall the land mourn and all herbs of the field wither for the wickedness of those who dwell therein? The cattle and the birds are consumed because wicked men have said, We shall not see an end.

5 If you have run with footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you run with horses? And if on the level land, where you have confidence, they have wearied you, then how will you cross the raging Jordan?

6 For since your brethren and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously against you; yea, they also have gossiped about you; believe them not when they speak well of you.

7 I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me; therefore I have hated it.

9 My heritage has become to me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field, bring them to devour her.

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion as a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it desolate and destroyed it, and now being desolate, it cries out to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays the law to heart.

12 The robbers are come upon all highways in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land even to the other: no flesh shall have peace.

13 They have sown wheat, but they shall reap thorns; they have labored hard, but they shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed of their crops because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

14 Thus says the LORD: Against all neighboring shepherds, who touch the inheritance which I have given to my people Israel to possess; behold, I will remove them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

15 And after I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently teach my ways to my people, to swear by my name, As the LORD lives (as they taught them to swear by the name of Baal), then they shall dwell in the midst of my people.

17 But if they will not obey, then I will utterly pluck up and destroy this people, says the LORD.

耶利米書

第12章

Jeremiah

Chapter 12

1 耶和華啊,我與你爭辯的時候,你顯為義;但有一件,關乎你的判斷[of thy judgements],我還要與你談論[talk]:惡人的道路為何亨通呢?大行詭詐的為何得[happy]呢?

1 RIGHTEOUS art thou. O LORD, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk of justice before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the treacherous men rich?

2 你栽培了他們,他們也扎了根,長大,而且結果。他們的口是與你相近,肺腑[reins]卻與你遠離。

2 Thou hast planted them; yea, their roots have become strong; they grow, they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth, and far from their hearts.

3 但你─[But thou]耶和華啊,你曉得我,已經[hast]看見我,察驗我向你是怎樣的心。求你將他們拉出來,好像將宰的羊,預備他們[prepare them]好待宰殺的日子[for the day of slaughter]

3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou hast seen me and tried my heart before thee; prepare them like sheep for the slaughter, and invite them for the day of destruction.

4 這地因其上居民的惡行悲哀,一切田間的菜蔬因其上居民的惡行枯乾,要到幾時呢[How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?]?牲畜和飛鳥都滅絕了。因為[because]他們曾說:他看不見我們的結局。

4 How long shall the land mourn and all herbs of the field wither for the wickedness of those who dwell therein? The cattle and the birds are consumed because wicked men have said, We shall not see an end.

5 耶和華說:你若與步行的人同跑,尚且覺累,怎能與馬賽跑呢?你[if]所倚靠的[wherein thou trustedst]平安之地,尚且不覺安穩[they wearied thee],在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢?

5 If you have run with footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you run with horses? And if on the level land, where you have confidence, they have wearied you, then how will you cross the raging Jordan?

6 因為連你弟兄和你父家都用奸詐待你。他們招聚群眾跟著你[called a multitude after thee];雖向你說好話,你也不要信他們。

6 For since your brethren and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously against you; yea, they also have gossiped about you; believe them not when they speak well of you.

7 我離了我的殿宇,撇了[left]我的產業,將我心裏所親愛的交在她仇敵的手中。

7 I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

8 我的產業向我如林中的獅子,[it]發聲攻擊我;因此我恨惡[it]

8 My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me; therefore I have hated it.

9 我的產業向我如斑點的鷙鳥,有鷙鳥在她四圍攻擊她[Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her]。你們[come],聚集田野的一切野獸[all the beasts],帶來吞吃吧。

9 My heritage has become to me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field, bring them to devour her.

10 許多牧者[pastors]毀壞我的葡萄園,踐踏我的分,使我美好的分變為荒涼的曠野。

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion as a desolate wilderness.

11 他們使地荒涼,地既荒涼便向我悲哀;全地荒涼,因無人放在心上[layeth it to heart]

11 They have made it desolate and destroyed it, and now being desolate, it cries out to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays the law to heart.

12 滅命的都經過[through]曠野,來到一切高處[high places]因為[for]耶和華的刀[shall]從地這邊直到地那邊盡行殺滅。凡有血氣的[shall]不得平安。

12 The robbers are come upon all highways in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land even to the other: no flesh shall have peace.

13 他們種的是麥子,收的是荊棘;勞勞苦苦卻不得[shall not]益處;因耶和華的烈怒,他們[they]必為你們所得之利[your revenues]羞愧。

13 They have sown wheat, but they shall reap thorns; they have labored hard, but they shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed of their crops because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

14 耶和華如此說:「一切惡鄰,就是挨近[touch]我使百姓以色列所承受產業的;看哪[behold],我要將他們拔出本地,又要將猶大家從他們中間拔出來。

14 Thus says the LORD: Against all neighboring shepherds, who touch the inheritance which I have given to my people Israel to possess; behold, I will remove them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

15 我拔出他們以後,我必轉過來憐憫他們,把他們再帶回來,各歸本業,各歸故土。

15 And after I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.

16 他們若殷勤學習我百姓的道,指著我的名起誓說:『我指著永生的耶和華起誓,就像[as]他們從前教我百姓指著巴力起誓,他們就必建立在我百姓中間。

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently teach my ways to my people, to swear by my name, As the LORD lives (as they taught them to swear by the name of Baal), then they shall dwell in the midst of my people.

17 他們若不順從[will not obey],我必全然[utterly]拔出那國,將那國毀滅[destroy that nation],這是耶和華說的。」

17 But if they will not obey, then I will utterly pluck up and destroy this people, says the LORD.