耶利米书 14

Chinese New Version (Traditional)

預言旱災

14 耶和華的話臨到耶利米，是關於旱災的事：

²“猶大悲哀，

她的城鎮（“城鎮”原文作“城門”）衰落，

人人都坐在地上悲傷痛哭；

耶路撒冷的哀聲上達於天。

³他們的顯貴差派童僕去打水；

童僕來到池邊，卻找不到水，

就拿著空的器皿回來；

他們失望難過，蒙著自己的頭。

⁴土地乾裂，

因為地上沒有雨水；

農夫失望，

都蒙著自己的頭。

⁵甚至母鹿在田野生產了小鹿，也得把牠丟棄，

因為沒有青草。

⁶野驢站在光禿的高岡上，

像野狗喘著氣；

牠們雙目發呆，

因為沒有青草。”

⁷“耶和華啊！即使我們的罪孽指證我們，

還求你因你名的緣故施行拯救。

我們實在多次背道，

得罪了你。

⁸以色列的盼望啊！

以色列遭難時的拯救者啊！

你為甚麼在本地像一個寄居的人，

又像個只住宿一夜的旅客呢？

⁹你為甚麼像個受驚的人，

又像個不能拯救人的勇士呢？

耶和華啊！你是在我們中間，

我們是稱為你名下的人，

求你不要離棄我們。”

¹⁰耶和華論到這人民這樣說：“他們喜愛這樣流蕩，不約束自己的腳；因此耶和華不悅納他們，現在就要記念他們的罪孽，並要懲罰他們的罪惡。”

¹¹耶和華對我說：“不要為這人民祈求好處； ¹²即使他們禁食，我也不會聽他們的呼求；即使他們獻上燔祭和素祭，我也不會悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒和瘟疫去滅盡他們。”

假先知的收場

¹³我就說：“唉，主耶和華啊！你看，那些先知常對他們說：‘你們必不會看見刀劍，也必不會有饑荒；因為我耶和華要在這地方賜給你們恆久的平安。’”

¹⁴耶和華對我說：“那些先知借我的名說假預言；我並沒有差遣他們，沒有吩咐他們，也沒有向他們說話。他們對你們所預言的，是虛假的異象、占卜的預兆、虛無的事，和他們自己心裡的詭詐。” ¹⁵因此，耶和華這樣說：“關於那些借我名說預言的先知，我並沒有差遣他們，他們竟說：‘這地必不會有刀劍和饑荒。’那些先知必被刀劍和饑荒滅絕。 ¹⁶至於那些聽他們說預言的人民，必因刀劍和饑荒被拋棄在耶路撒冷的街上，沒有人埋葬他們，也沒有人埋葬他們的妻子和兒女。我必要把他們作惡應得的報應倒在他們身上。

耶利米為人民哀痛

¹⁷“你要對他們說這話：

‘願我的眼淚直流，

日夜不停；

因為我的同胞（“同胞”原文作“人民的處女”）遭受極大的毀滅，

受到很嚴重的打擊。

¹⁸如果我出到田間，

就看見那些被刀劍所殺的人；

如果我走進城裡，

就看見因饑荒而來的各種疾病。

連先知和祭司

也流亡到他們素不認識的地方。’”

¹⁹你真的棄絕猶大嗎？

你真的討厭錫安嗎？

你為甚麼擊打我們，使我們無法醫治呢？

我們期待平安，卻得不到好處；

期待得醫治的時候，不料，只有驚慌。

²⁰耶和華啊！我們承認我們的罪惡，

和我們列祖的罪孽；

我們實在得罪了你。

²¹求你為你名的緣故，不要厭棄我們！

不要叫你榮耀的寶座蒙羞！

求你記念你和我們所立的約，不要廢除！

²²列國虛無的偶像中，有可以降雨的嗎？

天能自降甘霖嗎？

耶和華我們的　神啊！能夠這樣作的，不是只有你嗎？

所以我們仰望你，

因為這一切都是你所作的。

Jeremiah 14

New International Version

Drought, Famine, Sword

14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:^(A)

²“Judah mourns,^(B)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
³The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.^(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.^(D)
⁴The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;^(E)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
⁵Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.^(F)
⁶Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights^(G)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”^(H)

⁷Although our sins testify^(I) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.^(J)
For we have often rebelled;^(K)
    we have sinned^(L) against you.
⁸You who are the hope^(M) of Israel,
    its Savior^(N) in times of distress,^(O)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?
⁹Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?^(P)
You are among^(Q) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;^(R)
    do not forsake^(S) us!

¹⁰This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.^(T)
So the Lord does not accept^(U) them;
    he will now remember^(V) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”^(W)

¹¹Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray^(X) for the well-being of this people. ¹²Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;^(Y) though they offer burnt offerings^(Z) and grain offerings,^(AA) I will not accept^(AB) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,^(AC) famine^(AD) and plague.”^(AE)

¹³But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets^(AF) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.^(AG) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace^(AH) in this place.’”

¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies^(AI) in my name. I have not sent^(AJ) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,^(AK) divinations,^(AL) idolatries^[a] and the delusions of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish^(AM) by sword and famine.^(AN) ¹⁶And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury^(AO) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.^(AP) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.^(AQ)

¹⁷“Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears^(AR)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin^(AS) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.^(AT)
¹⁸If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.^(AU)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.^(AV)’”

¹⁹Have you rejected Judah completely?^(AW)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?^(AX)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(AY)
²⁰We acknowledge^(AZ) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;^(BA)
    we have indeed sinned^(BB) against you.
²¹For the sake of your name^(BC) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.^(BD)
Remember your covenant^(BE) with us
    and do not break it.
²²Do any of the worthless idols^(BF) of the nations bring rain?^(BG)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.^(BH)

Footnotes

Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations

Jeremiah 14

English Standard Version

Famine, Sword, and Pestilence

14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning ^(A)the drought:

²^(B)“Judah mourns,
    and ^(C)her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
    and ^(D)the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
³Her nobles send their servants for water;
    they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
    they return with their vessels empty;
they are ^(E)ashamed and confounded
    and ^(F)cover their heads.
⁴Because of the ground that is dismayed,
    since there is ^(G)no rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
    they cover their heads.
⁵Even ^(H)the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
⁶^(I)The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no vegetation.

⁷“Though our iniquities testify against us,
    act, O Lord, ^(J)for your name's sake;
^(K)for our backslidings are many;
    ^(L)we have sinned against you.
⁸^(M)O you hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
⁹Why should you be like a man confused,
    ^(N)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet ^(O)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
    and ^(P)we are called by your name;
    ^(Q)do not leave us.”

¹⁰Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
    they have not restrained their feet;
^(R)therefore the Lord does not accept them;
    ^(S)now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins.”

¹¹The Lord said to me: ^(T)“Do not pray for the welfare of this people. ¹²Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, ^(U)and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them ^(V)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Lying Prophets

¹³Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^(W)say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” ¹⁴And the Lord said to me: “The ^(X)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^(Y)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^(Z)worthless divination, and ^(AA)the deceit of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^(AB)I did not send them, and who say, ^(AC)‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^(AD)By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. ¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^(AE)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

¹⁷“You shall say to them this word:
^(AF)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^(AG)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    ^(AH)with a very grievous blow.
¹⁸^(AI)If I go out into the field,
    behold, those pierced by the sword!
^(AJ)And if I enter the city,
    behold, the diseases of famine!
^(AK)For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
    and have no knowledge.’”

¹⁹^(AL)Have you utterly rejected Judah?
    Does your soul loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
    ^(AM)so that there is no healing for us?
^(AN)We looked for peace, but no good came;
    ^(AO)for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
²⁰^(AP)We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
    and the iniquity of our fathers,
    ^(AQ)for we have sinned against you.
²¹Do not spurn us, ^(AR)for your name's sake;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne;
    ^(AS)remember and do not break your covenant with us.
²²Are there any among ^(AT)the false gods of the nations ^(AU)that can bring rain?
    Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
    We set our hope on you,
    ^(AV)for you do all these things.

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New International Version (NIV)

耶利米书 14

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