今日讀經

不聽從這約的必受咒詛

¹耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

²「當聽這約的話，告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

³對他們說，耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：不聽從這約之話的人必受咒詛。You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

⁴這約是我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來、脫離鐵爐的那日所吩咐他們的，說：『你們要聽從我的話，照我一切所吩咐的去行。』這樣，你們就作我的子民，我也作你們的　神；which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’

⁵我好堅定向你們列祖所起的誓，給他們流奶與蜜之地，正如今日一樣。」我就回答說：「耶和華啊，阿們！」This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

⁶耶和華對我說：「你要在猶大城邑中和耶路撒冷街市上，宣告這一切話說：你們當聽從遵行這約的話。Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.

⁷因為我將你們列祖從埃及地領出來的那日，直到今日，都是從早起來，切切誥誡他們說：『你們當聽從我的話。』For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

⁸他們卻不聽從，不側耳而聽，竟隨從自己頑梗的惡心去行。所以我使這約中一切咒詛的話臨到他們身上；這約是我吩咐他們行的，他們卻不去行。」Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”

猶大背約拜別神

⁹耶和華對我說：「在猶大人和耶路撒冷居民中有同謀背叛的事。And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

¹⁰他們轉去效法他們的先祖，不肯聽我的話，犯罪作孽，又隨從別神，事奉它。以色列家和猶大家背了我與他們列祖所立的約。」They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

¹¹所以耶和華如此說：「我必使災禍臨到他們，是他們不能逃脫的。他們必向我哀求，我卻不聽。Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

¹²那時，猶大城邑的人和耶路撒冷的居民要去哀求他們燒香所供奉的神；只是遭難的時候，這些神毫不拯救他們。Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.

¹³猶大啊，你神的數目與你城的數目相等；你為那可恥的巴力所築燒香的壇也與耶路撒冷街道的數目相等。Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

不要為這百姓祈禱

¹⁴「所以你不要為這百姓祈禱，不要為他們呼求禱告；因為他們遭難向我哀求的時候，我必不應允。As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

¹⁵我所親愛的，既行許多淫亂，聖肉也離了你，你在我殿中做甚麼呢？你作惡就喜樂。What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.

¹⁶從前耶和華給你起名叫青橄欖樹，又華美又結好果子；如今他用鬨嚷之聲，點火在其上，枝子也被折斷。The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

¹⁷原來栽培你的萬軍之耶和華已經說，要降禍攻擊你，是因以色列家和猶大家行惡，向巴力燒香，惹我發怒，是自作自受。」The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

亞拿突人謀害耶利米

¹⁸耶和華指示我，我就知道；你將他們所行的給我指明。And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

¹⁹我卻像柔順的羊羔被牽到宰殺之地；我並不知道他們設計謀害我，說：我們把樹連果子都滅了吧！將他從活人之地剪除，使他的名不再被紀念。For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

²⁰按公義判斷、察驗人肺腑心腸的萬軍之耶和華啊，我卻要見你在他們身上報仇，因我將我的案件向你稟明了。O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

²¹所以，耶和華論到尋索你命的亞拿突人如此說：「他們說：你不要奉耶和華的名說預言，免得你死在我們手中。Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

²²所以萬軍之耶和華如此說：看哪，我必刑罰他們；他們的少年人必被刀劍殺死，他們的兒女必因饑荒滅亡，So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

²³並且沒有餘剩的人留給他們；因為在追討之年，我必使災禍臨到亞拿突人。」There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”

惡人的道路為何亨通

¹耶和華啊，我與你爭辯的時候，你顯為義；但有一件，我還要與你理論：惡人的道路為何亨通呢？大行詭詐的為何得安逸呢？Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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，心卻與你遠離。You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

³耶和華啊，你曉得我，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，叫他們等候殺戮的日子。But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

⁴這地悲哀，通國的青草枯乾，要到幾時呢？因其上居民的惡行，牲畜和飛鳥都滅絕了。他們曾說：他看不見我們的結局。How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

怎能與馬賽跑呢

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？你在平安之地，雖然安穩，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

⁶因為連你弟兄和你父家都用奸詐待你。他們也在你後邊大聲喊叫，雖向你說好話，你也不要信他們。Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

神撇棄自己的產業

⁷我離了我的殿宇，撇棄我的產業，將我心裡所親愛的交在她仇敵的手中。I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

⁸我的產業向我如林中的獅子，她發聲攻擊我，因此我恨惡她。My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

⁹我的產業向我豈如斑點的鷙鳥呢？鷙鳥豈在她四圍攻擊她呢？你們要去聚集田野的百獸，帶來吞吃吧！Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

¹⁰許多牧人毀壞我的葡萄園，踐踏我的分，使我美好的分變為荒涼的曠野。Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

¹¹他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，便向我悲哀。全地荒涼，因無人介意。They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

¹²滅命的都來到曠野中一切淨光的高處；耶和華的刀從地這邊直到地那邊盡行殺滅。凡有血氣的都不得平安。Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.

¹³他們種的是麥子，收的是荊棘；勞勞苦苦卻毫無益處。因耶和華的烈怒，你們必為自己的土產羞愧。They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

給惡鄰的應許與警告

¹⁴耶和華如此說：「一切惡鄰，就是佔據我使百姓以色列所承受產業的，我要將他們拔出本地，又要將猶大家從他們中間拔出來。This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot 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。But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and 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』，正如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。And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

¹⁷他們若是不聽，我必拔出那國，拔出而且毀滅。這是耶和華說的。」But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”

埋壞的麻布腰帶

¹耶和華對我如此說：「你去買一根麻布帶子束腰，不可放在水中。」This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

²我就照著耶和華的話，買了一根帶子束腰。So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

³耶和華的話第二次臨到我說：Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

⁴「要拿著你所買的腰帶，就是你腰上的帶子，起來往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶藏在那裡的磐石穴中。」“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

⁵我就去，照著耶和華所吩咐我的，將腰帶藏在幼發拉底河邊。So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

⁶過了多日，耶和華對我說：「你起來往幼發拉底河去，將我吩咐你藏在那裡的腰帶取出來。」Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

⁷我就往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶從我所藏的地方刨出來，見腰帶已經變壞，毫無用了。So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

⁸耶和華的話臨到我說：Then the word of the LORD came to me:

⁹「耶和華如此說：我必照樣敗壞猶大的驕傲和耶路撒冷的大驕傲。“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

¹⁰這惡民不肯聽我的話，按自己頑梗的心而行，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，他們也必像這腰帶變為無用。」These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

¹¹耶和華說：「腰帶怎樣緊貼人腰，照樣，我也使以色列全家和猶大全家緊貼我，好叫他們屬我為子民，使我得名聲，得頌讚，得榮耀；他們卻不肯聽。」For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

各罈都要盛滿了酒

¹²「所以你要對他們說：『耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：各罈都要盛滿了酒。』他們必對你說：『我們豈不確知各罈都要盛滿了酒呢？』Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

¹³你就要對他們說：『耶和華如此說：我必使這地的一切居民，就是坐大衛寶座的君王和祭司，與先知，並耶路撒冷的一切居民，都酩酊大醉。』」then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.

¹⁴耶和華說：「我要使他們彼此相碰，就是父與子彼此相碰；我必不可憐，不顧惜，不憐憫，以致滅絕他們。」I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

不要驕傲，當將榮耀歸給神

¹⁵你們當聽，當側耳而聽。不要驕傲，因為耶和華已經說了。Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

¹⁶耶和華─你們的　神未使黑暗來到，你們的腳未在昏暗山上絆跌之先，當將榮耀歸給他；免得你們盼望光明，他使光明變為死蔭，成為幽暗。Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

¹⁷你們若不聽這話，我必因你們的驕傲在暗地哭泣；我眼必痛哭流淚，因為耶和華的群眾被擄去了。But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

君王和太后的華冠脫落

¹⁸你要對君王和太后說：你們當自卑，坐在下邊；因你們的頭巾，就是你們的華冠，已經脫落了。Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

¹⁹南方的城盡都關閉，無人開放；猶大全被擄掠，且擄掠淨盡。The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

豹豈能改變斑點

²⁰你們要舉目觀看從北方來的人。先前賜給你的群眾，就是你佳美的群眾，如今在哪裡呢？Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

²¹耶和華立你自己所交的朋友為首，轄制你，那時你還有甚麼話說呢？痛苦豈不將你抓住像產難的婦人嗎？What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

²²你若心裡說：這一切事為何臨到我呢？你的衣襟揭起，你的腳跟受傷，是因你的罪孽甚多。And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

²³古實人豈能改變皮膚呢？豹豈能改變斑點呢？若能，你們這習慣行惡的便能行善了。Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

²⁴所以我必用曠野的風吹散他們，像吹過的碎秸一樣。“I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

²⁵耶和華說：這是你所當得的，是我量給你的分；因為你忘記我，倚靠虛假（或譯：偶像）。This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

²⁶所以我要揭起你的衣襟，蒙在你臉上，顯出你的醜陋。So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.

²⁷你那些可憎惡之事─就是在田野的山上行姦淫，發嘶聲，做淫亂的事─我都看見了。耶路撒冷啊，你有禍了！你不肯潔淨，還要到幾時呢？Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

為萬人禱告

¹我勸你，第一要為萬人懇求、禱告、代求、祝謝；First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

²為君王和一切在位的，也該如此，使我們可以敬虔、端正、平安無事地度日。for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

³這是好的，在　神我們救主面前可蒙悅納。This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

⁴他願意萬人得救，明白真道。who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

只有一位中保

⁵因為只有一位　神，在　神和人中間，只有一位中保，乃是降世為人的基督耶穌；For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶他捨自己作萬人的贖價，到了時候，這事必證明出來。who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

⁷我為此奉派作傳道的，作使徒，作外邦人的師傅，教導他們相信，學習真道。我說的是真話，並不是謊言。For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

男人舉起聖潔的手禱告

⁸我願男人無忿怒，無爭論（或譯：疑惑），舉起聖潔的手，隨處禱告；Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

女人以善行為妝飾

⁹又願女人廉恥、自守，以正派衣裳為妝飾，不以編髮、黃金、珍珠，和貴價的衣裳為妝飾，Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

¹⁰只要有善行，這才與自稱是敬　神的女人相宜。but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

女人要沉靜學道

¹¹女人要沉靜學道，一味地順服。A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

¹²我不許女人講道，也不許她轄管男人，只要沉靜。I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

¹³因為先造的是亞當，後造的是夏娃，For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

¹⁴且不是亞當被引誘，乃是女人被引誘，陷在罪裡。And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

¹⁵然而，女人若常存信心、愛心，又聖潔自守，就必在生產上得救。Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.