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為假先知心碎

⁹論到那些先知，我心在我裡面憂傷，我骨頭都發顫；因耶和華和他的聖言，我像醉酒的人，像被酒所勝的人。As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

¹⁰地滿了行淫的人！因妄自賭咒，地就悲哀；曠野的草場都枯乾了。他們所行的道乃是惡的；他們的勇力使得不正。For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.

¹¹連先知帶祭司都是褻瀆的，就是在我殿中我也看見他們的惡。這是耶和華說的。“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

¹²因此，他們的道路必像黑暗中的滑地，他們必被追趕，在這路中仆倒；因為當追討之年，我必使災禍臨到他們。這是耶和華說的。“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

撒馬利亞和耶路撒冷的先知

¹³我在撒馬利亞的先知中曾見愚妄；他們藉巴力說預言，使我的百姓以色列走錯了路。“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

¹⁴我在耶路撒冷的先知中曾見可憎惡的事；他們行姦淫，做事虛妄，又堅固惡人的手，甚至無人回頭離開他的惡。他們在我面前都像所多瑪；耶路撒冷的居民都像蛾摩拉。And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

¹⁵所以萬軍之耶和華論到先知如此說：我必將茵蔯給他們吃，又將苦膽水給他們喝；因為褻瀆的事出於耶路撒冷的先知，流行遍地。Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

不要聽他們的話

¹⁶萬軍之耶和華如此說：「這些先知向你們說預言，你們不要聽他們的話。他們以虛空教訓你們，所說的異象是出於自己的心，不是出於耶和華的口。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

¹⁷他們常對藐視我的人說：『耶和華說：你們必享平安』；又對一切按自己頑梗之心而行的人說：『必沒有災禍臨到你們。』」They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

誰站在耶和華的會中

¹⁸有誰站在耶和華的會中得以聽見並會悟他的話呢？有誰留心聽他的話呢？But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

¹⁹看哪！耶和華的忿怒好像暴風，已經發出；是暴烈的旋風，必轉到惡人的頭上。Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

²⁰耶和華的怒氣必不轉消，直到他心中所擬定的成就了。末後的日子你們要全然明白。The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

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²¹我沒有打發那些先知，他們竟自奔跑；我沒有對他們說話，他們竟自預言。I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

²²他們若是站在我的會中，就必使我的百姓聽我的話，又使他們回頭離開惡道和他們所行的惡。But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

我豈不充滿天地

²³耶和華說：「我豈為近處的　神呢？不也為遠處的　神嗎？」“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

²⁴耶和華說：「人豈能在隱密處藏身，使我看不見他呢？」耶和華說：「我豈不充滿天地嗎？“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

我做了夢！

²⁵我已聽見那些先知所說的，就是託我名說的假預言，他們說：『我做了夢！我做了夢！』“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

²⁶說假預言的先知，就是預言本心詭詐的先知，他們這樣存心要到幾時呢？How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

²⁷他們各人將所做的夢對鄰舍述說，想要使我的百姓忘記我的名，正如他們列祖因巴力忘記我的名一樣。They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.

²⁸得夢的先知可以述說那夢；得我話的人可以誠實講說我的話。糠秕怎能與麥子比較呢？這是耶和華說的。」Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

我的話像火、像大錘

²⁹耶和華說：「我的話豈不像火，又像能打碎磐石的大錘嗎？」“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

³⁰耶和華說：「那些先知各從鄰舍偷竊我的言語，因此我必與他們反對。」“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

³¹耶和華說：「那些先知用舌頭，說是耶和華說的；我必與他們反對。」“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

³²耶和華說：「那些以幻夢為預言，又述說這夢，以謊言和矜誇使我百姓走錯了路的，我必與他們反對。我沒有打發他們，也沒有吩咐他們。他們與這百姓毫無益處。這是耶和華說的。」“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

耶和華的默示

³³「無論是百姓，是先知，是祭司，問你說：『耶和華有甚麼默示呢？』你就對他們說：『甚麼默示啊？耶和華說：我要撇棄你們。』“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

³⁴無論是先知，是祭司，是百姓，說『耶和華的默示』，我必刑罰那人和他的家。As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

³⁵你們各人要對鄰舍，各人要對弟兄如此說：『耶和華回答甚麼？』『耶和華說了甚麼呢？』This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

³⁶『耶和華的默示』你們不可再提，各人所說的話必作自己的重擔（重擔和默示原文同），因為你們謬用永生　神、萬軍之耶和華─我們　神的言語。But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.

³⁷你們要對先知如此說：『耶和華回答你甚麼？』『耶和華說了甚麼呢？』Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

³⁸你們若說『耶和華的默示』，耶和華就如此說：『因你們說「耶和華的默示」這句話，我也打發人到你們那裡去，告訴你們不可說「耶和華的默示」。』But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,

³⁹所以我必全然忘記你們，將你們和我所賜給你們並你們列祖的城撇棄了；therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

⁴⁰又必使永遠的凌辱和長久的羞恥臨到你們，是不能忘記的。」And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

兩筐無花果

¹巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將猶大王約雅敬的兒子耶哥尼雅和猶大的首領，並工匠、鐵匠從耶路撒冷擄去，帶到巴比倫。這事以後，耶和華指給我看，有兩筐無花果放在耶和華的殿前。After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

²一筐是極好的無花果，好像是初熟的；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞得不可吃。One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

³於是耶和華問我說：「耶利米你看見甚麼？」我說：「我看見無花果，好的極好，壞的極壞，壞得不可吃。」“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

好無花果：被擄的人

⁴耶和華的話臨到我說：Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁵「耶和華─以色列的　神如此說：被擄去的猶大人，就是我打發離開這地到迦勒底人之地去的，我必看顧他們如這好無花果，使他們得好處。“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.

⁶我要眷顧他們，使他們得好處，領他們歸回這地。我也要建立他們，必不拆毀；栽植他們，並不拔出。I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.

⁷我要賜他們認識我的心，知道我是耶和華。他們要作我的子民，我要作他們的　神，因為他們要一心歸向我。」I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.

壞無花果：西底家和餘民

⁸耶和華如此說：「我必將猶大王西底家和他的首領，以及剩在這地耶路撒冷的餘民，並住在埃及地的猶大人都交出來，好像那極壞、壞得不可吃的無花果。But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

⁹我必使他們交出來，在天下萬國中拋來拋去，遭遇災禍；在我趕逐他們到的各處成為凌辱、笑談、譏刺、咒詛。I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

¹⁰我必使刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫臨到他們，直到他們從我所賜給他們和他們列祖之地滅絕。」And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”

問安

¹奉　神旨意，照著在基督耶穌裡生命的應許，作基督耶穌使徒的保羅Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

²寫信給我親愛的兒子提摩太。願恩惠、憐憫、平安從父　神和我們主基督耶穌歸與你！To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

想念提摩太的無偽之信

³我感謝　神，就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所事奉的　神。祈禱的時候，不住的想念你，I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

⁴記念你的眼淚，晝夜切切地想要見你，好叫我滿心快樂。Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

⁵想到你心裡無偽之信，這信是先在你外祖母羅以和你母親友妮基心裡的，我深信也在你的心裡。I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

將恩賜挑旺起來

⁶為此我提醒你，使你將　神藉我按手所給你的恩賜再如火挑旺起來。For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

⁷因為　神賜給我們，不是膽怯的心，乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

不要以福音為恥

⁸你不要以給我們的主作見證為恥，也不要以我這為主被囚的為恥；總要按　神的能力，與我為福音同受苦難。So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

⁹神救了我們，以聖召召我們，不是按我們的行為，乃是按他的旨意和恩典；這恩典是萬古之先，在基督耶穌裡賜給我們的，He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

¹⁰但如今藉著我們救主基督耶穌的顯現才表明出來了。他已經把死廢去，藉著福音，將不能壞的生命彰顯出來。And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

¹¹我為這福音奉派作傳道的，作使徒，作師傅。to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

¹²為這緣故，我也受這些苦難。然而我不以為恥；因為知道我所信的是誰，也深信他能保全我所交付他的（或譯：他所交託我的），直到那日。For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

守住純正的話

¹³你從我聽的那純正話語的規模，要用在基督耶穌裡的信心和愛心，常常守著。Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴從前所交託你的善道，你要靠著那住在我們裡面的聖靈牢牢地守著。Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

離棄的人與忠心的阿尼色弗

¹⁵凡在亞細亞的人都離棄我，這是你知道的，其中有腓吉路和黑摩其尼。You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶願主憐憫阿尼色弗一家的人；因他屢次使我暢快，不以我的鎖鍊為恥，May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

¹⁷反倒在羅馬的時候，殷勤地找我，並且找著了。Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

¹⁸願主使他在那日得主的憐憫。他在以弗所怎樣多多地服事我，是你明明知道的。May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.