今日读经

西底家派人求问

¹耶和华的话临到耶利米。那时，西底家王打发玛基雅的儿子巴施户珥和玛西雅的儿子祭司西番雅去见耶利米，说：This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,

²“请你为我们求问耶和华；因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击我们，或者耶和华照他一切奇妙的作为待我们，使巴比伦王离开我们上去。”“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”

神要亲自攻击这城

³耶利米对他们说：“你们当对西底家这样说：But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that

⁴‘耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：我要使你们手中的兵器，就是你们在城外与巴比伦王和围困你们的迦勒底人打仗的兵器翻转过来，又要使这些都聚集在这城中。this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

⁵并且我要在怒气、忿怒，和大恼恨中，用伸出来的手，并大能的膀臂，亲自攻击你们；And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

⁶又要击打这城的居民，连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’

⁷以后我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓，就是在城内，从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中剩下的人，都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他们仇敌，并寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们，不顾惜，不可怜，不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

生命的路和死亡的路

⁸“你要对这百姓说：‘耶和华如此说：看哪，我将生命的路和死亡的路摆在你们面前。Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

⁹住在这城里的必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死；但出去归降围困你们迦勒底人的必得存活，要以自己的命为掠物。Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

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¹⁰耶和华说：我向这城变脸，降祸不降福；这城必交在巴比伦王的手中，他必用火焚烧。’”For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

大卫家要施行公平

¹¹“至于犹大王的家，你们当听耶和华的话。Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.

¹²大卫家啊，耶和华如此说：你们每早晨要施行公平，拯救被抢夺的脱离欺压人的手，恐怕我的忿怒因你们的恶行发作，如火着起，甚至无人能以熄灭。O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

¹³耶和华说：住山谷和平原磐石上的居民，你们说：谁能下来攻击我们？谁能进入我们的住处呢？看哪，我与你们为敌。Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

¹⁴耶和华又说：我必按你们做事的结果刑罚你们；我也必使火在耶路撒冷的林中着起，将她四围所有的尽行烧灭。”I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

王若行公义，城就存留

¹耶和华如此说：“你下到犹大王的宫中，在那里说这话，This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

²说：‘坐大卫宝座的犹大王啊，你和你的臣仆，并进入城门的百姓，都当听耶和华的话。saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.

³耶和华如此说：你们要施行公平和公义，拯救被抢夺的脱离欺压人的手，不可亏负寄居的和孤儿寡妇，不可以强暴待他们，在这地方也不可流无辜人的血。This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

⁴你们若认真行这事，就必有坐大卫宝座的君王和他的臣仆百姓，或坐车或骑马，从这城的各门进入。For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.

⁵你们若不听这些话，耶和华说：我指着自己起誓，这城必变为荒场。’But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

王家要变为旷野

⁶耶和华论到犹大王的家如此说：我看你如基列，如黎巴嫩顶；然而，我必使你变为旷野，为无人居住的城邑。For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

⁷我要预备行毁灭的人，各拿器械攻击你；他们要砍下你佳美的香柏树，扔在火中。I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

⁸“许多国的民要经过这城，各人对邻舍说：‘耶和华为何向这大城如此行呢？’And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

⁹他们必回答说：‘是因离弃了耶和华—他们　神的约，事奉敬拜别神。’”Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

为离家出外的人哭号

¹⁰不要为死人哭号；不要为他悲伤，却要为离家出外的人大大哭号；因为他不得再回来，也不得再见他的本国。Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

¹¹因为耶和华论到从这地方出去的犹大王约西亚的儿子沙龙（在列王下二十三章三十节名约哈斯），就是接续他父亲约西亚作王的，这样说：“他必不得再回到这里来，For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

¹²却要死在被掳去的地方，必不得再见这地。”but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”

行不义盖房的有祸了

¹³那行不义盖房、行不公造楼、白白使用人的手工不给工价的有祸了！“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

¹⁴他说：我要为自己盖广大的房、宽敞的楼，为自己开窗户。这楼房的护墙板是香柏木的，楼房是丹色油漆的。who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

¹⁵难道你作王是在乎造香柏木楼房争胜吗？你的父亲岂不是也吃也喝、也施行公平和公义吗？那时他得了福乐。Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

¹⁶他为困苦和穷乏人伸冤，那时就得了福乐。认识我不在乎此吗？这是耶和华说的。He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

¹⁷惟有你的眼和你的心专顾贪婪，流无辜人的血，行欺压和强暴。“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

¹⁸所以，耶和华论到犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬如此说：人必不为他举哀说：哀哉！我的哥哥；或说：哀哉！我的姊姊；也不为他举哀说：哀哉！我的主；或说：哀哉！我主的荣华。Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

¹⁹他被埋葬，好像埋驴一样，要拉出去扔在耶路撒冷的城门之外。He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

上黎巴嫩哀号

²⁰你要上黎巴嫩哀号，在巴珊扬声，从亚巴琳哀号，因为你所亲爱的都毁灭了。Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

²¹你兴盛的时候，我对你说话；你却说：我不听。你自幼年以来总是这样，不听从我的话。I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

²²你的牧人要被风吞吃，你所亲爱的必被掳去；那时你必因你一切的恶抱愧蒙羞。The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

²³你这住黎巴嫩、在香柏树上搭窝的，有痛苦临到你，好像疼痛临到产难的妇人，那时你何等可怜！O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

哥尼雅：摘下带印的戒指

²⁴耶和华说：“犹大王约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅（又名耶哥尼雅；下同），虽是我右手上带印的戒指，我凭我的永生起誓，也必将你从其上摘下来，“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

²⁵并且我必将你交给寻索你命的人和你所惧怕的人手中，就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人的手中。In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

²⁶我也必将你和生你的母亲赶到别国，并不是你们生的地方；你们必死在那里，I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

²⁷但心中甚想归回之地，必不得归回。”You will never return to the land for which you long.”

²⁸哥尼雅这人是被轻看、破坏的器皿吗？是无人喜爱的器皿吗？他和他的后裔为何被赶到不认识之地呢？Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

²⁹地啊，地啊，地啊，当听耶和华的话！O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

³⁰耶和华如此说：要写明这人算为无子，是平生不得亨通的；因为他后裔中再无一人得亨通，能坐在大卫的宝座上治理犹大。This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”

残害羊群的牧人有祸了

¹耶和华说：“那些残害、赶散我草场之羊的牧人有祸了！”“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

²耶和华—以色列的　神斥责那些牧养他百姓的牧人，如此说：“你们赶散我的羊群，并没有看顾他们；我必讨你们这行恶的罪。这是耶和华说的。Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

³我要将我羊群中所余剩的，从我赶他们到的各国内招聚出来，领他们归回本圈；他们也必生养众多。Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

⁴我必设立照管他们的牧人，牧养他们。他们不再惧怕，不再惊惶，也不缺少一个；这是耶和华说的。”I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

公义的苗裔

⁵耶和华说：“日子将到，我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔；他必掌王权，行事有智慧，在地上施行公平和公义。Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

⁶在他的日子，犹大必得救，以色列也安然居住。他的名必称为‘耶和华—我们的义’。”In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

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从北方领回百姓

⁷耶和华说：“日子将到，人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来永生的耶和华起誓，So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’

⁸却要指着那领以色列家的后裔从北方和赶他们到的各国中上来、永生的耶和华起誓。他们必住在本地。”Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”

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仆人要尊敬主人

¹凡在轭下作仆人的，当以自己主人配受十分的恭敬，免得　神的名和道理被人亵渎。All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

²仆人有信道的主人，不可因为与他是弟兄就轻看他；更要加意服事他；因为得服事之益处的，是信道蒙爱的。你要以此教训人，劝勉人。Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

以敬虔为得利的门路

³若有人传异教，不服从我们主耶稣基督纯正的话与那合乎敬虔的道理，If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

⁴他是自高自大，一无所知，专好问难，争辩言词，从此就生出嫉妒、纷争、毁谤、妄疑，he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

⁵并那坏了心术、失丧真理之人的争竞。他们以敬虔为得利的门路。and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

敬虔加上知足便是大利

⁶然而，敬虔加上知足的心便是大利了；Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

⁷因为我们没有带什么到世上来，也不能带什么去。For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

⁸只要有衣有食，就当知足。But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

贪财是万恶之根

⁹但那些想要发财的人，就陷在迷惑、落在网罗和许多无知有害的私欲里，叫人沉在败坏和灭亡中。Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

¹⁰贪财是万恶之根。有人贪恋钱财，就被引诱离了真道，用许多愁苦把自己刺透了。For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

为真道打美好的仗

¹¹但你这属　神的人要逃避这些事，追求公义、敬虔、信心、爱心、忍耐、温柔。But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

¹²你要为真道打那美好的仗，持定永生。你为此被召，也在许多见证人面前，已经作了那美好的见证。Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.

万王之王、万主之主

¹³我在叫万物生活的　神面前，并在向本丢·彼拉多作过那美好见证的基督耶稣面前嘱咐你：I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

¹⁴要守这命令，毫不玷污，无可指责，直到我们的主耶稣基督显现。Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵到了日期，那可称颂、独有权能的万王之王、万主之主，which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

¹⁶就是那独一不死、住在人不能靠近的光里，是人未曾看见、也是不能看见的，要将他显明出来。但愿尊贵和永远的权能都归给他。阿们！He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

嘱咐富足的人

¹⁷你要嘱咐那些今世富足的人，不要自高，也不要倚靠无定的钱财；只要倚靠那厚赐百物给我们享受的　神。Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

¹⁸又要嘱咐他们行善，在好事上富足，甘心施舍，乐意供给（或译：体贴）人，Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

¹⁹为自己积成美好的根基，预备将来，叫他们持定那真正的生命。treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

保守所托付你的

²⁰提摩太啊，你要保守所托付你的，躲避世俗的虚谈和那敌真道、似是而非的学问。O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

²¹已经有人自称有这学问，就偏离了真道。愿恩惠常与你们同在！which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.