今日读经

被囚在围城中的耶利米

¹犹大王西底家第十年，就是尼布甲尼撒十八年，耶和华的话临到耶利米。This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

²那时巴比伦王的军队围困耶路撒冷，先知耶利米囚在护卫兵的院内，在犹大王的宫中；At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.

³因为犹大王西底家已将他囚禁，说：“你为什么预言说，耶和华如此说：‘我必将这城交在巴比伦王的手中，他必攻取这城。For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

⁴犹大王西底家必不能逃脱迦勒底人的手，定要交在巴比伦王的手中，要口对口彼此说话，眼对眼彼此相看。Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

⁵巴比伦王必将西底家带到巴比伦；西底家必住在那里，直到我眷顾他的时候。你们虽与迦勒底人争战，却不顺利。这是耶和华说的。’”He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”

买下亚拿突的地

⁶耶利米说：“耶和华的话临到我说：Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

⁷‘你叔叔沙龙的儿子哈拿篾必来见你，说：我在亚拿突的那块地，求你买来；因你买这地是合乎赎回之理。’”Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

⁸我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾果然照耶和华的话来到护卫兵的院内，对我说：“我在便雅悯境内、亚拿突的那块地，求你买来；因你买来是合乎承受之理，是你当赎的。你为自己买来吧！”我—耶利米就知道这是耶和华的话。Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

⁹我便向我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾买了亚拿突的那块地，平了十七舍客勒银子给他。So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

¹⁰我在契上画押，将契封缄，又请见证人来，并用天平将银子平给他。I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

¹¹我便将照例按规所立的买契，就是封缄的那一张和敞着的那一张，Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

¹²当着我叔叔的儿子哈拿篾和画押作见证的人，并坐在护卫兵院内的一切犹大人眼前，交给玛西雅的孙子尼利亚的儿子巴录。and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

¹³当着他们众人眼前，我嘱咐巴录说：In their sight I instructed Baruch,

¹⁴“万军之耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：要将这封缄的和敞着的两张契放在瓦器里，可以存留多日。“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

¹⁵因为万军之耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：将来在这地必有人再买房屋、田地，和葡萄园。”For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

耶利米的祷告

¹⁶我将买契交给尼利亚的儿子巴录以后，便祷告耶和华说：After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

¹⁷“主耶和华啊，你曾用大能和伸出来的膀臂创造天地，在你没有难成的事。“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

¹⁸你施慈爱与千万人，又将父亲的罪孽报应在他后世子孙的怀中，是至大全能的　神，万军之耶和华是你的名。You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,

¹⁹谋事有大略，行事有大能，注目观看世人一切的举动，为要照各人所行的和他做事的结果报应他。the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

²⁰在埃及地显神迹奇事，直到今日在以色列和别人中间也是如此，使自己得了名声，正如今日一样。You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

²¹用神迹奇事和大能的手，并伸出来的膀臂与大可畏的事，领你的百姓以色列出了埃及。You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

²²将这地赐给他们，就是你向他们列祖起誓应许赐给他们流奶与蜜之地。You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

²³他们进入这地得了为业，却不听从你的话，也不遵行你的律法；你一切所吩咐他们行的，他们一无所行，因此你使这一切的灾祸临到他们。They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.

²⁴看哪，敌人已经来到，筑垒要攻取这城；城也因刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫交在攻城的迦勒底人手中。你所说的话都成就了，你也看见了。See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

²⁵主耶和华啊，你对我说：要用银子为自己买那块地，又请见证人。其实这城已交在迦勒底人的手中了。”Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”

岂有我难成的事吗

²⁶耶和华的话临到耶利米说：Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

²⁷“我是耶和华，是凡有血气者的　神，岂有我难成的事吗？“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

²⁸耶和华如此说：我必将这城交付迦勒底人的手和巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手，他必攻取这城。Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

²⁹攻城的迦勒底人必来放火焚烧这城和其中的房屋。在这房屋上，人曾向巴力烧香，向别神浇奠，惹我发怒。And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

³⁰以色列人和犹大人自从幼年以来，专行我眼中看为恶的事；以色列人尽以手所做的惹我发怒。这是耶和华说的。For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

³¹这城自从建造的那日直到今日，常惹我的怒气和忿怒，使我将这城从我面前除掉；For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence

³²是因以色列人和犹大人一切的邪恶，就是他们和他们的君王、首领、祭司、先知，并犹大的众人，以及耶路撒冷的居民所行的，惹我发怒。because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

³³他们以背向我，不以面向我；我虽从早起来教训他们，他们却不听从，不受教训，They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

³⁴竟把可憎之物设立在称为我名下的殿中，污秽了这殿。They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

³⁵他们在欣嫩子谷建筑巴力的邱坛，好使自己的儿女经火归摩洛；他们行这可憎的事，使犹大陷在罪里，这并不是我所吩咐的，也不是我心所起的意。”They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

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我必招聚他们，立永远的约

³⁶现在论到这城，就是你们所说、已经因刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫交在巴比伦王手中的，耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

³⁷“我在怒气、忿怒，和大恼恨中，将以色列人赶到各国。日后我必从那里将他们招聚出来，领他们回到此地，使他们安然居住。I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

³⁸他们要作我的子民，我要作他们的　神。They will be My people, and I will be their God.

³⁹我要使他们彼此同心同道，好叫他们永远敬畏我，使他们和他们后世的子孙得福乐，I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

⁴⁰又要与他们立永远的约，必随着他们施恩，并不离开他们，且使他们有敬畏我的心，不离开我。I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

⁴¹我必欢喜施恩与他们，要尽心尽意、诚诚实实将他们栽于此地。Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

⁴²“因为耶和华如此说：我怎样使这一切大祸临到这百姓，我也要照样使我所应许他们的一切福乐都临到他们。For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.

⁴³你们说，这地是荒凉、无人民、无牲畜，是交付迦勒底人手之地。日后在这境内，必有人置买田地。And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’

⁴⁴在便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处、犹大的城邑、山地的城邑、高原的城邑，并南地的城邑，人必用银子买田地，在契上画押，将契封缄，请出见证人，因为我必使被掳的人归回。这是耶和华说的。”Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

你求告我，我就应允你

¹耶利米还囚在护卫兵的院内，耶和华的话第二次临到他说：While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:

²“成就的是耶和华，造作、为要建立的也是耶和华；耶和华是他的名。他如此说：“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

³你求告我，我就应允你，并将你所不知道、又大又难的事指示你。Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

我要医治这城

⁴论到这城中的房屋和犹大王的宫室，就是拆毁为挡敌人高垒和刀剑的，耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

⁵人要与迦勒底人争战，正是拿死尸充满这房屋，就是我在怒气和忿怒中所杀的人，因他们的一切恶，我就掩面不顾这城。The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.

⁶看哪，我要使这城得以痊愈安舒，使城中的人得医治，又将丰盛的平安和诚实显明与他们。Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

⁷我也要使犹大被掳的和以色列被掳的归回，并建立他们和起初一样。I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.

⁸我要除净他们的一切罪，就是向我所犯的罪；又要赦免他们的一切罪，就是干犯我、违背我的罪。And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

⁹这城要在地上万国人面前使我得颂赞，得荣耀，名为可喜可乐之城。万国人因听见我向这城所赐的福乐、所施的恩惠平安，就惧怕战兢。”So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

必再听见欢喜的声音

¹⁰耶和华如此说：“你们论这地方，说是荒废无人民无牲畜之地，但在这荒凉无人民无牲畜的犹大城邑和耶路撒冷的街上，This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again

¹¹必再听见有欢喜和快乐的声音、新郎和新妇的声音，并听见有人说：要称谢万军之耶和华，因耶和华本为善；他的慈爱永远长存！又有奉感谢祭到耶和华殿中之人的声音；因为我必使这地被掳的人归回，和起初一样。这是耶和华说的。”the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

¹²万军之耶和华如此说：“在这荒废无人民无牲畜之地，并其中所有的城邑，必再有牧人的住处；他们要使羊群躺卧在那里。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

¹³在山地的城邑、高原的城邑、南地的城邑、便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处，和犹大的城邑必再有羊群从数点的人手下经过。这是耶和华说的。”In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

大卫公义的苗裔

¹⁴耶和华说：“日子将到，我应许以色列家和犹大家的恩言必然成就。Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

¹⁵当那日子，那时候，我必使大卫公义的苗裔长起来；他必在地上施行公平和公义。In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁶在那日子犹大必得救，耶路撒冷必安然居住，他的名必称为‘耶和华—我们的义’。In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

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¹⁷“因为耶和华如此说：大卫必永不断人坐在以色列家的宝座上；For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

¹⁸祭司、利未人在我面前也不断人献燔祭、烧素祭，时常办理献祭的事。”nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”

神的约必不废弃

¹⁹耶和华的话临到耶利米说：And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

²⁰“耶和华如此说：你们若能废弃我所立白日黑夜的约，使白日黑夜不按时轮转，“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

²¹就能废弃我与我仆人大卫所立的约，使他没有儿子在他的宝座上为王，并能废弃我与事奉我的祭司、利未人所立的约。then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

²²天上的万象不能数算，海边的尘沙也不能斗量；我必照样使我仆人大卫的后裔和事奉我的利未人多起来。”As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

²³耶和华的话临到耶利米说：Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

²⁴“你没有揣摩这百姓的话吗？他们说：‘耶和华所拣选的二族，他已经弃绝了。’他们这样藐视我的百姓，以为不再成国。“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

²⁵耶和华如此说：若是我立白日黑夜的约不能存住，若是我未曾安排天地的定例，This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,

²⁶我就弃绝雅各的后裔和我仆人大卫的后裔，不使大卫的后裔治理亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的后裔；因为我必使他们被掳的人归回，也必怜悯他们。”then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”

合乎纯正的道理

¹但你所讲的总要合乎那纯正的道理。But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.

劝老年人

²劝老年人要有节制、端庄、自守，在信心、爱心、忍耐上都要纯全无疵。Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

劝老年妇人和少年妇人

³又劝老年妇人，举止行动要恭敬，不说谗言，不给酒作奴仆，用善道教训人，Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

⁴好指教少年妇人，爱丈夫，爱儿女，In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

⁵谨守，贞洁，料理家务，待人有恩，顺服自己的丈夫，免得　神的道理被毁谤。to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

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劝少年人，自己作榜样

⁶又劝少年人要谨守。In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

⁷你自己凡事要显出善行的榜样；在教训上要正直、端庄，In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

⁸言语纯全，无可指责，叫那反对的人，既无处可说我们的不是，便自觉羞愧。and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

劝仆人

⁹劝仆人要顺服自己的主人，凡事讨他的喜欢，不可顶撞他，Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

¹⁰不可私拿东西，要显为忠诚，以致凡事尊荣我们救主—　神的道。not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.

神救众人的恩典已经显明

¹¹因为　神救众人的恩典已经显明出来，For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

¹²教训我们除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情欲，在今世自守、公义、敬虔度日，It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

¹³等候所盼望的福，并等候至大的　神和我们（或译：　神—我们）救主耶稣基督的荣耀显现。as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹⁴他为我们舍了自己，要赎我们脱离一切罪恶，又洁净我们，特作自己的子民，热心为善。He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

不可叫人轻看你

¹⁵这些事你要讲明，劝戒人，用各等权柄责备人；不可叫人轻看你。Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.