耶利米書

第21章

1 耶和華的話臨到耶利米。那時,西底家王打發瑪基雅的兒子巴施戶珥和瑪西雅的兒子祭司西番雅去見耶利米,說:

2 「請你為我們求問耶和華;因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻打[maketh war against]我們,或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們,使巴比倫王離開我們上去。」

3 耶利米[Then]對他們說:「你們當對西底家這樣說:

4 『耶和華─以色列的神如此說:看哪[Behold],我要使你們手中的兵器,就是你們在城外與巴比倫王和圍困你們的迦勒底人打仗的兵器翻轉過來,又要使這些都聚集在這城中。

5 並且我要在怒氣、烈怒[fury],和大惱恨中,用伸出來的手,並大能的膀臂,親自攻擊你們;

6 又要擊打這城的居民,連人帶牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。

7 以後我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,並那些[and such as]在城內,從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他們仇敵,並尋索其命的人手中;巴比倫王必用刀[edge]擊殺他們,不顧惜,不可憐,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』

8 「你要對這百姓說:『耶和華如此說:看哪,我將生命的路和死亡的路擺在你們面前。

9 住在這城裏的必遭刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫而死;但出去歸降圍困你們迦勒底人的必得存活,要以自己的命為掠物。

10 耶和華說:我向這城變臉,降禍不降福;這城必交在巴比倫王的手中,他必用火焚燒。』」

11 「至於猶大王的家,有話說[say]:你們當聽耶和華的話。

12 大衛家啊,耶和華如此說:你們每早晨要施行公平,拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手,恐怕我的烈怒[fury]因你們的惡行發作,如火著起,甚至無人能以熄滅。

13 耶和華說:住山谷和平原磐石上的居民[say]:誰能下來攻擊我們?誰能進入我們的住處呢?看哪,我與[thee]為敵。

14 耶和華[saith]:我[But]必按你們作事的結果刑罰你們;我也必使火在[thereof]林中著起,將她四圍所有的盡行吞滅[devour]。」

Jeremiah

Chapter 21

1 THE word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah and Zephaniah the son of Maasiah, the priests, saying,

2 Enquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, and cause the enemy to withdraw from us.

3 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will destroy the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the city, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

5 And I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, even in anger and in great wrath.

6 And in great wrath will I smite the inhabitants of this city, both men and beasts; they shall die of a great pestilence.

7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants and the people that are left in this city, from the sword and from the pestilence and from the famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; and he shall not spare them, neither have pity nor have mercy upon them.

8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 He who abides in this city shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you, he shall live, and he shall save his life.

10 For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the LORD; it shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

11 And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the word of the LORD, O house of David; thus says the LORD:

12 Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O you who are hidden below the plain, says the LORD, who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the LORD, and I will kindle a fire in its villages, and it shall devour all things round about it.

耶利米書

第21章

Jeremiah

Chapter 21

1 耶和華的話臨到耶利米。那時,西底家王打發瑪基雅的兒子巴施戶珥和瑪西雅的兒子祭司西番雅去見耶利米,說:

1 THE word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah and Zephaniah the son of Maasiah, the priests, saying,

2 「請你為我們求問耶和華;因為巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來攻打[maketh war against]我們,或者耶和華照他一切奇妙的作為待我們,使巴比倫王離開我們上去。」

2 Enquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, and cause the enemy to withdraw from us.

3 耶利米[Then]對他們說:「你們當對西底家這樣說:

3 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

4 『耶和華─以色列的神如此說:看哪[Behold],我要使你們手中的兵器,就是你們在城外與巴比倫王和圍困你們的迦勒底人打仗的兵器翻轉過來,又要使這些都聚集在這城中。

4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will destroy the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the city, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

5 並且我要在怒氣、烈怒[fury],和大惱恨中,用伸出來的手,並大能的膀臂,親自攻擊你們;

5 And I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, even in anger and in great wrath.

6 又要擊打這城的居民,連人帶牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。

6 And in great wrath will I smite the inhabitants of this city, both men and beasts; they shall die of a great pestilence.

7 以後我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,並那些[and such as]在城內,從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他們仇敵,並尋索其命的人手中;巴比倫王必用刀[edge]擊殺他們,不顧惜,不可憐,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』

7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants and the people that are left in this city, from the sword and from the pestilence and from the famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; and he shall not spare them, neither have pity nor have mercy upon them.

8 「你要對這百姓說:『耶和華如此說:看哪,我將生命的路和死亡的路擺在你們面前。

8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 住在這城裏的必遭刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫而死;但出去歸降圍困你們迦勒底人的必得存活,要以自己的命為掠物。

9 He who abides in this city shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you, he shall live, and he shall save his life.

10 耶和華說:我向這城變臉,降禍不降福;這城必交在巴比倫王的手中,他必用火焚燒。』」

10 For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the LORD; it shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

11 「至於猶大王的家,有話說[say]:你們當聽耶和華的話。

11 And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the word of the LORD, O house of David; thus says the LORD:

12 大衛家啊,耶和華如此說:你們每早晨要施行公平,拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手,恐怕我的烈怒[fury]因你們的惡行發作,如火著起,甚至無人能以熄滅。

12 Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

13 耶和華說:住山谷和平原磐石上的居民[say]:誰能下來攻擊我們?誰能進入我們的住處呢?看哪,我與[thee]為敵。

13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O you who are hidden below the plain, says the LORD, who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

14 耶和華[saith]:我[But]必按你們作事的結果刑罰你們;我也必使火在[thereof]林中著起,將她四圍所有的盡行吞滅[devour]。」

14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the LORD, and I will kindle a fire in its villages, and it shall devour all things round about it.