中英对照

1. 1.犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的初年，有话从上帝而来：At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came from GOD:💡
2. 2.耶和华如此说：你要站在上帝殿的院内，对所有来上帝殿拜的犹大各城的人说我所吩咐你的一切话，你不要省略一句话。“Thus said GOD: Stand in the court of the House of GOD, and speak to [the inhabitants of] all the towns of Judah, who are coming to worship in the House of GOD, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not omit anything.💡
3. 3.也许他们会听从，各人回头离弃恶道，使我可以放弃因他们的恶行所要施行的灾祸。Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from their own evil way, that I may renounce the punishment I am planning to bring upon them for their wicked acts.💡
4. 4.对他们说：主这样说：如果你们不听从我，遵守我所赐给你们的律法，“Say to them: Thus said GOD: If you do not obey Me, abiding by the Teaching that I have set before you,💡
5. 5.听从我常常差到你们那里侍奉我的先知的话语——你们却没有听从——heeding the words of My servants the prophets whom I have been sending to you persistently—but you have not heeded—💡
6. 6.然后我会使这殿像示罗一样，使这城成为地上万国的咒诅。then I will make this House like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of earth.”💡
7. 7.祭司和先知以及所有的人听见耶利米在上帝的殿中说这些话。The priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of GOD.💡
8. 8.耶利米一说完上帝所吩咐他对众民所说的一切话，祭司和先知以及众民就抓住他，喊叫说，你必死。And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that GOD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You shall die!💡
9. 9.你怎么敢奉上帝的名义预言说，这殿必像示罗， 这城必变为荒凉，无人居住的呢。众人都在上帝的殿中围着耶利米。How dare you prophesy in the name of GOD that this House shall become like Shiloh and this city be made desolate, without inhabitants?” And all the people crowded about Jeremiah in the House of GOD.💡
10. 10.犹大官员听说这件事，就从王宫上到上帝的殿， 在上帝殿的新门口开会。When the officials of Judah heard about this, they went up from the king’s palace to the House of GOD and held a session at the entrance of the New Gate of the House of GOD.💡
11. 11.祭司和先知对官员和众民说，这人是该死的，因为他曾对这城发过预言，正如你们亲自所听见的。The priests and prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the death penalty, for he has prophesied against this city, as you yourselves have heard.”💡
12. 12.耶利米对官员和所有人民说，这是上帝差我来在这殿和这城中说出你们所听见的一切话。Jeremiah said to the officials and to all the people, “It was GOD who sent me to prophesy against this House and this city all the words you heard.💡
13. 13.所以你们要改正行为和行事，听从你们的神上帝， 上帝也许会撤回已经对你们所定的刑罚。Therefore mend your ways and your acts, and heed the ETERNAL your God, that GOD may renounce the punishment that has been decreed for you.💡
14. 14.至于我，我在你们手中，愿你们看为良善的，就行在我身上。As for me, I am in your hands: do to me what seems good and right to you. 💡
15. 15.但要知道，如果你们杀死我，你们和这座城以及城内的居民都要承担流无辜血的罪责。因为上帝确实派我到你们这里，叫我将这些话都说给你们听。But know that if you put me to death, you and this city and its inhabitants will be guilty of shedding an innocent’s blood. For in truth GOD has sent me to you, to speak all these words to you.”💡
16. 16.当时，官员和所有的人对祭司和先知说，这个人不该死，因为他是奉我们神永恒的名向我们说话的。Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death penalty, for he spoke to us in the name of the ETERNAL our God.”💡
17. 17.地上有些长老站起来，对会众的所有人说，And some of the elders of the land arose and said to the entire assemblage of the people, 💡
18. 18.米迦是摩拉西人，他在犹大王希西家的时候，向犹大所有的人说，万军之耶和华这样说：锡安必被耕种像一块田，耶路撒冷必成为一堆废墟，圣殿山必成为林中的高处。“Micah the Morashtite, who prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, said to all the people of Judah: ‘Thus said GOD of Hosts:Zion shall be plowed as a field,Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruinsAnd the Temple Mount a shrine in the woods.’💡
19. 19.犹大王希西家和犹大所有人难道把他杀了吗？希西家不是敬畏上帝，向上帝祈求，于是上帝撤回了要降于他们的灾祸吗？我们现在要自取其辱！Did King Hezekiah of Judah, and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not rather fear GOD and implore GOD, so that GOD renounced the punishment He had decreed against them? We are about to do great injury to ourselves!”💡
20. 20.也有一人以上帝的名义说预言，名叫乌利亚，是示玛雅的儿子，来自基列耶琳，他也说预言攻击这城和这地，所说的话与耶利米所说的一样。There was also a man prophesying in the name of GOD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and this land the same things as Jeremiah.💡
21. 21.犹大王约雅敬和他的众武士以及所有的官员听见了这篇讲道，王就想要杀死他，乌利亚知道了，就害怕，逃到埃及去。King Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard about his address, and the king wanted to put him to death. Uriah heard of this and fled in fear, and came to Egypt. 💡
22. 22.但是，耶ホ雅敬王派遣使者，亚克博的儿子以拦坦和几个属下的人，前往埃及。But King Jehoiakim sent agents—Elnathan son of Achbor and several men under him—to Egypt.💡
23. 23.他们从埃及带走了乌利亚，把他带到犹大王约雅敬面前，约雅敬下令用刀杀死他，并将他的尸体丢在平民的坟墓中。They took Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people. 💡
24. 24.然而，沙番的儿子亚希甘保护了耶利米，所以耶利米没有被交给众人处死。However, Ahikam son of Shaphan protected Jeremiah, so that he was not handed over to the people for execution.💡