中英对照

1. 1.犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的开始，耶和华的话临到耶利米说：At the beginning of the reign of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from GOD:💡
2. 2.耶和华这样对我说：你要为自己制造腰带和轭的杠杆，并且把它们戴在你的颈项上。Thus said GOD to me: Make for yourself thongs and bars of a yoke, and put them on your neck.💡
3. 3.并且派人去见以东王、摩押王、亚扪人王、推罗王和西顿王，通过那些来到犹大王西底家在耶路撒冷的使者，And send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by envoys who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem;💡
4. 4.并且要向他们的主人传达以下命令：万军之耶和华，以色列的神这样说：要对你们的主人这样说：and give them this charge to their masters: Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Say this to your masters:💡
5. 5.是我用大能和伸出的手创造了地和地上的人与兽，并将其赐予我所喜悦的人。“It is I who made the earth, and the humans and animals that are on the earth, by My great might and My outstretched arm; and I give it to whomever I deem proper. 💡
6. 6.我将这些土地都交给我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，我也将野兽交给他，使它们侍奉他。I herewith deliver all these lands to My servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon; I even give him the wild beasts to serve him. 💡
7. 7.万国必侍奉他和他的儿子以及他的孙子，直到他本国的变故来到的时候，许多国和大君王必使他服役。All nations shall serve him, his son and his grandson—until the turn of his own land comes, when many nations and great kings shall subjugate him. 💡
8. 8.不侍奉巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的国家或王国，不将颈项置于巴比伦王的轭下，我必用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫惩治那国家，直到我用他的手将其彻底毁灭，这是上帝说的。The nation or kingdom that does not serve him—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will visit—declares GOD—with sword, famine, and pestilence, until I have destroyed it by his hands.💡
9. 9.至于你们，不要听从你们的先知、占兆的、梦见异象的、观兆的和术士，他们对你们说：“不要侍奉巴比伦王”。As for you, give no heed to your prophets, augurs, dreamers, diviners, and sorcerers, who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.’💡
10. 10.因为他们用谎言向你们预言，以致你们要从土地上被逐出，我要将你们赶出去，你们必然灭亡。For they prophesy falsely to you—with the result that you shall be banished from your land; I will drive you out and you shall perish.💡
11. 11.但那肯在巴比伦王的轭下屈 neck 服侍他的国，我必让他们留在本地，仍耕种土地，仍住在那里，这是耶和华说的。But the nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serves him, will be left by Me on its own soil—declares GOD—to till it and dwell on it.”💡
12. 12.我也照样对犹大王西底家说：“你们要把颈项放在巴比伦王的轭下，侍奉他和他的百姓，就可以存活。I also spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in just the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! 💡
13. 13.否则你将和你的百姓一起死去，死于刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫，因为上帝已经判决任何不侍奉巴比伦王的国家都要遭受这些灾祸。Otherwise you will die together with your people, by sword, famine, and pestilence, as GOD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon.💡
14. 14.不要听从那些对你们说“不要侍奉巴比伦王”的先知的话，因为他们是假先知，在欺骗你们。Give no heed to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy falsely to you. 💡
15. 15.我——上帝宣告——没有派遣他们，他们却假借我的名义说假预言，结果我必将你和向你说预言的先知一起驱逐，你们必然灭亡。I have not sent them—declares GOD—and they prophesy falsely in My name, with the result that I will drive you out and you shall perish, together with the prophets who prophesy to you.”💡
16. 16.我对祭司和所有人民说：“至高者这样说：不要听从那些向你们预言说‘上帝殿的器物很快就会从巴比伦带回来’的先知的话，因为他们向你们说的是假预言。And to the priests and to all that people I said: “Thus said GOD: Give no heed to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, ‘The vessels of the House of GOD shall shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for they prophesy falsely to you.💡
17. 17.不要听他们的话，侍奉巴比伦王就可以存活，否则这城必然成为荒场。Give them no heed. Serve the king of Babylon, and live! Otherwise this city shall become a ruin. 💡
18. 18.如果他们真是先知，上帝的言语与他们同在，就让他们在万军之上帝面前代祷，不要让上帝殿、犹大王宫和耶路撒冷所剩下的器皿被带到巴比伦去。If they are really prophets and the word of GOD is with them, let them intercede with GOD of Hosts not to let the vessels remaining in the House of GOD, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem, go to Babylon!💡
19. 19.“因为万军之耶和华论到柱子、池、座和这城里所有的器皿所说的是“For thus said GOD of Hosts concerning the columns, the tank, the stands, and the rest of the vessels remaining in this city,💡
20. 20.尼布甲尼撒王在从耶路撒冷将犹大王耶哥尼雅，就是约雅敬的儿子，以及犹大和耶路撒冷的一切贵族都掳到巴比伦的时候，没有带走的；which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he exiled King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 💡
21. 21.因为万军之耶和华、以色列的神这样说、论到剩在耶和华殿中、犹大王宫中、耶路撒冷所剩的器皿：for thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels remaining in the House of GOD, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem:💡
22. 22.他们必被带到巴比伦，在那里他们必长久居住，直到我眷顾他们——万军之耶和华如此说——然后我要将他们带上来，恢复他们归回这地方。They shall be brought to Babylon, and there they shall remain, until I take note of them—declares GOD of Hosts—and bring them up and restore them to this place.”💡