Jeremiah 11

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

1 耶和华的话临到耶利米说：

2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

2 「当听这约的话，告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

3 You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

3 对他们说，耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：不听从这约之话的人必受咒诅。

4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’

4 这约是我将你们列祖从埃及地领出来、脱离铁炉的那日所吩咐他们的，说：『你们要听从我的话，照我一切所吩咐的去行。』这样，你们就作我的子民，我也作你们的 神；

5 This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

5 我好坚定向你们列祖所起的誓，给他们流奶与蜜之地，正如今日一样。」我就回答说：「耶和华啊，阿们！」

6 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.

6 耶和华对我说：「你要在犹大城邑中和耶路撒冷街市上，宣告这一切话说：你们当听从遵行这约的话。

7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’

7 因为我将你们列祖从埃及地领出来的那日，直到今日，都是从早起来，切切告诫他们说：『你们当听从我的话。』

8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”

8 他们却不听从，不侧耳而听，竟随从自己顽梗的恶心去行。所以我使这约中一切咒诅的话临到他们身上；这约是我吩咐他们行的，他们却不去行。」

9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

9 耶和华对我说：「在犹大人和耶路撒冷居民中有同谋背叛的事。

10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

10 他们转去效法他们的先祖，不肯听我的话，犯罪作孽，又随从别神，事奉它。以色列家和犹大家背了我与他们列祖所立的约。」

11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

11 所以耶和华如此说：「我必使灾祸临到他们，是他们不能逃脱的。他们必向我哀求，我却不听。

12 Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.

12 那时，犹大城邑的人和耶路撒冷的居民要去哀求他们烧香所供奉的神；只是遭难的时候，这些神毫不拯救他们。

13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

13 犹大啊，你神的数目与你城的数目相等；你为那可耻的巴力所筑烧香的坛也与耶路撒冷街道的数目相等。

14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

14 「所以你不要为这百姓祈祷，不要为他们呼求祷告；因为他们遭难向我哀求的时候，我必不应允。

15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.

15 我所亲爱的，既行许多淫乱，圣肉也离了你，你在我殿中做什么呢？你作恶就喜乐。

16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

16 从前耶和华给你起名叫青橄榄树，又华美又结好果子；如今他用哄嚷之声，点火在其上，枝子也被折断。

17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”

17 原来栽培你的万军之耶和华已经说，要降祸攻击你，是因以色列家和犹大家行恶，向巴力烧香，惹我发怒，是自作自受。」

18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

18 耶和华指示我，我就知道； 你将他们所行的给我指明。

19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”

19 我却像柔顺的羊羔被牵到宰杀之地； 我并不知道他们设计谋害我， 说：我们把树连果子都灭了吧！ 将他从活人之地剪除， 使他的名不再被纪念。

20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

20 按公义判断、察验人肺腑心肠的万军之耶和华啊， 我却要见你在他们身上报仇， 因我将我的案件向你禀明了。

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

21 所以，耶和华论到寻索你命的亚拿突人如此说：「他们说：你不要奉耶和华的名说预言，免得你死在我们手中。

22 So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

22 所以万军之耶和华如此说：看哪，我必刑罚他们；他们的少年人必被刀剑杀死，他们的儿女必因饥荒灭亡，

23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”

23 并且没有余剩的人留给他们；因为在追讨之年，我必使灾祸临到亚拿突人。」