Jeremiah 13

1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

1 耶和华对我说：“你去买一条麻布腰带束在腰间，不可让它沾水。”

2 So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.

2 我照耶和华的话买了腰带，束在腰间。

3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:

3 耶和华又对我说：

4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

4 “拿着你买来的腰带去幼发拉底河边，把它藏在那里的岩缝中。”

5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

5 于是，我照耶和华的吩咐把腰带藏在那里。

6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

6 多日后，耶和华对我说：“去幼发拉底河边取回我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带。”

7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

7 我就去幼发拉底河边把所藏的腰带挖出来，但腰带已经腐烂，毫无用处。

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

8 耶和华对我说：

9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

9 “耶和华如此说，‘我也要这样消灭犹大的骄傲和耶路撒冷的狂妄。

10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

10 这邪恶的百姓拒绝听我的话，一意孤行，跟随、供奉、祭拜其他神明，他们将像这腰带一样毫无用处。

11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.

11 我本想使以色列人和犹大人紧靠着我，就像腰带紧贴在人的腰间，让他们做我的子民，使我声名远扬、得到赞美和尊崇，他们却不肯听从。这是耶和华说的。’

12 Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

12 “因此，你告诉他们，以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘每个瓦瓶都要盛满酒。’若他们说，‘难道我们不知道每个瓦瓶都要盛满酒吗？’

13 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.

13 你就告诉他们，‘耶和华说：我要使这片土地上所有的居民，包括坐在大卫宝座上的君王以及祭司、先知和耶路撒冷人都酩酊大醉；

14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

14 我要使他们彼此撞得粉碎，就算父子也要彼此相撞；我要毁灭他们，决不留情，也不心慈手软。’”

15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

15 你们要留心听， 不可傲慢， 因为耶和华已发言。

16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

16 趁着你们的上帝耶和华还未使黑暗来临， 你们还未在漆黑的山上绊倒， 要把荣耀归给祂。 否则，祂必使你们期望的光明变为幽冥和黑暗。

17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

17 如果你们不肯听， 我的心会为你们的骄傲暗自哭泣， 我双眼痛哭，泪流满面， 因为耶和华的羊群将要被掳。

18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

18 耶和华让我对君王和太后说： “从宝座上下来吧， 因为你们头上华美的王冠将要掉落。”

19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

19 南部的城邑将被围困， 无人能解围， 犹大人都要被掳，无一幸免。

20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

20 耶路撒冷啊， 举目看看那些从北方来的敌人吧， 从前交托给你的群羊——你引以为荣的群羊如今在哪里呢？

21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

21 耶和华让你扶植的盟友来统治你， 你还有什么话可说？ 你必痛苦不堪， 像分娩的妇人。

22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

22 也许你在想：“为什么这些事发生在我身上？” 你的裙子被撕破，你遭受蹂躏， 是因为你罪大恶极。

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

23 古实人能改变他们的肤色吗？ 豹子能改变它们的斑点吗？ 你这作恶成性的人怎能行善呢？

24 “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.

24 因此，耶和华说： “我要驱散你， 像旷野的风吹散碎秸一样。

25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

25 这是你应得的报应， 是我量给你的， 因为你把我忘记， 信靠假神。 这是耶和华说的。

26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.

26 因此，我要把你的裙子掀到你的脸上， 使人见到你的羞耻。

27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

27 你在山上和田野间与偶像通奸， 发出淫语浪声， 我看见了你的可憎行为。 耶路撒冷啊，你有祸了！ 你什么时候才肯自洁呢？”