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 耶和華對我如此說：「你去買一根麻布帶子束腰，不可放在水中。」

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

2 我就照着耶和華的話，買了一根帶子束腰。

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

3 耶和華的話第二次臨到我說：

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 「要拿着你所買的腰帶，就是你腰上的帶子，起來往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶藏在那裏的磐石穴中。」

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

5 我就去，照着耶和華所吩咐我的，將腰帶藏在幼發拉底河邊。

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 過了多日，耶和華對我說：「你起來往幼發拉底河去，將我吩咐你藏在那裏的腰帶取出來。」

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 我就往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶從我所藏的地方刨出來，見腰帶已經變壞，毫無用了。

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

8 耶和華的話臨到我說：

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 「耶和華如此說：我必照樣敗壞猶大的驕傲和耶路撒冷的大驕傲。

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 這惡民不肯聽我的話，按自己頑梗的心而行，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，他們也必像這腰帶變為無用。」

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 耶和華說：「腰帶怎樣緊貼人腰，照樣，我也使以色列全家和猶大全家緊貼我，好叫他們屬我為子民，使我得名聲，得頌讚，得榮耀；他們卻不肯聽。」

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 「所以你要對他們說：『耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：各罈都要盛滿了酒。』他們必對你說：『我們豈不確知各罈都要盛滿了酒呢？』

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 你就要對他們說：『耶和華如此說：我必使這地的一切居民，就是坐大衛寶座的君王和祭司，與先知，並耶路撒冷的一切居民，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 耶和華說：「我要使他們彼此相碰，就是父與子彼此相碰；我必不可憐，不顧惜，不憐憫，以致滅絕他們。」

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

15 你們當聽，當側耳而聽。 不要驕傲，因為耶和華已經說了。

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 耶和華－你們的上帝未使黑暗來到， 你們的腳未在昏暗山上絆跌之先， 當將榮耀歸給他； 免得你們盼望光明， 他使光明變為死蔭， 成為幽暗。

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 你們若不聽這話， 我必因你們的驕傲在暗地哭泣； 我眼必痛哭流淚， 因為耶和華的群眾被擄去了。

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

18 你要對君王和太后說： 你們當自卑，坐在下邊； 因你們的頭巾， 就是你們的華冠，已經脫落了。

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 南方的城盡都關閉， 無人開放； 猶大全被擄掠， 且擄掠淨盡。

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 你們要舉目觀看從北方來的人。 先前賜給你的群眾， 就是你佳美的群眾， 如今在哪裏呢？

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 耶和華立你自己所交的朋友為首，轄制你， 那時你還有甚麼話說呢？ 痛苦豈不將你抓住像產難的婦人嗎？

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 你若心裏說：這一切事為何臨到我呢？ 你的衣襟揭起， 你的腳跟受傷， 是因你的罪孽甚多。

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 古實人豈能改變皮膚呢？ 豹豈能改變斑點呢？ 若能，你們這習慣行惡的便能行善了。

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

24 所以我必用曠野的風吹散他們， 像吹過的碎稭一樣。

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 耶和華說：這是你所當得的， 是我量給你的分； 因為你忘記我， 倚靠虛假 。

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

26 所以我要揭起你的衣襟， 蒙在你臉上， 顯出你的醜陋。

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 你那些可憎惡之事－ 就是在田野的山上行姦淫， 發嘶聲，做淫亂的事－ 我都看見了。 耶路撒冷啊，你有禍了！ 你不肯潔淨，還要到幾時呢？