Jeremiah 14

1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

1 耶和华告诉耶利米有关旱灾的事：

2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

2 “犹大悲泣， 她的城邑衰败， 人人坐在地上痛哭， 耶路撒冷哀鸣四起。

3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

3 贵族派仆人去水池打水， 仆人去那里发现没有水， 就带着空瓶垂头丧气、 羞愧地抱头而归。

4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

4 天不下雨， 土地干裂， 农夫沮丧地抱着头。

5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

5 因为没有草， 田野的母鹿抛弃了刚生下来的小鹿；

6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

6 因为没有草， 野驴站在光秃的山头上像豺狼一样喘气，双目无神。”

7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

7 耶和华啊，虽然我们的罪控告我们， 我们屡屡叛逆得罪你， 求你为了自己的名而拯救我们。

8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?

8 以色列的盼望和患难时的救主啊， 你为什么在本地像个异乡人， 像个只住一夜的客旅呢？

9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

9 你为什么像个受惊的人， 像个无力救人的勇士呢？ 耶和华啊，你一直都在我们中间， 我们属于你的名下， 求你不要抛弃我们。

10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

10 关于这些百姓，耶和华说： “他们喜欢游荡， 不约束自己的脚步， 因此耶和华不悦纳他们。 现在祂要追忆他们的罪恶， 追讨他们的罪。”

11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.

11 耶和华对我说：“你不要为这百姓求好处。

12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

12 即使他们禁食，我也不会听他们的呼求；他们献上燔祭和素祭，我也不会悦纳。我要用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫灭绝他们。”

13 “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

13 我说：“主耶和华啊！众先知不停地告诉他们不会有战争，也不会遭遇饥荒，说耶和华必在这地方赐给他们永久的平安。”

14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

14 耶和华对我说：“那些先知奉我的名说假预言，我并没有差派他们，没有委任他们，也没有对他们说话。他们对你们说的预言是假异象，是占卜，是他们心中的妄想。

15 Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!

15 我没有差派他们，他们却奉我的名预言这地方必没有刀剑和饥荒。他们必死于刀剑和饥荒。这是耶和华说的。

16 And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

16 听他们说预言的人及其妻子儿女，必因饥荒和战争而暴尸耶路撒冷街头，无人掩埋。因为我要使他们受到应得的报应。

17 You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

17 “耶利米，你要对他们说， ‘让我昼夜泪眼汪汪吧， 因为我的处女同胞遭受重创， 伤势危重。

18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

18 我走到田间， 眼前是死于刀下的尸体； 我进入城里， 见饥荒肆虐， 先知和祭司也流亡异乡 。’”

19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

19 耶和华啊，你完全丢弃犹大了吗？ 你厌恶锡安吗？ 你为什么重重地打我们，以致无法医治？ 我们期待平安，却没有祥和； 渴望得到医治，却饱受惊吓。

20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

20 耶和华啊，我们承认自己和我们祖先的罪， 我们诚然得罪了你。

21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

21 为了你的尊名， 求你不要厌恶我们， 不要让你荣耀的宝座蒙羞。 求你顾念你与我们立的约， 不要废除它。

22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

22 在列国供奉的偶像中， 谁能赐下雨水呢？ 天能自降甘霖吗？ 我们的上帝耶和华啊， 难道不是只有你能行这些事吗？ 是你行了这一切， 所以我们仰望你。