Jeremiah 2

1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1 耶和华对我说：

2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

2 “你去向耶路撒冷宣告， ‘耶和华说， 我记得你们年轻时对我的忠贞， 爱我如新娘爱新郎， 跟随我穿越旷野， 穿越不毛之地。

3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.

3 以色列是耶和华的圣民， 是属于祂的初熟果子。 吞吃它的必担当罪责， 大祸临头。 这是耶和华说的。’”

4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.

4 雅各家啊，以色列家啊！你们要听耶和华的话。

5 This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.

5 耶和华说： “你们的祖先在我身上找到什么过错， 以致他们远离我， 去追随虚妄的神明， 自己也变得虚妄呢？

6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

6 他们从不问， ‘耶和华曾带我们出埃及， 引导我们走过沙漠纵横、 深坑满布、干旱幽暗、 杳无人迹的旷野， 祂如今在哪里呢？’

7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

7 我带领你们进入肥沃之地， 享受那里的果子及丰富物产。 但你们进来玷污我的土地， 使我的产业成为可憎之地。

8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

8 众祭司从来不问，‘耶和华在哪里？’ 传授律法的不认识我， 首领背叛我， 先知靠巴力说预言， 随从无用的偶像。

9 Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.

9 因此，我要指控你们和你们的子孙后代。 这是耶和华说的。

10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

10 你们去对岸的基提看看， 派人去基达仔细观察一下， 看看有没有这样的事？

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

11 虽然列国的神明根本不是真神， 却没有一国更换自己的神明。 但我的子民却把自己荣耀的上帝换作了无用的偶像。

12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

12 诸天啊，要因此而震惊、战栗、 大感凄凉。 这是耶和华说的。

13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

13 因为我的子民犯了两项罪， 他们离弃了我这活水源泉， 为自己挖了不能蓄水的破池子。

14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?

14 “以色列是奴隶吗？ 是生来为奴的吗？ 为什么他竟成了猎物呢？

15 The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

15 敌人像狮子般向他咆哮吼叫， 使他的土地一片荒凉， 他的城邑一片废墟，杳无人烟。

16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

16 以色列啊， 挪弗人和答比匿人打破了你的头颅。

17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

17 你这不是自食其果吗？ 因为你的上帝耶和华一路引导你的时候， 你却背弃祂。

18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

18 现在，你去埃及喝尼罗河的水有什么好处呢？ 你去亚述喝幼发拉底河的水有什么好处呢？

19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

19 你必因自己的罪恶而受惩罚， 因自己的背叛而受责备。 因此，你要省察且明白， 背弃你的上帝耶和华、 不敬畏我，是多么邪恶、痛苦的事。 这是主——万军之耶和华说的。

20 “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

20 “很久以前，我折断你的轭， 挣开你的捆索， 你却拒绝事奉我， 在各高岗上、绿树下躺卧淫乱。

21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

21 你原本是我栽种的上等葡萄树， 是上好的品种。 你怎么自甘堕落， 变成了野葡萄？

22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

22 纵然你用碱和许多肥皂清洗， 你在我面前仍然罪迹斑斑。” 这是主耶和华说的。

23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

23 “你怎能说， ‘我没有玷污自己， 也没有随从巴力’？ 看看你在山谷中的行径， 想想你的所作所为。 你是一只烦躁不安的母骆驼， 跑来跑去。

24 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

24 你是一只习惯在旷野生活的野驴， 求偶心切时便呼呼喘气， 发情时谁也控制不了。 公驴找你不费工夫， 在你发情的时候很容易找到你。

25 You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

25 我说，‘不要因追随假神而跑破鞋子，喉咙干渴。’ 你却说，‘不行！ 我爱外族的神明，一定要跟随它们。’

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

26 “以色列人啊， 你们与你们的君王、官长、 祭司和先知必蒙羞， 如同被擒的盗贼。

27 say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

27 你们认木头为父， 认石头为生母。 你们不是面向我而是背对我， 危难时却向我求救。

28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

28 你们为自己造的神明在哪里呢？ 危难时让它们救你们吧！ “犹大人啊，你们神明的数目与你们的城邑一样多！

29 Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

29 “你们为什么指控我呢？ 你们都背叛了我。 这是耶和华说的。

30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

30 我责打你们的儿女，却是徒劳， 因为他们不受管教。 你们杀害你们的先知， 残暴如狮子。

31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

31 这世代的人啊， 要留心听耶和华的话。 对以色列人来说， 难道我是旷野， 是幽暗之地吗？ 为什么我的子民竟说， ‘我们可以四处游荡， 不再追随你’？

32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

32 少女会忘记她的首饰吗？ 新娘会忘记她的礼服吗？ 我的子民却早已把我忘记，绵绵无期。

33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

33 “你们真善于求爱啊！ 甚至把技巧教给妓女。

34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

34 你们的衣服沾满无辜穷人的血， 你们并没有抓到他们进屋偷窃。

35 you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

35 虽然这样，你们还说，‘我们是无辜的， 耶和华不再向我们发怒。’ 看啊，我必审判你们， 因为你们拒不认罪。

36 How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

36 你们为什么这样忽东忽西地变来变去呢？ 你们投奔埃及必蒙羞辱， 就像从前投奔亚述一样。

37 Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”

37 你们必抱愧蒙羞地离开埃及， 因为耶和华弃绝了你们的靠山， 你们从他们那里必得不到帮助。”