Jeremiah 22

1 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

1 耶和华对我说：“你下到犹大王的宫殿这样宣告，

2 saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.

2 ‘坐在大卫宝座上的犹大王啊，你和你的臣仆以及经过这些城门的百姓都要听耶和华的话。

3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

3 耶和华说，你们要秉公行义，要从欺压者手中解救受剥削的人。不要欺凌、虐待异乡人和孤儿寡妇，不可在这地方滥杀无辜。

4 For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.

4 如果你们谨遵我的命令，坐在大卫宝座上的君王必率领臣民乘车、骑马进出王宫。

5 But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

5 但如果你们不遵守我的命令，我凭自己起誓，这王宫必沦为废墟。这是耶和华说的。’”

6 For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

6 关于犹大王的宫殿，耶和华说： “虽然它在我眼中美如基列， 又像黎巴嫩的山峰， 但我必使它变成不毛之地， 变成荒无人烟的城邑。

7 I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

7 我要派人拿着兵器来摧毁它， 他们要砍下它最好的香柏木， 扔进火里。

8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

8 “各国的人经过这城时都会彼此议论说，‘为什么耶和华这样对待这座大城？’

9 Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

9 有人会回答，‘因为城里的人背弃了他们的上帝耶和华的约，供奉、祭拜其他神明。’”

10 Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

10 你们不要为死去的王哀哭， 也不要为他悲伤， 但要为被掳走的王切切哀哭， 因为他必一去不返， 永别故土。

11 For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

11 因为关于接替父亲约西亚做犹大王、后来被掳走的沙龙 ，耶和华说：“他必一去不返，

12 but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”

12 客死流亡之地，永别故土。”

13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

13 耶和华说： “犹大王约雅敬啊，你有祸了！ 你以不公不义的手段建造宫廷殿宇， 使同胞白白做工， 不给他们工钱。

14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.

14 你说要为自己建造宏伟的宫殿、宽敞的楼房。 你安上窗户， 镶上香柏木板， 涂上红漆。

15 Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

15 难道你大肆使用香柏木就能显出你做王的气派吗？ 你父亲也吃也喝， 但他秉公行义， 所以他凡事顺利；

16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

16 他为困苦和贫穷的人申冤， 所以他凡事顺利。 这才是真正认识我。 这是耶和华说的。

17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

17 可是，你心里眼里贪图不义之财， 只顾滥杀无辜，横征暴敛。”

18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

18 因此，关于约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬，耶和华说： “没有人会为他哀悼说， ‘唉，我的弟兄啊！ 唉，我的姊妹啊！’ 没有人会为他哀悼说， ‘唉，主人啊！ 唉，他的尊荣！’

19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

19 他必像死驴一样被拖出去扔在耶路撒冷的城门外，暴尸荒野。”

20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

20 “耶路撒冷人啊， 你们要上黎巴嫩哭喊， 在巴珊哀号， 在亚巴琳痛哭， 因为你们的盟友被消灭了。

21 I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

21 在你们兴盛的时候， 我曾警告过你们， 你们却不听。 你们从小就叛逆， 不听我的话。

22 The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

22 你们的首领都要被风卷去， 你们的盟友都要被掳走， 你们必因自己的一切恶行而蒙羞受辱。

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

23 住在黎巴嫩、安居在香柏木房屋中的人啊， 当妇人分娩般的痛苦临到你们的时候， 你们将怎样呻吟呢！”

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

24 耶和华说：“约雅敬的儿子犹大王哥尼雅 啊，我凭我的永恒起誓，即使你是我右手上盖章的戒指，我也要把你摘下来，

25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

25 交给那些想杀你的人，交给你所惧怕的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底军队。

26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

26 我要把你和你的生母赶到异乡，那里不是你们的出生之地，却是你们的葬身之处。

27 You will never return to the land for which you long.”

27 你们渴望回到故乡，却不能如愿以偿。”

28 Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

28 难道哥尼雅这人是被鄙视的破瓶子，是无人要的器皿吗？ 为什么他和他的子孙被赶到陌生之地？

29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

29 大地啊，大地啊，大地啊， 要听耶和华的话！

30 This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”

30 耶和华说： “你要把这人作为无儿无女、 一生失败的人记录下来， 因为他的后裔中无一人能成功地继承大卫的宝座， 统治犹大。”