Jeremiah 23

1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

1 耶和华说：“牧养我子民的首领有祸了！因为他们残害、驱散我草场上的羊群。”

2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

2 以色列的上帝耶和华这样斥责那些牧养祂子民的首领：“你们驱散我的羊群，没有照顾他们。看啊，我必因你们的恶行而惩罚你们。这是耶和华说的。

3 Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

3 我要把我幸存的子民从我流放他们去的各地召集起来，领他们回到故土，使他们生养众多，人丁兴旺。

4 I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.

4 我要设立首领照顾他们，使他们不再担惊受怕，也不再迷失。这是耶和华说的。”

5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

5 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，我要为大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔，使他执掌王权。他必秉公行义，治国有方。

6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

6 在他掌权的日子，犹大必得拯救，以色列必安享太平并被称为‘耶和华是我们的公义’。”

7 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’

7 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，那时人不再凭把以色列人带出埃及的耶和华起誓，

8 Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”

8 而是凭把他们从北方之地和流放的列国领回来的永活耶和华起誓。他们必在自己的国土上安居乐业。”

9 As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

9 谈及那些先知， 我的心都碎了， 我的骨头都颤抖。 因为耶和华和祂圣言的缘故， 我好像不胜酒力的醉汉。

10 For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.

10 这里到处是不忠贞的人， 他们行为邪恶，滥用权力。 大地因受咒诅而悲哀， 旷野的草场都枯干了。

11 “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

11 耶和华说：“先知和祭司都不敬虔， 我甚至看见他们在我的圣殿里行恶。

12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

12 因此，他们必被赶到黑暗中， 在湿滑的路上跌倒， 因为我必在他们受罚的日子降灾祸给他们。 这是耶和华说的。

13 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

13 我看见撒玛利亚的先知行可憎之事， 他们靠巴力说预言， 引诱我的子民以色列走入歧途。

14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

14 我也看见耶路撒冷的先知行为可恶， 他们通奸，谎话连篇， 怂恿恶人， 以致无人悔过自新。 在我眼中，他们就像所多玛人，耶路撒冷人像蛾摩拉人一样败坏。

15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

15 因此，关于这些先知，万军之耶和华说， ‘看啊，我要使他们吃苦艾， 喝毒水，因为亵渎之风从耶路撒冷的先知那里蔓延， 遍及全境。’”

16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

16 万军之耶和华对耶路撒冷人说：“你们不要听信这些先知的预言，他们使你们充满虚假的盼望，他们的预言是自己的想象，不是耶和华说的。

17 They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

17 他们不断对藐视我的人说，‘耶和华说你们必安享太平。’他们对那些执迷不悟的人说，‘灾祸不会降到你们身上。’

18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

18 “然而，他们谁曾站在耶和华面前看见并听见祂说话呢？ 他们谁曾留心听祂的话呢？

19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

19 看啊，耶和华的烈怒像暴风一样袭来， 像旋风一样吹到恶人头上。

20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

20 耶和华不完成祂心中的计划决不息怒。 将来你们会清楚地明白这一切。

21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

21 “我没有差遣这些先知， 他们却妄自行动； 我没有对他们说话， 他们却乱发预言。

22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

22 他们若曾站在我面前听我说话， 早就向我的子民宣告我的话， 使他们改邪归正了。”

23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

23 耶和华说：“我难道不是远近无处不在的上帝？”

24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

24 耶和华说：“难道人藏在隐秘处我就看不见了吗？我岂不是充满天地吗？这是耶和华说的。

25 “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

25 我已听见这些先知奉我的名所说的假预言，他们说，‘我做了个梦！我做了个梦！’

26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

26 这些先知谎话连篇，凭空预言要到何时呢？

27 They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.

27 他们彼此传讲所做的梦，想借此使我的子民忘记我的名，正如他们的祖先因祭拜巴力而忘记了我的名。

28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

28 让做梦的先知尽管宣扬他们的梦吧，但得到我话语的先知要忠心地传达我的话。糠秕怎能与麦子相比呢！这是耶和华说的。”

29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

29 耶和华说：“难道我的话不像火吗？不像击碎岩石的铁锤吗？”

30 “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

30 耶和华说：“看啊，我要对付那些假先知，他们盗用彼此的话，却妄称是我的话。”

31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

31 耶和华说：“看啊，我要对付那些假先知，他们妄自说预言，却谎称是耶和华的话。”

32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

32 耶和华说：“看啊，我要对付那些假先知，他们凭虚谎之梦说预言，并四处传扬，用弥天大谎把我的子民引入歧途。其实我并没有差遣他们，也没有委派他们，他们对我的子民毫无益处。这是耶和华说的。”

33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

33 耶和华说：“耶利米啊，如果有百姓、先知或祭司问你，‘耶和华有什么启示？’你要对他们说，‘你们就是耶和华的重担 ，耶和华说要丢弃你们。’

34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

34 如果有先知、祭司或百姓宣称有耶和华的启示，我必惩罚他和他全家。

35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

35 你们各人要问自己的亲友，‘耶和华有什么答复？’或‘耶和华说了什么？’

36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.

36 你们不可再说有耶和华的启示，因为你们把自己的话当成祂的启示，曲解我们永活的上帝——万军之耶和华的话。

37 Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

37 耶利米啊，你要这样问先知，‘耶和华有什么答复？耶和华说了什么？’

38 But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,

38 如果他们说，‘这是耶和华的启示。’你就说，‘耶和华说，我警告你们不可宣称有耶和华的启示，你们却偏偏宣称有我的启示，

39 therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

39 我必彻底忘记你们，把你们和我赐给你们及你们祖先的城邑抛弃。

40 And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

40 我要使你们永远蒙羞受辱，难以忘怀。’”