Jeremiah 25

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

1 约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬执政第四年，即巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒元年，耶和华告诉了耶利米有关犹大百姓的事。

2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:

2 耶利米先知对犹大人和耶路撒冷的所有居民说：

3 “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

3 “从亚们的儿子犹大王约西亚执政第十三年，到今天已有二十三年。在这期间，我不断把耶和华对我说的话传给你们，你们却充耳不闻。

4 And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

4 耶和华屡次差遣祂的仆人——众先知警告你们，你们却充耳不闻，毫不理会。

5 The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

5 他们对你们说，‘你们人人都要改邪归正，以便永远住在耶和华赐给你们和你们祖先的土地上。

6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’

6 不要随从、供奉、祭拜其他神明，不要制造神像惹耶和华发怒，免得祂惩罚你们。’”

7 ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’

7 耶和华说：“然而，你们不听我的话，制造神像惹我发怒，自招惩罚。”

8 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,

8 因此，万军之耶和华说：“由于你们不遵行我的命令，

9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

9 我要召集北方各族和我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，去攻击这片土地和其中的居民，以及周围各国。我要彻底毁灭他们，使他们的下场令人惊骇和嗤笑，土地永远荒凉。这是耶和华说的。

10 Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

10 我要使他们的欢乐声、新郎新娘的欢笑声、推磨声和灯光都消失。

11 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

11 整片土地要变得荒凉可怕，列国要臣服于巴比伦王七十年。

12 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

12 七十年后，我要因巴比伦王和他国民迦勒底人的罪而惩罚他们，使他们的土地永远荒凉。这是耶和华说的。

13 I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

13 我借耶利米所说有关列国的预言都记在这书上了，我的这些话必应验在他们的土地上。

14 For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

14 他们必受许多国家和强大君王的奴役，我要按他们的所作所为报应他们。”

15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

15 以色列的上帝耶和华对我说：“你从我手中接过这盛满我烈怒的酒杯，到我差遣你去的国家给他们喝。

16 And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”

16 他们喝了之后必东倒西歪、行为疯狂，因为我要使战祸临到他们。”

17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,

17 于是，我从耶和华手中接过杯，奉祂的差遣到列国去给他们喝。

18 to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

18 我给耶路撒冷和犹大的城邑，以及犹大的君王和官员喝这杯烈怒，使他们的城邑沦为废墟，令人惊骇，被人嘲笑和咒诅，正如今日一样。

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

19 喝这杯烈怒的还有埃及王法老及其官长臣仆和全体百姓，

20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

20 他们当中所有的外族人，乌斯的众王和统治亚实基伦、迦萨、以革伦以及亚实突余民的非利士众王，

21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

21 以东、摩押和亚扪人，

22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

22 泰尔的众王、西顿的众王和海岛上的众王，

23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

23 底但、提玛、布斯和所有剃鬓发的人，

24 all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;

24 阿拉伯的众王和荒野各族的诸王，

25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

25 心利的众王、以拦的众王和玛代的众王，

26 all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

26 无论远近的一个个北方的王，以及天下万国，最后是巴比伦王。

27 “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’

27 耶和华对我说：“你要告诉他们，以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘你们要喝这杯烈怒，喝得大醉、呕吐、倒地不起，因为我要使刀剑临到你们。’

28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!

28 如果他们不肯从你手中接过杯来喝，你就告诉他们，万军之耶和华说，‘你们必须喝！

29 For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’

29 看啊，我开始在属我的城中降下灾祸，难道你们可以逃脱惩罚吗？你们必逃不过惩罚，因为我要使刀剑临到天下万民。’这是万军之耶和华说的。

30 So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

30 耶利米啊，你要告诉他们这些预言， “‘耶和华要在高天怒吼， 从祂的圣所发出雷鸣； 祂要向祂的子民怒吼， 向地上的居民呐喊， 好像踩踏葡萄的人一样。

31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

31 呐喊声必传到地极， 因为耶和华要指控列国，审判世人， 使恶人丧身刀下。 这是耶和华说的。’”

32 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”

32 万军之耶和华说： “看啊，灾难正蔓延到列国， 有大暴风从地极卷起。”

33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

33 到那日，遍地都是被耶和华杀戮的人，无人哀悼、收殓和埋葬，他们好像地上的粪便。

34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

34 你们这群牧人啊，要痛哭哀号！ 你们这群百姓的首领啊， 要在灰尘中伤心地打滚！ 因为你们被宰杀和驱散的时候到了， 你们必跌倒，像精美的器皿一样被摔碎。

35 Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.

35 牧人必无路可逃， 百姓的首领必无处藏身。

36 Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

36 听听牧人的哭喊， 百姓首领的哀号吧， 因为耶和华正在毁灭他们的家园。

37 The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.

37 因为耶和华的震怒， 宁静的草场变得一片荒凉。

38 He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

38 耶和华离开了祂的居所， 就像狮子离开了洞穴。 他们的土地因强敌的刀剑和耶和华的烈怒而一片荒凉。