Jeremiah 26

1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

1 约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬执政初期，耶和华对耶利米说：

2 “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.

2 “这是耶和华说的：你要站在我殿的院子里，把我吩咐你的话一字不漏地告诉从犹大各城前来敬拜的人。

3 Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

3 或许他们都会听从我的话，改邪归正，那样我会施怜悯，取消原本用来惩治他们罪恶的灾祸。

4 And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,

4 你要告诉他们，耶和华这样说，‘如果你们不听从我的话，不遵行我给你们设立的律法，

5 and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

5 不听从我差遣我的仆人——众先知屡次传给你们的话，

6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”

6 我必使这殿像示罗一样被毁，使耶路撒冷被万国咒诅。’”

7 Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

7 祭司、先知和民众都听见了耶利米在耶和华的殿里说的这些话。

8 and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!

8 耶利米向民众传达完耶和华的话之后，祭司、先知和民众就抓住他，说：“你真该死！

9 How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

9 你为什么奉耶和华的名预言这殿必像示罗一样被毁，这城必要荒无人烟呢？”于是，他们聚在耶和华的殿里围住耶利米。

10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

10 犹大的官员得知后，就离开王宫，上到耶和华的殿，坐在耶和华殿新门的入口。

11 Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”

11 祭司和先知对官员和民众说：“这人该被处死！因为他预言这城要被毁，这是你们亲耳听到的。”

12 But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

12 耶利米对官员和民众说：“你们刚才听见了耶和华差我对这殿和这城说的预言。

13 So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

13 你们要改邪归正，听从你们上帝耶和华的话，这样耶和华必施怜悯，取消祂宣布要降给你们的灾祸。

14 As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

14 至于我，我已落在你们手中，你们认为怎样好就怎样待我吧！

15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

15 不过，你们要确知，如果你们置我于死地，你们和这城及城中的居民必担当滥杀无辜的罪，因为确实是耶和华派我来告诉你们这些预言的。”

16 Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”

16 官员和民众便对祭司和先知说：“这人不该被处死，因为他是奉我们上帝耶和华的名对我们说话。”

17 Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

17 有几个长老站起来对聚集的民众说：

18 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

18 “犹大王希西迦执政期间，摩利沙人弥迦对犹大民众预言说， “‘万军之耶和华说锡安必被夷为平地， 耶路撒冷必沦为废墟， 圣殿山必成为长满荒林的高岗。’

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”

19 “但犹大王希西迦和犹大众人并没有处死他。希西迦敬畏耶和华，求祂开恩，耶和华就施怜悯，没有把宣布的灾祸降给他们。若处死这人，我们就会大祸临头。”

20 Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

20 当时，基列·耶琳人示玛雅的儿子乌利亚也奉耶和华的名预言这城和这地方将被毁，内容与耶利米说的一样。

21 King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

21 约雅敬王及其官长臣仆听见乌利亚的话，王就想处死他。乌利亚得知后，吓得逃到埃及去了。

22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

22 约雅敬王便派亚革波的儿子以利拿单率随从去埃及捉拿他。

23 They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

23 他们把乌利亚从埃及押送到约雅敬王面前，王用刀杀了他，把尸首抛在平民的坟地中。

24 Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

24 不过，沙番的儿子亚希甘保护耶利米，他才没被交给民众处死。