Jeremiah 27

1 At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

1 约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬执政初期，耶和华的话传给了耶利米。

2 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

2 耶和华对我说：“你要用皮带和木头做个轭，套在自己颈上。

3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

3 然后请那些到耶路撒冷朝见犹大王西底迦的使者传话给他们的主人以东王、摩押王、亚扪王、泰尔王和西顿王，

4 Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters:

4 说，‘以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，

5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

5 我伸出大能的臂膀创造了大地、地上的人类和动物，我想把大地赐给谁就赐给谁。

6 So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

6 现在，我要把你们的国家交给我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，连田野的走兽也要归他管辖。

7 All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

7 各国都要臣服于他和他的子孙，直到他的国家灭亡。那时，许多国家和强大的君王必奴役他。

8 As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.

8 如果哪一邦或哪一国不肯臣服于巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，不肯负巴比伦王的轭，我必用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫惩罚他们，直到我借巴比伦王的手毁灭他们。这是耶和华说的。

9 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

9 你们不可听信你们的先知、占卜者、解梦者、巫师和术士的话，他们说你们不会臣服于巴比伦王。

10 For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

10 他们的预言是骗人的，只会使你们远离家园。我会赶走你们，使你们灭亡。

11 But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

11 但如果哪一国肯负巴比伦王的轭，臣服于他，我必使那国的人们留在本国耕种居住。这是耶和华说的。’”

12 And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

12 我同样对犹大王西底迦说：“你们要负巴比伦王的轭，臣服于他和他的人民，就可存活。

13 Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

13 你和你的人民何必死于刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫呢？耶和华要降这些灾难给不肯臣服于巴比伦王的国家。

14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.

14 不要听信那些先知骗人的预言，他们说你们不会臣服于巴比伦王。

15 For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

15 耶和华并没有派他们，他们却奉祂的名说假预言。如果你们听信他们的话，耶和华必把你们和向你们说预言的先知赶走，使你们一同灭亡。”

16 Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

16 我也对祭司和全体民众说：“耶和华说，‘你们不要听信假先知骗人的预言，他们说耶和华殿里的器皿很快就要从巴比伦运回来了。

17 Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?

17 你们不可听信他们的话。你们要臣服于巴比伦王，以便存活。何必使这城沦为废墟呢？

18 If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.

18 如果他们真的是先知，有耶和华给他们的信息，就让他们求万军之耶和华不要使圣殿中、犹大王宫内和耶路撒冷剩余的器皿被掳到巴比伦去。’

19 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,

19–20 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒把约雅敬的儿子犹大王耶哥尼雅，以及犹大和耶路撒冷的贵族从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的时候，没有带走耶和华殿的铜柱、铜海、铜底座及其他器皿。

20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

21 Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

21 关于耶和华殿中、犹大王宫内和耶路撒冷剩下的物件，以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：

22 ‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”

22 ‘它们必被掳到巴比伦，留在那里，一直到我眷顾以色列人的日子，那时我必把它们带回原处。这是耶和华说的。’”