Jeremiah 29

1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

1–2 耶哥尼雅王、太后、宫廷侍臣、犹大和耶路撒冷的官员、技工和工匠被尼布甲尼撒王掳到巴比伦后，耶利米先知从耶路撒冷送信给被掳之人中幸存的长老、祭司、先知和众民。

2 (This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)

3 The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:

3 信是由沙番的儿子以利亚萨和希勒迦的儿子基玛利送去的。当时犹大王西底迦派二人去见巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒。以下是信的内容：

4 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:

4 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华对所有从耶路撒冷被掳到巴比伦的人说：

5 “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

5 “你们要建造房子住下来，要耕种田园，吃田中的出产。

6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

6 你们要娶妻生子，也要让你们的儿女婚嫁，使他们生儿育女，你们好在那里人丁兴旺，不致人口减少。

7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

7 你们要为我放逐你们去住的城市谋求福祉，向耶和华祷告，因为你们的福祉有赖于那城的福祉。

8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

8 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘不要被你们中间的先知和占卜者欺骗，不要听信他们做的梦。

9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

9 他们奉我的名对你们说假预言，其实我并没有差遣他们。这是耶和华说的。’”

10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

10 耶和华说：“你们被掳到巴比伦七十年期满后，我就要眷顾你们，成就我充满恩典的应许，把你们带回这地方。

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

11 因为我知道我为你们安排的计划：是要赐福给你们，而非降祸给你们，使你们的未来充满希望。这是耶和华说的。

12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

12 那时，你们必呼求我，向我祷告，我也必垂听。

13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

13 你们寻求我，就必寻见。只要你们全心寻求我，

14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

14 我必让你们寻见。这是耶和华说的。我必把你们从流放的各国各地招聚起来，使你们回到故土，我曾把你们从那里掳走。这是耶和华说的。

15 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”

15 “你们说耶和华在巴比伦为你们选立了先知。

16 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

16 关于坐在大卫宝座上的君王和这城里的百姓，就是没有与你们一同被掳的同胞，

17 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

17 万军之耶和华这样说，‘看啊，我必使刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫临到他们，使他们像烂得不能吃的无花果。

18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

18 我要使他们饱受刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫之灾，使他们的遭遇令天下万国惊惧。在我流放他们去的各国，他们必受凌辱、嘲笑、讥讽和咒诅。

19 I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”

19 这都是因为他们不听我的话。这是耶和华说的。我曾屡次差遣我的仆人——众先知去警告他们，他们却不肯听。’这是耶和华说的。

20 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

20 因此，你们这些我从耶路撒冷流放到巴比伦的人啊！要听耶和华的话。

21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

21 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘哥赖雅的儿子亚哈和玛西雅的儿子西底迦奉我的名说假预言，我要把他们交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，他要当着你们的面处死他们。

22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’

22 所有被掳到巴比伦的犹大人咒诅人的时候会说：愿耶和华使你的下场像被巴比伦王烧死的西底迦和亚哈一样！

23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

23 因为他们二人在以色列做了恶事，与邻舍的妻子通奸。我没有委派他们，他们却奉我的名说假预言。我洞悉一切，我是见证人。’这是耶和华说的。”

24 You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that

24 耶和华吩咐我对尼希兰人示玛雅说：

25 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:

25 “以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘你曾以自己的名义写信给住在耶路撒冷的众民、玛西雅的儿子西番雅祭司及所有其他祭司。你在信中对西番雅说：

26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

26 耶和华已立你为祭司代替耶何耶大祭司，管理耶和华的殿，负责拘捕妄自发预言的狂人，给他们戴上铁链枷锁。

27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

27 现在，亚拿突人耶利米在你们当中自称为先知，你为什么不斥责他呢？

28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

28 他甚至送信给我们这些在巴比伦的人，说被掳的日子还很长久，要我们建房子住下来，耕种田园，吃田中的出产。’”

29 (Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

29 西番雅祭司就把示玛雅的信读给耶利米先知听。

30 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

30 耶和华对耶利米说：

31 “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

31 “你派人送信给所有被掳的人，说，‘耶和华说祂没有差遣尼希兰人示玛雅，他却说预言，诱使你们听信谎言，

32 this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

32 所以耶和华说：我必惩罚他和他的后代，他必断子绝孙，看不到我赐给我子民的福祉，因为他说了悖逆耶和华的话。这是耶和华说的。’”