Jeremiah 3

1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.

1 耶和华说：“如果丈夫休掉妻子， 妻子离去另嫁别人， 前夫怎会再娶她呢？ 那样做岂不完全玷污了土地吗？ 你曾与许多情人苟合， 现在要归向我吗？

2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

2 “你举目看看那些光秃的高山， 你在哪里没有被玷污过呢？ 你坐在路旁等候情郎， 就像旷野的游牧民， 你的淫乱恶行玷污了土地。

3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

3 因此，秋雨不降， 春雨不来。 你却仍然不知羞耻， 一副娼妓的嘴脸。

4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.

4 你不是刚对我说， ‘我父啊！你从我年幼时就做我的挚友。

5 Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”

5 难道你会永远发怒、 怀恨到底吗？’ 你虽然这样说， 却仍大肆作恶。”

6 Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

6 在约西亚王执政期间，耶和华对我说：“你看见背信的以色列所行的了吗？她上到高山上、在绿树下淫乱。

7 I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

7 我以为她淫乱之后会回到我身边，她却执迷不悟。她不贞的妹妹犹大也看见了这事。

8 She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

8 因为背信的以色列淫乱，我给她休书，把她休掉。她不贞的妹妹犹大却不害怕，竟也去淫乱。

9 Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

9 以色列对淫乱不以为然，竟与石头木头苟合，玷污了土地。

10 Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.

10 尽管如此，她不贞的妹妹犹大只是假装归向我，并不诚心。这是耶和华说的。”

11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

11 耶和华对我说：“背信的以色列比不贞的犹大罪过还轻。

12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

12 你去向北方宣告， “‘耶和华说， 背信的以色列啊，回转吧！ 我必不向你们发怒， 因为我充满慈爱， 不会永远怀怒。’ 这是耶和华说的。

13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

13 ‘你必须要承认自己的罪， 承认背叛了你的上帝耶和华， 在绿树下祭拜各种外邦的神明， 不听从我的话。’ 这是耶和华说的。

14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

14 “‘背信的子民啊，回转吧！ 因为我是你们的主人 。 我要从你们中间选些人带回锡安， 每座城邑选一人，每个宗族选二人。’ 这是耶和华说的。

15 Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

15 “‘我要赐给你们合我心意的牧人，让他们用知识与智慧牧养你们。

16 “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.

16 你们在地上繁衍昌盛的时候，人们不会再提及耶和华的约柜，不会再把它放在心上，不会再想起它，不会再感到需要它，也不会再造一个。这是耶和华说的。

17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

17 那时，耶路撒冷必被称为“耶和华的宝座”，万国都要聚集在耶路撒冷尊崇耶和华的名，不再执迷不悟地作恶。

18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.

18 那时，犹大人必与以色列人一同从北方来到我赐给你们祖先作基业的地方。

19 Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

19 “‘我曾想，我多么愿意把你们当成我的儿女， 赐给你们万国中最肥美的土地。 我原以为你们会叫我“父亲”， 再不离我而去。

20 But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

20 然而，以色列家啊！ 你们竟对我不忠， 就像不贞的妻子离开丈夫。 这是耶和华说的。’”

21 A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.

21 从光秃的山头传来声音， 是以色列子民哭泣呼求的声音， 因为他们走入歧途， 忘掉了他们的上帝耶和华。

22 “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

22 耶和华说：“背信的子民啊， 归来吧！ 我要医治你们背信的病。” 他们说：“是的，我们要到你面前， 因为你是我们的上帝耶和华。

23 Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

23 在高山丘陵上狂欢、 拜偶像真是枉然， 唯有我们的上帝耶和华才能拯救以色列。

24 From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

24 “从我们年幼时，那些可耻的神像就吞噬了我们祖先辛苦得来的牛羊和儿女。

25 Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

25 让我们躺在自己的羞耻中，让我们的耻辱遮盖我们吧！因为我们和我们的祖先都得罪了我们的上帝耶和华，我们自幼至今一直没有顺服我们的上帝耶和华。”