Jeremiah 31

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

1 耶和华说：“那时，我要做以色列各宗族的上帝，他们必做我的子民。

2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

2 “逃脱刀兵之灾的以色列人必在旷野蒙恩， 找到安息之所。 这是耶和华说的。”

3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

3 从前，耶和华向以色列 显现，说： “我以永远的爱爱你， 我以不变的慈爱吸引你。

4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

4 少女以色列啊， 我要重建你，你必得到重建， 你要再次拿起铃鼓与欢乐的人一同跳舞。

5 Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.

5 你将在撒玛利亚的山上重新栽种葡萄园， 栽种的人必享受园中的果实。

6 For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

6 有一天，守望者要在以法莲的山上呼喊， ‘来，我们上锡安朝见我们的上帝耶和华吧！’”

7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

7 耶和华说： “你们要为雅各欢呼歌唱， 向列国之首喝采。 你们要传扬颂赞，说， ‘耶和华啊， 求你拯救你以色列剩余的子民！’

8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

8 看啊，我要从北方把他们带回来， 从地极招聚他们， 其中有瞎眼的、瘸腿的、孕妇和产妇， 他们要成群结队地回到这里。

9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

9 我必引领他们回来， 他们必一路含泪祷告。 我要使他们走在溪水边， 行在平坦的路上， 他们必不会跌倒， 因为我是以色列的父亲， 以法莲是我的长子。

10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

10 “列国啊，你们要听耶和华的话， 要在远方的海岛宣告， ‘驱散以色列的那位必聚集他们， 像牧人守护羊群一样守护他们。’

11 For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.

11 因为耶和华必拯救雅各， 必从强敌手中救赎他们。

12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

12 他们必来到锡安山上欢呼， 为耶和华所赐的美物——五谷、新酒、 油、羔羊和牛犊而欢欣。 他们就像水源充足的田园， 不再愁苦。

13 Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

13 那时，少女要欢然起舞， 老人和青年要一起快乐。 我要使他们转忧为喜， 我要安慰他们，使他们欢喜， 不再愁苦。

14 I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.

14 我要使祭司有充足的供应， 使我的子民饱享美物。 这是耶和华说的。”

15 This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

15 耶和华说： “在拉玛有痛哭哀号的声音， 是拉结在为儿女哀恸， 不肯接受安慰， 因为他们都死了。”

16 This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

16 耶和华说： “不要哭泣，不要流泪， 因为你的劳苦必有回报， 你的儿女必从敌国回来。 这是耶和华说的。

17 So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

17 你将来必有盼望， 你的儿女必重返家园。 这是耶和华说的。

18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

18 我听见以法莲 在为自己悲叹， ‘我们就像未经驯服的牛犊， 你管教我们，使我们顺服， 求你使我们回到你身边， 好恢复我们， 因为你是我们的上帝耶和华。

19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

19 我们离开你后就后悔了， 我们醒悟之后捶胸顿足， 因早年的所作所为而羞愧难当。’”

20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

20 耶和华说：“以法莲不是我的爱子吗？ 他不是我喜悦的孩子吗？ 我虽然常常责备他， 但仍然惦记着他。 我深深地想念他， 我必怜悯他。

21 “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

21 “以色列人啊， 你们要为自己设置路标， 竖起路牌， 牢记你们走过的大道。 以色列人啊， 回来吧！回到你们的城邑吧！

22 How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”

22 背信的子民啊！ 你们四处流浪要到何时呢？ 耶和华在地上开辟了一件新事——女子将要护卫男子。”

23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

23 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：“我使被掳的犹大人回到故乡后，他们要在犹大各城邑再次呼喊， “‘公义的居所啊， 圣山啊，愿耶和华赐福给你！’

24 And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,

24 “农夫和牧人必住在犹大的各城邑。

25 for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”

25 我要使疲乏的人振作起来，使愁苦的人快乐起来。”

26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

26 这时，我醒过来，觉得这一觉实在香甜。

27 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

27 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，我要使以色列和犹大人丁兴旺，牲畜繁多。

28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

28 我曾决意铲除、拆毁、推翻、剿灭他们，降灾给他们，将来我必塑造、栽培他们。这是耶和华说的。

29 “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

29 那时，人再不会说， “‘父亲吃酸葡萄， 儿子的牙酸倒了。’

30 Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

30 因为各人都要因自己的罪而死，谁吃酸葡萄，谁的牙酸倒。”

31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

31 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约，

32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

32 这约不同于我与他们祖先所立的约，那是我牵着他们祖先的手领他们离开埃及时立的。虽然我是他们的丈夫，他们却违背了我的约。这是耶和华说的。”

33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

33 耶和华说：“那些日子以后，我将与以色列家立这样的约，我要把我的律法放在他们脑中，写在他们心上。我要做他们的上帝，他们要做我的子民。

34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

34 谁都无需再教导自己的邻居和弟兄，说，‘你要认识耶和华’，因为他们无论尊卑都必认识我。我要赦免他们的过犯，忘掉他们的罪恶。这是耶和华说的。”

35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

35 指定太阳白天照耀、 命令星月晚上发光、 搅动大海，使之波涛汹涌的万军之耶和华说：

36 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

36 “只要天地之律还在， 以色列邦国必永续不断。 这是耶和华说的。”

37 This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

37 耶和华说： “正如无人能量度高天， 探测大地的根基， 同样我也决不会因以色列人的所作所为而弃绝他们。 这是耶和华说的。”

38 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

38 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，从哈楠业楼直到角门，整个耶路撒冷城要重建起来归给耶和华。

39 The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.

39 城界要向外延伸到迦立山，再转到歌亚。

40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

40 抛尸、倒灰的整个山谷，以及从汲沦溪到东边马门拐角的所有田地都要归给耶和华作圣地，永不再被倾覆、毁灭。”