Jeremiah 36

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim 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第四年，耶和华对耶利米说：

2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

2 “你拿一个卷轴来，把从约西亚执政时期直到现在我告诉你有关以色列、犹大和各国的事都写在上面。

3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

3 或许犹大人听了我打算要降给他们的灾祸，便各自改邪归正，我就赦免他们的过犯和罪恶。”

4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

4 耶利米就叫来尼利亚的儿子巴录。巴录按耶利米的口述把耶和华吩咐他的话都写在卷轴上，

5 Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

5 耶利米对他说：“我被囚禁，不能进入耶和华的殿，

6 so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

6 所以你要在禁食的日子，去耶和华的殿向百姓宣读我口授你记录在卷轴上的耶和华的话。你要向犹大各城来的人宣读。

7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

7 或许他们会恳求耶和华施怜悯，并各自改邪归正，因为耶和华宣布要向他们大发怒气和烈怒。”

8 So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

8 尼利亚的儿子巴录照耶利米先知的吩咐，在耶和华的殿中宣读卷轴上耶和华的话。

9 Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

9 约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬执政第五年九月，耶路撒冷和犹大各城的人都在耶和华面前宣告禁食。

10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

10 巴录来到耶和华殿新门入口处的上院，在沙番的儿子书记基玛利雅的房间，向众人宣读卷轴上耶利米的话。

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

11 沙番的孙子、基玛利雅的儿子米该亚听了卷轴上耶和华的话，

12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

12 就下到王宫，进入书记的房间。房间内坐着所有官长，即书记以利沙玛、示玛雅的儿子第莱雅、亚革波的儿子以利拿单、沙番的儿子基玛利雅和哈拿尼雅的儿子西底迦及其他官长。

13 And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

13 米该亚将巴录向众人宣读的话都告诉了他们。

14 Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

14 众官长就派古示的曾孙、示利米雅的孙子、尼探雅的儿子犹底去请巴录把当众宣读的卷轴拿来。尼利亚的儿子巴录拿着卷轴到他们那里，

15 “Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

15 他们请他坐下，把卷轴读给他们听。巴录就读给他们听。

16 When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”

16 他们听后吓得面面相觑，对巴录说：“我们必须把这些话禀告王！”

17 “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

17 他们问巴录：“请告诉我们，你是怎么写下这些话的？是耶利米口授的吗？”

18 “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

18 巴录说：“都是耶利米口授、我用笔墨记录在卷轴上的。”

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”

19 他们说：“你和耶利米都要藏起来，不可让人知道你们在哪里。”

20 So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.

20 他们把卷轴存放在书记以利沙玛的房间，然后进宫把整件事禀告王。

21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

21 王就派犹底去把卷轴取来，犹底便从书记以利沙玛的房间取来卷轴，读给王和侍立在王周围的官长听。

22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

22 那时正是九月，王坐在冬宫，面前摆着一盆炭火。

23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

23–24 王和臣仆听了这些话，既不惧怕，也没有撕裂衣服。犹底每读三四段，王就用书记的小刀把那几段割下来扔进火盆里，直到全卷被烧毁。

24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

25 虽然以利拿单、第莱雅和基玛利雅恳求王不要把卷轴烧掉，王却不听，

26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

26 还命令自己的儿子耶拉篾、亚斯列的儿子西莱雅和亚伯德的儿子示利米雅，去拘捕书记巴录和耶利米先知。但耶和华把他们藏了起来。

27 After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

27 王把耶利米口述、巴录记录的卷轴烧掉后，耶和华对耶利米说：

28 “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.

28 “你再拿一卷轴，把犹大王约雅敬先前烧毁的卷轴上的话写下来。

29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

29 你要告诉犹大王约雅敬，‘耶和华说：你把卷轴烧掉，还说为什么上面写着巴比伦王必来毁灭这地方和其中的人畜。

30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

30 所以关于犹大王约雅敬，耶和华说：他的子孙没有一人能登大卫的宝座，他必曝尸荒野，遭受烈日的暴晒和夜霜的侵袭。

31 I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

31 我要因他、他后裔和他臣仆的罪恶而惩罚他们。因为他们不听我的警告，我要给他们以及耶路撒冷和犹大的居民降下我说过的灾祸。’”

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

32 于是，耶利米又拿了一个卷轴，交给尼利亚的儿子书记巴录，他按耶利米的口述，把犹大王约雅敬烧毁的那卷轴上的话都记下来，还增添了许多类似的话。