Jeremiah 4

1 “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,

1 耶和华说：“以色列啊， 如果你回转， 回转归向我， 从我眼前除掉可憎的神像， 不再离开我；

2 and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

2 如果你本着诚实、正直、公义， 凭永活的耶和华起誓， 你必成为万国的祝福， 得到他们的尊敬 。”

3 For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

3 耶和华对犹大人和耶路撒冷人说： “要开垦你们的荒地， 不要在荆棘中撒种。

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

4 犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民啊， 你们要自行割礼， 除掉心中的污垢，归向耶和华。 不然，我必因你们的恶行而发烈怒，如火燃烧， 无人能够扑灭。

5 Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

5 “你们要在犹大传讲，在耶路撒冷宣告， ‘要在全国吹响号角。’ 高声呼喊， ‘要集合起来， 我们要逃进坚城。’

6 Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

6 你们要向锡安举起旗帜， 赶快逃亡，不要迟延， 因为我要从北方降下灾祸， 大肆毁灭。”

7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.

7 毁灭列国者已出动， 如狮子冲出巢穴， 要使你们的土地荒凉， 城邑沦为废墟，无人居住。

8 So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

8 为此，你们要腰束麻布， 嚎啕大哭， 因为耶和华向我们发的烈怒还没有止息。

9 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”

9 耶和华说：“到那天，君王必吓坏，官长必丧胆，祭司和先知必惊骇。”

10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

10 我说：“唉！主耶和华啊，你完全欺骗了这群百姓和耶路撒冷人，因为你说，‘你们会安享太平。’其实剑锋已抵着他们的咽喉了。”

11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;

11 那时，耶和华必对这群百姓和耶路撒冷人说：“一阵热风从荒野光秃的山头吹向我的子民，不是为扬场、吹净糠秕。

12 a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

12 那是我发出的一阵强风。现在我要宣告我对他们的审判。”

13 Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

13 看啊，仇敌必如云涌来， 他的战车快如旋风， 他的战马比飞鹰还快。 我们有祸了！ 我们灭亡了！

14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

14 耶路撒冷啊， 要洗去你内心的邪恶， 这样你才能得救。 你心怀恶念要到何时呢？

15 For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

15 从但传来消息， 从以法莲山区报出恶讯。

16 Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.

16 耶和华说：“你们去通知列国， 向耶路撒冷宣告， ‘围攻的人从远方来， 向犹大的城邑高声喊杀，

17 They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

17 像看守田园一样包围耶路撒冷， 因为耶路撒冷背叛了我。’ 这是耶和华说的。

18 “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

18 你的所作所为给你招致这灾祸， 你是罪有应得，你会痛彻心肺！”

19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

19 我的心啊，我的心啊！ 我伤心欲绝，烦躁不安。 我无法保持缄默， 因为我听见了号角声和战争的呐喊。

20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

20 恶讯频传，山河破碎， 我的帐篷忽然倒塌， 幔子顷刻破裂。

21 How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

21 我还要看这旌旗、 听这号声到何时呢？

22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

22 耶和华说：“我的子民愚顽， 不认识我， 是蒙昧无知的儿女， 善于行恶，不知行善。”

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

23 我俯瞰大地， 只见一片空虚混沌； 我观看天空，毫无亮光。

24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

24 我眺望群山，只见大山在颤抖， 小山在摇晃。

25 I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.

25 我四下观看，只见杳无人烟， 飞鸟绝迹。

26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

26 我四下观看，只见良田变荒野， 城邑都在耶和华的烈怒下沦为废墟。

27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.

27 耶和华说：“遍地将要荒凉， 然而我不会彻底毁灭大地。

28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

28 因此，地要悲哀， 天要昏暗， 因为我言出必行， 我心意已决，绝不反悔。”

29 Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

29 各城的人听到骑兵和弓箭手的呐喊， 都纷纷逃命。 有的跑入丛林，有的爬进岩洞。 各城荒弃，无人居住。

30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.

30 你这荒凉的城啊！ 你在做什么？ 纵然你穿上红袍， 戴上金饰， 描眉画眼， 又有什么用呢？ 你的情人藐视你， 要杀害你。

31 For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”

31 我听见好像妇人分娩时的喊叫声， 好像妇人生头胎时的痛苦呻吟。 那是少女锡安的喊叫声， 她在喘息，伸出双手说： “噢！我有祸了， 我要死在杀戮者手上了。”