Jeremiah 42

1 Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

1 加利亚的儿子约哈难、何沙雅的儿子耶撒尼亚和其他将领及民众，无论尊卑，都近前来，

2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

2 对耶利米先知说：“求你答应我们的恳求，为我们这些余民向你的上帝耶和华祷告。你亲眼看见了，我们本来人数众多，现在却寥寥无几。

3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

3 愿你的上帝耶和华指示我们该去哪里，该做什么。”

4 “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”

4 耶利米先知说：“好。我必照你们说的向你们的上帝耶和华祷告，并把祂的话毫不隐瞒地告诉你们。”

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

5 他们说：“倘若我们不照你的上帝耶和华派你传给我们的一切话去做，愿耶和华作信实可靠的证人指控我们！

6 Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

6 我们派你去我们的上帝耶和华那里，祂的话不论中听不中听，我们都愿意听从。我们若听从祂的话，就必亨通。”

7 After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,

7 十天之后，耶和华的话传给了耶利米。

8 and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

8 耶利米便召集加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领及民众，无论尊卑，

9 Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

9 对他们说：“你们让我替你们向以色列的上帝耶和华祈求，耶和华这样说，

10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

10 ‘如果你们留在这地方，我必造就你们，决不毁灭你们；我必栽培你们，决不铲除你们。因为我为降在你们身上的灾祸而难过。

11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

11 不要惧怕巴比伦王，不要怕他，因为我必与你们同在，拯救你们脱离他的权势。这是耶和华说的。

12 And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

12 我必怜悯你们，让他也怜悯你们，使你们重归故土。’

13 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

13 然而，如果你们不听你们的上帝耶和华的话，不留在这地方，

14 and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

14 非要去埃及住，以为那里没有战争，听不见号角声，也不会忍饥挨饿，

15 then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

15 那么，你们这些犹大的余民就要听耶和华的话。以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘如果你们决意去埃及住，

16 then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

16 你们所害怕的刀剑必追上你们，你们所惧怕的饥荒必紧紧地跟着你们到埃及。你们必死在那里。

17 So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

17 凡决意去埃及住的人必要死于刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫，无人能逃脱我降的灾祸，幸存下来。’

18 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

18 “以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘我曾把我的怒气和烈怒倾倒在耶路撒冷人身上，如果你们去埃及，我也要把我的怒气倾倒在你们身上。你们的下场将很可怕，被人责骂、咒诅和羞辱，再也见不到故土。’

19 The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

19 犹大的余民啊，耶和华已告诉你们不要去埃及。别忘了我今日给你们的警告，

20 For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

20 你们是在自欺，因为原是你们请我去向你们的上帝耶和华祷告，让我毫不隐瞒地把祂的话告诉你们，你们答应遵行。

21 For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

21 今日，我把你们的上帝耶和华要我传的话告诉你们，你们却不听从。

22 Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

22 因此，你们要清楚知道，在你们想去居住的地方，你们必死于刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫。”