Jeremiah 43

1 When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—

1 耶利米向众人宣告了他们的上帝耶和华的话，就是他们的上帝耶和华派他去说的一切话。

2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

2 何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅、加利亚的儿子约哈难和一些狂妄之徒对耶利米说：“你在撒谎！我们的上帝耶和华并没有派你来告诉我们不可去埃及居住。

3 Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”

3 是尼利亚的儿子巴录怂恿你反对我们，好叫我们落在迦勒底人手中，任由他们宰杀或掳到巴比伦。”

4 So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.

4 于是，加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领及民众都不听从耶和华让他们留在犹大的命令。

5 Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered,

5–7 加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领率领民众下到埃及的答比匿。他们没有听从耶和华的命令。民众中有流亡到各国又返回犹大的余民和护卫长尼布撒拉旦留给沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利管理的男女妇孺、公主以及耶利米先知和尼利亚的儿子巴录。

6 the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

7 So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:

8 耶和华在答比匿对耶利米说：

9 “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

9 “你当着犹大人的面搬几块大石头，埋在答比匿的法老宫门口铺砖路面的灰泥中，

10 Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

10 然后告诉他们以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说，‘看啊，我必召来我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒，把他的宝座安置在我让你埋的石头上面，他要在上面搭起他的帐篷。

11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

11 他要前来攻打埃及，叫那些该死的死、该被掳的被掳、该被杀的被杀。

12 I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

12 他要点火焚烧埃及的神庙，掳走神像；他要像牧人披上外衣一样轻而易举地征服埃及，然后安然离去。

13 He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

13 他要摧毁埃及太阳神庙的神柱，烧毁埃及的神庙。’”