Jeremiah 46

1 This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet

1 耶和华把有关列国的事告诉了耶利米先知。

2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

2 约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬执政第四年，埃及王法老尼哥的军队在幼发拉底河边的迦基米施被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒击败。关于埃及，耶和华说：

3 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

3 “要预备大小盾牌， 冲向战场。

4 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

4 要套好战车， 骑上战马， 擦亮矛枪， 顶盔贯甲， 准备作战。

5 Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

5 可是，我看见什么？ 他们惊慌后退， 勇士败逃，不敢回头， 惊恐不安。 这是耶和华说的。

6 “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

6 善跑者跑不掉， 强壮者逃不了， 他们仆倒在北面的幼发拉底河边。

7 Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?

7 “那如尼罗河涨溢， 如江水奔腾的是谁呢？

8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

8 埃及如尼罗河涨溢， 如江水奔腾。 她说，‘我要涨溢，淹没大地， 毁灭城邑和其中的居民。’

9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

9 战马奔腾吧！ 战车疾驶吧！ 勇士啊，就是那些手拿盾牌的古实人和弗人以及箭法娴熟的吕底亚人啊，出战吧！

10 For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

10 因为这是主——万军之耶和华向敌人报仇的日子。 刀剑必吞噬他们， 痛饮他们的血， 因为要在北方的幼发拉底河边向主——万军之耶和华献祭。

11 Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.

11 处女埃及啊， 去基列取乳香吧！ 然而，再多的良药也是徒然， 你们无法得医治。

12 The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”

12 你们的耻辱传遍列国， 你们的哀哭响彻大地， 你们的勇士彼此碰撞， 倒在一起。”

13 This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

13 关于巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要来攻打埃及的事，耶和华对耶利米先知说：

14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

14 “你们要在埃及宣布，在密夺、挪弗和答比匿宣告， ‘要摆好阵势，准备作战， 因为刀剑要吞噬你们周围的人。’

15 Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.

15 你们的勇士为何仆倒？ 他们无法站立， 因为耶和华击倒了他们，

16 They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

16 使他们跌跌绊绊，纷纷倒下。 他们说，‘起来，我们回到同胞那里，回到故乡吧， 好躲避敌人的刀剑。’

17 There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

17 他们在那里喊叫， ‘埃及王法老只会虚张声势， 他已错失良机。’”

18 As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

18 名叫万军之耶和华的王说： “我凭我的永恒起誓， 将有一位要来， 他的气势如群山中的他泊山， 又像海边的迦密山。

19 Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.

19 住在埃及的人啊， 收拾行装准备流亡吧！ 因为挪弗必荒废， 沦为废墟，杳无人迹。

20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

20 “埃及像头肥美的母牛犊， 但从北方却来了牛虻。

21 Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

21 埃及的佣兵好像肥牛犊， 都转身逃之夭夭，无力抵挡， 因为他们遭难、受罚的日子到了。

22 Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.

22 “敌军列队进攻的时候， 埃及必像蛇一样嘶嘶地溜走。 敌军必拿着斧头蜂拥而来， 像樵夫砍树一样攻击他们。

23 They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

23 埃及的人口虽然稠密如林， 敌军必像无数的蝗虫一样扫平他们。 这是耶和华说的。

24 The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

24 埃及人必蒙羞， 落在北方人的手中。”

25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.

25 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：“看啊，我要惩罚底比斯的神明亚扪、埃及的其他神明、法老、首领以及依靠法老的人。

26 I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

26 我要把他们交在想杀他们的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒及其官长手中。然而，日后埃及必再有人居住，如往日一样。这是耶和华说的。

27 But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

27 “我的仆人雅各啊，不要害怕！ 以色列啊，不要惊慌！ 因为我要从远方拯救你， 从流亡之地拯救你的后裔。 雅各必重返家园，安享太平， 不受惊吓。

28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

28 我的仆人雅各啊，不要害怕， 因为我与你同在。 我曾使你流亡到列国， 我必彻底毁灭列国， 但不会彻底毁灭你， 也不会放过你， 我必公正地惩治你。 这是耶和华说的。”