Jeremiah 47

1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

1 在法老攻打迦萨之前，耶和华告诉了耶利米先知有关非利士人的事。

2 This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail

2 耶和华说： “看啊，大水将从北方涨溢， 形成一道泛滥的洪流， 淹没大地和地上的一切， 吞噬城邑和其中的居民。 人们必呼喊， 地上的居民都必哀哭。

3 at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

3 一听见敌军马蹄哒哒、 战车隆隆、车轮滚滚的声音， 做父亲的就手脚发软， 无力回头照顾儿女。

4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

4 因为毁灭所有非利士人的日子到了， 铲除泰尔和西顿剩余帮手的日子到了。 耶和华要灭绝迦斐托岛剩余的非利士人。

5 The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

5 迦萨一片凄凉， 亚实基伦沦为废墟。 谷中的余民啊！ 你们要割伤身体到何时呢？

6 ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

6 你们大喊，‘耶和华的刀啊， 你何时才停下来呢？ 求你入鞘吧！停下来吧！’

7 How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

7 但耶和华已命令它攻击亚实基伦和沿海一带， 它怎能停下来呢？”