Jeremiah 5

1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

1 耶和华说： “你们在耶路撒冷街头四处看看， 在广场找找， 如果你们能找到一个公正诚实的人， 我就赦免这城。

2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

2 虽然他们凭永活的耶和华起誓， 却口是心非。”

3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

3 耶和华啊，你关注的不是诚实吗？ 你责打他们，他们不感到疼痛； 你严惩他们，他们仍不受教。 他们拒不悔改， 脸比石头还硬。

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

4 我想：“他们贫穷、愚昧， 不明白耶和华的道， 也不知道他们上帝的法令。

5 I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

5 我要找他们的首领说话， 因为这些首领明白耶和华的道， 知道他们上帝的法令。” 然而，他们却一致折断轭， 挣开绳索。

6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

6 因此，林中的狮子必袭击他们， 荒野的豺狼必残害他们， 豹子也蹲伏在他们的城外， 伺机撕裂出城的人， 因为他们罪大恶极，屡屡叛道。

7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

7 耶和华说： “耶路撒冷啊，我怎能赦免你呢？ 你的儿女背弃我， 凭假神起誓。 我供应他们的一切需要， 他们却纵情淫乱， 涌向娼妓的家。

8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

8 他们像吃得肥壮、发情的公马， 个个垂涎邻居的妻子。

9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

9 我怎能不惩罚他们呢？ 我怎能不亲自报应这样的国民呢？ 这是耶和华说的。

10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

10 你们要上去毁坏她的葡萄园， 但不可彻底毁坏。 要砍掉枝子， 因为那些枝子不属于耶和华。

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

11 以色列家和犹大家全然背叛我。 这是耶和华说的。

12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

12 “他们毁谤耶和华说， ‘祂不会管的，灾祸不会临到我们， 我们必不会遇见刀剑和饥荒。

13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

13 先知不过是一阵风， 他们的话并非来自上帝， 他们预言的灾祸必降临到自己身上。’”

14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

14 因此，万军之上帝耶和华对我说： “因为他们说了这话， 我要使我的话在你口中成为火， 使他们像柴一样被烧毁。

15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.

15 以色列家啊，我要使一个国家， 一个历久不衰的古国从远方来攻击你们， 你们不明白他们的语言， 也听不懂他们说的话。 这是耶和华说的。

16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

16 他们都是勇士， 他们的箭袋像敞开的坟墓。

17 They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

17 他们必吞噬你们的庄稼和粮食， 吞噬你们的儿女， 吞噬你们的牛羊， 吞噬你们的葡萄和无花果， 用刀剑摧毁你们所依靠的坚城。”

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

18 耶和华说：“即使在那时，我也不会彻底毁灭你们。

19 And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

19 耶利米啊，如果有人问，‘为什么我们的上帝耶和华这样待我们？’你可以对他们说，‘你们怎样背弃耶和华，在自己的土地上供奉外族的神明，也要怎样在异地他乡服侍外族人。’

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

20 “要向雅各家宣告， 在犹大传讲，

21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

21 ‘听着，你们这群愚昧无知的人啊， 你们视而不见， 听而不闻。

22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

22 难道你们不该敬畏我吗？ 这是耶和华说的。 难道你们在我面前不该颤抖吗？ 我以沙石为海的界限， 使水永远不能越过它。 汹涌的波涛不能逾越， 澎湃的海浪不能漫过。

23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

23 但你们这些人心里顽固， 悖逆成性。 你们离我而去。

24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

24 你们心中从不说， 我们要敬畏我们的上帝耶和华， 祂按时降下秋雨和春雨， 让我们按时收割。

25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

25 你们的罪过使你们不再风调雨顺， 你们的罪恶使你们失去祝福。’

26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

26 我的子民中有恶人， 他们像捕鸟人一样埋伏等候， 设下网罗陷害人。

27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

27 他们的家里充满了诡诈， 就像笼子装满了鸟。 他们变得有财有势，

28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

28 吃得肥胖红润，坏事做尽， 不秉公审判，不为孤儿申冤， 不为穷人主持公道。”

29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

29 耶和华说：“我怎能坐视不理呢？ 我怎能不惩罚这样的国家呢？

30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

30 这地方发生了一件令人震惊、恐惧的事，

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

31 就是先知说假预言， 祭司滥用权力， 我的子民却以此为乐。 但当最后的结局来临时， 他们还能做什么呢？