Jeremiah 50

1 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

1 关于迦勒底人居住的巴比伦，耶和华对耶利米先知说：

2 “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

2 “你们要在列国中传扬和宣告， 要竖起旗帜，毫不隐瞒地宣告， ‘巴比伦要沦陷了！ 她的神明彼勒必蒙羞， 米罗达必惊慌； 巴比伦的神像都蒙羞， 偶像都必惊慌。

3 For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”

3 因为有一个来自北方的国家要攻击它， 使她的土地荒凉、人畜绝迹。’”

4 “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

4 耶和华说：“那时，以色列人要与犹大人一同来，流着泪寻求他们的上帝耶和华。

5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

5 他们必打听前往锡安的路，朝锡安走去。他们必凭永不被遗忘的约归附耶和华。

6 My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

6 我的子民成了一群迷路的羊，他们的牧人使他们步入歧途，在高山丘陵间流浪，忘了自己的安歇之处。

7 All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

7 遇见他们的人都吞噬他们。他们的敌人说，‘我们没有错！这是因为他们冒犯了他们真正的安歇之处——耶和华，他们祖先的盼望——耶和华。’

8 Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.

8 我的子民啊，你们要逃离巴比伦，离开迦勒底人的土地，要像带领羊群的公山羊一样离开。

9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

9 看啊，我要使来自北方的列强联合起来攻打巴比伦，他们要列阵攻占它，他们的勇士箭术高超，从不空手而归。

10 Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.

10 他们要在迦勒底肆意掳掠，直到心满意足。这是耶和华说的。

11 “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

11 “抢夺我产业的巴比伦人啊， 你们欢喜快乐， 像草场上欢跳的母牛犊， 又像嘶鸣的公马。

12 your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

12 但你们的母亲巴比伦将羞愧难当， 生养你们的将蒙受耻辱， 她将排在列国之末， 沦为旷野、旱地和荒漠。

13 Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

13 由于耶和华的愤怒， 巴比伦必无人居住， 荒凉不堪。 她满目疮痍， 令路人惊惧、嗤笑。

14 Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.

14 弓箭手啊，你们要列阵围攻巴比伦， 向她猛射， 不要吝啬箭枝， 因为她得罪了耶和华。

15 Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

15 你们要从四面向她呐喊， 她必投降， 她的堡垒将倾倒， 城墙将坍塌， 因为耶和华要报应她。 你们要向她复仇， 她怎样对待别人， 你们也要怎样对待她。

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.

16 你们要铲除在巴比伦撒种的和收割的。 为躲避敌人的刀剑， 人们各自逃到故土亲族那里。

17 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

17 “以色列人是一群被狮子驱散的羊，先被亚述王吞噬，后被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒咬碎骨头。”

18 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

18 因此，以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：“看啊，我要像惩罚亚述王一样惩罚巴比伦王和他的国家。

19 I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

19 我要带领以色列人返回他们的草场，让他们在迦密和巴珊吃草，在以法莲和基列的山上吃得饱足。

20 In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

20 那时，在以色列必找不到过犯，在犹大必找不到罪恶，因为我必赦免我保留下来的余民。这是耶和华说的。

21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.

21 “你们要去攻打米拉大翁和比割的居民， 照我的命令追杀他们，彻底消灭他们。 这是耶和华说的。

22 “The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.

22 巴比伦境内传来战争和大毁灭的声音。

23 How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

23 威震天下的锤子巴比伦竟被砍断、打碎了！ 它的下场令列国震惊！

24 I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

24 巴比伦啊，我给你设下了陷阱， 你在懵然不知中被捉住， 你因为与耶和华为敌， 才被找到并擒获。

25 The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

25 耶和华已打开祂的兵器库， 取出倾泻祂烈怒的兵器。 因为主——万军之耶和华要惩罚迦勒底人。

26 Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.

26 你们要从远方前来攻打巴比伦， 打开她的粮仓， 使她沦为一堆废墟， 彻底毁灭她，不留一物。

27 Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.

27 你们要杀掉她所有的士兵， 把他们全部屠杀。 他们大祸临头了， 惩罚他们的日子到了。

28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

28 “从巴比伦逃出来的人在锡安述说我们的上帝耶和华如何报仇，为祂的圣殿报仇。

29 Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

29 “要召集所有的弓箭手来攻打巴比伦，在她四围扎营，不让一人漏网。要照她的所作所为报应她；她怎样对待别人，也要怎样对待她，因为她藐视以色列的圣者耶和华。

30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.

30 她的青年要倒毙街头，那时她所有的战士都要灭亡。”这是耶和华说的。

31 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

31 “主——万军之耶和华说， ‘狂傲的人啊，我要与你为敌， 我惩罚你的时候到了。

32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

32 狂傲的人要踉踉跄跄， 跌倒在地，无人扶起。 我要焚烧她的城邑， 使她周围的一切化为灰烬。’”

33 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.

33 万军之耶和华说：“以色列人和犹大人要一同受压迫，掳走他们的人必控制他们，不肯释放他们。

34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

34 但他们的救赎主——万军之耶和华大有能力，祂必为他们申冤，使他们的家园安宁，使巴比伦的居民不得安宁。”

35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.

35 耶和华说： “敌人要攻击巴比伦的居民及其首领和谋士；

36 A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

36 敌人要攻击巴比伦的假先知， 使他们显出愚昧； 敌人要攻击巴比伦的勇士， 使他们充满恐惧；

37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

37 敌人要攻击巴比伦人的战车战马和他们的盟军， 使他们柔弱得像妇女； 敌人要攻打他们的库房， 肆意抢夺他们的财宝。

38 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

38 旱灾必临到巴比伦， 使那里的河流干涸， 因为那里神像遍地， 人们都沉迷于祭拜偶像。

39 So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.

39 “因此，巴比伦必杳无人烟，永远荒凉，成为豺狼等野兽出没之地、鸵鸟的栖身之所。

40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

40 上帝要毁灭巴比伦，像毁灭所多玛、蛾摩拉及其周围的城邑一样，使那里人烟绝迹。这是耶和华说的。

41 Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

41 “看啊，有一个民族要从北方来， 有一个强国及许多君王要从地极发动进攻。

42 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

42 少女巴比伦啊，他们残酷无情， 手持弓箭和矛枪， 骑马奔来，声势如怒海狂涛， 列阵攻击你。

43 The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

43 巴比伦王听到风声， 四肢发软，痛苦不堪， 如分娩的妇人。

44 Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

44 “看啊，我必在瞬间把巴比伦人赶离家园，如约旦河边丛林中跳出的狮子赶散草场的羊群。我要派我拣选的人统治这地方。谁能与我相比？谁能与我较量？哪位首领能抵挡我？”

45 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

45 因此，你们要听听耶和华攻击巴比伦的策略，听听祂攻击迦勒底人的计划。他们的孩子要被拖走，他们的家园要被毁灭。

46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

46 巴比伦被毁灭的消息震动大地，哭喊声传到列国。