Jeremiah 51

1 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.

1 耶和华说： “看啊，我要使毁灭的暴风袭击巴比伦和住在立加米的人。

2 I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.

2 毁灭巴比伦人的日子一到， 我要差遣外族人从四面八方攻击他们， 从地上消灭他们，如同狂风卷走碎秸。

3 Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!

3 不要让他们的弓箭手有机会射箭， 不要让他们的战士有机会穿铠甲， 不要放过他们的青年， 要使他们全军覆没。

4 And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.

4 他们将被杀死在自己的土地上， 横尸街头。

5 For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”

5 虽然以色列和犹大在他们的圣者面前充满罪恶， 但他们的上帝——万军之耶和华却没有撇弃他们。

6 Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

6 “离开巴比伦，各自逃命吧！ 不要让她的罪恶连累你们， 以致你们灭亡， 因为这是耶和华报应她的时候， 耶和华要惩罚她。

7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

7 巴比伦在耶和华手中曾是灌醉天下的金杯， 列国喝了她的酒，都变得癫狂。

8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

8 转瞬之间，巴比伦必崩溃毁灭。 你们要为她哀悼， 拿药为她止痛， 或许可以治好她。

9 “We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

9 寄居在巴比伦的人说， ‘我们试过了，却没有治好。 我们离开她，各自返回故乡吧！ 因为她罪恶滔天，必受至高的审判。

10 “The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”

10 耶和华已为我们申冤。 来吧！我们要在锡安述说我们上帝耶和华的作为。’

11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

11 “要磨尖箭头，拿起盾牌！ 耶和华已激起玛代诸王的敌意， 因为祂决意要毁灭巴比伦， 祂要报仇，为祂的圣殿被毁报仇。

12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.

12 要竖起旗帜， 攻打巴比伦的城墙； 要加强防卫， 派人巡逻，设下埋伏。 因为耶和华言出必行， 祂必按计划惩罚巴比伦人。

13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

13 住在河边、拥有许多财宝的巴比伦人啊， 你们的结局到了， 你们的末日来了。”

14 The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

14 万军之耶和华凭自己起誓说： “我要使敌人如蝗虫一样铺天盖地而来， 占据你们的家园， 向你发出胜利的呐喊。”

15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

15 耶和华以大能创造大地， 以智慧建立世界， 以聪明铺展诸天。

16 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

16 祂一声令下，天上便大水澎湃； 祂使云从地极升起， 使闪电在雨中划过， 使风从祂的仓库吹出。

17 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

17 世人都愚昧无知， 金匠都因所造的偶像而羞愧， 因为神像是骗人的， 它们没有生命气息。

18 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

18 它们毫无价值，荒唐可笑， 刑罚一到，必被毁灭。

19 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

19 但雅各的上帝 截然不同， 因为祂是万物的创造者， 以色列子民是祂的产业， 万军之耶和华是祂的名字。

20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

20 “巴比伦啊！你是我的锤子， 我作战的兵器， 我要用你打碎列国， 毁灭列邦。

21 With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.

21 我要用你打碎战马和骑士， 打碎战车和车夫，

22 With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.

22 打碎男人和妇女， 打碎老人和小孩， 打碎少男和少女，

23 With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.

23 打碎牧人和牲畜， 打碎农夫和耕牛， 打碎省长和总督。”

24 Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

24 耶和华说：“我要当着我子民的面报应巴比伦人 ，因为他们在锡安犯罪作恶。

25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

25 “毁灭整个大地的山岳——巴比伦啊， 我与你为敌， 我要伸手攻击你， 把你从悬崖上滚下去， 使你化为灰烬。 这是耶和华说的。

26 No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

26 再无人用你的石头做房角石或基石， 你要永远荒凉。 这是耶和华说的。

27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

27 “要在大地上竖起旌旗， 在列国吹响号角， 让他们预备攻打巴比伦。 要召集亚拉腊、米尼、 亚实基拿各国攻打她， 要派遣将领率多如蝗虫的骑兵攻打她。

28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

28 要让列国预备攻打巴比伦， 要让玛代的诸王及其省长、总督和所统治的人预备攻打她。

29 The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

29 大地要颤抖，痛苦地扭动， 因为耶和华决意要攻击巴比伦， 使她荒无人烟。

30 The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

30 巴比伦的勇士不再作战， 躲在堡垒里， 士气消沉，像妇女一样无力； 巴比伦的房屋被火焚烧， 城门被攻破。

31 One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

31 报信的人接踵而来， 向巴比伦王禀告， ‘整座城已失守，

32 The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”

32 渡口被占， 沼泽地被烧， 战士惊慌失措。’”

33 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

33 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说： “巴比伦城要像麦场一样被踏为平地， 收割她的时节很快就要到了。”

34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

34 以色列人说： “巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒吞噬我们、击垮我们， 把我们洗劫一空。 他像海怪一样吞吃我们， 饱餐我们的美物， 然后把我们赶走。”

35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.

35 锡安的居民说： “巴比伦人残暴地对待我们和我们的亲人， 愿他们受报应。” 耶路撒冷人说： “愿迦勒底人偿还我们的血债。”

36 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

36 因此，耶和华说： “看啊，我要为你们申冤， 替你们报仇； 我要使巴比伦的江河枯竭， 泉源干涸。

37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

37 巴比伦必沦为废墟，杳无人迹， 沦为豺狼出没的地方， 令人惊骇和嗤笑。

38 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

38 迦勒底人像群狮一样怒吼， 又像幼狮一样咆哮。

39 While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

39 他们食欲大振时， 我要为他们设盛宴， 使他们酩酊大醉，狂欢乱叫， 长眠不醒。 这是耶和华说的。

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.

40 我要把他们像羊羔、 公绵羊和公山羊一样带往宰杀之地。

41 How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

41 巴比伦 怎么沦陷了！ 天下引以为傲的怎么被攻占了！ 巴比伦的下场让列国恐惧！

42 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

42 海水涨溢，漫过巴比伦， 汹涌的波涛淹没了她。

43 Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.

43 她的城邑沦为废墟， 变成干旱的沙漠， 荒无人烟，杳无人迹。

44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

44 我要惩罚巴比伦的神明彼勒， 使它吐出所吞噬的。 万国必不再涌向它， 巴比伦的城墙必倒塌。

45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.

45 “我的子民啊，你们要离开巴比伦， 各自逃命，躲避耶和华的烈怒。

46 Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

46 境内谣言四起时， 你们不要惊慌害怕， 因为今年传这风声， 明年却传那风声， 说境内必有暴乱， 官长要互相残杀。

47 Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

47 “看啊，时候将到，我必惩罚巴比伦的神像， 使巴比伦全国蒙羞， 尸横遍野。

48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.

48 毁灭者要从北方前来攻击巴比伦， 那时天地万物都要因巴比伦的灭亡而欢呼。 这是耶和华说的。

49 “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

49 巴比伦必因屠杀以色列人而倒毙， 正如各地因巴比伦屠杀而倒毙的人一样。

50 You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

50 “刀下逃生的人啊， 你们快走吧！ 不要停留！ 在远方要记住耶和华， 要追想耶路撒冷。

51 “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”

51 你们说外国人闯入耶和华殿的圣所， 使你们蒙羞受辱，满脸尽是耻辱。

52 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.

52 “看啊，时候将到，我要惩罚巴比伦的神像， 使巴比伦到处都是受伤者的呻吟。 这是耶和华说的。

53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

53 即使巴比伦城高耸入云， 堡垒坚不可摧， 我仍要差遣毁灭者攻击她。 这是耶和华说的。

54 “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

54 “巴比伦传出哭喊声， 迦勒底人之地响起大毁灭的声音，

55 For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

55 因为耶和华正在毁灭巴比伦， 要使城中的喧嚣变成一片死寂。 毁灭者如怒海狂涛一样涌来， 不断高声呐喊。

56 For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

56 毁灭者正前来攻打巴比伦， 擒拿她的勇士， 折断他们的弓弩。 因为耶和华是追讨罪恶、 报应恶人的上帝。

57 I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

57 我要使她的首领、谋士、省长、 总督和勇士都酩酊大醉， 长眠不醒。” 这是名为万军之耶和华的君王说的。

58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”

58 万军之耶和华说： “巴比伦宽阔的城墙要被夷为平地， 高大的城门要被付之一炬， 列邦一切的辛劳都是徒然， 列国劳碌的成果都化为灰烬。”

59 This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

59–60 耶利米先知把所有将要发生在巴比伦的灾祸，就是有关巴比伦的事都写在卷轴上。犹大王西底迦执政第四年，玛西雅的孙子、尼利亚的儿子、宫廷总管西莱雅和犹大王一同前往巴比伦的时候，

60 Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud,

61 耶利米对西莱雅说：“你到巴比伦后务要大声宣读这卷轴上的一切话，

62 and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’

62 并且要说，‘耶和华啊！你曾说要毁灭这地方，使这里人畜绝迹、永远荒凉。’

63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

63 读完后，你要把卷轴绑在一块石头上，扔进幼发拉底河，

64 Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

64 然后说，‘耶和华降的灾祸必使巴比伦像这卷轴一样沉没、永不复兴，巴比伦人必灭亡。’” 耶利米的话到此为止。