Jeremiah 6

1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

1 “便雅悯人啊，你们要逃离耶路撒冷！ 你们要在提哥亚吹响号角， 在伯·哈基琳发出警报， 因为有大灾难从北方逼近。

2 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

2 我要毁灭美丽娇弱的少女锡安。

3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:

3 首领必带着军队围攻她， 在她周围安营扎寨， 如同牧人在各自的片区放牧。

4 ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.

4 他们喊道，‘准备作战！ 起来吧，我们中午攻城。’ 他们后来说， ‘唉！日已西沉，天色渐暗。

5 Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”

5 起来吧，我们要乘夜攻打她， 毁灭她的宫殿。’”

6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

6 万军之耶和华说： “你们要砍伐树木， 修筑高台围攻耶路撒冷， 因为这城充满压迫， 该受惩罚。

7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

7 她的邪恶如同泉水涌流不息， 暴力和毁灭之声充斥城中， 我看见的尽是疾病和伤痛。

8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

8 耶路撒冷啊，你要接受告诫， 否则我要离弃你， 使你荒无人烟。”

9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”

9 万军之耶和华说： “敌人要把以色列的余民掳掠一空， 如同人摘葡萄摘得一个不剩。 你要像摘葡萄的人一样伸手再摘枝上的葡萄。”

10 To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

10 我可以警告谁呢？谁会听呢？ 他们耳朵闭塞，什么也听不见！ 看啊，耶和华的话他们听着逆耳， 毫不喜欢。

11 But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

11 我充满耶和华的烈怒， 无法忍而不发。 耶和华说：“你把我的怒气发向街头的孩童和聚集成群的青年。 丈夫和妻子、老人和长者都要一同被掳。

12 Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.

12 他们的房屋、田地和妻子都要交给别人。 我要伸手攻击这地方的居民。 这是耶和华说的。

13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

13 因为他们无论尊卑， 个个贪图不义之财； 无论是先知还是祭司， 都行为诡诈。

14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

14 他们敷衍了事地医治我子民的伤痛， 说，‘没事了，没事了！’ 其实情况很糟。

15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

15 他们做可憎的事会羞愧吗？ 不！他们不知廉耻， 毫不脸红。 因此，他们要与灭亡的人一同灭亡， 他们要在我惩罚之时覆灭。 这是耶和华说的。”

16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

16 耶和华说： “你们要站在路口观看， 寻访古道， 找到正路并行在其上， 便会得到心灵的安宁。” 但他们却说：“我们不要这样行。”

17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

17 耶和华说：“我为你们设立守望者， 提醒你们要听号角声。” 但他们却说：“我们不听。”

18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.

18 因此，耶和华说： “列国啊，你们要听！ 会众啊，要知道这些百姓的遭遇！

19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

19 地啊，听着！ 我要降灾祸给这些百姓。 他们是自作自受， 因为他们没有听从我的话， 拒绝遵守我的律法。

20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

20 从示巴运来乳香， 从远方带来菖蒲献给我， 有什么用呢？ 我不悦纳他们的燔祭， 不喜欢他们的祭牲。”

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”

21 因此，耶和华说： “我要把绊脚石放在他们前面， 使父子一同绊倒， 邻居和朋友一同灭亡。”

22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.

22 耶和华说： “看啊，有一个民族要从北方来， 有一个强国要从地极发动进攻。

23 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 Zion.”

23 少女锡安啊，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。”

24 We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

24 我们听到风声，四肢发软， 痛苦不堪， 如分娩的妇人。

25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

25 不要去田野， 不要在路上走， 因为仇敌杀气腾腾， 恐怖四下弥漫。

26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

26 我的百姓啊，你们要身披麻布， 在灰中打滚； 你们要悲伤痛哭，如丧独子， 因为毁灭者将突然临到我们。

27 “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

27 耶和华对我说： “我派你考验我的子民， 就像冶炼金属一样， 好察验他们的行为。

28 All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

28 他们顽固不化， 如铜如铁， 四处毁谤， 极其败坏。

29 The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

29 风箱猛力吹火，铅也会熔掉； 但他们被炼了又炼，终是徒然， 因为邪恶之人仍未被清除。

30 They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

30 他们被称为废弃的银渣， 因为耶和华已丢弃他们。”