Jeremiah 8

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

1 耶和华说：“那时，犹大王、首领、祭司、先知及耶路撒冷居民的骸骨都要从坟墓中被取出来，

2 They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

2 抛散在他们昔日恋慕、供奉、追随、求问、祭拜的日月星辰之下，无人收殓和埋葬，他们好像地上的粪便。

3 And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

3 我要把这邪恶民族的余民流放到各地，他们在那里必痛不欲生。这是万军之耶和华说的。”

4 So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

4 耶和华吩咐我对犹大人说： “人跌倒后难道不站起来吗？ 人走错了路难道不回头吗？

5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

5 为什么耶路撒冷的居民一味地背叛我？ 他们诡诈成性，不肯回头。

6 I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

6 我仔细听，没有人说实话， 没有人为自己的恶行后悔，说， ‘我做了可怕的事！’ 人人一意孤行， 像战马直奔战场。

7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

7 天空的鹳鸟尚且知道来去的季节， 斑鸠、燕子和白鹤也遵守迁徙的时间， 但我的子民却不知道耶和华的法则。

8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

8 “你们怎能说，‘我们有智慧， 因为我们有耶和华的律法’？ 诚然，律法教师撒谎的笔把律法篡改了。

9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

9 智者必蒙羞辱，受惊吓， 被捉拿。 看啊，他们既弃掉耶和华的话， 哪里还有智慧可言呢？

10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

10 因此，我要把他们的妻子交给别人， 把他们的田地交给新主人， 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。

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

11 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。

12 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.

12 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。

13 I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

13 我要彻底灭绝他们。 葡萄树不结葡萄， 无花果树不结果子， 树叶也要枯干， 我所赐给他们的都要被夺走。 这是耶和华说的。”

14 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

14 他们说：“我们为什么还坐在这里？ 大家一起进入坚城，死在那里吧！ 我们的上帝耶和华要毁灭我们， 给我们毒水喝， 因为我们得罪了祂。

15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

15 我们期待平安， 却没有祥和； 渴望得到医治， 却饱受惊吓。

16 The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

16 “从但传来敌人战马的鼻息声， 他们的骏马嘶鸣，震动大地。 他们要来吞灭这片土地和地上的一切、城邑和居民。

17 “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

17 “看啊，我要派毒蛇去咬你们， 法术无法制服它们。” 这是耶和华说的。

18 My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

18 我有无限忧愁，伤心欲绝。

19 Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

19 听啊！远处传来我同胞的哀鸣： “难道耶和华不在锡安了吗？ 难道她的王不在她那里了吗？” 耶和华说：“他们为什么供奉雕刻的神像和外族无用的偶像，惹我发怒？”

20 “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

20 他们说：“麦收已完， 夏季已过， 但我们还未得救。”

21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

21 我为同胞的创伤而伤心， 我痛苦万分， 惊慌失措。

22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

22 难道基列没有药物吗？ 难道那里没有医生吗？ 为什么我同胞的创伤至今未愈？