Jeremiah 9

1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

1 唯愿我的头是水泉， 眼是泪泉， 好为我被杀的同胞昼夜哭泣；

2 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

2 唯愿我在旷野有栖身之处， 以便远离我的同胞， 因为他们是一群不忠不贞之徒。

3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

3 耶和华说： “他们鼓舌如簧，射出谎言， 遍地充满诡诈，毫无诚实； 他们行恶不断， 不认我是上帝。

4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

4 你们要提防邻居， 不要信赖弟兄， 因为弟兄都诡计多端， 邻居个个满口是非。

5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

5 他们彼此欺骗，不说真话； 他们说谎成性， 不知疲倦地肆意犯罪；

6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

6 他们充满暴力和诡诈， 不肯认识我。 这是耶和华说的。”

7 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?

7 因此，万军之耶和华说： “看啊，我要熬炼、试验我这些罪恶的子民， 除此之外，我还有什么选择？

8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

8 他们舌如毒箭，说话诡诈， 对邻居口蜜腹剑。

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

9 难道我不该惩罚他们吗？ 难道我不该报应这样的民族吗？ 这是耶和华说的。”

10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

10 我要为众山痛哭哀号， 为旷野的草场唱哀歌， 因为那里一片荒凉，杳无人迹， 听不见牲畜的叫声， 飞鸟和走兽也逃去无踪。

11 “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

11 耶和华说：“我要使耶路撒冷沦为废墟， 成为豺狼出没之地； 我要使犹大的城邑荒凉， 不见人烟。”

12 Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

12 谁有智慧明白这事呢？谁曾受过耶和华的指教可以讲解这事呢？为什么这片土地被毁，变得荒凉、杳无人迹？

13 And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.

13 耶和华说：“这是因为他们弃绝我赐给他们的律法，不听从我的话，不遵守我的律法，

14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

14 执迷不悟，随从他们祖先的教导去供奉巴力。”

15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

15 因此，以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说：“看啊，我要使这百姓吃苦艾，喝毒水；

16 I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

16 我要把他们分散到他们及其祖先都不认识的列国；我要使敌人挥刀追杀他们，直到灭绝他们。”

17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

17 万军之耶和华说： “你们听好了，把陪哭的妇人请来， 把最会哭的妇人带来，

18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

18 叫她们速来为我的子民哀哭， 哭得他们泪盈满眶， 哭得他们泪如泉涌。

19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

19 因为从锡安传出哀鸣， ‘我们竟然灭亡了！ 我们受了奇耻大辱！ 我们的家园被毁， 我们只好背井离乡。’”

20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

20 妇人啊，你们要听耶和华的话， 接受祂口中的教诲； 你们要教导女儿哀哭， 教导邻居唱挽歌。

21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

21 因为死亡从窗户爬进我们的城堡， 吞灭街上的孩童和广场上的青年。

22 Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”

22 要宣告耶和华的话：“人们必尸横遍野， 像散布在田野上的粪便， 又像收割者身后没有收集的禾捆。”

23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

23 耶和华说：“智者不要夸耀自己的智慧，勇士不要夸耀自己的力量，富人不要夸耀自己的财富。

24 But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

24 若有人夸耀，就让他夸耀自己认识我是耶和华，知道我喜欢在地上凭慈爱、公平和正义行事。这是耶和华说的。”

25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

25 耶和华说：“看啊，时候将到，我要惩罚所有只在身体上受过割礼的人，

26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

26 就是埃及人、犹大人、以东人、亚扪人、摩押人和所有住在旷野、剃了鬓发的人，因为这些人都没有受过真正的割礼，以色列全家也没有受过内心的割礼。”