耶利米書 1
1 便雅憫地亞拿突城的祭司中，希勒家的兒子耶利米的話記在下面。
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位十三年，耶和華的話臨到耶利米。
The word of Yahweh came to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 從猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬在位的時候，直到猶大王約西亞的兒子西底家在位的末年，就是十一年五月間耶路撒冷人被擄的時候，耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
It also came in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem were taken away as prisoners.
4 耶利米說，耶和華的話臨到我說：
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
5 我未將你造在腹中，我已曉得你； 你未出母胎，我已分別你為聖； 我已派你作列國的先知。
“Before I formed you in the womb, I chose you; before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I made you a prophet to the nations.”
6 我就說：主耶和華啊，我不知怎樣說，因為我是年幼的。
“Ah, Lord Yahweh!” I said, “I do not know how to speak, for I am too young.”
7 耶和華對我說： 你不要說我是年幼的， 因為我差遣你到誰那裏去，你都要去； 我吩咐你說甚麼話，你都要說。
But Yahweh said to me, “Do not say, 'I am too young.' You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say whatever I command you!
8 你不要懼怕他們， 因為我與你同在， 要拯救你。 這是耶和華說的。
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
9 於是耶和華伸手按我的口，對我說： 我已將當說的話傳給你。
Then Yahweh reached out with his hand, touched my mouth, and said to me, “Now, I have placed my word in your mouth.
10 看哪，我今日立你在列邦列國之上， 為要施行拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆， 又要建立、栽植。
I am appointing you today over nations and over kingdoms, to uproot and break down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
11 耶和華的話又臨到我說：「耶利米，你看見甚麼？」我說：「我看見一根杏樹枝。」
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “I see an almond branch.”
12 耶和華對我說：「你看得不錯；因為我留意保守我的話，使得成就。」
Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to carry it out.”
13 耶和華的話第二次臨到我說：「你看見甚麼？」我說：「我看見一個燒開的鍋，從北而傾。」
The word of Yahweh came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a heated pot, whose surface is churning, tipping away from the north.”
14 耶和華對我說：「必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地的一切居民。」
Yahweh said to me, “Disaster will be opened up out of the north on all who live in this land.
15 耶和華說：「看哪，我要召北方列國的眾族；他們要來，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城門口，周圍攻擊城牆，又要攻擊猶大的一切城邑。
For I am calling all the tribes of the northern kingdoms, declares Yahweh. They will come, and everyone will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all the walls that surround it, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 至於這民的一切惡，就是離棄我、向別神燒香、跪拜自己手所造的，我要發出我的判語，攻擊他們。
I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping what they made with their own hands.
17 所以你當束腰，起來將我所吩咐你的一切話告訴他們；不要因他們驚惶，免得我使你在他們面前驚惶。
Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be shattered before them, or I will shatter you before them!
18 看哪，我今日使你成為堅城、鐵柱、銅牆，與全地和猶大的君王、首領、祭司，並地上的眾民反對。
Behold! Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
19 他們要攻擊你，卻不能勝你；因為我與你同在，要拯救你。這是耶和華說的。」
They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, for I will be with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
