耶利米書 17
1 猶大的罪是用鐵筆、用金鋼鑽記錄的，銘刻在他們的心版上和壇角上。
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus having a diamond point. It is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of your altars.
2 他們的兒女記念他們高岡上、青翠樹旁的壇和木偶。
Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles that were beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.
3 我田野的山哪，我必因你在四境之內所犯的罪，把你的貨物、財寶，並邱壇當掠物交給仇敵；
My mountain in the open country, and your wealth and all your treasures I will give away as plunder, together with your high places, because of the sin you committed in all your territories.
4 並且你因自己的罪必失去我所賜給你的產業。我也必使你在你所不認識的地上服事你的仇敵；因為你使我怒中起火，直燒到永遠。
You will lose the inheritance that I gave to you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have ignited a fire in my wrath, which will burn forever.”
5 耶和華如此說： 倚靠人血肉的膀臂， 心中離棄耶和華的， 那人有禍了！
Yahweh says, “The person who trusts in mankind is accursed; he makes flesh his strength but turns his heart away from Yahweh.
6 因他必像沙漠的杜松， 不見福樂來到， 卻要住曠野乾旱之處， 無人居住的鹼地。
For he will be like a small bush in the Arabah and will not see anything good coming. He will stay in the stony places in the wilderness, barren land without inhabitants.
7 倚靠耶和華、以耶和華為可靠的， 那人有福了！
But the person who trusts in Yahweh is blessed, for Yahweh is his reason for confidence.
8 他必像樹栽於水旁， 在河邊扎根， 炎熱來到，並不懼怕， 葉子仍必青翠， 在乾旱之年毫無掛慮， 而且結果不止。
For he will be like a tree planted by water, its roots will spread out by the stream. It will not fear the heat when it comes, for its leaves are always green. It is not anxious in a year of drought, and it will not stop producing fruit.
9 人心比萬物都詭詐， 壞到極處， 誰能識透呢？
The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it?
10 我－耶和華是鑒察人心、試驗人肺腑的， 要照各人所行的和他做事的結果報應他。
I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
11 那不按正道得財的， 好像鷓鴣菢不是自己下的蛋； 到了中年，那財都必離開他， 他終久成為愚頑人。
A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool.”
12 我們的聖所是榮耀的寶座， 從太初安置在高處。
“The place of our temple is a glorious throne, elevated from the beginning.
13 耶和華－以色列的盼望啊， 凡離棄你的必致蒙羞。 耶和華說：離開我的， 他們的名字必寫在土裏， 因為他們離棄我這活水的泉源。
Yahweh is the hope of Israel. All who abandon you will be put to shame; those in the land who turn away from you will be written in the earth, for they have forsaken Yahweh, the fountain of living waters.
14 耶和華啊，求你醫治我，我便痊癒， 拯救我，我便得救； 因你是我所讚美的。
Heal me, Yahweh, and I will be healed! Rescue me, and I will be rescued. For you are my song of praise.
15 他們對我說：耶和華的話在哪裏呢？ 叫這話應驗吧！
See, they are saying to me, 'Where is the word of Yahweh? Let it come!'
16 至於我，那跟從你作牧人的職分， 我並沒有急忙離棄， 也沒有想那災殃的日子； 這是你知道的。 我口中所出的言語都在你面前。
As for me, I did not run from being a shepherd following you. I did not long for the day of disaster. You know the proclamations that came from my lips. They were made in your presence.
17 不要使我因你驚恐； 當災禍的日子，你是我的避難所。
Do not be a terror to me. You are my refuge on the day of calamity.
18 願那些逼迫我的蒙羞， 卻不要使我蒙羞； 使他們驚惶， 卻不要使我驚惶； 使災禍的日子臨到他們， 以加倍的毀壞毀壞他們。
May my pursuers be ashamed, but do not let me be ashamed. May they be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed. Send the day of disaster against them and shatter them with a double share of destruction.”
19 耶和華對我如此說：「你去站在平民的門口，就是猶大君王出入的門，又站在耶路撒冷的各門口，
Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the people where the kings of Judah enter and where they exit, then in all the other gates of Jerusalem.
20 對他們說：『你們這猶大君王和猶大眾人，並耶路撒冷的一切居民，凡從這些門進入的都當聽耶和華的話。
Say to them, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah and all you people of Judah, and every resident of Jerusalem who comes in through these gates.
21 耶和華如此說：你們要謹慎，不要在安息日擔甚麼擔子進入耶路撒冷的各門；
Yahweh says this: “Be careful for the sake of your lives and do not carry a burden on the Sabbath day to bring it to the gates of Jerusalem.
22 也不要在安息日從家中擔出擔子去。無論何工都不可做，只要以安息日為聖日，正如我所吩咐你們列祖的。』
Do not bring a load out from your house on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work, but set apart the Sabbath day, just as I commanded your ancestors to do.”'
23 他們卻不聽從，不側耳而聽，竟硬着頸項不聽，不受教訓。」
They did not listen or pay attention, but stiffened their neck so they would not hear me nor accept discipline.
24 耶和華說：「你們若留意聽從我，在安息日不擔甚麼擔子進入這城的各門，只以安息日為聖日，在那日無論何工都不做；
It will happen that if you truly listen to me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and do not bring a load to the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but instead set apart the Sabbath day to Yahweh and not do any work on it,
25 那時就有坐大衛寶座的君王和首領，他們與猶大人，並耶路撒冷的居民，或坐車，或騎馬，進入這城的各門，而且這城必存到永遠。
then kings, princes, and those who sit on David's throne will come to the gates of this city in chariots and with horses, they and their leaders, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
26 也必有人從猶大城邑和耶路撒冷四圍的各處，從便雅憫地、高原、山地，並南地而來，都帶燔祭、平安祭、素祭，和乳香，並感謝祭，到耶和華的殿去。
They will come from the cities of Judah and from all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and the lowlands, from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, thank offerings to the house of Yahweh.
27 你們若不聽從我，不以安息日為聖日，仍在安息日擔擔子，進入耶路撒冷的各門，我必在各門中點火；這火也必燒毀耶路撒冷的宮殿，不能熄滅。」
But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and to not carry heavy loads and to not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out.”
