耶利米書 31
1 耶和華說：「那時，我必作以色列各家的上帝；他們必作我的子民。」
“At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be my people.”
2 耶和華如此說： 脫離刀劍的就是以色列人。 我使他享安息的時候， 他曾在曠野蒙恩。
Yahweh says this, “The people who have survived the sword have found favor in the wilderness; I will go out to give rest to Israel.”
3 古時耶和華向以色列顯現，說： 我以永遠的愛愛你， 因此我以慈愛吸引你。
Yahweh appeared to me in the past and said, “I have loved you, Israel, with everlasting love. So I have drawn you toward myself with covenant faithfulness.
4 以色列的民哪， 我要再建立你，你就被建立； 你必再以擊鼓為美， 與歡樂的人一同跳舞而出；
I will build you up again so you will be built, virgin Israel. You will again pick up your tambourines and go out with happy dances.
5 又必在撒馬利亞的山上栽種葡萄園， 栽種的人要享用所結的果子。
You will plant vineyards again on the mountains of Samaria; the farmers will plant and put the fruit to good use.
6 日子必到，以法蓮山上守望的人必呼叫說： 起來吧！我們可以上錫安， 到耶和華－我們的上帝那裏去。
For a day will come when the watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim will proclaim, 'Arise, let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.'
7 耶和華如此說： 你們當為雅各歡樂歌唱， 因萬國中為首的歡呼。 當傳揚頌讚說： 耶和華啊， 求你拯救你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。
For Yahweh says this, “Shout for joy over Jacob! Shout in gladness for the chief people of the nations! Let praise be heard. Say, 'Yahweh has rescued his people, the remnant of Israel.'
8 我必將他們從北方領來， 從地極招聚； 同着他們來的有瞎子、瘸子、孕婦、產婦； 他們必成為大幫回到這裏來。
See, I am about to bring them from the northern lands. I will gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. The blind and lame will be among them; pregnant women and those who are about to give birth will be with them. A great assembly will return here.
9 他們要哭泣而來。 我要照他們懇求的引導他們， 使他們在河水旁走正直的路， 在其上不致絆跌； 因為我是以色列的父， 以法蓮是我的長子。
They will come weeping; I will lead them as they make their pleas. I will have them journey to streams of water on a straight road. They will not stumble on it, for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim will be my firstborn.”
10 列國啊，要聽耶和華的話， 傳揚在遠處的海島說： 趕散以色列的必招聚他， 又看守他，好像牧人看守羊群。
“Hear the word of Yahweh, nations. Report along the coasts in the distance. You nations must say, 'The one who scattered Israel is gathering her up and keeping her as a shepherd keeps his sheep.'
11 因耶和華救贖了雅各， 救贖他脫離比他更強之人的手。
For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from the hand that was too strong for him.
12 他們要來到錫安的高處歌唱， 又流歸耶和華施恩之地， 就是有五穀、新酒，和油， 並羊羔、牛犢之地。 他們的心必像澆灌的園子； 他們也不再有一點愁煩。
Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion. Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness, over the corn and the new wine, over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds. For their lives will become like a watered garden, and they will never again feel any more sorrow.
13 那時，處女必歡樂跳舞； 年少的、年老的，也必一同歡樂； 因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜， 並要安慰他們，使他們的愁煩轉為快樂。
Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, and young and old men will be together. For I will change their mourning into celebration. I will have compassion on them and cause them to rejoice instead of sorrowing.
14 我必以肥油使祭司的心滿足； 我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。 這是耶和華說的。
Then I will saturate the lives of the priests in abundance. My people will fill themselves with my goodness—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
15 耶和華如此說： 在拉瑪聽見號咷痛哭的聲音， 是拉結哭她兒女，不肯受安慰， 因為他們都不在了。
Yahweh says this: “A voice is heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter weeping. It is Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer.”
16 耶和華如此說： 你禁止聲音不要哀哭， 禁止眼目不要流淚， 因你所做之工必有賞賜； 他們必從敵國歸回。 這是耶和華說的。
Yahweh says this, “Hold your voice back from weeping and your eyes from tears; there is a reward for your work—this is Yahweh's declaration—your children will return from the land of the enemy.
17 耶和華說：你末後必有指望； 你的兒女必回到自己的境界。
There is hope for your future—this is Yahweh's declaration—your descendants will return inside their borders.”
18 我聽見以法蓮為自己悲歎說： 你責罰我，我便受責罰， 像不慣負軛的牛犢一樣。 求你使我回轉，我便回轉， 因為你是耶和華－我的上帝。
“I have certainly heard Ephraim sorrowing, 'You punished me, and I have been punished like an untrained calf. Bring me back and I will be brought back, for you are Yahweh my God.
19 我回轉以後就真正懊悔； 受教以後就拍腿歎息； 我因擔當幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。
For after I turned back to you, I was sorry; after I was trained, I slapped my thigh. I was ashamed and humiliated, for I have borne the guilt of my youth.'
20 耶和華說：以法蓮是我的愛子嗎？ 是可喜悅的孩子嗎？ 我每逢責備他，仍深顧念他； 所以我的心腸戀慕他； 我必要憐憫他。
Is not Ephraim my precious child? Is he not my dear, delightful son? For whenever I speak against him, I certainly still call him to my loving mind. In this way my heart longs for him. I will certainly have compassion on him—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
21 以色列民哪， 你當為自己設立指路碑， 豎起引路柱。 你要留心向大路， 就是你所去的原路； 你當回轉，回轉到你這些城邑。
Place road signs for yourself. Set up guideposts for yourself. Set your mind on the right path, the way you should take. Come back, virgin Israel! Come back to these cities of yours.
22 背道的民哪， 你反來覆去要到幾時呢？ 耶和華在地上造了一件新事， 就是女子護衛男子。
How long will you waver, faithless daughter? For Yahweh has created something new on earth—a woman surrounds a strong man.
23 萬軍之耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：「我使被擄之人歸回的時候，他們在猶大地和其中的城邑必再這樣說： 公義的居所啊， 聖山哪，願耶和華賜福給你。
Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, “When I bring back the people to their land, they will say this in the land of Judah and its cities, 'May Yahweh bless you, you righteous place where he lives, you holy mountain.'
24 猶大和屬猶大城邑的人，農夫和放羊的人，要一同住在其中。
For Judah and all its cities will live together there, as will farmers and those who set out with flocks.
25 疲乏的人，我使他飽飫；愁煩的人，我使他知足。」
For I will cause those who are weary to drink, and I fill up those who are faint.”
26 先知說：「我醒了，覺着睡得香甜！」
After this I awoke, and I realized that my sleep had been refreshing.
27 耶和華說：「日子將到，我要把人的種和牲畜的種播種在以色列家和猶大家。
“Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will sow the houses of Israel and Judah with the descendants of man and beast.
28 我先前怎樣留意將他們拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆、苦害，也必照樣留意將他們建立、栽植。這是耶和華說的。
In the past, I kept them under surveillance in order to uproot them and to tear them down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring them harm. But in the coming days, I will watch over them, in order to build them up and to plant them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
29 當那些日子，人不再說： 父親吃了酸葡萄， 兒子的牙酸倒了。
In those days no one will say any longer, 'Fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth are dulled.'
30 但各人必因自己的罪死亡；凡吃酸葡萄的，自己的牙必酸倒。」
For each man will die in his own iniquity; everyone who eats sour grapes, his teeth will be dulled.
31 耶和華說：「日子將到，我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約，
Look, the days are coming —this is Yahweh's declaration— when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
32 不像我拉着他們祖宗的手，領他們出埃及地的時候，與他們所立的約。我雖作他們的丈夫，他們卻背了我的約。這是耶和華說的。」
It will not be like the covenant that I established with their fathers in the days when I took them by their hand to bring them out from the land of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, although I was a husband for them. —this is Yahweh's declaration.
33 耶和華說：「那些日子以後，我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法放在他們裏面，寫在他們心上。我要作他們的上帝，他們要作我的子民。
This is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after these days —this is Yahweh's declaration. I will place my law within them and will write it on their heart, for I will be their God, and they will be my people.
34 他們各人不再教導自己的鄰舍和自己的弟兄說：『你該認識耶和華』，因為他們從最小的到至大的都必認識我。我要赦免他們的罪孽，不再記念他們的罪惡。這是耶和華說的。」
Then each man will no longer teach his neighbor, or a man teach his brother and say, 'Know Yahweh!' For all of them will know me, from the smallest of them to the greatest —this is Yahweh's declaration— for I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer call their sins to mind.”
35 那使太陽白日發光， 使星月有定例，黑夜發亮， 又攪動大海，使海中波浪匉訇的， 萬軍之耶和華是他的名。 他如此說：
Yahweh says this, it is he who makes the sun to shine by day and fixes the moon and stars to shine by night. He is the one who sets the sea in motion so that its waves roar— Yahweh of hosts is his name.
36 這些定例若能在我面前廢掉， 以色列的後裔也就在我面前斷絕， 永遠不再成國。 這是耶和華說的。
“Only if these permanent things vanish from my sight—this is Yahweh's declaration— will Israel's descendants ever stop from forever being a nation before me.”
37 耶和華如此說： 若能量度上天， 尋察下地的根基， 我就因以色列後裔一切所行的棄絕他們。 這是耶和華說的。
Yahweh says this, “Only if the highest heavens can be measured, and only if the earth's foundation below can be discovered, will I reject all of Israel's descendants because of all that they have done—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
38 耶和華說：「日子將到，這城必為耶和華建造，從哈楠業樓直到角門。
“Look, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when the city will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
39 準繩要往外量出，直到迦立山，又轉到歌亞。
Then the measuring line will go out again farther, to the hill of Gareb and around Goah.
40 拋屍的全谷和倒灰之處，並一切田地，直到汲淪溪，又直到東方馬門的拐角，都要歸耶和華為聖，不再拔出，不再傾覆，直到永遠。」
The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the terraced fields going out to the Kidron Valley as far as the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, will be set apart for Yahweh. The city will not be pulled up or overthrown again, forever.”
