Jeremiah 13
1 Thus says Jehovah to me, Go, and buy thee a linen sash, and put it upon thy loins, and do not put it in water.
耶和华对我如此说：“你去买一根麻布带子束腰，不可放在水中。”
2 So I bought a sash according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.
我就照着耶和华的话，买了一根带子束腰。
3 And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying,
耶和华的话第二次临到我说：
4 Take the sash that thou have bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
“要拿着你所买的腰带，就是你腰上的带子，起来往幼发拉底河去，将腰带藏在那里的磐石穴中。”
5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.
我就去，照着耶和华所吩咐我的，将腰带藏在幼发拉底河边。
6 And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the sash from there, which I commanded thee to hide there.
过了多日，耶和华对我说：“你起来往幼发拉底河去，将我吩咐你藏在那里的腰带取出来。”
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the sash from the place where I had hid it. And, behold, the sash was rotten. It was good for nothing.
我就往幼发拉底河去，将腰带从我所藏的地方刨出来，见腰带已经变坏，毫无用了。
8 Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
耶和华的话临到我说：
9 Thus says Jehovah, After this manner I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
“耶和华如此说：我必照样败坏犹大的骄傲和耶路撒冷的大骄傲。
10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this sash, which is good for nothing.
这恶民不肯听我的话，按自己顽梗的心而行，随从别神，事奉敬拜，他们也必像这腰带变为无用。”
11 For as the sash clings to the loins of a man, so I have caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Jehovah, that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory, but they would not hear.
耶和华说：“腰带怎样紧贴人腰，照样，我也使以色列全家和犹大全家紧贴我，好叫他们属我为子民，使我得名声，得颂赞，得荣耀；他们却不肯听。”
12 Therefore thou shall speak to them this word. Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
“所以你要对他们说：‘耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：各坛都要盛满了酒。’他们必对你说：‘我们岂不确知各坛都要盛满了酒呢？’
13 Then thou shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
你就要对他们说：‘耶和华如此说：我必使这地的一切居民，就是坐大卫宝座的君王和祭司，与先知，并耶路撒冷的一切居民，都酩酊大醉。’”
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Jehovah. I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
耶和华说：“我要使他们彼此相碰，就是父与子彼此相碰；我必不可怜，不顾惜，不怜悯，以致灭绝他们。”
15 Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud, for Jehovah has spoken.
你们当听，当侧耳而听。 不要骄傲，因为耶和华已经说了。
16 Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. And, while ye look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
耶和华—你们的 神未使黑暗来到， 你们的脚未在昏暗山上绊跌之先， 当将荣耀归给他； 免得你们盼望光明， 他使光明变为死荫， 成为幽暗。
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride. And my eye shall weep greatly, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.
你们若不听这话， 我必因你们的骄傲在暗地哭泣； 我眼必痛哭流泪， 因为耶和华的群众被掳去了。
18 Say thou to the king and to the queen-mother: Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your coronets have come down, even the crown of your glory.
你要对君王和太后说： 你们当自卑，坐在下边； 因你们的头巾， 就是你们的华冠，已经脱落了。
19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them. Judah is carried away captive, all of it. It is wholly carried away captive.
南方的城尽都关闭， 无人开放； 犹大全被掳掠， 且掳掠净尽。
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
你们要举目观看从北方来的人。 先前赐给你的群众， 就是你佳美的群众， 如今在哪里呢？
21 What will thou say when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou thyself have taught to be friends to thee? Shall not sorrows take hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
耶和华立你自己所交的朋友为首，辖制你， 那时你还有什么话说呢？ 痛苦岂不将你抓住像产难的妇人吗？
22 And if thou say in thy heart, Why have these things come upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity thy skirts are uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.
你若心里说：这一切事为何临到我呢？ 你的衣襟揭起， 你的脚跟受伤， 是因你的罪孽甚多。
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
古实人岂能改变皮肤呢？ 豹岂能改变斑点呢？ 若能，你们这习惯行恶的便能行善了。
24 Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
所以我必用旷野的风吹散他们， 像吹过的碎秸一样。
25 This is thy lot, the portion measured to thee from me, says Jehovah, because thou have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
耶和华说：这是你所当得的， 是我量给你的分； 因为你忘记我， 倚靠虚假。
26 Therefore I will also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
所以我要揭起你的衣襟， 蒙在你脸上， 显出你的丑陋。
27 I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills, in the field. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem! Thou will not be made clean. How long shall it yet be?
你那些可憎恶之事— 就是在田野的山上行奸淫， 发嘶声，做淫乱的事— 我都看见了。 耶路撒冷啊，你有祸了！ 你不肯洁净，还要到几时呢？
