耶利米书 1
1 便雅悯地亚拿突城的祭司中，希勒家的儿子耶利米的话记在下面。
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 犹大王亚们的儿子约西亚在位十三年，耶和华的话临到耶利米。
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 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候，直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年，就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候，耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
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 耶利米说，耶和华的话临到我说：
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
5 我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你； 你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣； 我已派你作列国的先知。
“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 我就说：主耶和华啊，我不知怎样说，因为我是年幼的。
“Ah, Lord Yahweh!” I said, “I do not know how to speak, for I am too young.”
7 耶和华对我说： 你不要说我是年幼的， 因为我差遣你到谁那里去，你都要去； 我吩咐你说什么话，你都要说。
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 你不要惧怕他们， 因为我与你同在， 要拯救你。 这是耶和华说的。
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
9 于是耶和华伸手按我的口，对我说： 我已将当说的话传给你。
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国之上， 为要施行拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆， 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 耶和华的话又临到我说：“耶利米，你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一根杏树枝。”
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “I see an almond branch.”
12 耶和华对我说：“你看得不错；因为我留意保守我的话，使得成就。”
Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to carry it out.”
13 耶和华的话第二次临到我说：“你看见什么？”我说：“我看见一个烧开的锅，从北而倾。”
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 耶和华对我说：“必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地的一切居民。”
Yahweh said to me, “Disaster will be opened up out of the north on all who live in this land.
15 耶和华说：“看哪，我要召北方列国的众族；他们要来，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城门口，周围攻击城墙，又要攻击犹大的一切城邑。
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 至于这民的一切恶，就是离弃我、向别神烧香、跪拜自己手所造的，我要发出我的判语，攻击他们。
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 所以你当束腰，起来将我所吩咐你的一切话告诉他们；不要因他们惊惶，免得我使你在他们面前惊惶。
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，我今日使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙，与全地和犹大的君王、首领、祭司，并地上的众民反对。
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 他们要攻击你，却不能胜你；因为我与你同在，要拯救你。这是耶和华说的。”
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.”
