耶利米书 50
1 耶和华借先知耶利米论巴比伦和迦勒底人之地所说的话。
The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 你们要在万国中传扬报告， 竖立大旗； 要报告，不可隐瞒，说： 巴比伦被攻取， 彼勒蒙羞， 米罗达惊惶。 巴比伦的神像都蒙羞； 她的偶像都惊惶。
"Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and do not conceal: say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Marduk is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
3 “因有一国从北方上来攻击她，使她的地荒凉，无人居住，连人带牲畜都逃走了。”
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
4 耶和华说：“当那日子、那时候，以色列人要和犹大人同来，随走随哭，寻求耶和华—他们的 神。
In those days, and in that time,' says Jehovah, 'the children of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
5 他们必访问锡安，又面向这里，说：‘来吧，你们要与耶和华联合为永远不忘的约。’
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it. They will come and join themselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 “我的百姓作了迷失的羊，牧人使他们走差路，使他们转到山上。他们从大山走到小山，竟忘了安歇之处。
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
7 凡遇见他们的，就把他们吞灭。敌人说：‘我们没有罪；因他们得罪那作公义居所的耶和华，就是他们列祖所仰望的耶和华。’
All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, "We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers."
8 “我民哪，你们要从巴比伦中逃走，从迦勒底人之地出去，要像羊群前面走的公山羊。
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.
9 因我必激动联合的大国从北方上来攻击巴比伦，他们要摆阵攻击她；她必从那里被攻取。他们的箭好像善射之勇士的箭，一枝也不徒然返回。
For, look, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows shall be like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
10 迦勒底必成为掠物；凡掳掠她的都必心满意足。这是耶和华说的。”
Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied,' says Jehovah.'
11 抢夺我产业的啊， 你们因欢喜快乐， 且像踹谷撒欢的母牛犊， 又像发嘶声的壮马。
Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
12 你们的母巴比伦就极其抱愧， 生你们的必然蒙羞。 她要列在诸国之末， 成为旷野、旱地、沙漠。
your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: look, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
13 因耶和华的忿怒，必无人居住， 要全然荒凉。 凡经过巴比伦的要受惊骇， 又因她所遭的灾殃嗤笑。
Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
14 所有拉弓的，你们要在巴比伦的四围摆阵， 射箭攻击她。 不要爱惜箭枝， 因她得罪了耶和华。
"Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Jehovah.
15 你们要在她四围呐喊； 她已经投降。 外郭坍塌了， 城墙拆毁了， 因为这是耶和华报仇的事。 你们要向巴比伦报仇； 她怎样待人，也要怎样待她。
Shout against her all around: she has submitted herself; her towers are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
16 你们要将巴比伦撒种的 和收割时拿镰刀的都剪除了。 他们各人因怕欺压的刀剑， 必归回本族，逃到本土。
Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn everyone to his people, and they shall flee everyone to his own land."'
17 “以色列是打散的羊，是被狮子赶出的。首先是亚述王将他吞灭，末后是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒将他的骨头折断。”
'Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
18 所以万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：“我必罚巴比伦王和他的地，像我从前罚亚述王一样。
Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: "Look, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 我必再领以色列回他的草场，他必在迦密和巴珊吃草，又在以法莲山上和基列境内得以饱足。”
I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20 耶和华说：“当那日子、那时候，虽寻以色列的罪孽，一无所有；虽寻犹大的罪恶，也无所见；因为我所留下的人，我必赦免。”
In those days, and in that time, says Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant."'"
21 耶和华说：上去攻击米拉大翁之地， 又攻击比割的居民。 要追杀灭尽， 照我一切所吩咐你的去行。
"Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them," says Jehovah, "and do according to all that I have commanded you.
22 境内有打仗和大毁灭的响声。
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
23 全地的大锤何竟砍断破坏？ 巴比伦在列国中何竟荒凉？
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken. How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations.
24 巴比伦哪，我为你设下网罗， 你不知不觉被缠住。 你被寻着，也被捉住； 因为你与耶和华争竞。
I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Jehovah.
25 耶和华已经开了武库， 拿出他恼恨的兵器； 因为主—万军之耶和华 在迦勒底人之地有当做的事。
Jehovah has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 你们要从极远的边界来攻击她， 开她的仓廪， 将她堆如高堆， 毁灭净尽，丝毫不留。
Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
27 要杀她的一切牛犊， 使他们下去遭遇杀戮。 他们有祸了， 因为追讨他们的日子已经来到。 （
Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, their day has come, the time of their visitation."
28 有从巴比伦之地逃避出来的人，在锡安扬声报告耶和华—我们的 神报仇，就是为他的殿报仇。）
The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 “招集一切弓箭手来攻击巴比伦。要在巴比伦四围安营，不要容一人逃脱，照着她所做的报应她；她怎样待人，也要怎样待她，因为她向耶和华—以色列的圣者发了狂傲。
"Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; camp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.
30 所以她的少年人必仆倒在街上。当那日，一切兵丁必默默无声。这是耶和华说的。”
Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all her men of war will be brought to silence in that day," says Jehovah.
31 主—万军之耶和华说： 你这狂傲的啊，我与你反对， 因为我追讨你的日子已经来到。
"Look, I am against you, you proud one," says Jehovah of hosts; for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.
32 狂傲的必绊跌仆倒，无人扶起。 我也必使火在他的城邑中着起来， 将他四围所有的尽行烧灭。
The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are around him."
33 万军之耶和华如此说：“以色列人和犹大人一同受欺压；凡掳掠他们的都紧紧抓住他们，不肯释放。
Thus says Jehovah of hosts: "The children of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
34 他们的救赎主大有能力，万军之耶和华是他的名。他必伸清他们的冤，好使全地得平安，并搅扰巴比伦的居民。”
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 耶和华说：“有刀剑临到迦勒底人和巴比伦的居民， 并她的首领与智慧人。
A sword is on the Chaldeans," says Jehovah, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on her wise men.
36 有刀剑临到矜夸的人， 他们就成为愚昧； 有刀剑临到她的勇士， 他们就惊惶。
A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
37 有刀剑临到她的马匹、车辆， 和其中杂族的人民； 他们必像妇女一样。 有刀剑临到她的宝物， 就被抢夺。
A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
38 有干旱临到她的众水， 就必干涸； 因为这是有雕刻偶像之地， 人因偶像而颠狂。
A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over idols.
39 所以旷野的走兽和豺狼必住在那里，鸵鸟也住在其中，永无人烟，世世代代无人居住。”
Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell in it: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
40 耶和华说：“必无人住在那里，也无人在其中寄居，要像我倾覆所多玛、蛾摩拉，和邻近的城邑一样。
As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it," says Jehovah, "so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live in it."
41 看哪，有一种民从北方而来， 并有一大国和许多君王被激动，从地极来到。
"Look, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
42 他们拿弓和枪， 性情残忍，不施怜悯； 他们的声音像海浪匉訇。 巴比伦城啊， 他们骑马， 都摆队伍如上战场的人， 要攻击你。
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
43 巴比伦王听见他们的风声， 手就发软， 痛苦将他抓住， 疼痛仿佛产难的妇人。
The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labor.
44 “仇敌必像狮子从约旦河边的丛林上来，攻击坚固的居所。转眼之间，我要使他们逃跑，离开这地。谁蒙拣选，我就派谁治理这地。谁能比我呢？谁能给我定规日期呢？有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？
Look, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? And who will appoint me a time? And who is the shepherd who can stand before me?"
45 你们要听耶和华攻击巴比伦所说的谋略和他攻击迦勒底人之地所定的旨意。仇敌定要将他们群众微弱的拉去，定要使他们的居所荒凉。
Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: "Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
46 因巴比伦被取的声音，地就震动，人在列邦都听见呼喊的声音。”
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations."
