耶利米書 14 – CCBT & NIRV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

耶利米書 14:1-22

預言旱災

1耶和華告訴耶利米有關旱災的事:

2猶大充滿悲泣,

她的城邑衰敗,

人人坐在地上痛哭,

耶路撒冷哀鳴四起。

3貴族派僕人去水池打水,

僕人去那裡發現沒有水,

就帶著空瓶垂頭喪氣、

羞愧難當地回去了。

4天不下雨,

土地乾裂,

農夫沮喪地抱著頭。

5因為沒有草,

田野的母鹿拋棄了剛生下來的小鹿;

6因為沒有草,

野驢站在光禿的山頭上像豺狼一樣喘氣,雙目無神。」

7耶和華啊,雖然我們的罪控告我們,

我們屢屢叛逆得罪你,

求你為了自己的尊名而拯救我們。

8以色列的盼望和患難時的救主啊,

你為什麼在這裡像一個異鄉人,

像一個只住一夜的旅客呢?

9你為什麼像一個受驚的人,

像一個無力救人的勇士呢?

耶和華啊,你一直都在我們中間,

我們屬於你的名下,

求你不要拋棄我們。

10論到這些百姓,耶和華這樣說:

「他們喜歡流浪,

不約束自己的腳步,

因此耶和華不喜歡他們。

現在祂要清算他們的罪惡,

追討他們的罪。」

11耶和華對我說:「你不要為這百姓禱告。 12他們禁食,我也不會聽他們的呼求;他們獻上燔祭和素祭,我也不會悅納。我要用戰爭、饑荒和瘟疫滅絕他們。」 13我說:「主耶和華啊!眾先知不停地告訴他們不會有戰爭,也不會遭遇饑荒,說耶和華必在這地方賜給他們永久的平安。」

14耶和華對我說:「那些先知奉我的名說假預言,我並沒有差派他們,沒有委任他們,也沒有對他們說話。他們對你們說的預言是假異象,是占卜,是憑空捏造。 15我沒有差派他們,他們卻奉我的名說這地方必沒有戰爭和饑荒。他們必死於戰爭和饑荒。這是耶和華說的。 16至於聽他們說預言的人以及那些人的妻子兒女,必因饑荒和戰爭而曝屍耶路撒冷街頭。因為我要使他們受到應得的報應。

17耶利米,你要對他們說,

『讓我晝夜淚眼汪汪吧,

因為我的同胞遭受重創,

遍體鱗傷。

18我走到田間,

眼前是具具被殺的屍體;

我進入城裡,

見饑荒肆虐,

祭司和先知也流亡異鄉14·18 祭司和先知也流亡異鄉」或譯「連祭司和先知也渾渾噩噩,不知道自己做什麼」。。』」

19耶和華啊,你完全丟棄猶大了嗎?

你厭惡錫安嗎?

你為什麼把我們打得傷痕纍纍,以致無法醫治?

我們期待平安,卻沒有平安;

渴望得到醫治,卻飽受驚嚇。

20耶和華啊,我們承認自己和我們祖先的罪,

我們都得罪了你。

21為了你的尊名,

求你不要厭惡我們,

不要讓你榮耀的寶座蒙羞。

求你顧念你與我們立的約,

不要廢除它。

22在列國供奉的偶像中,

誰能賜下雨水呢?

天能自降甘霖嗎?

我們的上帝耶和華啊,

難道不是只有你能行這些事嗎?

是你賜雨水降甘霖,

所以我們仰望你。

New International Reader’s Version

Jeremiah 14:1-22

War and Hunger

1A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. He told Jeremiah there wouldn’t be any rain in the land. The Lord said,

2“Judah is filled with sadness.

Its cities are wasting away.

The people weep for the land.

Crying is heard in Jerusalem.

3The nobles send their servants to get water.

They go to the wells.

But they do not find any water.

They return with empty jars.

They are terrified. They do not have any hope.

They cover their heads.

4The ground is dry and cracked.

There isn’t any rain in the land.

The farmers are terrified.

They cover their heads.

5Even the female deer in the fields

desert their newborn fawns.

There isn’t any grass to eat.

6Wild donkeys stand on the bare hilltops.

They long for water as wild dogs do.

Their eyesight fails

because they do not have any food to eat.”

7Lord, our sins are a witness against us.

But do something for the honor of your name.

We have often turned away from you.

We’ve sinned against you.

8You are Israel’s only hope.

You save us when we’re in trouble.

Why are you like a stranger to us?

Why are you like a traveler who stays for only one night?

9Why are you like a man taken by surprise?

Why are you like a soldier who can’t save anyone?

Lord, you are among us.

And we are your people.

Please don’t desert us!

10The Lord gave Jeremiah a message about these people. The Lord said,

“They really love to wander away from me.

Their feet go down the wrong path.

I do not accept these people.

I will remember the evil things they have done.

I will punish them for their sins.”

11The Lord continued, “Do not pray that things will go well with them. 12Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”

13But I said, “Lord and King, the prophets keep telling them something else. They say, ‘You won’t have to suffer from war or hunger. Instead, the Lord will give you peace and rest in this place.’ ”

14Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them. I have not even spoken to them. Everything they tell you about their visions or secret knowledge is a lie. They pretend to bring you messages from other gods. They try to get you to believe their own mistaken ideas. 15So here is what I am saying about the prophets who are prophesying in my name. I did not send them. But they are saying, ‘No war or hunger will come to this land.’ Those same prophets will die because of war and hunger. 16And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem. They will die because of hunger and war. No one will bury them. No one will bury their wives and children. I will pour out trouble on them. That is exactly what they should get.

17“Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them,

“ ‘Let tears flow from my eyes.

Let them pour out night and day.

Never let them stop.

The people of my own nation

have suffered a terrible wound.

They have been crushed.

18Suppose I go into the country.

Then I see people who have been killed by swords.

Or suppose I go into the city.

Then I see people who have died of hunger.

Prophet and priest alike have gone to a land

they hadn’t known about before.’ ”

19Lord, have you completely turned your back on Judah?

Do you hate the city of Zion?

Why have you made us suffer?

We can’t be healed.

We hoped peace would come.

But nothing good has happened to us.

We hoped we would finally be healed.

But all we got was terror.

20Lord, we admit we’ve done evil things.

We also admit that our people of long ago were guilty.

It’s true that we’ve sinned against you.

21For the honor of your name, don’t turn your back on us.

Don’t bring shame on your glorious throne in the temple.

Remember the covenant you made with us.

Please don’t break it.

22Do any of the worthless gods of the nations bring rain?

Do the skies send down showers all by themselves?

No. Lord our God, you send the rain.

So we put our hope in you.

You are the one who does all these things.