Jeremiah 17 – NIRV & CCB

New International Reader’s Version

Jeremiah 17:1-27

1“Judah’s sin is carved with an iron tool.

It is written with the flint point of the tool.

It is carved on the tablets of their hearts.

It is written on the horns that stick out

from the corners of their altars.

2Even their children offer sacrifices

to other gods on those altars.

They use the poles that were made

to worship the female god named Asherah.

They worship strange gods beside the green trees

and on the high hills.

3I will give away my holy Mount Zion to the Babylonians.

Your enemies will carry off your wealth

and all your treasures.

I will give away your high places.

That will happen because you have sinned.

You have done it throughout your country.

4You will lose the land I gave you.

And it will be your own fault.

I will make you slaves to your enemies.

You will serve them in a land you didn’t know about before.

You have set my anger on fire.

It will burn forever.”

5The Lord says,

“Those who trust in human beings are under my curse.

They depend on human strength.

Their hearts turn away from me.

6They will be like a bush in a dry and empty land.

They will not enjoy success when it comes.

They will live in dry places in the desert.

It is a land of salt where no one else lives.

7“But I will bless anyone who trusts in me.

I will do good things for the person who depends on me.

8They will be like a tree planted near water.

It sends out its roots beside a stream.

It is not afraid when heat comes.

Its leaves are always green.

It does not worry when there is no rain.

It always bears fruit.”

9A human heart is more dishonest than anything else.

It can’t be healed.

Who can understand it?

10The Lord says, “I look deep down inside human hearts.

I see what is in people’s minds.

I reward each person in keeping with their conduct.

I bless them based on what they have done.”

11Some people get rich by doing sinful things.

They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.

When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them.

In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.

12Our temple is where the Lord’s glorious throne is.

From the beginning it has been high and lifted up.

13Lord, you are Israel’s only hope.

Everyone who deserts you will be put to shame.

The names of those who turn away from you will be listed among the dead.

Lord, they have deserted you.

You are the spring of water that gives life.

14Lord, heal me. Then I will be healed.

Save me from my enemies. Then I will be saved.

You are the one I praise.

15They keep saying to me,

“What has happened to the message the Lord gave you?

Let it come true right now!”

16I haven’t run away from being the shepherd of your people.

You know I haven’t wanted the day of Jerusalem’s fall to come.

You are aware of every word that comes from my lips.

17Don’t be a terror to me.

When I’m in trouble, I go to you for safety.

18Let those who attack me be put to shame.

But keep me from shame.

Let them be terrified.

But keep me from terror.

Bring the day of trouble on them.

Destroy them once and for all.

Keep the Sabbath Day Holy

19The Lord said to me, “Go. Stand at the city gate called the Gate of the People. That is where the kings of Judah go in and out. Then stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem. 20Say, ‘Listen to the Lord’s message, you kings of Judah and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem. You always come through these gates. 21The Lord says, “Make sure you do not carry a load on the Sabbath day. Do not bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. 22Do not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work on that day. Instead, keep the Sabbath day holy. Do as I commanded your people of long ago. 23But they did not listen. They did not pay any attention to me. They were stubborn. They would not listen or pay attention when I corrected them. 24Be careful to obey me,” announces the Lord. “Do not bring a load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. Instead, keep the Sabbath day holy. Do not do any work on it. 25Then kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this city. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses. The people of Judah and Jerusalem will come along with them. And this city will always have people living in it. 26Some will come from the towns of Judah. And some will come in from the villages around Jerusalem. Others will come from the territory of Benjamin. And others will come in from the western hills. Still others will come from the central hill country and the Negev Desert. All of them will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will come bringing grain offerings, incense and thank offerings. They will take all these offerings to my house. 27But what if you do not obey me? Suppose you do not keep the Sabbath day holy. And suppose you carry a load through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. Then I will start a fire that can’t be put out. It will begin at the gates of Jerusalem. It will destroy its mighty towers.” ’ ”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

耶利米书 17:1-27

犹大的罪与罚

1犹大人的罪是用铁笔记录的,用钻石镌刻的,写在了他们心坎上和祭坛角上。 2他们的儿女没有忘记绿树下、高岗上、 3山野间的丘坛和亚舍拉神像。因为他们境内的罪恶,我必使敌人掳掠他们的财宝和神庙。 4他们必失去我赐给他们的产业,被敌人掳到异乡做奴隶,因为他们激起了我的怒火,永难熄灭。”

5耶和华说:

“信靠世人、倚靠血肉之躯、

背叛耶和华的人该受咒诅!

6这样的人毫无福乐,

像沙漠中的灌木。

他要住在旷野中干旱无人的盐碱地。

7信靠耶和华、倚靠耶和华的人有福了!

8这样的人像一棵栽在水边的树,

根扎入水中,

不怕炎热,不怕干旱,

绿叶如荫,不断结果。

9“人心比什么都诡诈,

无可救药,

谁能识透呢?

10我耶和华鉴察人心,

察看人的意念,

按照人的行为报应人。”

11谋取不义之财的人就像孵其他鸟蛋的鹧鸪,

他中年便会失去不义之财,

最后成了愚昧之人。

12我们的圣殿是从太初就矗立在高处的荣耀宝座。

13耶和华啊,你是以色列的盼望。

背弃你的人必蒙羞,

背叛你的人必像写在尘土上的名字一样消逝,

因为他们背弃了耶和华——活水的源泉。

14耶和华啊,

你医治我,我必痊愈;

你拯救我,我必脱离危难,

因为你是我所赞美的。

15人们常讥讽我说:“耶和华说的那些事在哪里?

怎么还没有实现呢?”

16但我并没有逃避牧养你子民的工作,

也没有求你降祸给他们。

你知道我说的每一句话。

17你是我患难中的避难所,

求你不要使我恐惧。

18愿你使那些迫害我的人蒙羞,

不要使我蒙羞;

愿你使他们惊慌,

不要使我惊慌。

求你使他们大祸临头,

彻底毁灭他们。

遵守安息日

19耶和华对我说:“你去站在犹大君王出入的城门前和耶路撒冷的各城门前, 20宣告,‘从这些城门进出的犹大君王、百姓以及耶路撒冷的居民啊,你们都要听耶和华的话。 21耶和华说,如果你们想保住性命,就要小心,不要在安息日带货物进耶路撒冷的城门, 22也不要从家中运出货物,不要在安息日做任何工作。要按照我对你们祖先的吩咐守安息日为圣日。 23然而,他们却不听,毫不理会,顽固不化,不肯受教。

24“‘耶和华说,你们要留心听我的话,在安息日不可运货物进耶路撒冷的城门,不可做任何工作,要守安息日为圣日。 25这样,坐大卫宝座的君王及其官员必乘车骑马和犹大人以及耶路撒冷的居民从城门出入。这城必永远有人居住。 26人们必带着燔祭、平安祭、素祭、乳香和感恩祭从犹大的城邑、耶路撒冷四周、便雅悯地区、丘陵、山区和南地去耶和华的殿。 27但如果你们不听我的话,不守安息日为圣日,仍在安息日运货物进耶路撒冷的城门,我必在各城门点起无法扑灭的大火,烧毁耶路撒冷的宫殿。’”