Jeremiah and Pashhur
1When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the Lord’s temple. 3The next day, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword. 5I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. 6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’ ”
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7You deceived20:7 Or persuaded me, Lord, and I was deceived20:7 Or persuaded;
you overpowered me and prevailed.
I am ridiculed all day long;
everyone mocks me.
8Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the Lord has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.
9But if I say, “I will not mention his word
or speak anymore in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.
10I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”
11But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior;
so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;
their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
and probe the heart and mind,
let me see your vengeance on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
13Sing to the Lord!
Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.
14Cursed be the day I was born!
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”
16May that man be like the towns
the Lord overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.
17For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.
18Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?
耶利米受迫害
1音麥的兒子巴施戶珥祭司在耶和華的殿中做總管。他聽見耶利米預言這些事， 2便叫人毆打耶利米先知，用枷鎖把他鎖在耶和華殿的便雅憫上門處。 3第二天，他打開枷鎖釋放了耶利米，耶利米對他說：「耶和華不再叫你巴施戶珥，要叫你瑪歌珥·米撒畢20·3 「瑪歌珥·米撒畢」意思是「四面有恐怖」。。 4因為耶和華說，『我要使你和你的朋友都驚慌失措，讓你親眼看見你的朋友死在敵人刀下。我要把猶大人都交在巴比倫王手中，使他們或被擄到巴比倫或死於刀下。 5我要把這城裡所有的財富、出產、珍寶，甚至猶大列王的寶物都交給敵人，帶到巴比倫作戰利品。 6你巴施戶珥和你所有的家人，以及聽你說假預言的朋友都要被擄到巴比倫，死在那裡，葬在那裡。』」
耶利米的抱怨
7耶和華啊，
你欺騙我，我被你騙了。
你制伏我，勝過我。
如今，我終日被嘲笑，人人戲弄我。
8我每次說預言，都大聲疾呼：
「暴力和毀滅要來了！」
我因傳講耶和華的話而終日遭受侮辱和譏笑。
9有時我打算不再提起耶和華，
不再奉祂的名宣講，
但祂的話如一團火在我心中燃燒，
憋在我骨頭裡，
我無法隱忍，不得不說。
10我聽見許多人竊竊私語，
恐怖四下瀰漫。
他們說：「我們告發他！告發他！」
我的好友都盼著我滅亡，說：
「或許他會受騙，
那樣我們便能打倒他，
一洩心頭之恨。」
11但耶和華與我同在，
祂像勇猛的戰士。
所以迫害我的人必一敗塗地，
他們因失敗而羞愧難當，留下永遠的恥辱。
12考驗義人、洞悉人心的萬軍之耶和華啊，
求你讓我看見你報應他們，
因為我已向你稟明案情。
13你們要歌頌耶和華！
要讚美耶和華！
因為祂從惡人手中救出窮人。
14願我出生的那天受咒詛！
願我母親生我的那天不蒙祝福！
15願那告訴我父親喜得貴子、
使他歡喜的人受咒詛！
16願那人像被耶和華無情毀滅的城！
願他早晨聽見哀鳴，
中午聽見戰爭的吶喊，
17因為他沒有把我殺死在母腹中，
沒有使母腹成為我的墳墓，
讓我永遠留在裡面。
18為什麼我要從母胎出來，
經歷患難和痛苦，
在羞辱中度過一生呢？
