Jeremiah 23
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
1耶和華說：「那些殘害、趕散我草場之羊的牧人有禍了！」
2Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
2耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝斥責那些牧養他百姓的牧人，如此說：「你們趕散我的羊群，並沒有看顧他們；我必討你們這行惡的罪。這是耶和華說的。
3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
3我要將我羊群中所餘剩的，從我趕他們到的各國內招聚出來，領他們歸回本圈；他們也必生養眾多。
4I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
4我必設立照管他們的牧人，牧養他們。他們不再懼怕，不再驚惶，也不缺少一個；這是耶和華說的。」
5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
5耶和華說：「日子將到，我要給 大衛 興起一個公義的苗裔；他必掌王權，行事有智慧，在地上施行公平和公義。
6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
6在他的日子， 猶大 必得救， 以色列 也安然居住。他的名必稱為『耶和華－我們的義』。」
7So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
7耶和華說：「日子將到，人必不再指着那領 以色列 人從 埃及 地上來永生的耶和華起誓，
8Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
8卻要指着那領 以色列 家的後裔從北方和趕他們到的各國中上來、永生的耶和華起誓。他們必住在本地。」
9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
9論到那些先知， 我心在我裏面憂傷， 我骨頭都發顫； 因耶和華和他的聖言， 我像醉酒的人， 像被酒所勝的人。
10For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
10地滿了行淫的人！ 因妄自賭咒，地就悲哀； 曠野的草場都枯乾了。 他們所行的道乃是惡的； 他們的勇力使得不正。
11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
11連先知帶祭司都是褻瀆的， 就是在我殿中我也看見他們的惡。 這是耶和華說的。
12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
12因此，他們的道路必像黑暗中的滑地， 他們必被追趕，在這路中仆倒； 因為當追討之年， 我必使災禍臨到他們。 這是耶和華說的。
13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
13我在 撒馬利亞 的先知中曾見愚妄； 他們藉 巴力 說預言， 使我的百姓 以色列 走錯了路。
14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
14我在 耶路撒冷 的先知中曾見可憎惡的事； 他們行姦淫，做事虛妄， 又堅固惡人的手， 甚至無人回頭離開他的惡。 他們在我面前都像 所多瑪 ； 耶路撒冷 的居民都像 蛾摩拉 。
15Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
15所以萬軍之耶和華論到先知如此說： 我必將茵蔯給他們吃， 又將苦膽水給他們喝； 因為褻瀆的事出於 耶路撒冷 的先知，流行遍地。
16This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
16萬軍之耶和華如此說：「這些先知向你們說預言，你們不要聽他們的話。他們以虛空教訓你們，所說的異象是出於自己的心，不是出於耶和華的口。
17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
17他們常對藐視我的人說：『耶和華說：你們必享平安』；又對一切按自己頑梗之心而行的人說：『必沒有災禍臨到你們。』」
18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
18有誰站在耶和華的會中 得以聽見並會悟他的話呢？ 有誰留心聽他的話呢？
19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
19看哪！耶和華的忿怒 好像暴風，已經發出； 是暴烈的旋風， 必轉到惡人的頭上。
20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
20耶和華的怒氣必不轉消， 直到他心中所擬定的成就了。 末後的日子你們要全然明白。
21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
21我沒有打發那些先知， 他們竟自奔跑； 我沒有對他們說話， 他們竟自預言。
22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
22他們若是站在我的會中， 就必使我的百姓聽我的話， 又使他們回頭離開惡道和他們所行的惡。
23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
23耶和華說：「我豈為近處的上帝呢？不也為遠處的上帝嗎？」
24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
24耶和華說：「人豈能在隱密處藏身，使我看不見他呢？」耶和華說：「我豈不充滿天地嗎？
25“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
25我已聽見那些先知所說的，就是託我名說的假預言，他們說：『我做了夢！我做了夢！』
26How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
26說假預言的先知，就是預言本心詭詐的先知，他們這樣存心要到幾時呢？
27They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
27他們各人將所做的夢對鄰舍述說，想要使我的百姓忘記我的名，正如他們列祖因 巴力 忘記我的名一樣。
28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
28得夢的先知可以述說那夢；得我話的人可以誠實講說我的話。糠詷怎能與麥子比較呢？這是耶和華說的。」
29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
29耶和華說：「我的話豈不像火，又像能打碎磐石的大錘嗎？」
30“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
30耶和華說：「那些先知各從鄰舍偷竊我的言語，因此我必與他們反對。」
31“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
31耶和華說：「那些先知用舌頭，說是耶和華說的；我必與他們反對。」
32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
32耶和華說：「那些以幻夢為預言，又述說這夢，以謊言和矜誇使我百姓走錯了路的，我必與他們反對。我沒有打發他們，也沒有吩咐他們。他們與這百姓毫無益處。這是耶和華說的。」
33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
33「無論是百姓，是先知，是祭司，問你說：『耶和華有甚麼默示呢？』你就對他們說：『甚麼默示啊？耶和華說：我要撇棄你們。』
34As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
34無論是先知，是祭司，是百姓，說『耶和華的默示』，我必刑罰那人和他的家。
35This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
35你們各人要對鄰舍，各人要對弟兄如此說：『耶和華回答甚麼？』『耶和華說了甚麼呢？』
36But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
36『耶和華的默示』你們不可再提，各人所說的話必作自己的重擔，因為你們謬用永生上帝、萬軍之耶和華－我們上帝的言語。
37Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
37你們要對先知如此說：『耶和華回答你甚麼？』『耶和華說了甚麼呢？』
38But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
38你們若說『耶和華的默示』，耶和華就如此說：『因你們說「耶和華的默示」這句話，我也打發人到你們那裏去，告訴你們不可說「耶和華的默示」。』
39therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
39所以我必全然忘記你們，將你們和我所賜給你們並你們列祖的城撇棄了；
40And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
40又必使永遠的凌辱和長久的羞恥臨到你們，是不能忘記的。」
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