Jeremiah 38
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Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
1玛坦 的儿子 示法提雅 、 巴施户珥 的儿子 基大利 、 示利米雅 的儿子 犹甲 、 玛基雅 的儿子 巴施户珥 听见 耶利米 对众人所说的话，说：
2“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
2「耶和华如此说：住在这城里的必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死；但出去归降 迦勒底 人的必得存活，就是以自己命为掠物的，必得存活。
3This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
3耶和华如此说：这城必要交在 巴比伦 王军队的手中，他必攻取这城。」
4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
4于是首领对王说：「求你将这人治死；因他向城里剩下的兵丁和众民说这样的话，使他们的手发软。这人不是求这百姓得平安，乃是叫他们受灾祸。」
5“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
5西底家 王说：「他在你们手中，无论何事，王也不能与你们反对。」
6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
6他们就拿住 耶利米 ，下在 哈米勒 的儿子 玛基雅 的牢狱里；那牢狱在护卫兵的院中。他们用绳子将 耶利米 系下去。牢狱里没有水，只有淤泥， 耶利米 就陷在淤泥中。
7Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
7在王宫的太监 古实 人 以伯·米勒 ，听见他们将 耶利米 下了牢狱（那时王坐在 便雅悯门 口），
8Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
8以伯·米勒 就从王宫里出来，对王说：
9“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
9「主—我的王啊，这些人向先知 耶利米 一味地行恶，将他下在牢狱中；他在那里必因饥饿而死，因为城中再没有粮食。」
10So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
10王就吩咐 古实 人 以伯·米勒 说：「你从这里带领三十人，趁着先知 耶利米 未死以前，将他从牢狱中提上来。」
11Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
11于是 以伯·米勒 带领这些人同去，进入王宫，到库房以下，从那里取了些碎布和破烂的衣服，用绳子缒下牢狱去到 耶利米 那里。
12Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
12古实 人 以伯·米勒 对 耶利米 说：「你用这些碎布和破烂的衣服放在绳子上，垫你的胳肢窝。」 耶利米 就照样行了。
13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
13这样，他们用绳子将 耶利米 从牢狱里拉上来。 耶利米 仍在护卫兵的院中。
14Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
14西底家 王打发人带领先知 耶利米 ，进耶和华殿中第三门里见王。王就对 耶利米 说：「我要问你一件事，你丝毫不可向我隐瞒。」
15“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
15耶利米 对 西底家 说：「我若告诉你，你岂不定要杀我吗？我若劝戒你，你必不听从我。」
16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
16西底家 王就私下向 耶利米 说：「我指着那造我们生命之永生的耶和华起誓：我必不杀你，也不将你交在寻索你命的人手中。」
17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
17耶利米 对 西底家 说：「耶和华—万军之 神、 以色列 的 神如此说：你若出去归降 巴比伦 王的首领，你的命就必存活，这城也不致被火焚烧，你和你的全家都必存活。
18But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
18你若不出去归降 巴比伦 王的首领，这城必交在 迦勒底 人手中。他们必用火焚烧，你也不得脱离他们的手。」
19But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
19西底家 王对 耶利米 说：「我怕那些投降 迦勒底 人的 犹大 人，恐怕 迦勒底 人将我交在他们手中，他们戏弄我。」
20“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
20耶利米 说：「 迦勒底 人必不将你交出。求你听从我对你所说耶和华的话，这样你必得好处，你的命也必存活。
21But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
21你若不肯出去，耶和华指示我的话乃是这样：
22All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
22犹大 王宫里所剩的妇女必都带到 巴比伦 王的首领那里。这些妇女必说： 你知己的朋友催逼你， 胜过你； 见 你的脚陷入淤泥中， 就转身退后了。
23All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
23「人必将你的后妃和你的儿女带到 迦勒底 人那里；你也不得脱离他们的手，必被 巴比伦 王的手捉住；你也必使这城被火焚烧。」
24Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
24西底家 对 耶利米 说：「不要使人知道这些话，你就不至于死。
25If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
25首领若听见了我与你说话，就来见你，问你说：『你对王说什么话不要向我们隐瞒，我们就不杀你。王向你说什么话也要告诉我们。』
26then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
26你就对他们说：『我在王面前恳求不要叫我回到 约拿单 的房屋死在那里。』」
27When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
27随后众首领来见 耶利米 ，问他，他就照王所吩咐的一切话回答他们。他们不再与他说话，因为事情没有泄漏。
28And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
28于是 耶利米 仍在护卫兵的院中，直到 耶路撒冷 被攻取的日子。
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