耶利米書 37
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1約西亞 的兒子 西底家 代替 約雅敬 的兒子 哥尼雅 為王，是 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 立在 猶大 地作王的。
1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
2但 西底家 和他的臣僕，並國中的百姓，都不聽從耶和華藉先知 耶利米 所說的話。
2But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
3西底家 王打發 示利米雅 的兒子 猶甲 和祭司 瑪西雅 的兒子 西番雅 去見先知 耶利米 ，說：「求你為我們禱告耶和華－我們的上帝。」
3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
4那時 耶利米 在民中出入，因為他們還沒有把他囚在監裏。
4Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
5法老的軍隊已經從 埃及 出來，那圍困 耶路撒冷 的 迦勒底 人聽見他們的風聲，就拔營離開 耶路撒冷 去了。
5Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6耶和華的話臨到先知 耶利米 說：
6Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
7「耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝如此說： 猶大 王打發你們來求問我，你們要如此對他說：『那出來幫助你們法老的軍隊必回 埃及 本國去。
7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
8迦勒底 人必再來攻打這城，並要攻取，用火焚燒。
8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
9耶和華如此說：你們不要自欺說「 迦勒底 人必定離開我們」，因為他們必不離開。
9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
10你們即便殺敗了與你們爭戰的 迦勒底 全軍，但剩下受傷的人也必各人從帳棚裏起來，用火焚燒這城。』」
10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
11迦勒底 的軍隊因怕法老的軍隊，拔營離開 耶路撒冷 的時候，
11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12耶利米 就雜在民中出離 耶路撒冷 ，要往 便雅憫 地去，在那裏得自己的地業。
12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
13他到了 便雅憫門 那裏，有守門官名叫 伊利雅 ，是 哈拿尼亞 的孫子、 示利米雅 的兒子，他就拿住先知 耶利米 ，說：「你是投降 迦勒底 人哪！」
13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
14耶利米 說：「你這是謊話，我並不是投降 迦勒底 人。」 伊利雅 不聽他的話，就拿住他，解到首領那裏。
14“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
15首領惱怒 耶利米 ，就打了他，將他囚在文士 約拿單 的房屋中，因為他們以這房屋當作監牢。
15The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
16耶利米 來到獄中，進入牢房，在那裏囚了多日。
16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
17西底家 王打發人提出他來，在自己的宮內私下問他說：「從耶和華有甚麼話臨到沒有？」 耶利米 說：「有！」又說：「你必交在 巴比倫 王手中。」
17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18耶利米 又對 西底家 王說：「我在甚麼事上得罪你，或你的臣僕，或這百姓，你竟將我囚在監裏呢？
18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
19對你們預言 巴比倫 王必不來攻擊你們和這地的先知，現今在哪裏呢？
19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
20主－我的王啊，求你現在垂聽，准我在你面前的懇求：不要使我回到文士 約拿單 的房屋中，免得我死在那裏。」
20But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
21於是， 西底家 王下令，他們就把 耶利米 交在護衛兵的院中，每天從餅舖街取一個餅給他，直到城中的餅用盡了。這樣， 耶利米 仍在護衛兵的院中。
21So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
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