| | 1 | 耶利米鎖在耶路撒冷和猶大被擄到巴比倫的人中、護衛長尼布撒拉旦將他從拉瑪釋放以後、耶和華的話臨到耶利米。
The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon. | |
| | 2 | 護衛長將耶利米叫來、對他說、耶和華你的 神曾說要降這禍與此地．
When the commander of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster for this place. | |
| | 3 | 耶和華使這禍臨到、照他所說的行了．因為你們得罪耶和華、沒有聽從他的話、所以這事臨到你們。
And now the LORD has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened because you people sinned against the LORD and did not obey him. | |
| | 4 | 現在我解開你手上的鍊子。你若看與我同往巴比倫去好、就可以去、我必厚待你．你若看與我同往巴比倫去不好、就不必去．看哪、全地在你面前．你以為那裡美好、那裡合宜、只管上那裡去罷。
But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don't come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please." | |
| | 5 | 耶利米還沒有回去、護衛長說、你可以回到沙番的孫子亞希甘的兒子基大利那裡去．現在巴比倫王立他作猶大城邑的省長．你可以在他那裡住在民中．不然、你看那裡合宜、就可以上那裡去。於是護衛長送他糧食和禮物、釋放他去了。
However, before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, "Go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the towns of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you please." Then the commander gave him provisions and a present and let him go. | |
| | 6 | 耶利米就到米斯巴見亞希甘的兒子基大利、在他那裡住在境內剩下的民中。
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left behind in the land. | |
| | 7 | 在田野的一切軍長、和屬他們的人、聽見巴比倫王立了亞希甘的兒子基大利作境內的省長、並將沒有擄到巴比倫的男人、婦女、孩童、和境內極窮的人、全交給他．
When all the army officers and their men who were still in the open country heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the land and had put him in charge of the men, women and children who were the poorest in the land and who had not been carried into exile to Babylon, | |
| | 8 | 於是軍長尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利、加利亞的兩個兒子約哈難和約拿單、單戶篾的兒子西萊雅、並尼陀法人以斐的眾子、瑪迦人的兒子耶撒尼亞、和屬他們的人、都到米斯巴見基大利。
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, and their men. | |
| | 9 | 沙番的孫子亞希甘的兒子基大利向他們和屬他們的人起誓、說、不要怕服事迦勒底人、只管住在這地、服事巴比倫王、就可以得福。
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and their men. "Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians," he said. "Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. | |
| | 10 | 至於我、我要住在米斯巴、伺候那到我們這裡來的迦勒底人．只是你們當積蓄酒、油、和夏天的果子、收在器皿裡、住在你們所佔的城邑中。
I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over." | |
| | 11 | 在摩押地、和亞捫人中、在以東地、和各國的一切猶大人、聽見巴比倫王留下些猶大人、並立沙番的孫子亞希甘的兒子基大利管理他們．
When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as governor over them, | |
| | 12 | 這一切猶大人、就從所趕到的各處回來、到猶大地的米斯巴基大利那裡、又積蓄了許多的酒、並夏天的果子。
they all came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, from all the countries where they had been scattered. And they harvested an abundance of wine and summer fruit. | |
| | 13 | 加利亞的兒子約哈難、和在田野的一切軍長、來到米斯巴見基大利、
Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers still in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah | |
| | 14 | 對他說、亞捫人的王巴利斯打發尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利來要你的命、你知道麼．亞希甘的兒子基大利卻不信他們的話。
and said to him, "Don't you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them. | |
| | 15 | 加利亞的兒子約哈難在米斯巴私下對基大利說、求你容我去殺尼探雅的兒子以實瑪利、必無人知道．何必讓他要你的命、使聚集到你這裡來的猶大人都分散、以致猶大剩下的人都滅亡呢。
Then Johanan son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, "Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered and the remnant of Judah to perish?" | |
| | 16 | 亞希甘的兒子基大利對加利亞的兒子約哈難說、你不可行這事．你所論以實瑪利的話是假的。
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, "Don't do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true." | |
