1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold they are, this day, a waste, and no man dwelleth therein,
3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods which they knew not, they, {nor} ye, nor your fathers.
4 And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!
5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
6 And my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.
7 And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you no remnant;
8 provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are come to sojourn, that ye should be cut off, and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 They are not humbled unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.
11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed: in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword {and} by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
14 and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 {As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,
17 but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
20 And Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,
21 Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?
22 And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, {and} because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.
24 And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.
25 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her. Ye will certainly establish your vows, and entirely perform your vows.
26 Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, {As} the Lord Jehovah liveth.
27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, a very small company; and all the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine or theirs.
29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil:
30 thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
1 以下的话临到耶利米， 论到所有住在埃及地的犹大人， 就是那些住在密夺、答比匿、挪弗和巴忒罗地的人， 说：
2 "万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说： ‘你们都亲眼看见我降在耶路撒冷和犹大各城的一切灾祸。看哪！ 那些城镇今天仍然荒凉， 没有人居住，
3 这是因为他们所行的恶事的缘故； 他们向别神烧香， 事奉它们， 惹我发怒。这些神是他们和你们， 以及你们的列祖所不认识的。
4 虽然我不断差遣我的仆人众先知到你们那里去， 说： 你们千万不可行我所恨恶， 这可憎的事！
5 他们却不听从， 毫不留心， 不肯离开他们的恶行， 仍向别神烧香。
6 因此， 我必倾出我的烈怒和怒气， 在犹大的各城镇和耶路撒冷的街上烧起， 以致它们都荒凉废弃， 像今天一样。’
7 现在， 耶和华万军的 神以色列的 神这样说： ‘你们为什么自己招来这样的大灾祸， 使你们的男人、女人、孩童和婴儿都从犹大中除灭， 一个余剩的人也不留下呢？
8 为什么因你们手所作的， 在你们来寄居的埃及地向别神烧香， 惹我发怒， 以致你们被除灭， 成为地上万国咒诅和羞辱的对象呢？
9 你们列祖的恶行、犹大列王的恶行、他们妻子的恶行、你们自己的恶行和你们妻子的恶行， 就是在犹大地和耶路撒冷街上所行的， 你们忘记了吗？
10 直到今日， 他们还没有痛悔， 没有畏惧， 也没有遵行我在你们和你们列祖面前所立的律法和条例。’
11 "因此万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说： ‘看哪！ 我决意向你们降下灾祸， 把全犹大都除灭。
12 那些决意去埃及地， 在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人， 我必把他们除去； 他们必在埃及地灭绝； 他们必倒在刀下， 必因饥荒灭亡； 他们从最小的到最大的都必因刀剑和饥荒而死， 以致成了令人惊骇、被人咒骂、咒诅和羞辱的对象。
13 我必用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫惩罚那些住在埃及地的人， 好像惩罚耶路撒冷一样。
14 那些去埃及地， 在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人， 必不能逃脱， 不能幸存， 不能返回他们心里渴望回去居住的犹大地； 除了一些逃脱了的人以外， 一个都不能返回。’"
15 那些知道自己的妻子曾向别神烧香的众人， 和一大群站在那里的妇女， 以及住在埃及地巴忒罗的众民， 回答耶利米说：
16 "你奉耶和华的名对我们所说的话， 我们不听从。
17 我们口中说过的一切话， 我们一定去作， 我们要向天后烧香， 浇奠祭， 好像我们自己和我们的列祖， 以及我们的君王和领袖， 在犹大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上所行的一样。那时我们吃得饱， 得享福乐， 不见灾祸。
18 但是， 自从我们停止向天后烧香和浇奠祭以后， 我们就样样都缺乏， 又因刀剑和饥荒灭亡。"
19 那些妇女又说： "我们不错是向天后烧香和浇奠祭， 难道我们的丈夫不知道我们照着天后的形象制饼供奉她， 向她浇奠祭吗？"
20 耶利米对全体人民， 对那些用这话答复他的男人、女人和众民说：
21 "你们和你们的列祖， 以及你们的君王、领袖， 和全国的人民， 在犹大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上烧的香， 耶和华怎能忘记， 他心里怎能不想起呢？
22 耶和华再不能容忍你们邪恶的行为， 和你们所行可憎的事； 故此， 你们的土地荒凉， 成了令人惊骇、被人咒诅的对象， 没有人居住， 好像今天一样。
23 因为你们向别神烧香， 得罪了耶和华， 不听从耶和华的话， 不遵行他的律法、条例和法度， 所以这灾祸临到你们， 好像今天一样。"
24 耶利米又对众民和众妇女说： "在埃及地所有的犹大人哪， 要听耶和华的话！
25 万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说： ‘你们和你们的妻子亲口说过： 我们一定要实行我们的愿， 向天后烧香， 浇奠祭。你们果然亲手作了。现在你们只管持定你们所许的愿， 只管实行你们的誓言吧！ ’
26 但所有住在埃及地的犹大人哪， 你们要听耶和华的话！ 耶和华说： ‘看哪！ 我指着我伟大的名起誓： 在埃及全地每一个犹大人的口中， 再不会呼唤我的名， 说： 我指着永活的主耶和华起誓。
27 看哪！ 我要留意向他们降祸不降福； 在埃及地所有的犹大人都必因刀剑和饥荒灭亡， 直到灭绝。
28 那些逃脱刀剑的， 必从埃及地返回犹大地； 他们人数很少。这样， 所有去埃及地在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人， 就知道谁的话实现： 我的， 还是他们的。
29 "‘我要在这地方惩罚你们， 这是给你们的征兆， 好使你们知道我说要降祸给你们的话， 一定实现。’这是耶和华的宣告。
30 耶和华这样说： ‘看哪！ 我必把埃及王法老合弗拉交在他仇敌的手中， 和那些寻索他性命的人的手中， 像我把犹大王西底家交在他仇敌， 那寻索他性命的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中一样。’"