1 Yahweh said, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there: 2 ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates. 3 Yahweh says: "Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their servants, and their people. 5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself," says Yahweh, "that this house will become a desolation."’"
6 For Yahweh says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
"You are Gilead to me,
the head of Lebanon.
Yet surely I will make you a wilderness,
cities which are not inhabited.
7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
everyone with his weapons,
and they will cut down your choice cedars,
and cast them into the fire.
8 "Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this great city?’ 9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’"
10 Don’t weep for the dead.
Don’t bemoan him;
but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he will return no more,
and not see his native country.
11 For Yahweh says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: "He won’t return there any more. 12 But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more."
13 "Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his rooms by injustice;
who uses his neighbor’s service without wages,
and doesn’t give him his hire;
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’
and cuts out windows for himself,
with a cedar ceiling,
and painted with red.
15 "Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink,
and do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
so then it was well.
Wasn’t this to know me?"
says Yahweh.
17 But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness,
for shedding innocent blood,
for oppression, and for doing violence."
18 Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
"They won’t lament for him,
saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’
They won’t lament for him,
saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’
19 He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,
drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem."
20 "Go up to Lebanon, and cry out.
Lift up your voice in Bashan,
and cry from Abarim;
for all your lovers have been destroyed.
21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
This has been your way from your youth,
that you didn’t obey my voice.
22 The wind will feed all your shepherds,
and your lovers will go into captivity.
Surely then you will be ashamed
and confounded for all your wickedness.
23 Inhabitant of Lebanon,
who makes your nest in the cedars,
how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you,
the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 "As I live," says Yahweh, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there. 25 I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die. 27 But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return."
28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel?
Is he a vessel in which no one delights?
Why are they cast out, he and his offspring,
and cast into a land which they don’t know?
29 O earth, earth, earth,
hear Yahweh’s word!
30 Yahweh says,
"Record this man as childless,
a man who will not prosper in his days;
for no more will a man of his offspring prosper,
sitting on David’s throne
and ruling in Judah."
1 耶和华这样说： "你下到犹大王的宫中， 在那里宣讲这些话，
2 说： ‘坐大卫王位的犹大王啊！ 你和你的臣仆， 以及从这些门进来的人民， 都要听耶和华的话。
3 耶和华这样说： 你们要施行公正和公义， 解救被抢夺的脱离欺压者的手， 不可虐待或以强暴对待寄居的、孤儿和寡妇， 也不可在这地方流无辜人的血。
4 如果你们切实地行这些事， 就必有坐大卫王位的列王， 乘着车， 骑着马， 与自己的臣仆和人民进入这王宫的各门。
5 如果你们不听从这些话， 我指着自己起誓， 这宫殿必变为废墟。’"这是耶和华的宣告。
6 因为耶和华论到犹大王的宫殿这样说： "虽然在我看来， 你好像基列， 好像黎巴嫩的山峰； 我却要使你变为旷野， 变为无人居住的城市。
7 我要指派毁灭者， 各有兵器攻击你； 他们必砍下你最好的香柏树， 丢进火里。
8 多国的人必经过这城， 彼此发问： ‘耶和华为什么这样对待这大城呢？’
9 必有人说： ‘是因为他们离弃了耶和华他们 神的约， 并且敬拜事奉别神。’"
10 不要为那已死的人哀哭， 不要为他悲伤； 却要为那远去的人大大哀哭， 因为他不得再回来， 也不能再见自己的国土。
11 因为论到犹大王约西亚的儿子， 就是继承他父亲约西亚作王的沙龙， 耶和华这样说： "他离开了这地方， 必不得再回来；
12 因为他要死在被掳去的地方， 不得再见这地。
13 "用不义的手段建造自己房屋、用不公正的方法建筑自己楼房的， 有祸了！ 他使自己的同胞白白作工， 不把工资付给他们。
14 他说： ‘我要为自己建造宏伟的房屋、宽敞的楼房。’他又为房屋装设宽阔的窗户， 用香柏木作镶板， 并且漆上红色。
15 难道你是用香柏木争胜来表明王的身分吗？你父亲不是也吃也喝， 也施行公正和公义吗？那时他得享福乐。
16 他为困苦和贫穷人伸冤， 那时他得享福乐。这不是认识我的真义吗？"这是耶和华的宣告。
17 "但你的眼你的心什么都不顾， 只顾你的不义之财， 只知流无辜人的血， 施行欺压和迫害的事。"
18 因此， 论到犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬， 耶和华这样说： "人必不为他哀伤， 说： ‘哀哉， 我哥哥！ ’‘哀哉， 我姊姊！ ’人必不为他哀伤， 说： ‘哀哉， 主上！ ’‘哀哉， 尊荣的王！ ’
19 他像驴子一样被埋葬， 被拖走， 拋在耶路撒冷城门外。"
20 "耶路撒冷啊， 上黎巴嫩哀叫吧！ 在巴珊扬声吧！ 从亚巴琳哀叫吧！ 因为你的盟友都毁灭了。
21 你安定的时候， 我曾警告过你， 你却说： ‘我不听！ ’从你幼年以来， 你就是这样， 不听从我的话。
22 风要卷走你所有的牧人， 你的盟友要被掳去； 那时， 因你的一切恶行， 你必蒙羞受辱。
23 住在黎巴嫩， 在香柏林中搭窝的啊！ 有痛苦临到你， 像产妇剧痛的时候， 你要怎样呻吟呢？"
24 "我指着我的永生起誓（这是耶和华的宣告）， 犹大王约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅， 虽然你是我右手上的印戒， 我也要把你从手上脱下来，
25 交在那些寻索你性命和你们惧怕的人手中， 就是交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和迦勒底人手中。
26 我要把你和生你的母亲驱赶到异地去， 你们不是生在那里， 却要死在那里。
27 你们（"你们"原文作"他们"）渴望归回本国， 却不得回去。"
28 哥尼雅这个人是被鄙视、被摔碎的瓶子， 是没有人喜悦的器皿吗？他和他的后裔为什么被驱赶， 被拋弃到他们不认识的地去呢？
29 大地啊！ 大地啊！ 大地啊！ 要听耶和华的话。
30 耶和华这样说： "你们要写下， 这人算为无子， 他的一生毫无成就； 因为他的后裔中没有一人可以成功， 能坐在大卫的王位上， 再次统治犹大。"