1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 "Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them, 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 that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, "Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate." 5 But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods. 6 Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’
7 "Therefore now Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining, 8 in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live, that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’
11 "Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah. 12 I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will 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 assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky 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; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine."
19 The women said, "When we burned incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?"
20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying, 21 "The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t Yahweh remember them, and didn’t it come into his mind? 22 Thus Yahweh could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today. 23 Because you have burned incense and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today."
24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, "Hear Yahweh’s word, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt! 25 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, "We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her."
"‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’
26 "Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the Lord Yahweh lives." 27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone. 28 Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
29 "‘This will be the sign to you,’ says Yahweh, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’ 30 Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and 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。’"