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耶利米书生命读经 · 第31篇

以色列干犯耶和华的罪，

Israel’s Sin against Jehovah
1与耶和华对以色列的惩罚（二十一）
1and Jehovah’s Punishment upon Israel (21
以色列在犯罪干犯耶和华上的顽梗，与耶利米在为耶和华说话上的坚定（四）
Israel’s Stubbornness in Their Sinning against Jehovah and Jeremiah’s Firmness in His Speaking for Jehovah (4
2读经：耶利米书四十二至四十四章。
2Scripture Reading: Jer. 42—44
3在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看耶路撒冷陷落后，以色列在犯罪干犯耶和华上的顽梗，与耶利米在为耶和华说话上的坚定。我们特别要说到犹大遗民从基大利到约哈难的历史更多的方面。（耶四十7～四四30。）
3In this message we will continue to consider Israel's stubbornness in their sinning against Jehovah and Jeremiah's firmness in his speaking for Jehovah after the fall of Jerusalem. In particular, we will cover further aspects of the history of the remnant of Judah from Gedaliah to Johanan (40:7—44:30
５ 遗民与首领在求耶利米为他们祷告上的不诚实
5. The Dishonesty of the Remnant and the Leaders in Asking Jeremiah to Pray for Them
4耶利米四十二章一节至四十三章七节启示，在耶路撒冷陷落后，遗民与首领在求耶利米为他们祷告上的不诚实。
4Jeremiah 42:1—43:7 reveals the dishonesty of the remnant and the leaders in asking Jeremiah to pray for them after the fall of Jerusalem
ａ众军长、约哈难、耶撒尼亚、以及众百姓，求耶利米为他们祷告
a. All the Leaders of the Forces, Johanan, Jezaniah, and All the People Begging Jeremiah to Pray for Them
5在四十二章一至三节，众军长、约哈难、耶撒尼亚、以及众百姓，从最小的到至大的，都求申言者耶利米为他们祷告，指示他们所当走的路，所当作的事。耶利米说，他必照著他们的话，向耶和华他们的神祷告；耶和华无论回答甚么，他必都告诉他们，毫不隐瞒。（4。）于是他们对耶利米说，『我们若不照耶和华你的神差遣你来说的一切话行，愿耶和华在我们中间作真实诚信的见证。我们现在请你到耶和华我们的神面前，祂说的无论是福是祸，我们都必听从。我们听从耶和华我们神的话，就可以得福。』（5～6。）
5In 42:1-3 all the leaders of the forces, Johanan, Jezaniah, and all the people, from the least even unto the greatest, begged Jeremiah the prophet to pray for them concerning the way in which they should go and the thing which they should do. Jeremiah said that he would pray to Jehovah their God according to their words and that whatever Jehovah answered them he would tell them and not withhold anything from them (v. 4). Then they said to Jeremiah, "May Jehovah be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not do according to every word with which Jehovah your God sends you to us. Whether it is good or whether it is evil, we will listen to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send you, that it may be well with us, when we listen to the voice of Jehovah our God" (vv. 5-6
ｂ耶和华的话藉著耶利米临到他们
b. The Word of Jehovah Coming to Them through Jeremiah
6耶利米没有急忙说话，却等候十天。过了十天，耶和华的话藉著耶利米临到他们，说，他们若仍住在这地，祂就建立他们，必不拆毁；栽植他们，必不拔出。（7～10。）耶利米又告诉他们不要怕巴比伦王，因为耶和华与他们同在，要拯救、搭救他们脱离他的手。耶和华要向他们施怜恤，使巴比伦王怜恤他们，叫他们归回本地。（11～12。）然而，倘若他们不住在这地，以致不听从耶和华他们神的话，却要进入埃及地，住在那里，刀剑就必在埃及追上他们，饥荒必紧紧跟随他们，他们必死在埃及。（13～16。）他们去埃及时，耶和华的忿怒必倾倒在他们身上，他们必成为辱骂、惊骇、咒诅和羞辱，不得再见这地方。（17～22。）
6Jeremiah did not speak in a rush but rather waited for ten days. After ten days the word of Jehovah came to them through Jeremiah, saying that if they would still remain in the land, He would build them up and not tear them down, and He would plant them and not pluck them up (vv. 7-10). They were told that they should not fear the king of Babylon, for Jehovah was with them to save and deliver them from his hand. Jehovah would show compassions to them, that the king of Babylon might have compassion on them and might bring them back to their own land (vv. 11-12). However, if they would not remain in the land and would not listen to the voice of Jehovah their God, but would go to the land of Egypt and dwell there, then the sword would overtake them in Egypt, and the famine would follow hard after them, and they would die there in Egypt (vv. 13-16). Jehovah's wrath would be poured out on them when they went to Egypt, and they would become an execration, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach, and they would see the land no more (vv. 17-22).
ｃ亚撒利雅、约哈难、并一切狂傲的人，对耶利米说，他说假话
c. Azariah, Johanan, and All the Proud Men Saying to Jeremiah That He Was Speaking Falsehood
7耶利米说完了话，亚撒利雅、约哈难、并一切狂傲的人，对耶利米说，『你说假话，耶和华我们的神并没有差遣你来说，你们不可去埃及，寄居在那里。』（四三2。）他们继续说，巴录挑唆他害他们，要将他们交在迦勒底人的手中，使迦勒底人杀死他们，或者将他们放逐到巴比伦去。于是约哈难、一切军长、并众百姓，都不听从耶和华的话留在犹大地，约哈难和一切军长却带著所剩下的犹大人，来到埃及地，到了答比匿。（3～7。）
7When Jeremiah finished speaking, Azariah, Johanan, and all the proud men said to him, "You are speaking falsehood; Jehovah our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go to Egypt to sojourn there" (43:2). They went on to say that Baruch was inciting him against them so as to give them into the hand of the Chaldeans to be put to death or taken into exile to Babylon. So Johanan, all the leaders of the forces, and all the people did not listen to the voice of Jehovah to remain in the land of Judah, but Johanan and all the leaders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah and came to the land of Egypt as far as Tahpanhes (vv. 3-7
６ 耶和华藉耶利米所说关于犹大遗民在埃及的命运
6. The Word of Jehovah through Jeremiah concerning the Destiny of the Remnant of Judah in Egypt
8耶利米四十三章八节至四十四章十四节，记载耶和华藉耶利米所说关于犹大遗民在埃及的命运。ａ耶和华要耶利米在犹大人眼前拿几块大石头，藏在砌砖的灰泥中，就是在法老的宫门那里耶和华要耶利米在犹大人眼前拿几块大石头，藏在砌砖的灰泥中，就是在法老的宫门那里。（8～9。）耶和华以色列的神说，祂要召巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来，要安置他的宝座在所藏的那些石头上；尼布甲尼撒必将宝帐支搭在其上。（10。）他要来攻击埃及地，用火焚烧埃及众神的庙宇，打碎埃及地太阳神殿的柱像。（11～13。）
8Jeremiah 43:8 — 44:14 is a record of the word of Jehovah through Jeremiah concerning the destiny of the remnant of Judah in Egypt. a. Jehovah Asking Jeremiah to Take Large Stones and Hide Them in the Mortar in the Brickwork at the Entrance of Pharaoh'sHo use in the Sight of the Jews Jehovah asked Jeremiah to take large stones and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork at the entrance of Pharaoh ' sho use in the sight of the Jews (vv. 8-9). Jehovah, the God of Israel, said that He was going to send Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and set his throne above those stones which He had hidden, and Nebuchadnezzar would spread his canopy over them (v. 10). He would come and strike the land of Egypt. He would burn the houses of the gods of Egypt and smash the pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt (vv. 11-13).
ｂ耶和华藉耶利米对犹大遗民进一步说话
b. Jehovah Speaking Further through Jeremiah to the Remnant of Judah
9耶和华藉耶利米对犹大遗民进一步说，祂的忿怒和怒气都倒出来，在犹大城邑和耶路撒冷的街市上如火著起，以致都成为荒废凄凉，这是因他们所行的恶，去烧香事奉别神，惹祂发怒，不听从祂的仆人众申言者。（四四1～6。）这些事他们都看见了。
9Jehovah spoke further through Jeremiah to the remnant of Judah that His wrath and anger had poured forth and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. They became a waste and a desolation because of their wickedness which they did to provoke Him to anger, in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods, not listening to His servants the prophets (44:1-6). They had seen all these things
10耶和华继续问他们道，他们为何仍作这大恶害自己的性命，因他们手所作的，在埃及地向别神烧香，惹祂发怒，使他们被剪除，在地上万国中成为咒诅、羞辱呢？（7～8。）然后祂又问他们说，他们列祖的恶行，犹大列王和他们后妃的恶行，他们自己和他们妻子的恶行，就是在犹大地，在耶路撒冷街上所行的，他们都忘了么？他们到那时还没有懊悔。（9～10。）所以耶和华以色列的神必向他们变脸降祸，以致剪除犹大众人。不仅如此，祂必使剩下的犹大人，那定意去埃及地的，在埃及地因刀剑饥荒尽都灭绝。祂怎样用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫惩罚耶路撒冷，也必照样惩罚那些住在埃及地的人。（11～14。）７那些知道自己妻子向别神烧香的大众，和旁边站立的众妇女，与申言者耶利米之间的争论照著四十四章十五至三十节，那些知道自己妻子向别神烧香的大众，和旁边站立的众妇女，与申言者耶利米之间起了争论。
10Jehovah went on to ask them why they were still doing a great evil against their souls, provoking Him to anger with the works of their hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, that they might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth (vv. 7-8). Then He asked them if they had forgotten the wickedness of their fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah and of their wives, and their own wickedness and the wickedness of their own wives, which they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. They had not become contrite even to that day (vv. 9-10). Therefore, Jehovah, the God of Israel, would set His face against them for evil, even to cut off all Judah. Furthermore, He would take the remnant of Judah who had set their faces to go to the land of Egypt, and they would all be consumed in the land of Egypt by sword and by famine. He would punish those who dwelt in the land of Egypt as He had punished Jerusalem: with sword, with famine, and with pestilence (vv. 11-14). 7. The Argument between a Great Assemblage of Those Who Knew That Their Wives Burned Incense to Other Gods and All the Women Who Stood By, and Jeremiah the Prophet According to 44:15-30 there was an argument between a great assemblage of those who knew that their wives burned incense to others gods and all the women who stood by, and Jeremiah the prophet
11ａ他们回答耶利米说，他奉耶和华的名向他们所说的话，他们必不听从他们回答耶利米说，他奉耶和华的名向他们所说的话，他们必不听从。他们定意要成就他们口中所出的一切话，向天后烧香，浇奠祭，按著他们与他们列祖、君王、首领，在犹大城邑和耶路撒冷街市上，素常所行的一样；因为那时他们吃得饱、享福乐、并不见灾祸。（15～17。）他们接著说，自从他们停止向天后烧香，浇奠祭，他们倒缺乏一切，又因刀剑饥荒灭绝。作妻子的与丈夫一同作饼给天后，作她的像，向她浇奠祭。（18～19。）ｂ耶利米回答说，他们在犹大城邑和耶路撒冷街市上所烧的香，耶和华都记得耶利米回答说，他们在犹大城邑和耶路撒冷街市上所烧的香，耶和华都记得。（20～21。）耶和华不能再容忍；所以他们的地成为荒凉、惊骇、咒诅、无人居住。因为他们得罪耶和华，所以他们遭遇这灾祸。（22～23。）
11a. Answering Jeremiah That They Would Not Listen to the Word Which He Had Spoken to Them in the Name of Jehovah They answered Jeremiah, saying that they would not listen to the word which he had spoken to them in the name of Jehovah. Instead, they would surely do everything which had gone out of their mouth, burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, just as they themselves and their fathers, their kings, and their princes did in the streets of Jerusalem, for they had plenty of food and were well off and did not see evil (vv. 15-17). They continued by saying that since they had ceased burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out libations to her, they had lacked everything and had been consumed by sword and by famine. They made cakes to the queen of heaven, making images of her and pouring out libations to her, with their husbands (vv. 18-19). b. Jeremiah Answering That Jehovah Had Remembered the Incense They Had Burned in the Cities of Judah and in the Streets of Jerusalem Jeremiah answered, saying that Jehovah had remembered the incense they had burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem (vv. 20-21). Jehovah had been no longer able to bear it. Therefore, their land had become a desolation and an astonishment and a curse, without inhabitant. Because they had sinned against Jehovah, that evil had happened to them (vv. 22-23).
12耶利米进一步对他们说，耶和华以色列的神说，他们和他们的妻，都口中说，手里作，定要实行他们所许的愿，向天后烧香，浇奠祭。所以耶和华对住在埃及地的一切犹大人说，祂必向他们留意降祸不降福，在埃及地的一切犹大人，必被刀剑饥荒所灭，直到灭尽。那些剩下的犹大人，进入埃及寄居的，必知道是谁的话立得住，是祂的呢？还是他们的？祂必在埃及惩罚他们，必将埃及王法老合弗拉交在他仇敌手中，像耶和华将犹大王西底家交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中一样。（24～30。）
12Jeremiah said further to them that Jehovah, the God of Israel, said that they and their wives had both spoken with their mouths and had fulfilled it with their hands, that they would surely perform the vows which they had vowed to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her. Therefore, Jehovah said to all Judah who dwelt in the land of Egypt that He was watching over them for evil and not for good, and all the men of Judah who were in the land of Egypt would be consumed by sword and by famine until there was an end of them. All the remnant of Judah who came to the land of Egypt to sojourn there would know whose word would be established, His or theirs. He would punish them in Egypt and would give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, just as He had given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (vv. 24-30