耶2:1 耶和华的话临到我，说：
耶2:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
耶2:2 “你去在耶路撒冷人的耳中呼叫，说：‘耶和华这样说：你年轻时的恩爱，新婚时的爱情，你怎样在旷野、在未曾耕种之地跟从我，我都记得。
耶2:2 Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.
耶2:3 那时，以色列归耶和华为圣，作他初熟的土产。吞吃她的，都算为有罪，灾祸必临到他们。’”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶2:3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord.
耶2:4 雅各家啊！以色列家的各族啊！你们要听耶和华的话。
耶2:4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
耶2:5 耶和华这样说：“你们列祖在我身上究竟发现了什么不义，使他们远离我，随从虚无的偶像，自己也成了虚妄呢？
耶2:5 These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?
耶2:6 他们也不问：‘那领我们从埃及地上来，引导我们走过旷野，走过荒漠有深坑之地、干旱死荫之地、无人经过、无人居住之地的耶和华在哪里呢？’
耶2:6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?
耶2:7 我领你们进入这肥美之地，得吃其中的果子和美物；可是你们一进来，就玷污了我的地；你们使我的产业成为可憎恶的。
耶2:7 And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.
耶2:8 众祭司都不问：‘耶和华在哪里？’律法师不认识我，官长悖逆我，先知奉巴力的名说预言，跟从那无益的偶像。
耶2:8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.
耶2:9 因此，我要再跟你们争辩，也要跟你们的子孙争辩。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶2:9 For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.
耶2:10 “你们尽管过到基提海岛察看，派人去基达仔细查考，看看曾有这样的事没有。
耶2:10 For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.
耶2:11 有哪一国把自己的神换掉呢？其实那些并不是神。我的子民竟把他们的荣耀，换了无益的偶像。
耶2:11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
耶2:12 诸天哪！你们要因此震惊，要大大战栗，极其凄凉。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶2:12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.
耶2:13 “因为我的子民作了两件恶事，就是离弃了我这活水的泉源，为自己凿了池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。
耶2:13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
耶2:14 “以色列岂是奴隶，或是在家中生的奴仆呢？为什么竟成了掠物呢？
耶2:14 Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
耶2:15 幼狮都向他咆哮，大声吼叫，使他的地荒凉，城中破毁，无人居住。
耶2:15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.
耶2:16 挪弗人和答比匿人也剃光了你的头顶。
耶2:16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.
耶2:17 你这不是自作自受吗？耶和华你的 神在路上引导你时，你却离弃了他。
耶2:17 Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?
耶2:18 现在，你为什么要到埃及去，喝西曷的水呢？你为什么要到亚述去，喝幼发拉底河的水呢？
耶2:18 And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
耶2:19 你自己的罪恶要惩罚你，你背道的事必责备你。你当知道，也要明白，离弃耶和华你的 神，没有畏惧我的心，是邪恶的，是痛苦的。”这是主万军之耶和华的宣告。
耶2:19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
耶2:20 “你从古时就折断了自己的轭，解开了自己的绳索，说：‘我不事奉你了。’你在每个高冈上，在每棵繁茂树下，蹲伏行淫。
耶2:20 For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman
耶2:21 我栽你时原是上等的葡萄树，是绝对纯种的；你怎么在我面前变为坏枝子，成了野葡萄呢？
耶2:21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
耶2:22 你虽然用碱洗涤，多加肥皂，你罪孽的污渍仍留在我面前。”这是主耶和华的宣告。
耶2:22 For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
耶2:23 “你怎么能说：‘我没有玷污自己，未曾跟从过巴力’呢？看看你在谷中的行径，想想你所作过的！简直像快捷的小雌驼，在路上乱闯；
耶2:23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
耶2:24 又像惯在旷野的野驴，欲心一起就喘气，牠春情发动，谁能抑制牠呢？寻找牠的都不必费力，在牠的交配期间，必能找到牠。
耶2:24 An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.
耶2:25 不要使你的脚赤露，你的喉咙干渴！你却说：‘没用的！因为我爱外族人的神，我要跟从他们！’
耶2:25 Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.
耶2:26 “贼被捉拿时怎样羞愧，以色列家和他们的君王、领袖、祭司和先知，也都怎样羞愧。
耶2:26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;
耶2:27 他们对木头说：‘你是我爸爸’；对石头说：‘你是生我的’。他们以背向我，不以脸向我；然而遭遇患难时却说：‘起来，救救我们吧！’
耶2:27 Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.
耶2:28 你为自己所做的神在哪里？你遭遇患难时，如果他们能救你，就让他们起来吧！犹大啊！你的城有多少，你的神也有多少！
耶2:28 But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.
耶2:29 你们为什么跟我争辩呢？你们都悖逆了我！”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶2:29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.
耶2:30 “我责打你们的儿女也是没用，因为他们不受管教。你们的刀剑，像灭命的狮子吞噬你们的先知。
耶2:30 I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
耶2:31 这世代的人哪！你们要注意耶和华的话：‘对以色列人来说，难道我是旷野，或是黑暗的地方？我的子民为什么说：我们自由了，不再到你那里去了？
耶2:31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?
耶2:32 少女能忘记她的饰物吗？新妇能忘记她的华带吗？我的子民却忘记了我，这些日子无法数算。
耶2:32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.
耶2:33 你多么通晓门路，去寻求爱情！就连坏女人，你也可以把门路指教她们。
耶2:33 With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
耶2:34 在你衣襟上又发现无辜穷人的血，并且你不是发现他们在挖窟窿时杀他们的。虽然这样，
耶2:34 And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...
耶2:35 你还说：我是无辜的，他的怒气必已离开我。看哪！我要审判你，因为你曾说：我没有犯罪！
耶2:35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.
耶2:36 你为什么要东奔西跑，改变你的路向呢？你必因埃及蒙羞，像你从前因亚述受辱一样。
耶2:36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
耶2:37 你必双手抱头从埃及出来，因为耶和华弃绝了你所倚靠的，你靠他们必不能成功。’”
耶2:37 Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.