耶11:1 耶和华有话临到耶利米，说：
耶11:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
耶11:2 “你要告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民：‘你们要听从这约的话。’
耶11:2 Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,
耶11:3 你要对他们说：‘耶和华以色列的 神这样说：不听从这约的话的，必受咒诅。
耶11:3 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,
耶11:4 这约就是我把你们的列祖从埃及地、从铁炉那里领出来的那天所吩咐他们的，说：你们要听从我的话，照着我吩咐你们的一切话去行；这样，你们就作我的子民，我也作你们的 神。
耶11:4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:
耶11:5 我好履行向你们列祖所起的誓，就是把流奶与蜜之地赐给他们，好像今天一样。’”于是我回答说：“耶和华啊！阿们。”
耶11:5 So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.
耶11:6 耶和华又对我说：“你要在犹大各城中和耶路撒冷的街道上，宣告这一切话，说：‘你们要听从、遵行这约的话。
耶11:6 And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.
耶11:7 因为自从我领你们的列祖出埃及地那一天，我已郑重警告他们，直到今日，我仍不断警告他们，说：“你们要听从我的话。”
耶11:7 For I gave certain witness to your fathers on the day when I took them up out of the land of Egypt, and even to this day, getting up early and witnessing and saying, Give ear to my voice.
耶11:8 他们却不听从，毫不留心，各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。所以，我使这约中一切咒诅的话临到他们身上。我曾吩咐他们遵行这约，他们却不遵行。’”
耶11:8 But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.
耶11:9 耶和华又对我说：“在犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民中间，有背叛的阴谋。
耶11:9 And the Lord said to me, There is an evil design at work among the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.
耶11:10 他们回到他们祖先所犯的罪孽中。他们的祖先不肯听从我的话，却随从事奉别的神。以色列家和犹大家都违犯了我和他们列祖所立的约。”
耶11:10 They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.
耶11:11 因此耶和华这样说：“看哪！我必使灾祸临到他们身上，是他们不能逃脱的；他们虽然向我哀求，我必不听他们。
耶11:11 So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.
耶11:12 那时，犹大各城的人和耶路撒冷的居民，都必去哀求他们烧香供奉的神，只是在他们遭难的时候，这些神却完全不能拯救他们。
耶11:12 Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.
耶11:13 犹大啊！你的城有多少，你的神也有多少；耶路撒冷的街道有多少，你为那可耻的巴力所设立烧香的祭坛也有多少。
耶11:13 For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.
耶11:14 “至于你，不要为这人民祈祷，不要为他们呼求祷告，因为他们遭难向我呼求的时候，我必不听他们。
耶11:14 And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.
耶11:15 “我所爱的既然行了罪大恶极的事，还有什么资格在我的殿里呢？难道祭肉可以消除你的灾祸，使你得着欢乐吗？”
耶11:15 About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?
耶11:16 耶和华曾称你的名字为壮丽、多结美果的青橄榄树；现在他必藉风暴雷轰，把它燃点起来，它的枝子也都折断。
耶11:16 You had been named by the Lord, A branching olive-tree, fair with beautiful fruit: with the noise of a great rushing he has put it on fire and its branches are broken.
耶11:17 那栽种你的万军之耶和华，已经宣布降灾攻击你，是因以色列家和犹大家自己所行的恶；他们向巴力烧香，惹我发怒。
耶11:17 For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.
耶11:18 耶和华把他们的阴谋指示我，我就知道了；那时，你把他们所行的给我指明。
耶11:18 And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.
耶11:19 至于我，我却像一只驯良的羊羔，被牵到屠宰之地；我并不知道他们设计谋害我。他们说：“我们来把这树和果子（“果子”原文作“它的食物”）都毁灭吧，把它从活人之地剪除，使它的名不再被人记念。”
耶11:19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
耶11:20 但万军之耶和华啊！你是凭公义审判人，试验人肺腑和心肠的。求你让我看见你在他们身上施行的报复，因为我已经把我的案件向你陈明了。
耶11:20 But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
耶11:21 因此耶和华指责那些亚拿突人，他们寻索你命，向你恐吓说：“不要奉耶和华的名说预言，免得你死在我们手中。”
耶11:21 So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the men of Anathoth who have made designs against your life, saying, You are not to be a prophet in the name of the Lord, or death will overtake you by our hands:
耶11:22 万军之耶和华这样说：“看哪！我要惩罚他们；他们的年轻人必死在刀下，他们的儿女必因饥荒而死。
耶11:22 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:
耶11:23 他们中间必没有余剩的，因为在惩罚他们的年日，我必使灾祸临到他们身上。”
耶11:23 Not one of them will keep his life, for I will send evil on the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.