耶23:1 “那些残杀和赶散我牧场上的羊群的牧人，有祸了！”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:1 A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
耶23:2 因此，耶和华以色列的 神论到牧养他（“他”原文作“我”）子民的牧人这样说：“你们使我的羊群四散，把牠们赶走，并没有看顾牠们；看哪！我必因你们的恶行惩罚你们。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:2 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
耶23:3 “我要亲自把我羊群中余剩的，从我把牠们赶逐到的各地，招聚出来，领牠们归回自己的羊圈，使牠们繁殖增多。
耶23:3 And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
耶23:4 我要兴起牧人，牧养牠们；牠们必不再恐惧惊慌，一个也不会失掉。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:4 And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
耶23:5 “看哪！日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告），我必给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔；他必执政为王，行事有智慧，在地上施行公正和公义。
耶23:5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
耶23:6 在他执政的日子，犹大必得救，以色列也必安然居住。人要称他的名字为‘耶和华我们的义’。”
耶23:6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
耶23:7 “因此，看哪！日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告），人不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来的永活的耶和华起誓，
耶23:7 And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt;
耶23:8 却要指着那领以色列家的后裔从北方之地、从他（“他”原文作“我”）把他们赶逐到的各地上来的、永活的耶和华起誓。他们就必住在自己的地方。”
耶23:8 But, By the living Lord, who took up the seed of Israel, and made them come out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had sent them; and they will be living in the land which is theirs.
耶23:9 论到那些先知，我的心在我里面破碎，我全身的骨头都发抖。因为耶和华的缘故，又因为他的圣言的缘故，我就像一个醉酒的人，像一个被酒灌醉的人。
耶23:9 About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.
耶23:10 因为这地满了行淫的人；因受咒诅，地就悲哀，旷野的草场都枯干了；他们走的路是邪恶的，他们的权力误用了。
耶23:10 For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
耶23:11 “先知和祭司都不敬虔，甚至在我殿里我也看见他们的邪恶。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:11 For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.
耶23:12 “因此，他们的路必像滑地；他们必被赶逐到黑暗中，必在那里仆倒。因为到了惩罚他们的年日，我必使灾祸临到他们。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:12 For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
耶23:13 “在撒玛利亚的先知中，我看见可厌的事：他们竟奉巴力的名说预言，使我的子民以色列走错了路。
耶23:13 And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
耶23:14 在耶路撒冷的先知中，我看见可怕的事。他们犯奸淫，行事虚假，坚固恶人的手，以致没有人离弃恶行；在我看来，他们都像所多玛人，耶路撒冷的居民也像蛾摩拉人一样。”
耶23:14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
耶23:15 因此，论到这些先知，万军之耶和华这样说：“看哪！我必使他们吃苦堇，喝毒水，因为有不敬虔的风气，从耶路撒冷的先知中散播出来，遍及全地。”
耶23:15 So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.
耶23:16 万军之耶和华这样说：“不要听从这些向你们说预言的先知所说的话，他们使你们存有虚幻的希望；他们所讲的异象是出于自己的心思，不是出于耶和华的口。
耶23:16 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
耶23:17 他们不断对那些藐视我的人说：‘耶和华说：你们必平安无事！’又对所有随从自己顽梗的心行事的人说：‘灾祸必不临到你们！’”
耶23:17 They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.
耶23:18 可是他们中间有谁曾参与耶和华的议会，看见或听见他的话呢？有谁曾留心听他的话而实在听见呢？
耶23:18 For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?
耶23:19 看哪！耶和华的旋风，在震怒中发出，是旋转的狂风，必卷到恶人的头上。
耶23:19 See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.
耶23:20 耶和华的怒气必不转消，直到他作成和实现他心中的计划。在末后的日子，你们就会完全明白这事。
耶23:20 The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
耶23:21 “我没有差派这些先知，但他们自己到处跑；我没有对他们说话，他们竟擅自说预言。
耶23:21 I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.
耶23:22 如果他们曾参与我的议会，就必向我的子民宣告我的信息，使他们转离他们的恶道，离开他们的恶行。
耶23:22 But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
耶23:23 难道我只是近处的 神吗？不也是远处的 神吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:23 Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
耶23:24 “人怎能躲藏在隐密处，以致我看不见他呢？（这是耶和华的宣告）。我岂不是充满天地吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
耶23:25 “那些先知所说的话我都听见了，他们冒我的名说虚假的预言：‘我作了梦！我作了梦！’
耶23:25 My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,
耶23:26 那些先知心里存着这样的意念要到几时呢？他们说虚假的预言，说出自己心中的诡诈；
耶23:26 Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?
耶23:27 他们以为借着互相传述自己的梦，就可以使我的子民忘记我的名，好像他们的列祖因巴力忘记了我的名一样。
耶23:27 Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal.
耶23:28 作了梦的先知，让他把梦述说出来；但得了我话语的先知，该忠实地传讲我的话。禾秆怎能和麦子相比呢？”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:28 If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
耶23:29 “我的话不是像火，不是像能打碎岩石的大锤吗？”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:29 Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
耶23:30 “所以，看哪！那些先知互相偷取对方的话，当作我的话，我要对付他们。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:30 For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.
耶23:31 “看哪！那些先知用自己的舌头说：‘这是耶和华的宣告’，我要对付他们。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:31 See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.
耶23:32 “看哪！那些藉虚假的梦说预言的，我要对付他们。”这是耶和华的宣告。“他们述说这些梦，以虚谎和夸张的话使我的子民走错了路。我没有差派他们，也没有吩咐他们；他们对这人民毫无益处。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:32 See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
耶23:33 “如果这人民、或先知、或祭司问你说：‘耶和华有什么默示呢？’你要回答他们：‘你们就是重担（“你们就是重担”按照《马索拉抄本》应作：“什么默示？”现参照《七十士译本》翻译。“重担”和“默示”原文是同一个字），我要丢弃你们。’”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶23:33 And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.
耶23:34 “无论是先知、是祭司，或是人民，凡说‘这是耶和华的默示’的，我都要惩罚那人和他的家。”
耶23:34 And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house.
耶23:35 你们各人对自己的邻舍，对自己的兄弟要这样说：“耶和华回答了什么？耶和华说了什么？”
耶23:35 But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?
耶23:36 你们不可再提耶和华的默示，你们各人所说的话将成为自己的重担；因为你们曲解永活的 神万军之耶和华我们 神的话了。
耶23:36 And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.
耶23:37 你们要对 神的先知（“你们要对 神的先知”或译：“耶利米啊，你要对那些先知”）说：“耶和华回答了你什么？耶和华说了什么呢？”
耶23:37 This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?
耶23:38 如果你们仍说：“这是耶和华的默示”，耶和华就必这样说：“你们既然说‘这是耶和华的默示’这句话，而我又曾差派人去告诉你们不可再说‘这是耶和华的默示’；
耶23:38 But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;
耶23:39 因此，看哪！我必把你们当作重担举起来（“我必把你们当作重担举起来”或译：“我必定忘记你们”），把你们连同我赐给你们和你们列祖的城都从我面前丢弃。
耶23:39 For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:
耶23:40 我必使你们蒙受永远的凌辱、永远的羞耻，是不能忘记的。”
耶23:40 And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men.