耶29:1 以下这一封信，是耶利米先知从耶路撒冷寄给被掳的祭司、先知和众民，以及尚存的长老，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的。
耶29:1 Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsible men among those who had been taken away, and to the priests and the prophets and to all the rest of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon;
耶29:2 这是在耶哥尼雅王、太后、宫中的臣宰、犹大和耶路撒冷的领袖、工匠和铁匠从耶路撒冷被掳走以后。
耶29:2 (After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem and the expert workmen and the metal-workers had gone away from Jerusalem;)
耶29:3 这封信是由沙番的儿子以利亚萨和希勒家的儿子基玛利带去的；他们是犹大王西底家差往巴比伦，去见巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的。信上说：
耶29:3 By the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, king of Judah, sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,) saying,
耶29:4 “万军之耶和华以色列的 神对所有被掳的，就是耶和华（“耶和华”原文作“我”）把他们从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去的人，这样说：
耶29:4 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon:
耶29:5 ‘你们要建造房屋，定居下来；要栽种园子，吃园中的果子。
耶29:5 Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
耶29:6 你们要娶妻，生养儿女；要为你们的儿子娶媳妇，把你们的女儿出嫁，好让他们也生养儿女。你们要在那里增多，不可减少。
耶29:6 Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.
耶29:7 我把你们掳到的那城，你们要为她求平安，为她向耶和华祈祷；因为她得平安，你们也得平安。’
耶29:7 And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
耶29:8 “万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘不要被你们中间的先知和作占卜的欺骗，也不要听信自己所作的梦（“自己所作的梦”原文作“你们的梦，就是你们所促使作的梦”，有古本作“他们所作的梦”）。
耶29:8 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;
耶29:9 因为他们冒我名对你们说虚假的预言，我并没有差派他们。’这是耶和华的宣告。
耶29:9 For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.
耶29:10 “耶和华这样说：‘为巴比伦所定的七十年满了以后，我必眷顾你们，向你们实行我满有恩惠的诺言，把你们带回这地方来。
耶29:10 For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.
耶29:11 因我自己知道我为你们所定的计划，是使你们得平安，而不是遭受灾祸的计划；要赐给你们美好的前程和盼望。’这是耶和华的宣告。
耶29:11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
耶29:12 ‘你们要呼求我，要来向我祷告，我就必应允你们。
耶29:12 And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
耶29:13 你们要寻找我，只要一心寻求，就必寻见。
耶29:13 And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
耶29:14 我必给你们寻见（这是耶和华的宣告）；我必使你们被掳的归回，从我赶逐你们去的各国各地，把你们集合起来，带回我掳你们离开的地方去。’这是耶和华的宣告。
耶29:14 I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together from all the nations and from all the places where I had sent you away, says the Lord; and I will take you back again to the place from which I sent you away prisoners.
耶29:15 “你们既然说：‘耶和华在巴比伦为我们兴起了先知’，
耶29:15 For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.
耶29:16 所以耶和华论到那坐大卫王位的君王和住在这城里的众民，就是没有和你们一同被掳去的众兄弟，这样说：
耶29:16 For this is what the Lord has said about the king who is seated on the seat of David's kingdom, and about all the people living in this town, your countrymen who have not gone out with you as prisoners;
耶29:17 ‘万军之耶和华这样说：看哪！我必打发刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫临到他们；我必使他们像腐烂的无花果，坏到不能吃。
耶29:17 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and disease, and will make them like bad figs, which are of no use for food, they are so bad.
耶29:18 我必用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫追赶他们，使他们成为地上万国所惊惧的，在我赶逐他们到的各国中，成为令人惊骇、被人咒骂、嗤笑、羞辱的对象。
耶29:18 I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:
耶29:19 因为他们不听从我的话（这是耶和华的宣告），就是我不断差遣到他们那里去，我的仆人众先知所说的话；同样，你们也没有听从。’这是耶和华的宣告。
耶29:19 Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.
耶29:20 “你们这所有被掳去的，就是我从耶路撒冷赶逐到巴比伦去的，要听耶和华的话。
耶29:20 And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.
耶29:21 “万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘论到冒我的名向你们说虚假预言的哥赖雅的儿子亚哈和玛西雅的儿子西底家，我要把他们交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，他要在你们眼前击杀他们。
耶29:21 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your eyes.
耶29:22 所有被掳到巴比伦的犹大人，都要因他们的遭遇这样咒诅人，说：“愿耶和华使你像巴比伦王用火烧死的西底家和亚哈一样。”
耶29:22 And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;
耶29:23 因为他们二人在以色列中行了无耻的事，他们和邻舍的妻子通奸，又冒我的名说虚假的话，是我没有吩咐他们说的。我知道一切，也可以作证。’这是耶和华的宣告。”
耶29:23 Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.
耶29:24 耶和华吩咐耶利米说：“你要对尼希兰人示玛雅说：
耶29:24 About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
耶29:25 ‘万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：你曾用自己的名寄信给在耶路撒冷的众民、玛西雅祭司的儿子西番雅，和众祭司，说：
耶29:25 Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
耶29:26 耶和华已经立了你西番雅为祭司，代替耶何耶大，作耶和华殿中的总管，你就应把所有妄自说预言的人，都带上脚镣枷锁。
耶29:26 The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.
耶29:27 现在，亚拿突人耶利米向你们说预言，你为什么不斥责他呢？
耶29:27 So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
耶29:28 因为他寄信给我们在巴比伦的人说：被掳的时期必会长久，所以你们要建造房屋，定居下来，也要栽植园子，吃园中的果子。’”
耶29:28 For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them.
耶29:29 （西番雅祭司却把这封信念给耶利米先知听。）
耶29:29 And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.
耶29:30 耶和华的话又临到耶利米，说：
耶29:30 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
耶29:31 “你要寄信给所有被掳的人，说：‘论到尼希兰人示玛雅，耶和华这样说：因为示玛雅向你们说预言，我并没有差遣他，他竟使你们信靠谎言。
耶29:31 Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;
耶29:32 所以耶和华这样说：看哪！我必惩罚尼希兰人示玛雅和他的后代；他必不会有子孙住在这人民中间，也必不能看见我要为我的子民所作的美事，因为他说了悖逆耶和华的话。’”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶29:32 For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said words against the Lord.