耶31:1 “到那时，我必作以色列各家族的 神，他们要作我的子民。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:1 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
耶31:2 耶和华这样说：“在刀剑下幸存的人民，在旷野蒙受了恩宠；以色列来到她安息之处。”
耶31:2 The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
耶31:3 耶和华在古时（“在古时”或译：“从远处”）曾向以色列（“以色列”按照《马索拉抄本》应作“我”，现参照《七十士译本》翻译）显现，说：“我以永远的爱爱你，因此，我对你的慈爱延续不息（“我对你的慈爱延续不息”或译：“我要以慈爱吸引你”）。
耶31:3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
耶31:4 童女以色列啊！我要再次建立你，你就必被建立。你要再次拿起铃鼓，出去和那些欢乐的人一同跳舞。
耶31:4 I will again make new your buildings, O virgin of Israel, and you will take up your place: again you will take up your instruments of music, and go out in the dances of those who are glad.
耶31:5 你要再次在撒玛利亚的众山上栽种葡萄园，栽种的人栽种了，必可享用所结的果子。
耶31:5 Again will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.
耶31:6 因为有一天，守望的人要在以法莲山上呼叫，说：‘起来吧！我们上锡安去朝见耶和华我们的 神。’”
耶31:6 For there will be a day when those who get in the grapes on the hills of Ephraim will be crying, Up! let us go up to Zion to the Lord our God.
耶31:7 耶和华这样说：“你们要为雅各喜乐欢呼，要为那在列国为首的呼喊。你们要宣告，要颂赞，说：‘耶和华啊！求你拯救你的子民，就是以色列的余民。’
耶31:7 For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
耶31:8 看哪！我必把他们从北方之地领回来，把他们从地极招集起来；在他们中间有瞎眼的、瘸腿的、孕妇、产妇，都在一起；他们成群结队返回这里。
耶31:8 See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
耶31:9 我引导他们的时候，他们必哭着而来，并且向我乞恩恳求。我要使他们走在溪水旁，行在平直的路上，他们必不会绊跌；因为我是以色列的父亲，以法莲是我的长子。
耶31:9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
耶31:10 “列国啊！你们要听耶和华的话，要在远方的海岛传扬，说：‘那赶散以色列的 神，必再招集他们；必看守他们，像牧人看守自己的羊群一样。’
耶31:10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
耶31:11 因为耶和华买赎了雅各，从比他更强的人手中把他救赎了出来。
耶31:11 For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.
耶31:12 他们必来到锡安的高处欢呼；他们必容光焕发，因为耶和华赐他们各样的美物，就是五谷、新酒和油，还有羊羔和牛犊。他们必像有水灌溉的园子，永不再枯干。
耶31:12 So they will come with songs on the high places, flowing together to the good things of the Lord, to the grain and the wine and the oil, to the young ones of the flock and of the herd: their souls will be like a watered garden, and they will have no more sorrow.
耶31:13 那时，童女必欢乐跳舞，年轻的和年老的一起欢乐。我必使他们的悲哀变为喜乐，我必安慰他们，使他们从忧愁中得着欢乐。
耶31:13 Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
耶31:14 我必用肥脂使祭司的心满足；我的子民必因我的美物饱足。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:14 I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.
耶31:15 耶和华这样说：“在拉玛听见有声音，是痛哭哀号的声音；拉结为她的儿女哀哭，不肯受安慰，因为他们都不在了。”
耶31:15 So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.
耶31:16 耶和华这样说：“止住你的声音，不要哭泣，抑制你的眼睛不要再流泪，因为你所作的必有果效；他们必从仇敌之地回来。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:16 The Lord has said this: Keep your voice from sorrow and your eyes from weeping: for your work will be rewarded, says the Lord; and they will come back from the land of their hater.
耶31:17 “你的前途必有希望；你的儿女必返回自己的地方。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:17 And there is hope for the future, says the Lord; and your children will come back to the land which is theirs.
耶31:18 “我清楚听见以法莲为自己哀叹，说：‘你管教了我，我像一头不驯服的牛犊受管教；求你使我回转，我就得以回转，因为你是耶和华我的 神。
耶31:18 Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
耶31:19 我回转以后，就深深悔悟；我醒觉以后，就拍腿悔恨。因为我承受年幼时的耻辱，我感到羞耻和惭愧。’
耶31:19 Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.
耶31:20 以法莲是我亲爱的儿子吗？是我喜悦的孩子吗？每逢我说话攻击他，我必再次记念他。因此，我的心恋慕他；我必定怜悯他。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
耶31:21 你要为自己设立路标，竖立路牌；你要留心大路，就是你走过的路。童女以色列啊，回转吧！回到你这些城市那里。
耶31:21 Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
耶31:22 转离正道的女儿哪，你转来转去要到几时呢？因为耶和华在地上创造了一件新事，就是女的要环绕男的。
耶31:22 How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.
耶31:23 万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：“我使被掳的人归回的时候，他们在犹大地，在犹大的城镇里，必再说这样的话：‘公义的居所啊，圣山哪，愿耶和华赐福给你！’
耶31:23 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.
耶31:24 犹大各城的人、耕地的和领着群畜游牧的，都要一起住在犹大。
耶31:24 And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.
耶31:25 疲倦的人，我必使他振作；愁苦的人，我必使他满足。”
耶31:25 For I have given new strength to the tired soul and to every sorrowing soul in full measure.
耶31:26 这时，我醒过来，四周观看；我睡得很香甜。
耶31:26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
耶31:27 “看哪！日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告），我必使以色列家和犹大家人口和牲畜繁殖。
耶31:27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.
耶31:28 我先前怎样留意把他们拔出、拆毁、倾覆、毁灭和降灾；将来我也必照样留意把他们建立和栽种起来。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
耶31:29 “在那些日子，人必不再说：‘父亲吃了酸葡萄，儿子的牙齿酸倒了。’
耶31:29 In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.
耶31:30 因为各人必因自己的罪孽死亡；吃酸葡萄的，那人的牙齿必酸倒。
耶31:30 But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.
耶31:31 “看哪！日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告），我要与以色列家和犹大家订立新的约。
耶31:31 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah:
耶31:32 这新约不像从前我拉他们祖先的手，领他们出埃及地的日子，与他们所立的约；我虽然是他们的丈夫，他们却违背了我的约。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:32 Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
耶31:33 “但那些日子以后，我要与以色列家所立的约是这样（这是耶和华的宣告）：我要把我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们的心里。我要作他们的 神，他们要作我的子民。
耶31:33 But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
耶31:34 他们各人必不再教导自己的邻舍和自己的同胞，说：‘你们要认识耶和华。’因为所有的人，从最小到最大的都必认识我。我也要赦免他们的罪孽，不再记着他们的罪恶。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:34 And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
耶31:35 那使太阳白昼发光，派定月亮和星辰照耀黑夜，又搅动海洋，使海浪澎湃的，万军之耶和华是他的名，他这样说：
耶31:35 These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.
耶31:36 “这些定律若能从我面前废掉，以色列的后裔也就会在我面前断绝，永远不再成为一个国家。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:36 If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
耶31:37 耶和华这样说：“人若能量度在上的诸天，测透地下面的根基，我也就会因以色列后裔所作的一切，弃绝他们众人。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶31:37 This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.
耶31:38 “看哪！日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告），这城从哈楠业城楼直到角门，必为耶和华重建起来。
耶31:38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle.
耶31:39 量度的准绳还要往外量，直到迦立山，绕到歌亚。
耶31:39 And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.
耶31:40 抛尸和倒灰的整个山谷，以及从汲沦溪直到东边马门拐角一带所有的墓地，都必归耶和华为圣，永远不再拔出，不再倾覆。”
耶31:40 And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.