耶37:1 约西亚的儿子西底家代替约雅敬的儿子哥尼雅作王；西底家是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所立在犹大地作王的。
耶37:1 And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.
耶37:2 西底家和他的臣仆，以及那地的人民，都不听从耶和华藉耶利米先知所传的话。
耶37:2 But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.
耶37:3 西底家王差派示利米雅的儿子犹甲和玛西雅祭司的儿子西番雅，去见耶利米先知，说：“请你为我们向耶和华我们的 神祷告。”
耶37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.
耶37:4 那时，耶利米还可以在民众中间自由行动，因为他们还没有把他关进监狱里。
耶37:4 (Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
耶37:5 法老的军队已经从埃及出来；那些围困耶路撒冷的迦勒底人听见了他们的风声，就从耶路撒冷撤退了。
耶37:5 And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)
耶37:6 那时，耶和华的话临到耶利米先知，
耶37:6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
耶37:7 “耶和华以色列的 神这样说：你们要对差派你们来求问我的犹大王这样说：‘看哪！那出来帮助你们的法老的军队，必回到他们的埃及本地去。
耶37:7 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.
耶37:8 迦勒底人必回来，攻击这城，占领这城，放火烧毁这城。’
耶37:8 And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.
耶37:9 耶和华这样说：你们不要自己欺骗自己，说：‘迦勒底人必定离开我们！’因为他们必不离开。
耶37:9 The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.
耶37:10 即使你们击败了那攻打你们的迦勒底全军，他们中间只剩下一些受重伤的人，他们也必各从自己的帐棚里起来，放火烧毁这城。’”
耶37:10 For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.
耶37:11 迦勒底人的军队因惧怕法老的军队而从耶路撒冷撤退的时候，
耶37:11 And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,
耶37:12 耶利米离开耶路撒冷，往便雅悯地去，要在那里，在同乡中间，取得自己的产业。
耶37:12 Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.
耶37:13 他到了便雅悯门，那里有一个守卫的长官，名叫伊利雅，是哈拿尼雅的孙子、示利米雅的儿子；他拿住耶利米先知，说：“你想去投降迦勒底人！”
耶37:13 But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.
耶37:14 耶利米说：“这是谎话！我并不是去投降迦勒底人。”但伊利雅不听他，仍拿住他，把他带到众领袖那里。
耶37:14 Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.
耶37:15 众领袖都恼怒耶利米，就吩咐人打他，并且把他关进监里，就是在书记约拿单的房子里，因为他们已把这房子改作监狱。
耶37:15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
耶37:16 耶利米进了地牢里的一个囚房，在那里监禁了多日。
耶37:16 So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.
耶37:17 后来，西底家王派人去把他带出来；王在自己的宫中私下问他，说：“从耶和华那里有话来吗？”耶利米回答：“有！”又说：“你必交在巴比伦王的手中。”
耶37:17 Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.
耶37:18 耶利米再对西底家王说：“我有什么得罪你，或你的臣仆，或这人民，你竟然把我送进监狱里呢？
耶37:18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
耶37:19 你们的先知曾向你们预言说：‘巴比伦王必不会来攻击你们和这地。’他们现今在哪里呢？
耶37:19 Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?
耶37:20 我主我王啊！现在求你垂听，求你容我向你恳求！不要把我送回书记约拿单的房子去，免得我死在那里。”
耶37:20 And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there.
耶37:21 于是西底家王下令，把耶利米拘留在卫兵的院子里；他们每天从饼铺街拿一个饼给他，直到城里的饼都吃光了。耶利米就这样留在卫兵的院子里。
耶37:21 Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.