耶42:1 所有的将领，包括加利亚的儿子约哈难和何沙雅的儿子耶撒尼亚，以及全体人民，从最小的到最大的，都上前来，
耶42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near,
耶42:2 对耶利米先知说：“求你容我们向你恳求，请为我们这余剩的民向耶和华你的 神祷告；因为我们从前人数众多，现在剩下的极少，就像你现在亲眼所见的一样。
耶42:2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:
耶42:3 请为我们求耶和华你的 神指示我们当走的路和该作的事。”
耶42:3 That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.
耶42:4 耶利米先知对他们说：“我听见了！我必照着你们的话祷告耶和华你们的 神。耶和华回答你们所说的一切话，我必告诉你们，一句也不会向你们隐瞒。”
耶42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.
耶42:5 于是他们对耶利米说：“我们若不照着耶和华你的 神差遣你到我们这里来所说的一切话去作，愿耶和华作真实和诚信的见证，指控我们。
耶42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.
耶42:6 不论是甜是苦，我们都愿听从耶和华我们 神的话，因为是我们委派你向他祈求的；我们听从耶和华我们 神的话，就必凡事亨通。”
耶42:6 If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
耶42:7 过了十天，耶和华的话临到耶利米。
耶42:7 And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
耶42:8 耶利米就把加利亚的儿子约哈难，和所有与他一起的将领，以及全体人民，从最小的到最大的，都叫了来，
耶42:8 And he sent for Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were still with him, and all the people, from the least to the greatest,
耶42:9 对他们说：“耶和华以色列的 神，就是你们委派我去为你们向他恳求的那位，这样说：
耶42:9 And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:
耶42:10 ‘你们若决意住在这地，我就建立你们，必不拆毁；栽植你们，必不拔除；因我为那已经降在你们身上的灾祸回心转意。
耶42:10 If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.
耶42:11 你们所怕的巴比伦王，你们不要惧怕他；你们不要惧怕他（这是耶和华的宣告），因为我与你们同在，要拯救你们，要搭救你们脱离他的手。
耶42:11 Have no fear of the king of Babylon, of whom you are now in fear; have no fear of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to keep you safe and to give you salvation from his hands.
耶42:12 我要向你们施怜悯，他也会怜悯你们，使你们归回自己的土地。’
耶42:12 And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.
耶42:13 但是，你们若说：‘我们不住在这地’，不听从耶和华你们的 神的话，
耶42:13 But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,
耶42:14 或说：‘不！我们要去埃及地，在那里看不到战争，听不见号角的声音，也不会因缺乏粮食而饥饿；我们要留在那里。’
耶42:14 Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place;
耶42:15 这样，犹大余剩的人哪，你们现在要听耶和华的话！万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘你们若决意去埃及，到那里寄居，
耶42:15 Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;
耶42:16 你们惧怕的刀剑必在埃及地追上你们；你们恐惧的饥荒必在埃及紧随着你们；你们必死在那里。
耶42:16 Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.
耶42:17 所有决意去埃及，在那里寄居的人，必因刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫而死；他们没有一人能幸存，或避过我降在他们身上的灾祸。’
耶42:17 Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will send on them.
耶42:18 “因为万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘我从前怎样把我的怒气和烈怒倾倒在耶路撒冷的居民身上，现在你们进入埃及的时候，我也必照样把我的烈怒倾倒在你们身上。你们就必成为令人惊骇、被人咒骂、咒诅和羞辱的对象。你们必不能再看见这地方。
耶42:18 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.
耶42:19 犹大余剩的人哪，耶和华曾对你们说：‘你们不要去埃及。’你们要确实知道，我今天已经警告你们了。
耶42:19 The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.
耶42:20 你们实在自己欺骗自己，因为是你们委派我去见耶和华你们的 神，你们说：‘请为我们向耶和华我们的 神祷告；无论耶和华我们的 神说什么，你都要告诉我们，我们就必照着去作。’
耶42:20 For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
耶42:21 我今天告诉了你们，你们却不听从耶和华你们的 神派我来告诉你们的一切话。
耶42:21 And this day I have made it clear to you, and you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.
耶42:22 现在你们要确实知道，在你们想去寄居的那地方，你们必因刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫而死。”
耶42:22 And now be certain that you will come to your end by the sword and by being short of food and by disease, in the place to which you are pleased to go for a living-place.