耶44:1 以下的话临到耶利米，论到所有住在埃及地的犹大人，就是那些住在密夺、答比匿、挪弗和巴忒罗地的人，说：
耶44:1 The word which came to Jeremiah about all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, in Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the country of Pathros, saying,
耶44:2 “万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘你们都亲眼看见我降在耶路撒冷和犹大各城的一切灾祸。看哪！那些城镇今天仍然荒凉，没有人居住，
耶44:2 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled;
耶44:3 这是因为他们所行的恶事的缘故；他们向别神烧香，事奉它们，惹我发怒。这些神是他们和你们，以及你们的列祖所不认识的。
耶44:3 Because of the evil which they have done, moving me to wrath by burning perfumes in worship to other gods, who were not their gods or yours or the gods of their fathers.
耶44:4 虽然我不断差遣我的仆人众先知到你们那里去，说：你们千万不可行我所恨恶，这可憎的事！
耶44:4 And I sent all my servants the prophets to you, getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing which is hated by me.
耶44:5 他们却不听从，毫不留心，不肯离开他们的恶行，仍向别神烧香。
耶44:5 But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.
耶44:6 因此，我必倾出我的烈怒和怒气，在犹大的各城镇和耶路撒冷的街上烧起，以致它们都荒凉废弃，像今天一样。’
耶44:6 Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.
耶44:7 现在，耶和华万军的 神以色列的 神这样说：‘你们为什么自己招来这样的大灾祸，使你们的男人、女人、孩童和婴儿都从犹大中除灭，一个余剩的人也不留下呢？
耶44:7 So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;
耶44:8 为什么因你们手所作的，在你们来寄居的埃及地向别神烧香，惹我发怒，以致你们被除灭，成为地上万国咒诅和羞辱的对象呢？
耶44:8 Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?
耶44:9 你们列祖的恶行、犹大列王的恶行、他们妻子的恶行、你们自己的恶行和你们妻子的恶行，就是在犹大地和耶路撒冷街上所行的，你们忘记了吗？
耶44:9 Have you no memory of the evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done, and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
耶44:10 直到今日，他们还没有痛悔，没有畏惧，也没有遵行我在你们和你们列祖面前所立的律法和条例。’
耶44:10 Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.
耶44:11 “因此万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘看哪！我决意向你们降下灾祸，把全犹大都除灭。
耶44:11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;
耶44:12 那些决意去埃及地，在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人，我必把他们除去；他们必在埃及地灭绝；他们必倒在刀下，必因饥荒灭亡；他们从最小的到最大的都必因刀剑和饥荒而死，以致成了令人惊骇、被人咒骂、咒诅和羞辱的对象。
耶44:12 And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.
耶44:13 我必用刀剑、饥荒和瘟疫惩罚那些住在埃及地的人，好像惩罚耶路撒冷一样。
耶44:13 For I will send punishment on those who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease:
耶44:14 那些去埃及地，在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人，必不能逃脱，不能幸存，不能返回他们心里渴望回去居住的犹大地；除了一些逃脱了的人以外，一个都不能返回。’”
耶44:14 So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.
耶44:15 那些知道自己的妻子曾向别神烧香的众人，和一大群站在那里的妇女，以及住在埃及地巴忒罗的众民，回答耶利米说：
耶44:15 Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,
耶44:16 “你奉耶和华的名对我们所说的话，我们不听从。
耶44:16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
耶44:17 我们口中说过的一切话，我们一定去作，我们要向天后烧香，浇奠祭，好像我们自己和我们的列祖，以及我们的君王和领袖，在犹大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上所行的一样。那时我们吃得饱，得享福乐，不见灾祸。
耶44:17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
耶44:18 但是，自从我们停止向天后烧香和浇奠祭以后，我们就样样都缺乏，又因刀剑和饥荒灭亡。”
耶44:18 But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.
耶44:19 那些妇女又说：“我们不错是向天后烧香和浇奠祭，难道我们的丈夫不知道我们照着天后的形象制饼供奉她，向她浇奠祭吗？”
耶44:19 And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?
耶44:20 耶利米对全体人民，对那些用这话答复他的男人、女人和众民说：
耶44:20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who had given him that answer,
耶44:21 “你们和你们的列祖，以及你们的君王、领袖，和全国的人民，在犹大的各城和耶路撒冷的街上烧的香，耶和华怎能忘记，他心里怎能不想起呢？
耶44:21 The perfumes which you have been burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers and your kings and your rulers and the people of the land, had the Lord no memory of them, and did he not keep them in mind?
耶44:22 耶和华再不能容忍你们邪恶的行为，和你们所行可憎的事；故此，你们的土地荒凉，成了令人惊骇、被人咒诅的对象，没有人居住，好像今天一样。
耶44:22 And the Lord was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this day.
耶44:23 因为你们向别神烧香，得罪了耶和华，不听从耶和华的话，不遵行他的律法、条例和法度，所以这灾祸临到你们，好像今天一样。”
耶44:23 Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.
耶44:24 耶利米又对众民和众妇女说：“在埃及地所有的犹大人哪，要听耶和华的话！
耶44:24 Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are living in Egypt:
耶44:25 万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说：‘你们和你们的妻子亲口说过：我们一定要实行我们的愿，向天后烧香，浇奠祭。你们果然亲手作了。现在你们只管持定你们所许的愿，只管实行你们的誓言吧！’
耶44:25 This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.
耶44:26 但所有住在埃及地的犹大人哪，你们要听耶和华的话！耶和华说：‘看哪！我指着我伟大的名起誓：在埃及全地每一个犹大人的口中，再不会呼唤我的名，说：我指着永活的主耶和华起誓。
耶44:26 And now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God.
耶44:27 看哪！我要留意向他们降祸不降福；在埃及地所有的犹大人都必因刀剑和饥荒灭亡，直到灭绝。
耶44:27 See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need of food till there is an end of them.
耶44:28 那些逃脱刀剑的，必从埃及地返回犹大地；他们人数很少。这样，所有去埃及地在那里寄居的犹大余剩的人，就知道谁的话实现：我的，还是他们的。
耶44:28 And those who get away safe from the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or theirs.
耶44:29 “‘我要在这地方惩罚你们，这是给你们的征兆，好使你们知道我说要降祸给你们的话，一定实现。’这是耶和华的宣告。
耶44:29 And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:
耶44:30 耶和华这样说：‘看哪！我必把埃及王法老合弗拉交在他仇敌的手中，和那些寻索他性命的人的手中，像我把犹大王西底家交在他仇敌，那寻索他性命的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中一样。’”
耶44:30 The Lord has said, See, I will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his hater, who had designs against his life.