耶46:1 耶和华论到列国的话临到耶利米先知。
耶46:1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.
耶46:2 以下的话是关于埃及，论到埃及王法老尼哥的军队，这军队在犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，被巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒在靠近幼发拉底河的迦基米施击败。
耶46:2 Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
耶46:3 “要准备好大小的盾牌，踏上战场。
耶46:3 Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
耶46:4 要装备马匹，骑上战马；站好岗位，戴上头盔；磨快枪矛，穿上铁甲。
耶46:4 Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.
耶46:5 但为什么我看见他们惊惶，转身退后呢？他们的勇士被击败了，他们急速奔逃，不敢回转。四围都是惊慌。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶46:5 What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.
耶46:6 “快跑的跑不掉，勇士也不能逃脱；他们在北方、在幼发拉底河边，都绊跌仆到。
耶46:6 Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
耶46:7 那像尼罗河上涨，像江河的水翻腾的是谁呢？
耶46:7 Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
耶46:8 埃及像尼罗河上涨，像江河的水翻腾；它说：‘我要上涨，淹盖大地；我要毁灭城镇和城里的居民。’
耶46:8 Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.
耶46:9 马匹啊，上前吧！战车啊，狂奔吧！勇士啊，就是紧握盾牌的古实人和弗人，以及拉弓的吕底亚人哪，上阵吧！
耶46:9 Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.
耶46:10 那是主万军之耶和华的日子，是报仇的日子，他要向自己的敌人报仇；刀剑必吞噬、饱餐他们的肉，痛饮他们的血。因为在北方，靠近幼发拉底河之地，主万军之耶和华要屠宰敌人像杀祭牲一样。
耶46:10 But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.
耶46:11 埃及的人民哪，上基列去取乳香吧！你虽多用药物都是无效，你必不得医治。
耶46:11 Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.
耶46:12 列国听见你的羞耻，大地满了你的哀号；因为勇士和勇士相碰，双方一同仆倒。”
耶46:12 Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down together.
耶46:13 以下是耶和华对耶利米先知所说的话，论到巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒要来攻打埃及地。
耶46:13 The word which the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet, of how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, would come and make war on the land of Egypt.
耶46:14 “你们要在埃及传扬，在密夺宣告，在挪弗和答比匿宣扬，说：‘要站好岗位，作好准备，因为刀剑要吞灭你周围的人！’
耶46:14 Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves ready; for on every side of you the sword has made destruction.
耶46:15 你的壮士为什么俯伏？他们站立不住（“你的壮士为什么俯伏？他们站立不住”或可参照《七十士译本》译作“为什么亚比士神逃跑？你的牛神站立不住”），是因耶和华把他们推倒了。
耶46:15 Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.
耶46:16 他使众人绊跌，倒在一起；他们说：‘起来！我们要回到我们本族，和我们出生之地那里去，躲避欺压者的刀剑。’
耶46:16 ... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.
耶46:17 他们在那里喊叫：‘埃及王法老不过是喧哗的声音；他已失去机会。’”
耶46:17 Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.
耶46:18 名叫万军之耶和华的王宣告说：“我指着我的永生起誓，必有一位要来，像群山中的他泊山，像海边的迦密山一样。
耶46:18 By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.
耶46:19 住在埃及的人民哪！要为自己预备被掳时所需的器物；因为挪弗必成为荒场，必被烧毁，无人居住。
耶46:19 O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.
耶46:20 埃及是一头肥美的母牛，但北方的牛虫已经来到牠身上（“牠身上”有古卷作“来到了”）。
耶46:20 Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
耶46:21 它中间的雇佣兵像棚里的肥牛犊，他们一同转身逃跑，没有一个站立得住；因为他们遭灾的日子、受惩罚的时候，已经临到他们身上。
耶46:21 And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on them, the time of their punishment.
耶46:22 它逃走的声音像蛇行的响声，因为敌人要成队而来，像砍伐树木的，拿着斧子前来攻击它。
耶46:22 She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
耶46:23 他们要砍伐它的森林。这是耶和华的宣告；它的森林虽然茂密难以通过，但敌人比蝗虫还多，无法数算。
耶46:23 They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.
耶46:24 埃及的人民必蒙羞受辱，必交在北方的民族的手中。”
耶46:24 The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north.
耶46:25 万军之耶和华以色列的 神说：“看哪！我必惩罚挪的亚扪神、法老和那些倚靠法老的人。
耶46:25 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;
耶46:26 我必把他们交在那些寻索他们性命的人的手里，就是交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和他的臣仆的手中。但以后，埃及必再有人居住，像从前一样。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶46:26 And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says the Lord.
耶46:27 “至于你，我的仆人雅各啊！你不要惧怕。以色列啊！你不要惊慌。因为我必从远方拯救你回来，从被掳之地必拯救你的后裔脱离他们被掳之地。雅各必归回，得享平静安逸，没有人可以使他害怕。
耶46:27 But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.
耶46:28 我的仆人雅各啊！你不要惧怕。因为我与你同在；我要消灭我赶逐你去的列国。却必不消灭你。我要按公正惩治你，决不能免你受罚。”这是耶和华的宣告。
耶46:28 Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.