8月21日
耶利米書14章17-22節
現代中文譯本2019
14:17 上主吩咐我向人民述說我的憂傷：讓我的眼淚日夜湧流吧！讓我不停息地哭泣吧！因為我的同胞受傷；他們受嚴重的打擊。
14:18 我走到野外，看見死於刀下的屍體；我走進城裡，看見人民因飢餓病倒。先知和祭司照常工作，卻不曉得自己在忙些什麼。
14:19 上主啊，你完全棄絕了猶大嗎？你厭惡錫安的居民嗎？你為何重重地擊打我們，使我們不得治癒呢？我們期待平安，卻看不見好光景；我們等著醫治，反遭受恐嚇。
14:20 上主啊，我們得罪了你。我們承認自己的罪過，也承認我們祖先的罪惡。
14:21 求你記得你自己的應許，不要厭棄我們；求你不使耶路撒冷—你光輝的寶座蒙羞；求你不廢除你與我們所立的約。
14:22 列國的偶像能使天降雨嗎？天空能自降甘霖嗎？上主—我們的上帝啊，我們的希望在於你，因為這一切都受你支配。
ESV
14:17 “You shall say to them this word: ‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.
14:18 If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.’”
14:19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
14:21 Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
14:22 Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
今天的經文中，先知為百姓的慘狀哭泣，並求神為自己名的緣故做事。這段經文改用第一人稱複數「我們」。雖然神一再叫耶利米不要為百姓代求，耶利米還是不住地代求。他求神基於 a.祂的名字(名聲) b.祂的榮耀的寶座-耶路撒冷 c.祂的約，而不要掩面不顧他們。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=14&sec=17
