9月3日
耶利米書17章12-18節
現代中文譯本2019
17:12 我們的聖殿像燦爛的寶座，從古時就矗立在高山上。
17:13 上主啊，你是以色列的希望；離棄你的人都要蒙羞。他們消失，像寫在塵土上的名字，因為他們離棄了上主—活水的源頭。
17:14 上主啊，求你醫治我，我就會康復；求你拯救我，我就會安全。你是我所要頌讚的。
17:15 人家對我說：「上主警告我們的話怎麼啦？就讓他實行吧！」
17:16 上主啊，我從來沒有求你降災禍在他們身上，也不希望他們經歷苦難的日子。上主啊，這一切你都知道；你明白我說的話。
17:17 求你不要使我恐懼，因為你是我遭難時唯一的避難所。
17:18 求你使迫害我的人受辱，而不使我蒙羞；求你使他們恐懼，而不使我驚慌。求你使他們遭遇災難，徹底殲滅他們。
ESV
17:12 A glorious throne set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.
17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
17:15 Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come!”
17:16 I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.
17:17 Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
17:18 Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!
今天的經文17:14-18是一段以哀歌的形式來表達真實發自耶利米內心的呼聲。耶利米在這段經文中所與之搏鬥的特殊難題是那最有效力的令人沮喪之難題──譏嘲。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=17&sec=12
