1 "At that time," says Yahweh, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people."
2 Yahweh says, "The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest."
3 Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying,
"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
4 I will build you again,
and you will be built, O virgin of Israel.
You will again be adorned with your tambourines,
and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
5 Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria.
The planters will plant,
and will enjoy its fruit.
6 For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry,
‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.’"
7 For Yahweh says,
"Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout for the chief of the nations.
Publish, praise, and say,
‘Yahweh, save your people,
the remnant of Israel!’
8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth,
along with the blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who travails with child together.
They will return as a great company.
9 They will come with weeping.
I will lead them with petitions.
I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters,
in a straight way in which they won’t stumble;
for I am a father to Israel.
Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 "Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations,
and declare it in the distant islands. Say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
11 For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob,
and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
12 They will come and sing in the height of Zion,
and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh,
to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil,
and to the young of the flock and of the herd.
Their soul will be as a watered garden.
They will not sorrow any more at all.
13 Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,
the young men and the old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness,
and my people will be satisfied with my goodness," says Yahweh.
15 Yahweh says:
"A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children.
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more."
16 Yahweh says:
"Refrain your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded," says Yahweh.
"They will come again from the land of the enemy.
17 There is hope for your latter end," says Yahweh.
"Your children will come again to their own territory.
18 "I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus,
‘You have chastised me,
and I was chastised, as an untrained calf.
Turn me, and I will be turned,
for you are Yahweh my God.
19 Surely after that I was turned.
I repented.
After that I was instructed.
I struck my thigh.
I was ashamed, yes, even confounded,
because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20 Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he a darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I still earnestly remember him.
therefore my heart yearns for him.
I will surely have mercy on him," says Yahweh.
21 "Set up road signs.
Make guideposts.
Set your heart toward the highway,
even the way by which you went.
Turn again, virgin of Israel.
Turn again to these your cities.
22 How long will you go here and there,
you backsliding daughter?
For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth:
a woman will encompass a man."
23 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.’ 24 Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul."
26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
27 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of animal. 28 It will happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," says Yahweh. 29 "In those days they will say no more,
"‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 But everyone will die for his own iniquity. Every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
31 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them," says Yahweh. 33 "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says Yahweh:
"I will put my law in their inward parts,
and I will write it in their heart.
I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor,
and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’
for they will all know me,
from their least to their greatest," says Yahweh,
"for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more."
35 Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,
who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar—
Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
36 "If these ordinances depart from before me," says Yahweh,
"then the offspring of Israel also will cease from being a nation before me forever."
37 Yahweh says: "If heaven above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done," says Yahweh.
38 "Behold, the days come," says Yahweh, "that the city will be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner. 39 The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah. 40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to Yahweh. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever."
1 "到那时， 我必作以色列各家族的 神， 他们要作我的子民。"这是耶和华的宣告。
2 耶和华这样说： "在刀剑下幸存的人民， 在旷野蒙受了恩宠； 以色列来到她安息之处。"
3 耶和华在古时（"在古时"或译： "从远处"）曾向以色列（"以色列"按照《马索拉抄本》应作"我"， 现参照《七十士译本》翻译）显现， 说： "我以永远的爱爱你， 因此， 我对你的慈爱延续不息（"我对你的慈爱延续不息"或译： "我要以慈爱吸引你"）。
4 童女以色列啊！ 我要再次建立你， 你就必被建立。你要再次拿起铃鼓， 出去和那些欢乐的人一同跳舞。
5 你要再次在撒玛利亚的众山上栽种葡萄园， 栽种的人栽种了， 必可享用所结的果子。
6 因为有一天， 守望的人要在以法莲山上呼叫， 说： ‘起来吧！ 我们上锡安去朝见耶和华我们的 神。’"
7 耶和华这样说： "你们要为雅各喜乐欢呼， 要为那在列国为首的呼喊。你们要宣告， 要颂赞， 说： ‘耶和华啊！ 求你拯救你的子民， 就是以色列的余民。’
8 看哪！ 我必把他们从北方之地领回来， 把他们从地极招集起来； 在他们中间有瞎眼的、瘸腿的、孕妇、产妇， 都在一起； 他们成群结队返回这里。
9 我引导他们的时候， 他们必哭着而来， 并且向我乞恩恳求。我要使他们走在溪水旁， 行在平直的路上， 他们必不会绊跌； 因为我是以色列的父亲， 以法莲是我的长子。
10 "列国啊！ 你们要听耶和华的话， 要在远方的海岛传扬， 说： ‘那赶散以色列的 神， 必再招集他们； 必看守他们， 像牧人看守自己的羊群一样。’
11 因为耶和华买赎了雅各， 从比他更强的人手中把他救赎了出来。
12 他们必来到锡安的高处欢呼； 他们必容光焕发， 因为耶和华赐他们各样的美物， 就是五谷、新酒和油， 还有羊羔和牛犊。他们必像有水灌溉的园子， 永不再枯干。
13 那时， 童女必欢乐跳舞， 年轻的和年老的一起欢乐。我必使他们的悲哀变为喜乐， 我必安慰他们， 使他们从忧愁中得着欢乐。
14 我必用肥脂使祭司的心满足； 我的子民必因我的美物饱足。"这是耶和华的宣告。
15 耶和华这样说： "在拉玛听见有声音， 是痛哭哀号的声音； 拉结为她的儿女哀哭， 不肯受安慰， 因为他们都不在了。"
16 耶和华这样说： "止住你的声音， 不要哭泣， 抑制你的眼睛不要再流泪， 因为你所作的必有果效； 他们必从仇敌之地回来。"这是耶和华的宣告。
17 "你的前途必有希望； 你的儿女必返回自己的地方。"这是耶和华的宣告。
18 "我清楚听见以法莲为自己哀叹， 说： ‘你管教了我， 我像一头不驯服的牛犊受管教； 求你使我回转， 我就得以回转， 因为你是耶和华我的 神。
19 我回转以后， 就深深悔悟； 我醒觉以后， 就拍腿悔恨。因为我承受年幼时的耻辱， 我感到羞耻和惭愧。’
20 以法莲是我亲爱的儿子吗？是我喜悦的孩子吗？每逢我说话攻击他， 我必再次记念他。因此， 我的心恋慕他； 我必定怜悯他。"这是耶和华的宣告。
21 你要为自己设立路标， 竖立路牌； 你要留心大路， 就是你走过的路。童女以色列啊， 回转吧！ 回到你这些城市那里。
22 转离正道的女儿哪， 你转来转去要到几时呢？因为耶和华在地上创造了一件新事， 就是女的要环绕男的。
23 万军之耶和华以色列的 神这样说： "我使被掳的人归回的时候， 他们在犹大地， 在犹大的城镇里， 必再说这样的话： ‘公义的居所啊， 圣山哪， 愿耶和华赐福给你！ ’
24 犹大各城的人、耕地的和领着群畜游牧的， 都要一起住在犹大。
25 疲倦的人， 我必使他振作； 愁苦的人， 我必使他满足。"
26 这时， 我醒过来， 四周观看； 我睡得很香甜。
27 "看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 我必使以色列家和犹大家人口和牲畜繁殖。
28 我先前怎样留意把他们拔出、拆毁、倾覆、毁灭和降灾； 将来我也必照样留意把他们建立和栽种起来。"这是耶和华的宣告。
29 "在那些日子， 人必不再说： ‘父亲吃了酸葡萄， 儿子的牙齿酸倒了。’
30 因为各人必因自己的罪孽死亡； 吃酸葡萄的， 那人的牙齿必酸倒。
31 "看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 我要与以色列家和犹大家订立新的约。
32 这新约不像从前我拉他们祖先的手， 领他们出埃及地的日子， 与他们所立的约； 我虽然是他们的丈夫， 他们却违背了我的约。"这是耶和华的宣告。
33 "但那些日子以后， 我要与以色列家所立的约是这样（这是耶和华的宣告）： 我要把我的律法放在他们里面， 写在他们的心里。我要作他们的 神， 他们要作我的子民。
34 他们各人必不再教导自己的邻舍和自己的同胞， 说： ‘你们要认识耶和华。’因为所有的人， 从最小到最大的都必认识我。我也要赦免他们的罪孽， 不再记着他们的罪恶。"这是耶和华的宣告。
35 那使太阳白昼发光， 派定月亮和星辰照耀黑夜， 又搅动海洋， 使海浪澎湃的， 万军之耶和华是他的名， 他这样说：
36 "这些定律若能从我面前废掉， 以色列的后裔也就会在我面前断绝， 永远不再成为一个国家。"这是耶和华的宣告。
37 耶和华这样说： "人若能量度在上的诸天， 测透地下面的根基， 我也就会因以色列后裔所作的一切， 弃绝他们众人。"这是耶和华的宣告。
38 "看哪！ 日子快到（这是耶和华的宣告）， 这城从哈楠业城楼直到角门， 必为耶和华重建起来。
39 量度的准绳还要往外量， 直到迦立山， 绕到歌亚。
40 拋尸和倒灰的整个山谷， 以及从汲沦溪直到东边马门拐角一带所有的墓地， 都必归耶和华为圣， 永远不再拔出， 不再倾覆。"