Yēlìmǐshū 42

1 Zhòng jūnzhǎng hé jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán , bìng hé shā yǎ de érzi yé sā ní yà ( yòu míng Yàsālìyǎ , jiàn sì shí sān zhāng èr jié ) yǐjí zhòng bǎixìng , cóng zuì xiǎo de dào zhì dà de dōu jìn qián lái ,

2 Duì xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ shuō , qiú nǐ zhún wǒmen zaì nǐ miànqián qíqiú , wèi wǒmen zhè shèngxia de rén dǎogào Yēhéhuá nǐde shén . wǒmen bĕnlái zhòngduō , xiànzaì shèngxia de jí shǎo , zhè shì nǐ qīnyǎn suǒ jiàn de .

3 Yuàn Yēhéhuá nǐde shén zhǐshì wǒmen suǒ dāng zǒu de lù , suǒ dāng zuò de shì .

4 Xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ duì tāmen shuō , wǒ yǐjing tīngjian nǐmen le , wǒ bì zhào zhe nǐmen de huà dǎogào Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén . Yēhéhuá wúlùn huídá shénme , wǒ bì dōu gàosu nǐmen , haó bù yǐnmán .

5 Yúshì tāmen duì Yēlìmǐ shuō , wǒmen ruò bù zhào Yēhéhuá nǐde shén chāiqiǎn nǐ lái shuō de yīqiè huà xíng , yuàn Yēhéhuá zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān zuò zhēn shí chéng xìn de jiànzhèng .

6 Wǒmen xiànzaì qǐng nǐ dào Yēhéhuá wǒmen de shén miànqián , tā shuō de wúlùn shì hǎo shì dǎi , wǒmen dōu bì tīng cóng . wǒmen tīng cóng Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén de huà , jiù kĕyǐ dé fú .

7 Guo le shí tiān , Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Yēlìmǐ .

8 Tā jiù jiāng jiā Lìyà de érzi Yuēhānán hé tóng zhe tāde zhòng jūnzhǎng , bìng zhòng bǎixìng , cóng zuì xiǎo de dào zhì dà de dōu jiào le lái ,

9 Duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén , jiù shì nǐmen qǐng wǒ zaì tā miànqián wèi nǐmen qíqiú de zhǔ , rúcǐ shuō ,

10 Nǐmen ruò réng zhù zaì zhè dì , wǒ jiù jiànlì nǐmen , bì bù chāihuǐ , zāi zhí nǐmen , bìng bù bá chū , yīn wǒ wèi jiang yǔ nǐmen de zāihuò hòuhuǐ le .

11 Búyào pà nǐmen suǒ pà de Bābǐlún wáng . Yēhéhuá shuō , búyào pà tā . yīnwei wǒ yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì , yào zhĕngjiù nǐmen tuōlí tāde shǒu .

12 Wǒ yĕ yào shǐ tā fā liánmǐn , hǎo liánmǐn nǐmen , jiào nǐmen guī huí bĕn dì .

13 Tǎngruò nǐmen shuō , wǒmen bù zhù zaì zhè dì , yǐzhì bú tīng cóng Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de huà ,

14 Shuō , wǒmen bù zhù zhè dì , què yào jìnrù Āijí dì , zaì nàli kàn bú jiàn zhēng zhàn , tīng bú jiàn jiǎo shēng , yĕ bù zhì wú shí jīè . wǒmen bì zhù zaì nàli .

15 Nǐmen suǒ shèngxia de Yóudà rén nǎ , xiànzaì yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà . wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen ruò déng yì yào jìnrù Āijí , zaì nàli jìjū ,

16 Nǐmen suǒ jùpà de dāo jiàn zaì Āijí dì bì zhuī shang nǐmen . nǐmen suǒ jùpà de jīhuāng zaì Āijí yàojǐn jǐn dì gēnsuí nǐmen . nǐmen bì sǐ zaì nàli .

17 Fán déng yì yào jìnrù Āijí zaì nàli jìjū de bì zāo dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì ér sǐ , wú yī rén cún liú , taótuō wǒ suǒ jiàng yǔ tāmende zāihuò .

18 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén rúcǐ shuō , wǒ zĕnyàng jiāng wǒde nùqì hé fèn nù qīng zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín shēnshang , nǐmen jìnrù Āijí de shíhou , wǒ yĕ bì zhàoyàng jiāng wǒde fèn nù qīng zaì nǐmen shēnshang , yǐzhì nǐmen líng rén rǔmà , jīnghaì , zhòuzǔ , xiūrǔ , nǐmen bùdé zaìjiàn zhè dìfang .

19 Suǒ shèngxia de Yóudà rén nǎ , Yēhéhuá lún dào nǐmen shuō , búyào jìnrù Āijí qù . nǐmen yào quèshí dì zhīdào wǒ jīnrì jǐng jiāo nǐmen le .

20 Nǐmen xíng guǐzhà zì haì . yīnwei nǐmen qǐng wǒ dào Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén nàli , shuō , qiú nǐ wèi wǒmen dǎogào Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén , zhào Yēhéhuá wǒmen de shén yīqiè suǒ shuō de gàosu wǒmen , wǒmen jiù bì zūnxíng .

21 Wǒ jīnrì jiāng zhè huà gàosu nǐmen , Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén wèi nǐmen de shì chāiqiǎn wǒ dào nǐmen nàli shuō de , nǐmen què yíyàng méiyǒu tīng cóng .

22 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào quèshí dì zhīdào , nǐmen zaì suǒ yào qù jìjū zhī dì bì zāo dāo jiàn , jīhuāng , wēnyì ér sǐ .

Yēlìmǐshū 42 Commentary

Chapter 42

Johanan desires Jeremiah to ask counsel of God. (1-6) They are assured of safety in Judea, but of destruction in Egypt. (7-22)

Verses 1-6 To serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look to God for direction; and we may still, in faith, pray to be guided by a spirit of wisdom in our hearts, and the leadings of Providence. We do not truly desire to know the mind of God, if we do not fully resolve to comply with it when we know it. Many promise to do what the Lord requires, while they hope to have their pride flattered, and their favourite lusts spared. Yet something betrays the state of their hearts.

Verses 7-22 If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his promises. He has declared enough to silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourge them in the way of duty. Whatever loss or suffering we may fear from obedience, is provided against in God's word; and he will protect and deliver all who trust in him and serve him. It is folly to quit our place, especially to quit a holy land, because we meet with trouble in it. And the evils we think to escape by sin, we certainly bring upon ourselves. We may apply this to the common troubles of life; and those who think to avoid them by changing their place, will find that the grievances common to men will meet them wherever they go. Sinners who dissemble with God in solemn professions especially should be rebuked with sharpness; for their actions speak more plainly than words. We know not what is good for ourselves; and what we are most fond of, and have our hearts most set upon, often proves hurtful, and sometimes fatal.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH CAHPTER 42

This chapter contains a request of the Jews to Jeremiah, to pray to the Lord for them to direct them, and the Lord's answer to it. The request is made by the captains and all the people, Jer 42:1-3; which Jeremiah undertook to present to the Lord, Jer 42:4; they promising to go according to the direction that should be given, Jer 42:5,6. After ten days an answer is returned, and the prophet calls the captains and people together to hear it, Jer 42:7,8; the purport of which was, that if they continued in the land of Judah, it would be well with them, and they would be safe, Jer 42:9-12; but if they went into Egypt, they should die by the sword, famine, and pestilence, and be a curse and reproach, and never see their own land more, Jer 42:13-18; they are charged with dissimulation and disobedience, Jer 42:19-21; and the chapter is concluded with an assurance of their perishing by the above judgments in the place they were desirous of dwelling in, Jer 42:22.