Yēlìmǐshū 40:1-6

1 Yēlìmǐ suǒ zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng hé Yóudà beìlǔ dào Bābǐlún de rén zhōng , hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn jiāng tā cóng Lāmǎ shìfàng yǐhòu , Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Yēlìmǐ .

2 Hùwèi zhǎng jiāng Yēlìmǐ jiào lái , duì tā shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén céng shuō yào jiàng zhè huò yǔ cǐ dì .

3 Yēhéhuá shǐ zhè huò líndào , zhào tā suǒ shuō de xíng le . yīnwei nǐmen dé zuì Yēhéhuá , méiyǒu tīng cóng tāde huà , suǒyǐ zhè shì líndào nǐmen .

4 Xiànzaì wǒ jiĕkāi nǐ shǒu shang de liànzi , nǐ ruò kàn yǔ wǒ tóng wǎng Bābǐlún qù hǎo , jiù kĕyǐ qù , wǒ bì hòu dāi nǐ . nǐ ruò kàn yǔ wǒ tóng wǎng Bābǐlún qù bù hǎo , jiù bù bì qù . kàn nǎ , quán dì zaì nǐ miànqián , nǐ yǐwéi nǎli mĕihǎo , nǎli hé yí , zhǐguǎn shang nàli qù ba .

5 Yēlìmǐ hái méiyǒu huí qù , hùwèi zhǎng shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ huí dào shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì nàli qù . xiànzaì Bābǐlún wáng lì tā zuò Yóudà chéngyì de shĕng zhǎng . nǐ kĕyǐ zaì Tānàli zhù zaì mín zhōng , bù rán , nǐ kàn nàli hé yí jiù kĕyǐ shang nàli qù . yúshì hùwèi zhǎng sòng tā liángshi hé lǐwù , shìfàng tā qù le .

6 Yēlìmǐ jiù dào Mǐsībā jiàn yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì , zaì Tānàli zhù zaì jìng neì shèngxia de mín zhōng .

Yēlìmǐshū 40:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 40

This chapter treats of the release of Jeremiah, and the care taken of him; of the gathering of the princes and people of the Jews to Gedaliah, appointed their governor, dispersed about Judea, and other countries; and of a conspiracy against him, of which information was given him. The release of Jeremiah, where, and by whom, Jer 40:1-4; the liberty granted him to go to Babylon, or stay in Judea, as he thought fit; and, if he chose the latter, is advised to go to Gedaliah, appointed governor, or where he would; and is dismissed with food, and a reward, Jer 40:4-6; upon which he went and dwelt with Gedaliah, Jer 40:7; to whom also the captains of the dispersed forces joined themselves, to whom he swore, and bid them be of good cheer; and exhorted them to serve the Chaldeans, which he urged from the profit of it to them, and by his own example, Jer 40:8-10; and to whom also gathered the Jews in other countries, Jer 40:11,12; by the captains he is informed of a conspiracy against his life, and one of them offers to destroy the conspirator, which Gedaliah would not agree to, disbelieving the information, Jer 40:13-16.