耶利米書29章

         耶利米書29:1-9  , 

         耶利米書29:10-14   ,   耶利米書29:11-13   ,

          耶利米書29:11 , 耶利米書29:11  ,

          耶利米書29:13  ,

          耶利米書29:15-23 ,

          耶利米書29:24-32   ,

耶利米書29:1-9

29:1 先知耶利米從耶路撒冷寄信與被擄的祭司、先知，和眾民，並生存的長老，就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷擄到巴比倫去的。
29:2 （這在耶哥尼雅王和太后、太監，並猶大、耶路撒冷的首領，以及工匠、鐵匠都離了耶路撒冷以後。）
29:3 他藉沙番的兒子以利亞薩和希勒家的兒子基瑪利的手寄去。他們二人是猶大王西底家打發往巴比倫去見尼布甲尼撒王的。
29:4 信上說：「萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝對一切被擄去的（就是我使他們從耶路撒冷被擄到巴比倫的人）如此說：
29:5 你們要蓋造房屋，住在其中；栽種田園，吃其中所產的；
29:6 娶妻生兒女，為你們的兒子娶妻，使你們的女兒嫁人，生兒養女。在那裡生養眾多，不致減少。
29:7 我所使你們被擄到的那城，你們要為那城求平安，為那城禱告耶和華；因為那城得平安，你們也隨著得平安。
29:8 萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：不要被你們中間的先知和占卜的誘惑，也不要聽信自己所做的夢；
29:9 因為他們託我的名對你們說假預言，我並沒有差遣他們。這是耶和華說的。

These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. ²This was after King Jeconiah, and the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem. ³The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah sent to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. It said: ⁴Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. ⁶Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. ⁷But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. ⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, ⁹for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.

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    上帝透過先知耶利米寫信給在巴比倫被擄的祭司、先知，和眾民，並生存的長老，要他們在那裏「為那城求平安，為那城禱告耶和華；因為那城得平安，你們也隨著得平安」。但是不要受到假先知的影響，上帝告訴他們：「不要被你們中間的先知和占卜的誘惑，也不要聽信自己所做的夢；因為他們託我的名對你們說假預言，我並沒有差遣他們。」

    說到此，讓我們感受到假先知使得這些被擄的人，心裡沒有安定。因為他們一直說上帝要他們回去耶路撒冷，以致無法再被擄之地安定的生活，隨時都想回去故土。

    先知在此說出猶太人為何在世界各地都受到賜福的原因：就是「為那城求平安，為那城禱告耶和華；因為那城得平安，你們也隨著得平安」。在新約時代保羅更說到：「為君王和一切在位的，也該如此，使我們可以敬虔、端正、平安無事地度日。」（提前2:2）

耶利米書28章

       耶利米書28:1-17  ,

耶利米書28:1-17

28:1 當年，就是猶大王西底家登基第四年五月，基遍人押朔的兒子，先知哈拿尼雅，在耶和華的殿中當著祭司和眾民對我說：
28:2 「萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：我已經折斷巴比倫王的軛。
28:3 二年之內，我要將巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒從這地掠到巴比倫的器皿，就是耶和華殿中的一切器皿都帶回此地。
28:4 我又要將猶大王約雅敬的兒子耶哥尼雅和被擄到巴比倫去的一切猶大人帶回此地，因為我要折斷巴比倫王的軛。這是耶和華說的。」
28:5 先知耶利米當著祭司和站在耶和華殿裡的眾民對先知哈拿尼雅說：
28:6 「阿們！願耶和華如此行，願耶和華成就你所預言的話，將耶和華殿中的器皿和一切被擄去的人從巴比倫帶回此地。
28:7 然而我向你和眾民耳中所要說的話，你應當聽。
28:8 從古以來，在你我以前的先知，向多國和大邦說預言，論到爭戰、災禍、瘟疫的事。
28:9 先知預言的平安，到話語成就的時候，人便知道他真是耶和華所差來的。」
28:10 於是，先知哈拿尼雅將先知耶利米頸項上的軛取下來，折斷了。
28:11 哈拿尼雅又當著眾民說：「耶和華如此說：二年之內我必照樣從列國人的頸項上折斷巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的軛。」於是先知耶利米就走了。
28:12 先知哈拿尼雅把先知耶利米頸項上的軛折斷以後，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：
28:13 「你去告訴哈拿尼雅說，耶和華如此說：你折斷木軛，卻換了鐵軛！
28:14 因為萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：我已將鐵軛加在這些國的頸項上，使他們服事巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒，他們總要服事他；我也把田野的走獸給了他。」
28:15 於是先知耶利米對先知哈拿尼雅說：「哈拿尼雅啊，你應當聽！耶和華並沒有差遣你，你竟使這百姓倚靠謊言。
28:16 所以耶和華如此說：看哪，我要叫你去世，你今年必死，因為你向耶和華說了叛逆的話。」
28:17 這樣，先知哈拿尼雅當年七月間就死了。​​

In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, ²“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. ³Within two years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. ⁴I will also bring back to this place King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

⁵ Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; ⁶and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord fulfill the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the exiles. ⁷But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people. ⁸The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms. ⁹As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”

¹⁰ Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, and broke it. ¹¹And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: This is how I will break the yoke of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

¹² Sometime after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³Go, tell Hananiah, Thus says the Lord: You have broken wooden bars only to forge iron bars in place of them! ¹⁴For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations so that they may serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and they shall indeed serve him; I have even given him the wild animals. ¹⁵And the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you made this people trust in a lie. ¹⁶Therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to send you off the face of the earth. Within this year you will be dead, because you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.”

¹⁷ In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.

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    這是先知耶利米和假先知哈拿尼雅之間的爭論，卻讓我們看見上帝的作為，使我們清楚：真正的先知是耶利米！因為上帝使哈拿尼雅當年七月間就死了，這就是證明了耶利米是先知。

    因此，我們做上帝僕人的人，不要怕假先知的挑戰，更不要為他們感到威脅。雖然他們的氣燄囂張，更是許多人支持他們，讓我們感到勢單力薄。但是，我們的能力和支持是從看不見的上帝來的，因為祂是全能的，一切都在他的掌握之下！

    我們要勇敢的宣揚上帝的話語，做一個真正的先知！因為，上帝是我們永遠的支持，有上帝的同在勝過一切！不僅如此，我們要永遠與基督一同得榮耀，一同做王到永遠！

耶利米書27:16-22

27:16 我又對祭司和這眾民說：「耶和華如此說：你們不可聽那先知對你們所說的預言。他們說：『耶和華殿中的器皿快要從巴比倫帶回來』；其實他們向你們說假預言。
27:17 不可聽從他們，只管服事巴比倫王便得存活。這城何致變為荒場呢？
27:18 他們若果是先知，有耶和華的話臨到他們，讓他們祈求萬軍之耶和華，使那在耶和華殿中和猶大王宮內，並耶路撒冷剩下的器皿，不被帶到巴比倫去。
27:19 （因為萬軍之耶和華論到柱子、銅海、盆座，並剩在這城裡的器皿，
27:20 就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒擄掠猶大王約雅敬的兒子耶哥尼雅，和猶大、耶路撒冷一切貴冑的時候所沒有掠去的器皿。）
27:21 論到那在耶和華殿中和猶大王宮內，並耶路撒冷剩下的器皿，萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：
27:22 必被帶到巴比倫存在那裡，直到我眷顧以色列人的日子。那時，我必將這器皿帶回來，交還此地。這是耶和華說的。」​​

¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, “The vessels of the Lord’s house will soon be brought back from Babylon,” for they are prophesying a lie to you. ¹⁷Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation? ¹⁸If indeed they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. ¹⁹For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, ²⁰which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— ²¹thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: ²²They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall stay, until the day when I give attention to them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.  

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    耶利米也向祭司和眾民說到上帝將來的作為，他們雖然被擄到巴比倫，如同聖殿的器皿被擄走，但是有一天他們必定會歸回，如同聖殿的器皿會再次回到聖殿一般。

    我們真的看見上帝的應許實現：被擄的人歸回，後來聖殿又被重建，猶大人恢復敬拜，雖然後來經過希臘和羅馬帝國的蹂躪。但是，聖殿的敬拜一直到主後七十年。

    所以，我們屬乎主的人，要相信上帝的應許是不會落空，尤其是在基督裡的，必定成就，正如主耶穌的再來！

耶利米書27:12-15

27:12 我就照這一切的話說：「要把你們的頸項放在巴比倫王的軛下，服事他和他的百姓，便得存活。
27:13 你和你的百姓為何要因刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫死亡，正如耶和華論到不服事巴比倫王的那國說的話呢？
27:14 不可聽那些先知對你們所說的話；他們說：『你們不致服事巴比倫王』，其實他們向你們說假預言。
27:15 耶和華說：『我並沒有打發他們，他們卻託我的名說假預言，好使我將你們和向你們說預言的那些先知趕出去，一同滅亡。』」​​

¹² I spoke to King Zedekiah of Judah in the same way: Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. ¹³Why should you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are telling you not to serve the king of Babylon, for they are prophesying a lie to you. ¹⁵I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.  

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    耶利米真的向對猶大王西底家說上帝要他說的話，還特別強調：「不可聽那些先知對你們所說的話；他們說：『你們不致服事巴比倫王』，其實他們向你們說假預言。耶和華說：『我並沒有打發他們，他們卻託我的名說假預言，好使我將你們和向你們說預言的那些先知趕出去，一同滅亡。』」

    這也讓我們再一次感受到先知難為，不要隨隨便便就想當先知，想要向人說上帝的話。但是，當先知要小心，不要變成假先知。所謂假先知，就是沒有傳講上帝的話語，反倒傳講自己的想法和心意，這是會讓人遠離上帝，遭受災難的！

    求主保守，讓我能忠心傳講上帝的話，如同先知耶利米，使人能到上帝面前，領受到上帝的恩典。