1	耶和華論到乾旱之災的話臨到耶利米：
			The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
		2	猶大悲哀，城門衰敗。眾人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。
			Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
		3	他們的貴冑打發家僮打水；他們來到水池，見沒有水，就拿著空器皿，蒙羞慚愧，抱頭而回。
			And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
		4	耕地的也蒙羞抱頭；因為無雨降在地上，地都乾裂。
			Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
		5	田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇棄，因為無草。
			Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook , because there was no grass.
		6	野驢站在淨光的高處，喘氣好像野狗；因為無草，眼目失明。
			And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because no grass.
		7	耶和華啊，我們的罪孽雖然作見證告我們，還求你為你名的緣故行事。我們本是多次背道，得罪了你。
			O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
		8	以色列所盼望、在患難時作他救主的啊，你為何在這地像寄居的，又像行路的只住一宵呢？
			O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man turneth aside to tarry for a night?
		9	你為何像受驚的人，像不能救人的勇士呢？耶和華啊，你仍在我們中間；我們也稱為你名下的人，求你不要離開我們。
			Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
		10	耶和華對這百姓如此說：這百姓喜愛妄行（原文作飄流），不禁止腳步，所以耶和華不悅納他們。現今要記念他們的罪孽，追討他們的罪惡。
			Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
		11	耶和華又對我說：「不要為這百姓祈禱求好處。
			Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for good.
		12	他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」
			When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
		13	我就說：「唉！主耶和華啊，那些先知常對他們說：『你們必不看見刀劍，也不遭遇饑荒；耶和華要在這地方賜你們長久的平安。』」
			Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
		14	耶和華對我說：「那些先知託我的名說假預言，我並沒有打發他們，沒有吩咐他們，也沒有對他們說話；他們向你們預言的，乃是虛假的異象和占卜，並虛無的事，以及本心的詭詐。
			Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
		15	所以耶和華如此說：論到託我名說預言的那些先知，我並沒有打發他們；他們還說這地不能有刀劍饑荒，其實那些先知必被刀劍饑荒滅絕。
			Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
		16	聽他們說預言的百姓必因饑荒刀劍拋在耶路撒冷的街道上，無人葬埋。他們連妻子帶兒女，都是如此。我必將他們的惡倒在他們身上（或作：我必使他們罪惡的報應臨到他們身上）。」
			And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
		17	你要將這話對他們說：願我眼淚汪汪，晝夜不息，因為我百姓（原文作民的處女）受了裂口破壞的大傷。
			Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
		18	我若出往田間，就見有被刀殺的；我若進入城內，就見有因饑荒患病的；連先知帶祭司在國中往來，也是毫無知識（或作：不知怎樣才好）。
			If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
		19	你全然棄掉猶大嗎？你心厭惡錫安嗎？為何擊打我們，以致無法醫治呢？我們指望平安，卻得不著好處；指望痊愈，不料，受了驚惶。
			Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and no healing for us? we looked for peace, and no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
		20	耶和華啊，我們承認自己的罪惡，和我們列祖的罪孽，因我們得罪了你。
			We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
		21	求你為你名的緣故，不厭惡我們，不辱沒你榮耀的寶座。求你追念，不要背了與我們所立的約。
			Do not abhor , for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
		22	外邦人虛無的神中有能降雨的嗎？天能自降甘霖嗎？耶和華我們的神啊，能如此的不是你嗎？所以，我們仍要等候你，因為這一切都是你所造的。
			Are there among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these .