31:1 耶和华说，那时我必作以色列各家族的神，他们必作我的子民。
At that time, declares Jehovah, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.
31:2 耶和华如此说，脱离刀剑的民，就是以色列人，当我去使他享安息的时候，他在旷野蒙了恩眷。
Thus says Jehovah, The people who survived the sword Found favor in the wilderness-Even Israel, when I went to give him rest.
31:3 耶和华从远方向我显现，说，我以永远的爱爱了你，因此我以慈爱吸引了你。
Jehovah appeared to me from afar, saying, Indeed I have loved you with an eternal love, Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
31:4 以色列的处女阿，我要再建造你，你就被建造；你必再以自己的鼓为妆饰，与欢笑的人一同跳舞而出。
I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. Again you will adorn yourself with your tambourines And will go forth in the dance of those who make merry.
31:5 你必再在撒玛利亚的山上，栽种葡萄园；栽种的人要栽种并享用所结的果子。
Again you will plant vineyards On the mountains of Samaria; The planters will plant And will partake of the fruit.
31:6 日子必到，在以法莲山地守望的人，必呼叫说，起来罢，我们可以上锡安，到耶和华我们的神那里去。
For there will be a day when watchmen call out In the hill country of Ephraim, Saying, Arise and let us go up to Zion, To Jehovah our God.
31:7 因为耶和华如此说，你们当为雅各喜乐欢呼，向万国中为首的呼喊；当传扬颂赞，说，耶和华阿，求你拯救你的百姓，就是以色列所余剩的人。
For thus says Jehovah, Give a ringing shout with joy for Jacob, And cry out at the head of the nations; Announce, praise, and say, O Jehovah, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.
31:8 我必将他们从北方之地领来，从地极招聚，在他们中间有瞎子、瘸子、孕妇和产妇，他们必成为大群回到这里来。
I will bring them From the land of the north, And I will gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, The blind and the lame among them, The pregnant woman and she who is travailing together, A great assembly; they will return here.
31:9 他们要哭泣而来，我要照他们的恳求引导他们，使他们在溪水旁走正直的路，在其上不至绊跌；因为我是以色列的父，以法莲是我的长子。
They will come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the waterbrooks In a straight way, in which they will not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.
31:10 列国阿，要听耶和华的话，传扬在远处的众海岛，说，赶散以色列的必招聚他，又看守他，好像牧人看守羊群。
Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare in the coastlands from afar, And say, He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
31:11 因为耶和华救赎了雅各，拯救他脱离比他更强之人的手。
For Jehovah has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
31:12 他们要来到锡安的高处歌唱，又涌向耶和华的美福，就是五谷、新酒、新油、羊羔和牛犊；他们的心必像浇灌的园子，他们也不再有一点愁烦。
And they will come and sing in the height of Zion, And they will flow forth to the goodness of Jehovah-To the grain and to the new wine and to the fresh oil And to the young of the flock and of the herd; And their soul will be like a watered garden, And they will not languish any more.
31:13 那时处女必喜乐跳舞，年少的、年老的也必一同喜乐；我要使他们的悲哀转为欢喜，并要安慰他们，使他们的忧愁转为快乐。
Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old men together, And I will turn their mourning to gladness And comfort them and cause them to rejoice after their sorrow.
31:14 我必以肥油使祭司的心满足，我的百姓也要因我的美福饱足；这是耶和华说的。
And I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness, Declares Jehovah.
31:15 耶和华如此说，在拉玛听见号啕痛哭的声音，是拉结哭她的儿女，不肯受安慰，因为他们都不在了。
Thus says Jehovah, A voice is heard in Ramah, A wailing, a very bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.
31:16 耶和华如此说，你禁止声音不要哀哭，止住眼目不要流泪，因你所作的工，必有赏赐；他们必从敌人之地归回；这是耶和华说的。
Thus says Jehovah, Hold back your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For there is a reward for your work, declares Jehovah; And they will return from the land of the enemy.
31:17 耶和华说，你末后必有指望，你的儿女必回到自己的境界。
And there is hope for your latter end, declares Jehovah, That your children will return to their own border.
31:18 我听见以法莲悲叹，说，你惩治我，我便受惩治，像未驯的牛犊一样；求你使我回转，我便回转，因为你是耶和华我的神。
Indeed I have heard Ephraim lamenting, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are Jehovah my God.
31:19 我回转以后就悔改，受教以后就拍腿叹息。我因担当幼年的耻辱，就抱愧蒙羞。
For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh. I was ashamed and even confounded, For I bear the reproach of my youth.
31:20 耶和华说，以法莲是我宝贵的儿子么？是可喜悦的孩子么？我每逢责备他，仍深顾念他；所以我的心肠为他哀痛，我必要怜恤他。
Is Ephraim a precious son to Me? Or a child of My good pleasure? For as often as I speak against him, I surely remember him more; Therefore My bowels moan for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares Jehovah.
31:21 以色列的处女阿，你当为自己设立指路碑，立起路标柱，你要留心向大路，就是你走过的原路；你当回转，回转到你这些城邑。
Set up road markers for yourself; Make signposts for yourself; Pay attention to the highway, The way you went; Return, O virgin of Israel; Return to these cities of yours.
31:22 背道的女子阿，你四处流离要到几时呢？耶和华在地上创作了一件新事，就是女子围护男子。
How long will you wander here and there, O apostate daughter? For Jehovah has created a new thing in the earth: A female will encompass a mighty man.
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