耶和華說：“如果你與徒步的人同跑，尚且覺得疲倦，怎能跟馬賽跑呢？你在平安穩妥之地，尚且跌倒，在約旦河邊的叢林怎麼辦呢？

耶和华说：“你若与步行的人同跑，尚且觉累，怎能与马赛跑呢？你在平安之地，虽然安稳，在约旦河边的丛林要怎样行呢？

“你与步行的人同跑，尚且觉得累，怎能与马赛跑呢？你在安全之地尚且会跌倒，在约旦河边的丛林要怎么办呢？

“你与步行的人同跑，尚且觉得累，怎能与马赛跑呢？你在安全之地尚且会跌倒，在约旦河边的丛林要怎么办呢？

耶和华说：“如果你与步行的人竞走，尚且感到疲乏，又怎能与马赛跑呢？如果你在宽阔之地尚且跌倒，在约旦河边的丛林中又会怎样呢？

耶和华说：“如果你与徒步的人同跑，尚且觉得疲倦，怎能跟马赛跑呢？你在平安稳妥之地，尚且跌倒，在约旦河边的丛林怎么办呢？

耶和華說：你若與步行的人同跑，尚且覺累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在平安之地，雖然安穩，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？

「你與步行的人同跑，尚且覺得累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在安全之地尚且會跌倒，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎麼辦呢？

「你與步行的人同跑，尚且覺得累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在安全之地尚且會跌倒，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎麼辦呢？

耶和華說：「如果你與步行的人競走，尚且感到疲乏，又怎能與馬賽跑呢？如果你在寬闊之地尚且跌倒，在約旦河邊的叢林中又會怎樣呢？

『你若跟步行的人同跑，尚且覺得累，怎能跟馬賽跑呢？你在平安之地尚且要匍匐而逃，在約但河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？

爾與步卒同趨、尚猶疲憊、焉能與馬角逐哉、在平康之地、爾可安泰、約但溢於叢林、爾將若何、

耶和華曰、爾與步卒爭鬥、已形困憊、焉能與驍騎角力哉、邦國平康、爾可自恃、約但漲溢、將如之何、

主曰、爾與徒行者同趨、尚且困憊、焉能與乘馬者角力哉、在平康之地、爾可自恃、爾在約但河濱之茂林、將如之何、

“ If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?

The Lord says,“ Suppose you have raced against people. And suppose they have worn you out. Then how would you be able to race against horses? Suppose you feel safe only in open country. Then how would you get along in the bushes near the Jordan River?

“ If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

“ If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?

If you have raced with runners and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

“ If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out, How can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?

“ If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

If you have raced with runners and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and[ if] in the land of peace,[ wherein] thou trustedst,[ they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

The LORD answered,“ If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

“ If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

親愛的，有火煉的試驗臨到你們，不要以為奇怪，好像是遭遇非常的事，

這位忍受罪人那樣頂撞的耶穌，你們要仔細思想，免得疲倦灰心。你們與罪惡鬥爭，還沒有對抗到流血的地步；

你在患難的日子若是懈怠，你的力量就微小。

看哪！獅子怎樣從約旦河邊的叢林走上來，攻擊常綠的牧場，照樣，我必在眨眼之間把以東趕走，使它離開這地；誰蒙揀選，我就派誰治理這地。誰能和我相比呢？誰可以把我傳來審訊呢？哪一個牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？”

看哪！獅子怎樣從約旦河邊的叢林走上來，攻擊常綠的牧場，照樣，我必在眨眼之間把巴比倫趕走，使它離開這地；誰蒙揀選，我就派誰治理這地。誰能和我相比呢？誰可以把我傳來審訊呢？哪一個牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？”

神啊！求你拯救我，因為大水淹沒了我。我深陷在淤泥中，沒有立足之地；我到了水深之處，波濤漫過我身。

我兒，不可輕看耶和華的管教，也不可厭惡他的責備；

你的瀑布一發聲，深淵就和深淵響應；你的洪濤和波浪都掩蓋了我。

在正月，約旦河水漲過兩岸的時候，這些人過了河，使全平原的人都東奔西逃。

抬約櫃的祭司來到約旦河，他們的腳碰到水邊的時候（原來約旦河水在收割的日子，常是漲過兩岸的），

耶利米說完了耶和華吩咐他對眾民所說的一切話，眾祭司、眾先知和眾民就抓住他，說：“你必要死！

更吩咐王子耶拉篾、亞次列的兒子西萊雅和亞伯疊的兒子示利米雅，去捉拿文士巴錄和耶利米先知；但耶和華把他們隱藏起來。

於是眾領袖對王說：“這人應該處死，因為他向這城裡剩下的軍兵和眾民說了這樣的話，使他們的手都軟弱無力。這人不是為這人民求平安，卻是惹來災禍的。”西底家王說：“看哪！他在你們手中；王不能作甚麼反對你們。”他們就拿住耶利米，把他丟在王子瑪基雅的井裡，那井是在衛兵的院子裡的；他們用繩子把耶利米縋下去。井裡沒有水，只有淤泥；耶利米就陷在淤泥中。