| 厄則克耳 |
Ezekiel |
| 1九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說： |
1 On the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth year, the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2「人子，你要記下今天的日期，就是在今天這一日，巴比倫王開始圍困耶路撒冷。 |
2Son of man, write down this date today, for this very day the king of Babylon has invested Jerusalem. |
| 3你要向叛逆的家族講一個寓言，給他們說：吾主上主這樣說：你要安放一口鍋，安好後，裏面倒上水， |
3 Propose this parable to the rebellious house: Thus says the Lord GOD: Set up the pot, set it up, then pour in some water. |
| 4把肉塊、後腿和肩上的好肉放到鍋裏，用最好的骨頭填滿， |
4Put in it pieces of meat, all good pieces: thigh and shoulder; Fill it with the choicest joints |
| 5再放上最好的羊肉，然後在鍋下堆起木柴，烹煮肉塊，連其中的骨頭也煮爛。 |
5taken from the pick of the flock. Then pile the wood beneath it; bring to a boil these pieces and the joints that are in it. |
| 6因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城，有銹而銹不退的鍋，是有禍的！從鍋中一塊一塊地取出來，不必拈鬮。 |
6Take out its pieces, one by one, without casting lots for it. Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, a pot containing rust, whose rust has not been removed. |
| 7因為在其中所流的血，是流在光滑的石崖上，而沒有流在土中，用塵土掩蓋； |
7 For the blood she shed is in her midst; she poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the earth, to be covered with dust. |
| 8為的是激起我的憤怒，施行報復，所以我也使她的血流在光滑的石頭上，不得掩蓋。 |
8To work up my wrath, to excite my vengeance, she put her blood on the bare rock, not to be covered. |
| 9因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城是有禍的！我要親自使火堆擴大。 |
9Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I, too, will heap up a great bonfire, |
| 10你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦； |
10piling on wood and kindling the fire, Till the meat has been cooked, till the broth has boiled. |
| 11然後把空鍋放在火炭上燒熱，把銅燒紅，把其中的污穢燒淨，把鍋銹燒盡。 |
11Then I will set the pot empty on the coals till its metal glows red hot, till the impurities in it melt, and its rust disappears. |
| 12但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。 |
12Yet not even with fire will its great rust be removed. |
| 13這就是你淫行的污穢，我原設法使你潔淨，你卻不願意潔淨；那麼，直到我在你身上來洩盡我的憤怒，你的污穢得不到潔淨。 |
13Because you have sullied yourself with lewdness when I would have purified you, and you refused to be purified of your uncleanness, therefore you shall not be purified until I wreak my fury on you. |
| 14我上主言出必行，決不退縮，決不憐恤，決不翻悔。我必照你的行徑，照你的行為審判你──吾主上主的斷語。」 |
14I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming, for I will bring it about without fail. I will not have pity nor repent. By your conduct and your deeds you shall be judged, says the Lord GOD. |
| 15上主的話傳給我說： |
15Thus the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 16「人子，看，我要把你眼中所喜悅的猝然奪去，但你不可哀悼，不可哭泣，不可流淚， |
16Son of man, by a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears. |
| 17只可默默歎息，卻不可哀悼死者。頭上仍纏着頭巾，腳上仍穿着鞋，不可遮蓋鬍鬚，也不可吃喪食。」 |
17 Groan in silence, make no lament for the dead, bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, and do not eat the customary bread. |
| 18早晨我向百姓講了這事，晚上我的妻子便死了；次日早晨我便照吩咐給我的作了。 |
18That evening my wife died, and the next morning I did as I had been commanded. |
| 19百姓問我說：「你能不能告訴我們：你這樣作對我們有什麼意思？」 |
19Then the people asked me, "Will you not tell us what all these things that you are doing mean for us?" I therefore spoke to the people that morning, |
| 20我回答他們說：「上主的話傳給我說： |
20saying to them: Thus the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 21你要告訴以列色家族：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把我的聖所，即你們所誇耀的勢力，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的地方，加以褻瀆，你們所遺留下的子女要死於刀下。 |
21Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: I will now desecrate my sanctuary, the stronghold of your pride, the delight of your eyes, the desire of your soul. The sons and daughters you left behind shall fall by the sword. |
| 22那時你們要作我所作的：不遮蓋你們的鬍鬚，不吃喪食， |
22Ezekiel shall be a sign for you: all that he did you shall do when it happens. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD. |
| 23你們的頭仍纏着頭巾，腳仍穿着鞋，不舉哀，不哭泣，但因你們的罪惡而消沉，而彼此傷歎。 |
23 You shall do as I have done, not covering your beards nor eating the customary bread. |
| 24厄則克耳為你們是一個預兆：當那事來到時，你們要照他所作的去作。那時你們必承認我是上主。」 |
24Your turbans shall remain on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away because of your sins and groan one to another. |
| 25「人子，在我從他們中取去他們的堡壘，即他們所誇耀的喜樂，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的子女的那一天， |
25As for you, son of man, truly, on the day I take away from them their bulwark, their glorious joy, the delight of their eyes, the desire of their soul, and the pride of their hearts, their sons and daughters, |
| 26那天必有一個逃難的來到你這裏，報告你這消息。 |
26that day the fugitive will come to you, that you may hear it for yourself; |
| 27在那一天你要向那逃難的開口說話，不再作啞吧。這樣，你為他們是一個預兆，那時他們將承認我是上主。」 |
27that day your mouth shall be opened and you shall be dumb no longer. Thus you shall be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the LORD. |
