以西結書 11
1 以後，神力把我提起，把我帶到上主聖殿東面的東門那裏。看，在大門口有二十五個人，我看見在他們中有阿組爾的兒子亞匝尼雅和貝納雅的兒子培拉提雅，他們是民眾的首領。
Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw amongst them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 上主向我說：「人子，在這城中圖謀不軌，出壞主意的就是這些人。
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 他們說：房屋不是剛建築不久嗎﹖城是鍋，我們是肉。
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
4 為此你要發言反對他們；人子，發言罷! 」
Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
5 上主的神臨於我，向我說：「你要說：上主這樣說：以色列家，你們所說過的話，心中想的什麼，我都知道。
The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 你們在此城中殺害了許多人，街市上滿了傷亡的人。
You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 為此吾主上主這樣說：你們在城內所殺害的人是肉，城是鍋，但你們都要由城中趕出去。
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 你們怕刀劍，我必使刀劍臨於你們──吾主上主的斷語－－
You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.
9 我要把你們由城中趕出，把你們交於外人手中，在你們身上實行懲罰。
“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgements amongst you.
10 你們要喪身刀下；我必要在以色列邊境上懲罰你們；如此，你們要承認我是上主。
You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 這城為你們決不是鍋，你們也決不是其中的肉；我必要在以色列邊境上懲罰你們。
This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
12 如此你們必承認我是上主，因為你們沒有遵行我的法令，沒有實行我的法律，卻照你們四鄰異民的法律去行。」
You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
13 我正在講預言的時候，貝納雅的兒子培拉提雅死了；我遂伏地掩面，高聲哀呼說：「哎! 吾主上主，你要滅盡以色列的遺民嗎﹖」
When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 上主的話傳給我說：「
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
15 人子，耶路撒冷的居民論及你的同胞兄弟，同你一起被擄的人，即以色列全家族的人，這樣說：他們遠離了上主，這地應歸於我們佔有了。
“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us for a possession.’
16 為此你應宣講說：吾主上主這樣說：我雖遷移他們，遠至異民之中，將他們分散到各國，但在他們所到的地方，我暫時仍是他們的聖所。
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Whereas I have removed them far off amongst the nations, and whereas I have scattered them amongst the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
17 因此你應宣講：吾主上主這樣說：我要從各民族聚集你們，由你們分散所到的各國中召集你們，把以色列地域再賜給你們。
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”
18 他們一回到那裏，必滅絕那裏的偶像，剷除那裏的一切醜惡的事。
“‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19 我必賜給他們另一顆心，在他們臟腑放上另一種精神；拿走他們鐵石的心，給他們換上一顆血肉的心，
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
20 為使他們遵行我的法令，謹守我的法律，而一一實行：如此他們要作我的百姓，我要作他們的天主。
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 至於那些心中仍隨從偶像和醜惡之事的人，我要把他們的行為歸在他們的頭上──吾主上主的斷語。」
But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord GOD.”
22 那時革魯賓展開了翅膀，輪子也隨著轉動，以色列天主的光榮停在他們之上。
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 上主的光榮由城中升起，停在城東的山上。
The LORD’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 神力把我提起，在異象中，即在天主的神力中，把我帶到加色丁充軍的人那裏。我所見的異象就在我面前消失了。
The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 我遂向充軍的人講述上主給我顯示的一切事。
Then I spoke to the captives all the things that the LORD had shown me.
