以西結書 13
1 上主的話傳給我說：「
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 人子，你要斥責那些在以色列講預言的先知，向那些隨心所欲說預言的人說：你們應聽上主的話!
“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
3 吾主上主這樣說：那些隨心所欲，而一無所見的愚妄先知，是有禍的!
This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.
4 以色列! 你的先知好像廢墟中的狐狸。
Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
5 你們沒有上到缺口處，也沒有圍繞以色列家建築圍牆，好叫她在上主的日子，在戰爭中穩立。
You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
6 他們所見的盡是空虛，所預言的盡是欺詐，反而說是「上主的斷語；」其實上主並沒有派遣他們，他們還指望自己的話能夠實現。
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
7 你們豈不是見了幻像，說了欺詐的預言，還說是「上主的斷語﹖」其實我並沒有說過。
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
8 為此，吾主上主這樣說：因為你們說的是謊話，見的是幻像，我必攻斥你們──吾主上主的斷語──
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
9 我必伸手打擊那些見幻像，說欺詐預言的先知。他們決不得參加我人民的議會，不得登記在以色列家族的名冊上，也不得進入以色列地域：如此你們要承認我是上主。
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
10 因為他們迷惑我的人民說：「平安；」其實並沒有平安。人民築起牆來，看，他們就來墁泥。
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
11 你要向墁泥的人說；我要使驟雨降下，冰雹落下，暴風颳來，
tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
12 那牆必要傾倒。那時，人豈不是要向你們說：你們所墁的泥在那裏呢﹖
Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
13 為此，吾主上主這樣說：在我憤怒時，我要使暴風颳來，在怒火中使驟雨降下，在憤怒時使冰雹降下，破壞一切。
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
14 我要摧毀你們墁過泥的牆，使它傾倒在地，基礎暴露；牆傾倒了，你們也要消失在其中：如此，你們要承認我是上主。
I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
15 當我對那牆和在牆上墁泥的人發洩了我的憤怒，我要對你們說：牆沒有了，墁牆的人也不見了。
And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—
16 這是指那些向耶路撒冷講預言的以色列的先知，他們說見過平安的異象；其實並沒有平安──吾主上主的斷語。
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
17 人子，你要轉面向那些隨心所欲，講預言的你百姓中的女先知，你要斥責她們。
Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
18 你宣講說：吾主上主這樣說：那些為手腕縫製各種帶子，照頭的大小製做各種頭巾，以獵取人命的女人，是有禍的! 你們獵取了我百姓的性命，難道能挽救你們自己的性命﹖
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
19 你們竟為了一掬麥子，一塊餅，就在我百姓前褻瀆了我，使不應死的人死去，使不應活的人活著，以欺騙我那好聽信謊言的百姓。
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
20 為此，吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把你們像捕鳥一樣獵取人命的帶子，從你們手腕上撕下，釋放你們所獵取的人，像釋放飛鳥；
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
21 撕破你們的頭巾，由你們手中救出我的百姓；他們決不再做你們手中的獵物：如此，你們要承認我是上主。
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
22 因為你們以謊言使義人的心沮喪；其實，我並沒有使義人悲哀；你們又鼓勵惡人，使他不肯離開罪惡的路，以求生存。
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
23 為此，你們不得再見幻像，不得再說預言；反之，我要從你們手中救出我的百姓：如此，你們必承認我是上主。」
therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
