以西結書 24
1 九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說：「
And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying:
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。
“Son of man, write for yourself the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon was confirmed against Jerusalem today.
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，
And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.
4 把肉塊、後腿和肩上的好肉放到鍋裏，用最好的骨頭填滿，
Pile together within it every morsel, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, the choice pieces and those full of bones.
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。
Take the fattest from the flock, and arrange also a heap of bones under it. Its cooking has boiled over, and its bones in its midst have been thoroughly cooked.
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。
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, to the cooking pot that has rust in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Cast it out piece by piece! No lot has fallen upon it.
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；
For her blood is in her midst; she has shed it upon the smoothest rock. She has not shed it upon the ground, so that it could 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。
So shall I bring my indignation over her, and take my vengeance. I have presented her blood upon the smoothest rock, so that it would not 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。
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre.
10 你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦；
Pile together the bones, which I will burn with fire. The flesh shall be consumed, and the entire composition shall be boiled, and the bones shall deteriorate.
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。
Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.
12 但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。
There has been much sweat and labor, and yet its extensive rust has not gone out of it, not even by fire.
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。
Your uncleanness is execrable. For I wanted to cleanse you, and you have not been cleansed from your filth. So then, neither will you be cleansed before I cause my indignation over you to cease.
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。」
I, the Lord, have spoken. It shall happen, and I will act. I will not pass over, nor be lenient, nor be placated. I will judge you according to your ways and according to your intentions, says the Lord.”
15 上主的話傳給我說：「
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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，
“Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.
17 只可默默歎息，卻不可哀悼死者。頭上仍纏著頭巾，腳上仍穿著鞋，不可遮蓋鬍鬚，也不可吃喪食。」
Groan silently; you shall make no mourning for the dead. Let the band of your crown be on you, and let your shoes be on your feet. And you shall not cover your face, nor shall you eat the food of those who mourn.”
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。
Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And in the morning, I did just as he had instructed me.
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﹖」
And the people said to me: “Why won’t you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?”
20 我回答他們說：「上主的話傳給我說：
And I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
21 你要告訴以色列家族：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。
‘Speak to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will defile my sanctuary, the pride of your realm, and the desire of your eyes, and the dread of your soul. Your sons and your daughters, whom you have forsaken, will 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，
And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.
23 你們的頭仍纏著頭巾，腳仍穿著鞋，不舉哀，不哭泣，但因你們的罪惡而消沉，而彼此傷歎。
You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet. You shall not lament, and you shall not weep. Instead, you will waste away in your iniquities, and each one will groan to his brother.
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。」「
‘And Ezekiel shall be a portent for you. In accord with all that he has done, so shall you do, when this will happen. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.’”
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，
“And as for you, son of man, behold, in the day when I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their dignity, and the desire of their eyes, in which their souls find rest: their sons and their daughters,
26 那天必有一個逃難的來到你這裏，報告你這消息。
in that day, when one who is fleeing will come to you, so that he may report to you,
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。」
in that day, I say, your mouth shall be opened to him who has fled. And you shall speak, and you shall no longer be silent. And you shall be for them a portent. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”
