以西結書 24
1 九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說：「
Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, 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 the name of the day, this same day. The king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
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，
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour 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，
Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece: the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice 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 choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within 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。
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece without casting lots for 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 the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it 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。
That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should 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。
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
10 你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦；
Heap on the wood. Make the fire hot. Boil the meat well. Make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
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。
Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
12 但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。
She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.
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。
“‘“In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
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. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord GOD.’”
15 上主的話傳給我說：「
Also the LORD’s word 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 will take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run 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。」
Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s 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。
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was 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﹖」
The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
20 我回答他們說：「上主的話傳給我說：
Then I said to them, “The LORD’s word 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, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind 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，
You will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread.
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。
Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You won’t mourn or weep; but you will pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
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。」「
Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will 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，
“You, son of man, shouldn’t it be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart—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。
that in that day he who escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
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 your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped, and you will speak and be no more mute. So you will be a sign to them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
