以西結書 36
1 「人子，你向以色列群山講預言說：以色列群山，聽上主的話罷!
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, listen to this message from the Lord.
2 吾主上主這樣說：因為敵人曾論你們說：『哈! 永遠荒涼了，那地已成了我們的產業。』
This is what the Lord God says: The enemy said about you, ‘Aha! These old high places now belong to us,’
3 為此你要預言說：吾主上主這樣說：因人使你們荒涼了，從各方面侵蝕你們，使你們成為殘餘民族的產業，並使你們成為人們的口頭禪和話柄：
so you must prophesy and announce that this is what the Lord God says: They have turned you into a wasteland, attacking you from every direction, so that you became the property of other nations and people gossiped about you and slandered you.
4 為此，以色列群山! 你們聽吾主上主的話罷! 吾主上主這樣對高山、丘陵、溪澗、山谷、荒涼的廢墟，以及那些曾為四周殘餘民族的掠物和笑柄而被遺棄的城邑說：
So now, mountains of Israel, listen to the message from the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and abandoned towns, that the other nations around you have looted and mocked.
5 吾主上主這樣說：我必在我妒火中發言攻斥各殘餘的民族和整個厄東，她們心裏懷著幸災樂禍，和輕視的心情，將我的地方據為自己的產業，劫掠它當作戰利品。
Yes, this is what the Lord God says: I have spoken passionately against these other nations, and against all the Edomites, who took over my country and made it theirs, happily celebrating as they looted the land and treated me with complete contempt.
6 為此，你向以色列地域講預言，對高山、丘陵、溪澗和山谷說：吾主上主這樣說：因為你們遭受了異民的凌辱，看，我必在妒火和憤怒中發言。
So prophesy concerning the country of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord God says: Just watch, for I have spoken passionately about this because you have had to put up with this mockery from other nations.
7 為此，吾主上主這樣說：我舉手起誓：你們四周的異民必要遭受他們當受的凌辱。
This is what the Lord God says: I hold up my hand and swear that the other nations around you will suffer their own shame.
8 以色列群山，你們要給我的百姓以色列生出枝葉，結出果實，因為他們快來到了。
But you, mountains of Israel, will grow trees that will produce fruit for my people Israel, for soon they'll be coming home.
9 看，我偕同你們，眷顧你們，使你們得以耕種，得以播種，
Look, I am for you and I will help you. Your land will be ploughed, and crops will be sown.
10 在你們那裏增加全以色列家族的人數，使城邑再有居民，廢墟得以重建。
You will support the people of Israel as they return and grow in number. People will live in the towns again and rebuild the ruins.
11 我要在你們那裏，使人和牲畜的數目增多，他們要增加繁殖；我要使你們再有居民，如同昔日一樣，優待你們勝過先前，如此，你們便承認我是上主。
The number of your people will grow— they will have many children. The animals too will have many young. I will make sure that you're inhabited just as you used to be, and I will make you more prosperous that you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
12 我要引領人，即我的百姓以色列到你們上面，他們要佔領你，你要成為他們的產業，再不使他們喪失子女。
I will have my people Israel walk on you mountains. You will be theirs; you will belong to them, and you will no longer rob your nation of their children.
13 吾主上主這樣說：因為人向你說：你吞噬了人，並使你的百姓喪失子女；
This is what the Lord God says: Because people say to you, ‘You eat people, and rob your nation of their children,’
14 從此你不再吞噬人，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語──
from now on you won't eat people or rob your nation of their children, declares the Lord God.
15 我不再讓在你那裏聽到異民的凌辱，你也不再受異民咒罵，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語。」
I'm going to stop these nations insulting you, and you won't have to put up with their taunts any more, or make the nation fall, declares the Lord God.”
16 上主的話傳給我說：「
Another message from Lord came to me, saying,
17 人子，以色列家族住在自己的地域時，以自己的品行和作為玷污了此地，他們的品行在我面前好似經期的污穢。
“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their country, they made it unclean by the way they behaved, by what they did. The way they were behaving in my presence was like the ceremonial uncleanness of a woman's period.
18 因他們在此地所流的血，又因他們的偶像玷污了此地，我遂在他們身上發洩我的憤怒，
So I became angry with them because of murders they committed in the country, and because they made it unclean by worshiping idols.
19 將他們分散在異民中，散佈在各國，照他們的品行和作為懲罰了他們。
I scattered them among the different nations and countries. I judged them according to the way they had behaved and what they did.
20 他們到了應去的異民那裏，還褻瀆了我的聖名，因為人們論及他們說：『這些人原是雅威的百姓，但他們卻應當離開他的地域! 』
But wherever they went among the nations, they ruined my reputation, because people said about them, ‘These are the Lord's people, but they had to leave his country.’
21 我遂憐惜我的聖名，即以色列家族在他們所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
So I had to take care of my reputation for holiness which the people of Israel had ruined among the nations where they'd gone.
22 為此，你要告訴以色列家族，吾主上主這樣說：以色列家族，我作這事並不是為了你們，而是為了我的聖名，即你們在所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
Tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: I'm not doing this for you, people of Israel, but for my reputation for holiness, which you ruined among the nations where you went.
23 我要使我的大名顯聖，即在異民中被褻瀆，即你們在他們中所褻瀆的聖名；當我在你們身上，在他們眼前顯為聖的時候，異民就要承認我是上主──吾主上主的斷語。
I will reveal the holy nature and importance of my reputation, which has been ruined among the nations, the reputation you have ruined among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I reveal my holiness through you as they watch.
24 我要把你們從異民中領出，從各地聚集你們，領你們回到你們的地域。
For I will bring you back from among the nations, gathering you from all the different countries, and I will lead you back into your own country.
25 那時，我要在你們身上灑清水，潔淨你們，淨化你們，脫離各種不潔和各種偶像。
I will also pour pure water over you, and you will be clean. I will wash you clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
26 我還要賜給你們一顆新心，在你們五內放上一種新的精神，從你們的肉身內取去鐵石的心，給你們換上一顆血肉的心。
I will give you a new mind and I will put a new spirit inside you. I will take away your stubborn mind and I will give you a loving mind.
27 我要將我的神賜與你們五內，使你們遵行我的規律，恪守我的誡命，且一一實行。
I will put my Spirit inside you so you will follow my laws and remember to do what I tell you.
28 如此，你們要居住在我賜給你們祖先的地方；你們要作我的百姓，我作你們的天主。
Then you will live in the country I gave to your forefathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
29 我要救你們脫離各種不潔，命五穀豐登，不再讓你們遭受饑荒。
I will save you from everything that makes you unclean. I will make sure you have plenty of grain. I won't send you any famines.
30 我要使樹上的果實，天間的出產豐收，免得你們因饑荒受異民凌辱。
I will also make sure you have good harvests from your orchards and fields, so that you won't be mocked by other nations anymore because of famine.
31 那時你們記起了你們的惡行和那些不好的行為，連你們自己對你們的罪過和醜惡之事，也感覺討厭。
Then you will remember your evil ways and terrible things you've done, and you'll hate yourselves for your sins and disgusting actions.
32 你們應清楚知道：我作這事並不是為了你們──吾主上主的斷語──以色列家族! 對你們的品行害羞慚愧罷們!
You need to realize that I'm not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord God. You should be ashamed and embarrassed for what you've done, people of Israel!
33 吾主上主這樣說：在我潔化你們脫離各種罪過的那天，使城邑有人居住，廢墟得以重建，
This is what the Lord God says: On the day I make you clean from all your sins, I will have you live in your towns again and make sure the ruins are rebuilt.
34 在過客眼中曾為荒蕪的地方，再得以耕種之時，
The land that was deserted will be cultivated again instead of looking abandoned to everyone passing by.
35 人們要說：那曾荒廢的地方，如今成了「伊甸」樂園；荒蕪廢棄和破壞的城邑，如今成了設防安居之地。
Then they will say, ‘This deserted land is now like the garden of Eden. The towns that were demolished, abandoned, and destroyed have been restored and strengthened, and people are living in them.’
36 如此，你們四周的殘餘民族便承認，是我上主重建了破壞的城，種植了荒廢的地。我上主言出必行。
Then those nations around you that are left will acknowledge that I, the Lord, have rebuilt what was demolished, and that I have replanted what was destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will carry it out.
37 吾主上主這樣說：我還要讓以色列家族求我實行這事：叫他們的人數繁殖，多如羊群；
This is what the Lord God says: I will once again answer the prayers of the people of Israel. This is what I will do for them: I will have them increase in number like a flock.
38 就如被奉獻的羊群，就如在慶節日耶路撒冷的羊群有多少，荒蕪的城邑也要充滿那麼多的人群：如此，他們便承認我是上主。」
Just like all the many flocks that are brought to Jerusalem to be sacrificed during the religious festivals, so the towns that were once demolished will be full of flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
