以西結書 37
1 上主的手臨於我，上主的神引我出去，把我放在平原中，那裏佈滿了骨頭；
The Lord picked me up and carried me away by his Spirit. He set me down in the middle of a valley that was full of bones.
2 他領我在骨頭周圍走了一遭；見平原上骨頭的確很多，又很乾枯。
He led me around them, and in all directions I saw many, many bones on the valley floor. They were really dry.
3 他問我說：「人子，這些骨頭可以復生嗎﹖」我答說：「吾主上主! 你知道。」
Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come back to life?” “Lord God, only you know the answer,” I replied.
4 他對我說：「你可向這些骨頭講預言，向他們說：乾枯的骨頭，聽上主的話罷!
He told me, “Prophesy to these bones and tell them, Dry bones, listen to this message from the Lord!
5 吾主上主對這些骨頭這樣說：看，我要使氣息進入你們內，你們必要復活。
This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will breathe into you, and you will come back to life.
6 我給你們放上筋，加上肉，包上皮，把氣息注入你們內，你們就復活了：如此，你們便要承認我是上主。」
I will give you tendons and have flesh grow over you and cover you with skin. I will breathe into you so that you will come back to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
7 於是我遵命講預言。正當我講預言時，忽然有一個響聲，一陣震動，骨頭與骨頭互鄉結合起來。
So I prophesied just as I had been ordered. When I started prophesying, suddenly I heard a rattling noise. The bones joined together, bone attached to bone.
8 我望見他們身上有了筋，生了肉，包了皮，但他們還沒有氣息。
As I watched, I saw tendons and flesh grow on them, and skin covered them; but the bodies didn't breathe.
9 上主對我說：「你應向氣息講預言! 人子，應向氣息講預言說：吾主上主這樣說：氣息，你應由四方來，吹在這些被殺的人身上，使他們復活。」
Then he told me, “Prophesy to the breath! Prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds, and breathe into these bodies, so that they can come back to life!”
10 我遵命一講了預言，氣息就進入他們內，他們遂復活了，並且站了起來；實在是一支龐大的軍隊。
So I prophesied just as he had ordered me, and the breath went into the bodies, and they came back to life and stood up, a huge army!
11 上主對我說：「人子，這些骨頭就是以色列家族。他們常說：我們的骨頭乾枯了，絕望了，我們都完了!
He told me, “Son of man, these bones represent all the people of Israel. Listen to what the people are saying, ‘Our bones have dried up, and our hope has been crushed. We have been wiped out!’
12 為此，你向他們講預言說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要親自打開你們的墳墓；我的百姓，我要從你們的墳墓中把你們領出來，引你們進入以色列地域。
So prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: My people, I'm going to open your graves and lift you out of them, and I will take you back to the country of Israel.
13 我的百姓! 當我打開你們的墳墓，把你們從墳墓內領出來的時候，你們便承認我是上主。
Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and lift you out of them, my people.
14 我要把我的神注入你們內，使你們復活，叫你們安居在你們的地域內，那時，你們便要承認我，上主言出必行－吾主上主的斷語。」
I will put my Spirit in you and you will live again, and I will take you back to your own country. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will carry it out, declares the Lord.”
15 上主的話傳給我說：「
Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
16 人子，你拿一塊木頭，上面寫：『猶大和他的同族以色列子民。』再拿另一塊木頭，上面寫：『若瑟──厄弗辣因的木頭──和他的同族的以色列子民。』
“Son of man, get one piece of wood and write on it: ‘This belongs to Judah and the Israelite tribes allied to them.’ Then get another piece of wood and write on it: ‘This belongs to Joseph. This is Ephraim's piece of wood, and to the Israelite tribes allied to them.’
17 以後，你把兩塊木頭連成一塊，在你手中成為一塊。
Then join the two pieces of wood into one, so that you hold them as one in your hand.
18 若你民族的子民詢問你說：這是什麼意思，你不能告訴我們嗎﹖
When your people come and ask you, ‘Are you going to explain what this is all about?’
19 你要回答他們說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要拿若瑟的──即在厄弗辣因手中的──和他的同族以色列支派的木頭，將它同猶大的木頭連結成為一塊木頭，在我手中只成為一塊。
tell them that this is what the Lord God says: I'm going to take Joseph's piece of wood, which Ephraim is holding, along with the Israelite tribes allied with them, and I'll join them with Judah's piece of wood. I will make them into a single piece of wood, and they will be as one in my hand.
20 你應把在上面寫過字的兩塊木頭，拿在你手中，在他們面前，
When you're holding the pieces of wood you've written on, and while everyone is watching,
21 對他們說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把以色列子民從他們所到的異民中領出，把他們由各方聚集起來，引他們回到自己的地域；
tell them that this is what the Lord God says: I'm going to bring the Israelites back from the nations where they've gone. I will gather them from everywhere and take them back to their own country.
22 我要使他們在那地和以色列山上成為一個民族，他們只有一位國王，不再是兩個民族，不再分為兩個國家；
I will make them one nation in the country, living in the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule them all. They won't be two nations any longer; never again will they be divided into two kingdoms.
23 他們也不再為他們的偶像、怪物和各種邪惡所玷污；我要把他們由他們因背約所犯的各種罪過中救拔出來，淨化他們，成為我的民族，我作他們的天主。
They won't make themselves unclean anymore with their idols or disgusting images, or with any of their rebellious sins. I will save them from all their sins when they abandoned me, and I will make them clean. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
24 我的僕人達味要作他們的國王，他們全體只有一個牧人；他們要遵行我的法律，謹守我的誡命，且一一實行；
My servant David will be their king. They will be united under one ruler. They will follow my laws, and they will observe and practice my regulations.
25 他們要安居在我賜給我的僕人雅各伯，即他們的祖先所居住的地方；他們、他們的兒子，他們的子子孫孫直到永遠住在那裏；我的僕人達味永遠作他們的領袖。
They will live in the country I gave to my servant Jacob where your forefathers lived. They will live there with their children and grandchildren forever, and my servant David will be their prince forever.
26 我要同他們訂立和平的盟約，同他們訂立永遠的盟約；我要厚待他們，使他們昌盛，且在他們中立我的聖所，直到永遠。
I will make an agreement of peace with them. This will be an everlasting agreement. I will make them secure and increase their numbers, and I will keep my sanctuary there with them forever.
27 我的住所也設在他們中間；我要作他們的天主，他們要作我的百姓。
My Tabernacle will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
28 當我的聖所永遠在他們中間時，異民便承認我是祝聖以色列的天主。」
The nations will acknowledge that I am the Lord who blesses Israel, when my sanctuary is with them forever.”
