< 以西結書 38 >

1 上主的話傳給我說:「
And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
2 人子,你面向哥格和瑪哥格地,即面向默舍克和突巴耳的最高領袖,講預言攻斥他,
Son of man Set thy face against Gog of the land of the Magog, Prince of Rosh Meshech and Tubal, - And prophesy concerning him,
3 說:吾主上主這樣說:默舍客和突巴耳的最高領袖,看,我要攻擊你,
and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, — Behold me! against thee O Gog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;
4 我要用鉤子鉤住你的牙床,把你拖出來,使你帶領你的大軍、馬隊和騎兵出征,都是全副武裝,戴著盔甲和盾牌的大軍,都手持刀劍。
Therefore I will turn thee about, and will put hooks in thy jaws, —and bring thee forth and all thine army. Horses and horsemen Clothed with gorgeous attire, all of them, A mighty gathered host With shield and buckler handling swords, all of them:
5 還有波斯、雇士和普特人同他們聯盟,都帶著盾牌和銅盔。
Persia Ethiopia and Libya with them, All of them, with shield and helmet;
6 哥默爾及其隊伍,極北方的托加爾瑪家族及其隊伍,還有許多人民同你聯合。
Gomer and all her hordes, The house of Togarmah the remote men of the North and all his hordes, Many peoples with thee.
7 你和同你聯合的各種隊伍都要戒備武裝起來,好為我服務。
Be ready, and show thyself ready, Thou and all thy gathered host who have gathered themselves unto thee, — And become thou for me a guard.
8 多日之後,你要奉到命令;到末年,你要去攻擊那脫離兵災已復原的地方,那裏的居民是由各民族聚集起來的;你要去攻擊那久已荒涼的以色列山,那裏的居民是由各民族歸來,已安居在那裏。
After many days, shalt thou muster thy forces, In the afterpart of the years, shalt thou enter Into the land of the remnant brought back from the sword Gathered from among many peoples, Upon the mountains of Israel which have been waste continually, — But the same! from among the peoples, hath been brought forth, And they shall dwell in security, all of them.
9 你和你的大軍,以及同你聯合的各種隊伍都一起上去,有如狂風來臨,有如濃雲遮地。
Then shalt thou come up, Like a storm, shalt thou enter, Like a cloud covering the land, shalt thou be, — Thou and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee.
10 吾主上主這樣說:到那一天,你要心起惡念,籌劃一個惡計。
Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, — So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come up on thy heart.- And thou wilt devise a wicked device;
11 你要想:我要進攻不設防的地方,進攻安居無憂的人民;他們住的地方沒有圍牆,沒有門閂,也沒有門。
and wilt say— I will go up over a land of hamlets, I will enter among them who are at rest dwelling securely, — All of them, dwelling without a wall, Who bars and doors, have none;
12 我要去搶奪劫掠,下手攻擊已為人居住的廢墟,攻擊那由各民族匯集而來,已有牲畜財物,已安居在地中心的人民。
To capture spoil. And take prey, - To bring back thy hand over desolate places at length inhabited And against a people gathered from among the nations, Getting herds and substance Dwelling upon the navel of the earth.
13 舍巴、德丹、塔爾史士的商人和客商都問你說:你來豈不是為了搶奪﹖集合你的聯軍豈不是為了劫掠,奪去金銀,帶走牲畜和財物,拿去大批掠物﹖
Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish and all her young lions, will say to thee, To capture spoil, art thou coming? And to take prey, hast thou called together thy gathered host? To carry off silver and gold To take away herds and substance, To capture great spoil?
14 人子,為此你要講預言,向哥格說:吾主上主這樣說:當我的百姓以色列安居的那一天,你不是就起了身,
Therefore prophesy, Son of man, and thou shalt say to Gog. Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Shall it not be in that day, because my people Israel are dwelling securely: , that thou wilt rouse thyself?
15 離開你的住處,由極北之地而來,率領許多民族都騎著馬,實在是一支龐大的聯軍,極強大的隊伍,
Therefore wilt thou come out of thy place. Out of the remote parts of the North, Thou and many peoples with thee, —Riding on horses all of them, A mighty gathered host. Yea a great army;
16 上來進攻我的百姓以色列,有如密雲遮地一般﹖哥格! 到末日我要領你來攻打我的地方,為的是當我在異民眼前,在你身上顯聖時,叫他們認識我。
Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land, — In the afterpart of the days, shall it be. that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes O Gog!
17 吾主上主這樣說:你就是我昔日藉我的僕人以色列的先知在那些歲月中所預言的:我要領你進攻他們的那一位。
Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Art thou, he of whom I spake in days aforetime by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, who kept on prophesying in those days for years, —That thou shouldest be suffered to come against them?
18 到哥格進攻以色列的那一天──吾主上主的斷語──我的怒氣要從我的鼻孔發出;
So then shall it come to pass in that day, In the day when Gog entereth upon the soil of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, That mine indignation shall come up into my nostrils;
19 我要在妒忌怒火中說:的確,到那一天,以色列地必要發生大地震;
Yea, in my jealousy, in the fire of mine outburst, have I spoken, - Surely in that day, shall there be a great trembling upon the soil of Israel:
20 海裏的魚,空中的飛鳥,田間的走獸,地上所有的爬蟲,地面上所有的人,都要在我面前戰慄;山要崩裂,懸崖要塌陷,所有牆垣要傾倒地上。
Then shall tremble before me The fishes of the sea, and The bird of the heavens and The wild beast of the field, and Every creeping thing that creepeth on the ground, and All the men who are on the face of the ground, — and The mountains, shall be torn asunder, and The steep places, shall sink down, and, Every wall, to the earth, shall be thrown.
21 我要召刀劍到我的各山上來攻擊他──吾主上主的斷語──人們要用刀劍互相殘殺。
Then will I call against him, every terror, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, the sword of every man against his brother, shall be;
22 我要以瘟疫和殘殺懲罰他,且要在他和他的軍隊以及同他聯合的眾民身上,降下暴雨、冰雹、火燄和硫磺。
Then will I contend with him by pestilence and by blood, - And an overflowing downpour and hail-stones fire and brimstone, will I rain Upon him, and Upon his hordes, and Upon the many peoples who are with him.
23 如此,我要顯示我的偉大和神聖,且在眾民眼前顯示我自己,使他們承認我是上主。」
So will I Magnify myself and Hallow myself, and Make myself known. Before the eyes of many nations, —And they shall know that I, am Yahweh.

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