以西結書 9

1 以後我聽見他高聲喊說：「懲罰此城的，快來! 每人手中應拿著毀滅的工具。」

Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.

2 看，有六個人從上邊朝北的門走來，每人拿著破壞的武器。他們中間有一個人身穿細麻衣，腰間帶著書記的墨盒。他們來到，就站在銅祭壇旁。

And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar.

3 那停在革魯賓上的以色列的天主光榮，就由革魯賓身上升起，來到聖殿的門限上，叫將那身穿細麻衣，腰間帶著墨盒的人召來。

And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the winged ones on which it was resting, to the doorstep of the house. And crying out to the man clothed in linen who had the writer's inkpot at his side,

4 上主對他說：「你要走遍此城，即走遍耶路撒冷，凡因城充發生的醜惡之事而悲痛哀號的人，要在他們額上劃一個十字記號。」

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

5 以後我聽見他向其餘的人說：「你們也跟著他走遍全城擊殺，你們的眼不要憐視，一點也不要顧惜；

And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:

6 把老人、少年、處女、嬰兒和婦女都要殺盡滅絕；但凡額上有十字記號的人，不可走近。你們從聖所這裏開始。」果然他們就從在聖殿前的長老開始。

Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

7 以後又向他們說：「你們要玷污這聖殿，使被殺者充塞整個庭院，然後出去!」他們就出去，在城中擊殺。

And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.

8 他們去擊殺時，只留下我一人。我就伏地掩面呼求說：「哎! 吾主上主，你在耶路撒冷發洩你的憤怒，要滅絕以色列的遺民嗎﹖」

Now while they were doing so, and I was untouched, I went down on my face, and crying out, I said, Ah, Lord! will you give all the rest of Israel to destruction in letting loose your wrath on Jerusalem?

9 他回答我說：「以色列和猶大的家族，實在罪大惡極；此地充滿了血債，滿城都是暴行，他們還說：上主已離棄了此地，上主看不見。

Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.

10 因此，我的眼也決不憐視，一點也不顧惜；反而我要把他們的行為，歸在他們頭上。」

And as for me, my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity, but I will send the punishment of their ways on their heads.

11 看啊，那身穿細麻衣，腰間帶著墨盒的人，回來報告說：「我已照你的吩咐的做了。」

Then the man clothed in linen, who had the inkpot at his side, came back and said, I have done what you gave me orders to do.