以西结书 22
1 耶和华的话又临到我说：
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 “人子啊，你要审问审问这流人血的城吗？当使她知道她一切可憎的事。
“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
3 你要说，主耶和华如此说：哎！这城有流人血的事在其中，叫她受报的日期来到，又做偶像玷污自己，陷害自己。
[Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].
4 你因流了人的血，就为有罪；你做了偶像，就玷污自己，使你受报之日临近，报应之年来到。所以我叫你受列国的凌辱和列邦的讥诮。
You have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].
5 你这名臭、多乱的城啊，那些离你近、离你远的都必讥诮你。
People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.
6 “看哪，以色列的首领各逞其能，在你中间流人之血。
Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].
7 在你中间有轻慢父母的，有欺压寄居的，有亏负孤儿寡妇的。
Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.
8 你藐视了我的圣物，干犯了我的安息日。
You despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.
9 在你中间有谗谤人、流人血的；有在山上吃过祭偶像之物的，有行淫乱的。
Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.
10 在你中间有露继母下体羞辱父亲的，有玷辱月经不洁净之妇人的。
There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
11 这人与邻舍的妻行可憎的事；那人贪淫玷污儿妇；还有玷辱同父之姊妹的。
There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.
12 在你中间有为流人血受贿赂的；有向借钱的弟兄取利，向借粮的弟兄多要的。且因贪得无厌，欺压邻舍夺取财物，竟忘了我。这是主耶和华说的。
There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh the Lord.
13 “看哪，我因你所得不义之财和你中间所流的血，就拍掌叹息。
So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among you.
14 到了我惩罚你的日子，你的心还能忍受吗？你的手还能有力吗？我—耶和华说了这话，就必照着行。
When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I will do it.
15 我必将你分散在列国，四散在列邦。我也必从你中间除掉你的污秽。
I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.
16 你必在列国人的眼前因自己所行的被亵渎，你就知道我是耶和华。”
When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
17 耶和华的话临到我说：
Yahweh [also] said to me,
18 “人子啊，以色列家在我看为渣滓。他们都是炉中的铜、锡、铁、铅，都是银渣滓。
“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.
19 所以主耶和华如此说：因你们都成为渣滓，我必聚集你们在耶路撒冷中。
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in Jerusalem.
20 人怎样将银、铜、铁、铅、锡聚在炉中，吹火熔化；照样，我也要发怒气和忿怒，将你们聚集放在城中，熔化你们。
People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.
21 我必聚集你们，把我烈怒的火吹在你们身上，你们就在其中熔化。
[It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,
22 银子怎样熔化在炉中，你们也必照样熔化在城中，你们就知道我—耶和华是将忿怒倒在你们身上了。”
as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”
23 耶和华的话临到我说：
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
24 “人子啊，你要对这地说：你是未得洁净之地，在恼恨的日子也没有雨下在你以上。
“You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’
25 其中的先知同谋背叛，如咆哮的狮子抓撕掠物。他们吞灭人民，抢夺财宝，使这地多有寡妇。
Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].
26 其中的祭司强解我的律法，亵渎我的圣物，不分别圣的和俗的，也不使人分辨洁净的和不洁净的，又遮眼不顾我的安息日；我也在他们中间被亵慢。
Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.
27 其中的首领仿佛豺狼抓撕掠物，杀人流血，伤害人命，要得不义之财。
Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.
28 其中的先知为百姓用未泡透的灰抹墙，就是为他们见虚假的异象，用谎诈的占卜，说：‘主耶和华如此说’，其实耶和华没有说。
Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.
29 国内众民一味地欺压，惯行抢夺，亏负困苦穷乏的，背理欺压寄居的。
The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].
30 我在他们中间寻找一人重修墙垣，在我面前为这国站在破口防堵，使我不灭绝这国，却找不着一个。
I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.
31 所以我将恼恨倒在他们身上，用烈怒的火灭了他们，照他们所行的报应在他们头上。这是主耶和华说的。”
So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”
