以西结书 24
1 第九年十月初十日，耶和华的话又临到我说：
And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, saying,
2 “人子啊，今日正是巴比伦王就近耶路撒冷的日子，你要将这日记下，
Son of man, write for yourself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, [even] from this day.
3 要向这悖逆之家设比喻说，主耶和华如此说： 将锅放在火上， 放好了，就倒水在其中；
And speak a parable to the provoking house, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:
4 将肉块，就是一切肥美的肉块、腿， 和肩都聚在其中， 拿美好的骨头把锅装满；
and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,
5 取羊群中最好的， 将柴堆在锅下， 使锅开滚， 好把骨头煮在其中。
[which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.
6 “主耶和华如此说：祸哉！这流人血的城，就是长锈的锅。其中的锈未曾除掉，须要将肉块从其中一一取出来，不必为它拈阄。
Therefore thus says the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.
7 城中所流的血倒在净光的磐石上，不倒在地上，用土掩盖。
For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it;
8 这城中所流的血倒在净光的磐石上，不得掩盖，乃是出于我，为要发忿怒施行报应。
that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.
9 所以主耶和华如此说：祸哉！这流人血的城，我也必大堆火柴，
Therefore thus says the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,
10 添上木柴，使火着旺，将肉煮烂，把汤熬浓，使骨头烤焦；
and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
11 把锅倒空坐在炭火上，使锅烧热，使铜烧红，熔化其中的污秽，除净其上的锈。
and that [it] may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed,
12 这锅劳碌疲乏，所长的大锈仍未除掉；这锈就是用火也不能除掉。
and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.
13 在你污秽中有淫行，我洁净你，你却不洁净。你的污秽再不能洁净，直等我向你发的忿怒止息。
Her scum shall become shameful, because you did defile yourself: and what if you shall be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath?
14 我—耶和华说过的必定成就，必照话而行，必不返回，必不顾惜，也不后悔。人必照你的举动行为审判你。这是主耶和华说的。”
I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge you, says the Lord, according to your ways, and according to your devices: therefore will I judge you according to your bloodshed, and according to your devices will I judge you, you unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.
15 耶和华的话又临到我说：
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
16 “人子啊，我要将你眼目所喜爱的忽然取去，你却不可悲哀哭泣，也不可流泪，
Son of man, behold I take from you the desire of your eyes by violence: you shall not lament, neither shall you weep.
17 只可叹息，不可出声，不可办理丧事；头上仍勒裹头巾，脚上仍穿鞋，不可蒙着嘴唇，也不可吃吊丧的食物。”
You shall groan for blood, and have mourning upon your loins; your hair shall not be braided upon you, and your sandals [shall be] on your feet; you shall in no wise be comforted by their lips, and you shall not eat the bread of men.
18 于是我将这事早晨告诉百姓，晚上我的妻就死了。次日早晨我便遵命而行。
And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me.
19 百姓问我说：“你这样行与我们有什么关系，你不告诉我们吗？”
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are that you do?
20 我回答他们：“耶和华的话临到我说：
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21 ‘你告诉以色列家，主耶和华如此说：我必使我的圣所，就是你们势力所夸耀、眼里所喜爱、心中所爱惜的被亵渎，并且你们所遗留的儿女必倒在刀下。
Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.
22 那时，你们必行我仆人所行的，不蒙着嘴唇，也不吃吊丧的食物。
And you shall do as I have done: you shall not be comforted at their mouth, and you shall not eat the bread of men.
23 你们仍要头上勒裹头巾，脚上穿鞋；不可悲哀哭泣。你们必因自己的罪孽相对叹息，渐渐消灭。
And your hair [shall be] upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall you at all lament or weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother.
24 以西结必这样为你们作预兆；凡他所行的，你们也必照样行。那事来到，你们就知道我是主耶和华。’
And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall you do, when these things shall come; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
25 “人子啊，我除掉他们所倚靠、所欢喜的荣耀，并眼中所喜爱、心里所重看的儿女。
And you, son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters,
26 那日逃脱的人岂不来到你这里，使你耳闻这事吗？
that in that day he that escapes shall come to you, to tell [it] you in your ears?
27 你必向逃脱的人开口说话，不再哑口。你必这样为他们作预兆，他们就知道我是耶和华。”
In that day your mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; you shall speak, and shall be no longer dumb: and you shall be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
