以西結書 24
1 第九年十月初十日，耶和華的話又臨到我說：
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，今日正是巴比倫王就近耶路撒冷的日子，你要將這日記下，
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 要向這悖逆之家設比喻說，主耶和華如此說： 將鍋放在火上， 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 cauldron, and pour water into it:
4 將肉塊，就是一切肥美的肉塊、腿， 和肩都聚在其中， 拿美好的骨頭把鍋裝滿；
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， 將柴堆在鍋下， 使鍋開滾， 好把骨頭煮在其中。
[which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.
6 「主耶和華如此說：禍哉！這流人血的城，就是長銹的鍋。其中的銹未曾除掉，須要將肉塊從其中一一取出來，不必為它拈鬮。
Therefore thus says the Lord; O bloody city, the cauldron 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 城中所流的血倒在淨光的磐石上，不倒在地上，用土掩蓋。
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 這城中所流的血倒在淨光的磐石上，不得掩蓋，乃是出於我，為要發忿怒施行報應。
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 所以主耶和華如此說：禍哉！這流人血的城，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，將肉煮爛，把湯熬濃，使骨頭烤焦；
and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
11 把鍋倒空坐在炭火上，使鍋燒熱，使銅燒紅，鎔化其中的污穢，除淨其上的銹。
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 這鍋勞碌疲乏，所長的大銹仍未除掉；這銹就是用火也不能除掉。
and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.
13 在你污穢中有淫行，我潔淨你，你卻不潔淨。你的污穢再不能潔淨，直等我向你發的忿怒止息。
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－耶和華說過的必定成就，必照話而行，必不返回，必不顧惜，也不後悔。人必照你的舉動行為審判你。這是主耶和華說的。」
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 耶和華的話又臨到我說：
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
16 「人子啊，我要將你眼目所喜愛的忽然取去，你卻不可悲哀哭泣，也不可流淚，
Son of man, behold I take from you the desire of your eyes by violence: you shall not lament, neither shall you weep.
17 只可歎息，不可出聲，不可辦理喪事；頭上仍勒裹頭巾，腳上仍穿鞋，不可蒙着嘴唇，也不可吃弔喪的食物。」
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 於是我將這事早晨告訴百姓，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 百姓問我說：「你這樣行與我們有甚麼關係，你不告訴我們嗎？」
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are that you do?
20 我回答他們：「耶和華的話臨到我說：
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
21 『你告訴以色列家，主耶和華如此說：我必使我的聖所，就是你們勢力所誇耀、眼裏所喜愛、心中所愛惜的被褻瀆，並且你們所遺留的兒女必倒在刀下。
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 那時，你們必行我僕人所行的，不蒙着嘴唇，也不吃弔喪的食物。
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 你們仍要頭上勒裹頭巾，腳上穿鞋；不可悲哀哭泣。你們必因自己的罪孽相對歎息，漸漸消滅。
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 以西結必這樣為你們作預兆；凡他所行的，你們也必照樣行。那事來到，你們就知道我是主耶和華。』
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，我除掉他們所倚靠、所歡喜的榮耀，並眼中所喜愛、心裏所重看的兒女。
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 那日逃脫的人豈不來到你這裏，使你耳聞這事嗎？
that in that day he that escapes shall come to you, to tell [it] you in your ears?
27 你必向逃脫的人開口說話，不再啞口。你必這樣為他們作預兆，他們就知道我是耶和華。」
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.
