以西結書 36
1 「人子啊，你要對以色列山發預言說：以色列山哪，要聽耶和華的話。
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, listen to this message from the Lord.
2 主耶和華如此說：因仇敵說：『阿哈！這永久的山岡都歸我們為業了！』
This is what the Lord God says: The enemy said about you, ‘Aha! These old high places now belong to us,’
3 所以要發預言說，主耶和華如此說：因為敵人使你荒涼，四圍吞吃，好叫你歸與其餘的外邦人為業，並且多嘴多舌的人提起你來，百姓也說你有臭名。
so you must prophesy and announce that this is what the Lord God says: They have turned you into a wasteland, attacking you from every direction, so that you became the property of other nations and people gossiped about you and slandered you.
4 故此，以色列山要聽主耶和華的話。大山小岡、水溝山谷、荒廢之地、被棄之城，為四圍其餘的外邦人所佔據、所譏刺的，
So now, mountains of Israel, listen to the message from the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and abandoned towns, that the other nations around you have looted and mocked.
5 主耶和華對你們如此說：我真發憤恨如火，責備那其餘的外邦人和以東的眾人。他們快樂滿懷，心存恨惡，將我的地歸自己為業，又看為被棄的掠物。
Yes, this is what the Lord God says: I have spoken passionately against these other nations, and against all the Edomites, who took over my country and made it theirs, happily celebrating as they looted the land and treated me with complete contempt.
6 所以，你要指着以色列地說預言，對大山小岡、水溝山谷說，主耶和華如此說：我發憤恨和忿怒說，因你們曾受外邦人的羞辱，
So prophesy concerning the country of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord God says: Just watch, for I have spoken passionately about this because you have had to put up with this mockery from other nations.
7 所以我起誓說：你們四圍的外邦人總要擔當自己的羞辱。這是主耶和華說的。
This is what the Lord God says: I hold up my hand and swear that the other nations around you will suffer their own shame.
8 「以色列山哪，你必發枝條，為我的民以色列結果子，因為他們快要來到。
But you, mountains of Israel, will grow trees that will produce fruit for my people Israel, for soon they'll be coming home.
9 看哪，我是幫助你的，也必向你轉意，使你得以耕種。
Look, I am for you and I will help you. Your land will be ploughed, and crops will be sown.
10 我必使以色列全家的人數在你上面增多，城邑有人居住，荒場再被建造。
You will support the people of Israel as they return and grow in number. People will live in the towns again and rebuild the ruins.
11 我必使人和牲畜在你上面加增；他們必生養眾多。我要使你照舊有人居住，並要賜福與你比先前更多，你就知道我是耶和華。
The number of your people will grow— they will have many children. The animals too will have many young. I will make sure that you're inhabited just as you used to be, and I will make you more prosperous that you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
12 我必使人，就是我的民以色列，行在你上面。他們必得你為業；你也不再使他們喪子。
I will have my people Israel walk on you mountains. You will be theirs; you will belong to them, and you will no longer rob your nation of their children.
13 主耶和華如此說：因為人對你說：『你是吞吃人的，又使國民喪子』，
This is what the Lord God says: Because people say to you, ‘You eat people, and rob your nation of their children,’
14 所以主耶和華說：你必不再吞吃人，也不再使國民喪子。
from now on you won't eat people or rob your nation of their children, declares the Lord God.
15 我使你不再聽見各國的羞辱，不再受萬民的辱罵，也不再使國民絆跌。這是主耶和華說的。」
I'm going to stop these nations insulting you, and you won't have to put up with their taunts any more, or make the nation fall, declares the Lord God.”
16 耶和華的話又臨到我說：
Another message from Lord came to me, saying,
17 「人子啊，以色列家住在本地的時候，在行動作為上玷污那地。他們的行為在我面前，好像正在經期的婦人那樣污穢。
“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their country, they made it unclean by the way they behaved, by what they did. The way they were behaving in my presence was like the ceremonial uncleanness of a woman's period.
18 所以我因他們在那地上流人的血，又因他們以偶像玷污那地，就把我的忿怒傾在他們身上。
So I became angry with them because of murders they committed in the country, and because they made it unclean by worshiping idols.
19 我將他們分散在列國，四散在列邦，按他們的行動作為懲罰他們。
I scattered them among the different nations and countries. I judged them according to the way they had behaved and what they did.
20 他們到了所去的列國，就使我的聖名被褻瀆；因為人談論他們說，這是耶和華的民，是從耶和華的地出來的。
But wherever they went among the nations, they ruined my reputation, because people said about them, ‘These are the Lord's people, but they had to leave his country.’
21 我卻顧惜我的聖名，就是以色列家在所到的列國中所褻瀆的。
So I had to take care of my reputation for holiness which the people of Israel had ruined among the nations where they'd gone.
22 「所以，你要對以色列家說，主耶和華如此說：以色列家啊，我行這事不是為你們，乃是為我的聖名，就是在你們到的列國中所褻瀆的。
Tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: I'm not doing this for you, people of Israel, but for my reputation for holiness, which you ruined among the nations where you went.
23 我要使我的大名顯為聖；這名在列國中已被褻瀆，就是你們在他們中間所褻瀆的。我在他們眼前，在你們身上顯為聖的時候，他們就知道我是耶和華。這是主耶和華說的。
I will reveal the holy nature and importance of my reputation, which has been ruined among the nations, the reputation you have ruined among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I reveal my holiness through you as they watch.
24 我必從各國收取你們，從列邦聚集你們，引導你們歸回本地。
For I will bring you back from among the nations, gathering you from all the different countries, and I will lead you back into your own country.
25 我必用清水灑在你們身上，你們就潔淨了。我要潔淨你們，使你們脫離一切的污穢，棄掉一切的偶像。
I will also pour pure water over you, and you will be clean. I will wash you clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
26 我也要賜給你們一個新心，將新靈放在你們裏面，又從你們的肉體中除掉石心，賜給你們肉心。
I will give you a new mind and I will put a new spirit inside you. I will take away your stubborn mind and I will give you a loving mind.
27 我必將我的靈放在你們裏面，使你們順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章。
I will put my Spirit inside you so you will follow my laws and remember to do what I tell you.
28 你們必住在我所賜給你們列祖之地。你們要作我的子民，我要作你們的上帝。
Then you will live in the country I gave to your forefathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
29 我必救你們脫離一切的污穢，也必命五穀豐登，不使你們遭遇饑荒。
I will save you from everything that makes you unclean. I will make sure you have plenty of grain. I won't send you any famines.
30 我必使樹木多結果子，田地多出土產，好叫你們不再因饑荒受外邦人的譏誚。
I will also make sure you have good harvests from your orchards and fields, so that you won't be mocked by other nations anymore because of famine.
31 那時，你們必追想你們的惡行和你們不善的作為，就因你們的罪孽和可憎的事厭惡自己。
Then you will remember your evil ways and terrible things you've done, and you'll hate yourselves for your sins and disgusting actions.
32 主耶和華說：你們要知道，我這樣行不是為你們。以色列家啊，當為自己的行為抱愧蒙羞。
You need to realize that I'm not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord God. You should be ashamed and embarrassed for what you've done, people of Israel!
33 「主耶和華如此說：我潔淨你們，使你們脫離一切罪孽的日子，必使城邑有人居住，荒場再被建造。
This is what the Lord God says: On the day I make you clean from all your sins, I will have you live in your towns again and make sure the ruins are rebuilt.
34 過路的人雖看為荒廢之地，現今這荒廢之地仍得耕種。
The land that was deserted will be cultivated again instead of looking abandoned to everyone passing by.
35 他們必說：『這先前為荒廢之地，現在成如伊甸園；這荒廢淒涼、毀壞的城邑現在堅固有人居住。』
Then they will say, ‘This deserted land is now like the garden of Eden. The towns that were demolished, abandoned, and destroyed have been restored and strengthened, and people are living in them.’
36 那時，在你們四圍其餘的外邦人必知道我－耶和華修造那毀壞之處，培植那荒廢之地。我－耶和華說過，也必成就。
Then those nations around you that are left will acknowledge that I, the Lord, have rebuilt what was demolished, and that I have replanted what was destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will carry it out.
37 「主耶和華如此說：我要加增以色列家的人數，多如羊群。他們必為這事向我求問，我要給他們成就。
This is what the Lord God says: I will once again answer the prayers of the people of Israel. This is what I will do for them: I will have them increase in number like a flock.
38 耶路撒冷在守節作祭物所獻的羊群怎樣多，照樣，荒涼的城邑必被人群充滿。他們就知道我是耶和華。」
Just like all the many flocks that are brought to Jerusalem to be sacrificed during the religious festivals, so the towns that were once demolished will be full of flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
