< Ezekiel 26 >
1 In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
十一年十一月一日,上主的話傳給我說:「
2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
人子,因為提洛譏笑耶路撒冷說:『哈哈! 眾民的門戶已破壞,已轉讓與我;我要富強,她反要荒蕪。』
3 therefore the Lord GOD says, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
為此吾主上主這樣說:提洛,看,我要攻擊你,引領眾民像滾來的海潮來攻擊你。
4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
他們要破壞提洛的城牆,蕩平角樓,而我要掃除其中的塵土,使她成為光滑的磐石,
5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD. ‘She will become plunder for the nations.
作為海中曬網的地方:這是我,上主親自說的──吾主上主的斷語──她必成為異民的掠物。
6 Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
那在陸地上的屬城,必毀於刀劍:如此,他們要承認我是上主。
7 “For the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, with chariots, with horsemen, and an army with many people.
因為吾主上主這樣說:看,我要使王中之王,巴比倫王拿步高,從北方率領戰馬、戰車、騎兵和龐大的聯軍來攻打提洛。
8 He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will make forts against you, cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
他要用刀劍屠殺你陸上的屬城,豎起攻你的雲梯,築起攻你的高台,設立攻你的高楯,
9 He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
支起破城機撞擊你的城牆,用鐵器擊毀你的角樓。
10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open.
你要為他大批戰馬所掀起的塵土所掩蓋,你的城牆要為他的騎兵、車輪和戰車的轟轟聲所震動;當他進入你的城門時,好像進入一座已征服的城。
11 He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.
他戰馬的鐵蹄要踏遍你的街道,他將用刀劍屠殺你的人民,且把你的神柱推倒在地。
12 They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will lay your stones, your timber, and your dust in the middle of the waters.
他們要搶掠你的財富,劫奪你的貨品,破壞你的城垣,拆毀你豪華的宮室,並把你的石頭、木材和瓦礫拋到海中。
13 I will cause the noise of your songs to cease. The sound of your harps will not be heard any more.
我要使你的歌聲停止,再也聽不到你的琴聲。
14 I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it,’ says the Lord GOD.
我要使你成為光滑的磐石,成為曬網的乾地;你將永不得重建,因為是我,上主說的──吾主上主的斷語。
15 “The Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made within you?
吾主上主論提洛這樣說:當屠刀在你中間屠殺之時,受傷者呻吟之際,你傾倒之聲,群島聽了,豈不震動﹖
16 Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
所有海上的王子都要由寶座上下來,除去朝服,脫下錦衣,皆為恐怖所籠罩,坐在地上,不停地戰慄,為你而驚駭。
17 They will take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, “How you are destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!”
他們且作哀歌憑弔你說:你這居於水上,海上稱霸的名城,你和你的居民曾威脅過陸上的居民,怎麼滅亡了呢﹖
18 Now the islands will tremble in the day of your fall. Yes, the islands that are in the sea will be dismayed at your departure.’
現今,群島在你傾覆之日大為震動,海中島嶼為了你的結局,甚為恐懼。
19 “For the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep on you, and the great waters cover you,
因為吾主上主這樣說:當我使你成為一座荒蕪,像無人居住的城池時,當我使深淵上升,使大水淹沒你時,
20 then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living.
我要把你推下,與先前下到陰府的古人在一起;我要使你住在極深之處,即住在久已荒蕪之地;與下到陰府的人在一起,以致你再不得返回,在生活的大地上復興。
21 I will make you a terror, and you will no more have any being. Though you are sought for, yet you will never be found again,’ says the Lord GOD.”
我要使你成為恐怖的對象,永不復存在;即便人找你,也永遠再找不到──吾主上主的斷語。」