Ezekiel 24
1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說：「
2 “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
人子，你要記下今天的日期，就是在今天這一日，巴比倫王開始圍困耶路撒冷。
3 Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
你要向叛逆的家族講一個寓言，給他們說：吾主上主這樣說：你要安放一口鍋，安好後，裏面倒上水，
4 Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and shoulder— fill it with choice bones.
把肉塊、後腿和肩上的好肉放到鍋裏，用最好的骨頭填滿，
5 Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’
再放上最好的羊肉，然後在鍋下堆起木柴，烹煮肉塊，連其中的骨頭也煮爛。
6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城，有銹而銹不退的鍋，是有禍的! 從鍋中一塊一塊地取出來，不必拈鬮。
7 For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
因為在其中所流的血，是流在光滑的石崖上，而沒有流在土中，用塵土掩蓋；
8 In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
為的是激起我的憤怒，施行報復，所以我也使她的血流在光滑的石頭上，不得掩蓋。
9 Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城是有禍的! 我要親自使火堆擴大。
10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦；
11 Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
然後把空鍋放在火炭上燒熱，把銅燒紅，把其中的污穢燒淨，把鍋銹燒盡。
12 It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。
13 Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
這就是你淫行的污穢，我原設法使你潔淨，你卻不願意潔淨；那麼，直到我在你身上來洩盡我的憤怒，你的污穢得不到潔淨。
14 I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’
我上主言出必行，決不退縮，決不憐恤，決不翻悔。我必照你的行徑，照你的行為審判你──吾主上主的斷語。」
15 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
人子，看，我要把你眼中所喜悅的猝然奪去，但你不可哀悼，不可哭泣，不可流淚，
17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
只可默默歎息，卻不可哀悼死者。頭上仍纏著頭巾，腳上仍穿著鞋，不可遮蓋鬍鬚，也不可吃喪食。」
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
早晨我向百姓講了這事，晚上我的妻子便死了；次日早晨我便照吩咐給我的作了。
19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
百姓問我說：「你能不能告訴我們：你這樣作對我們有什麼意思﹖」
20 So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
我回答他們說：「上主的話傳給我說：
21 Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
你要告訴以色列家族：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把我的聖所，即你們所誇耀的勢力，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的地方，加以褻瀆，你們所遺留下的子女要死於刀下。
22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
那時你們要作我所作的：不遮蓋你們的鬍鬚，不吃喪食，
23 Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
你們的頭仍纏著頭巾，腳仍穿著鞋，不舉哀，不哭泣，但因你們的罪惡而消沉，而彼此傷歎。
24 ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
厄則克耳為你們是一個預兆：當那事來到時，你們要照他所作的去作。那時你們必承認我是上主。」「
25 And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
人子，在我從他們中取去他們的堡壘，即他們所誇耀的喜樂，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的子女的那一天，
26 on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
那天必有一個逃難的來到你這裏，報告你這消息。
27 On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
在那一天你要向那逃難的開口說話，不再作啞吧。這樣，你為他們是一個預兆，那時他們將承認我是上主。」
