Ezekiel 36
1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
「人子，你向以色列群山講預言說：以色列群山，聽上主的話罷!
2 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
吾主上主這樣說：因為敵人曾論你們說：『哈! 永遠荒涼了，那地已成了我們的產業。』
3 therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
為此你要預言說：吾主上主這樣說：因人使你們荒涼了，從各方面侵蝕你們，使你們成為殘餘民族的產業，並使你們成為人們的口頭禪和話柄：
4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
為此，以色列群山! 你們聽吾主上主的話罷! 吾主上主這樣對高山、丘陵、溪澗、山谷、荒涼的廢墟，以及那些曾為四周殘餘民族的掠物和笑柄而被遺棄的城邑說：
5 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
吾主上主這樣說：我必在我妒火中發言攻斥各殘餘的民族和整個厄東，她們心裏懷著幸災樂禍，和輕視的心情，將我的地方據為自己的產業，劫掠它當作戰利品。
6 Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
為此，你向以色列地域講預言，對高山、丘陵、溪澗和山谷說：吾主上主這樣說：因為你們遭受了異民的凌辱，看，我必在妒火和憤怒中發言。
7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.
為此，吾主上主這樣說：我舉手起誓：你們四周的異民必要遭受他們當受的凌辱。
8 But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
以色列群山，你們要給我的百姓以色列生出枝葉，結出果實，因為他們快來到了。
9 For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
看，我偕同你們，眷顧你們，使你們得以耕種，得以播種，
10 I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
在你們那裏增加全以色列家族的人數，使城邑再有居民，廢墟得以重建。
11 I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
我要在你們那裏，使人和牲畜的數目增多，他們要增加繁殖；我要使你們再有居民，如同昔日一樣，優待你們勝過先前，如此，你們便承認我是上主。
12 Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.
我要引領人，即我的百姓以色列到你們上面，他們要佔領你，你要成為他們的產業，再不使他們喪失子女。
13 For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
吾主上主這樣說：因為人向你說：你吞噬了人，並使你的百姓喪失子女；
14 therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
從此你不再吞噬人，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語──
15 I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
我不再讓在你那裏聽到異民的凌辱，你也不再受異民咒罵，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語。」
16 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity.
人子，以色列家族住在自己的地域時，以自己的品行和作為玷污了此地，他們的品行在我面前好似經期的污穢。
18 So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
因他們在此地所流的血，又因他們的偶像玷污了此地，我遂在他們身上發洩我的憤怒，
19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
將他們分散在異民中，散佈在各國，照他們的品行和作為懲罰了他們。
20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
他們到了應去的異民那裏，還褻瀆了我的聖名，因為人們論及他們說：『這些人原是雅威的百姓，但他們卻應當離開他的地域! 』
21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
我遂憐惜我的聖名，即以色列家族在他們所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
22 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
為此，你要告訴以色列家族，吾主上主這樣說：以色列家族，我作這事並不是為了你們，而是為了我的聖名，即你們在所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
23 I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
我要使我的大名顯聖，即在異民中被褻瀆，即你們在他們中所褻瀆的聖名；當我在你們身上，在他們眼前顯為聖的時候，異民就要承認我是上主──吾主上主的斷語。
24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
我要把你們從異民中領出，從各地聚集你們，領你們回到你們的地域。
25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
那時，我要在你們身上灑清水，潔淨你們，淨化你們，脫離各種不潔和各種偶像。
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
我還要賜給你們一顆新心，在你們五內放上一種新的精神，從你們的肉身內取去鐵石的心，給你們換上一顆血肉的心。
27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
我要將我的神賜與你們五內，使你們遵行我的規律，恪守我的誡命，且一一實行。
28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
如此，你們要居住在我賜給你們祖先的地方；你們要作我的百姓，我作你們的天主。
29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
我要救你們脫離各種不潔，命五穀豐登，不再讓你們遭受饑荒。
30 I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
我要使樹上的果實，天間的出產豐收，免得你們因饑荒受異民凌辱。
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
那時你們記起了你們的惡行和那些不好的行為，連你們自己對你們的罪過和醜惡之事，也感覺討厭。
32 It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!
你們應清楚知道：我作這事並不是為了你們──吾主上主的斷語──以色列家族! 對你們的品行害羞慚愧罷們!
33 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.
吾主上主這樣說：在我潔化你們脫離各種罪過的那天，使城邑有人居住，廢墟得以重建，
34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
在過客眼中曾為荒蕪的地方，再得以耕種之時，
35 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
人們要說：那曾荒廢的地方，如今成了「伊甸」樂園；荒蕪廢棄和破壞的城邑，如今成了設防安居之地。
36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
如此，你們四周的殘餘民族便承認，是我上主重建了破壞的城，種植了荒廢的地。我上主言出必行。
37 This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
吾主上主這樣說：我還要讓以色列家族求我實行這事：叫他們的人數繁殖，多如羊群；
38 Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
就如被奉獻的羊群，就如在慶節日耶路撒冷的羊群有多少，荒蕪的城邑也要充滿那麼多的人群：如此，他們便承認我是上主。」
