Jezekiel 24
1 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,
九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說：「
2 Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, [even] from this day.
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 And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:
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 and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the 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 [which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.
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 thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron 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.
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 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;
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 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.
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 Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,
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 and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;
你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦；
11 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,
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 and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.
但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。
13 Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath?
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; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.
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 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
16 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thine eyes by violence: thou shalt not lament, neither shalt thou weep.
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 Thou shalt groan for blood, and have mourning upon thy loins; thy hair shall not be braided upon thee, and thy sandals [shall be] on thy feet; thou shalt in no wise be comforted by their lips, and thou shalt not eat the bread of men.
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 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.
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 And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are that thou doest?
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 Then I said to 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 Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith 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 ye have left, shall 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 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not be comforted at their mouth, and ye shall not eat the bread of men.
那時你們要作我所作的：不遮蓋你們的鬍鬚，不吃喪食，
23 And your hair [shall be] upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall ye at all lament or weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother.
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 And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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 thou, 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,
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 that in that day he that escapes shall come to thee, to tell [it] thee in thine ears?
那天必有一個逃難的來到你這裏，報告你這消息。
27 In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; thou shalt speak, and shalt be no longer dumb: and thou shalt be for a sign to them, and they shall 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。」
