Jezekiel 11
1 Moreover the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the front gate of the house of the Lord, that looks eastward: and behold at the entrance of the gate were about five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jechonias the son of Ezer, and Phaltias the son of Banaeas, the leaders of the people.
以後，神力把我提起，把我帶到上主聖殿東面的東門那裏。看，在大門口有二十五個人，我看見在他們中有阿組爾的兒子亞匝尼雅和貝納雅的兒子培拉提雅，他們是民眾的首領。
2 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city:
上主向我說：「人子，在這城中圖謀不軌，出壞主意的就是這些人。
3 who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.
他們說：房屋不是剛建築不久嗎﹖城是鍋，我們是肉。
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
為此你要發言反對他們；人子，發言罷! 」
5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me, say; Thus says the Lord; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: and I know the devices of your spirit.
上主的神臨於我，向我說：「你要說：上主這樣說：以色列家，你們所說過的話，心中想的什麼，我都知道。
6 You have multiplied your dead in this city, and you have filled your ways with slain men.
你們在此城中殺害了許多人，街市上滿了傷亡的人。
7 Therefore thus says the Lord; Your dead whom you have struck in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and this[city] is the cauldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
為此吾主上主這樣說：你們在城內所殺害的人是肉，城是鍋，但你們都要由城中趕出去。
8 You fear the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord.
你們怕刀劍，我必使刀劍臨於你們──吾主上主的斷語－－
9 And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and will deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgements amongst you.
我要把你們由城中趕出，把你們交於外人手中，在你們身上實行懲罰。
10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the mountains of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
你們要喪身刀下；我必要在以色列邊境上懲罰你們；如此，你們要承認我是上主。
11 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Phaltias the son of Banaeas died. And I fell upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Alas, alas, O Lord! will you utterly destroy the remnant of Israel?
這城為你們決不是鍋，你們也決不是其中的肉；我必要在以色列邊境上懲罰你們。
如此你們必承認我是上主，因為你們沒有遵行我的法令，沒有實行我的法律，卻照你們四鄰異民的法律去行。」
我正在講預言的時候，貝納雅的兒子培拉提雅死了；我遂伏地掩面，高聲哀呼說：「哎! 吾主上主，你要滅盡以色列的遺民嗎﹖」
14 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
15 Son of man, your brethren, and the men of your captivity, and all the house of Israel are come to the full, to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Keep you far away from the Lord: the land is given to us for an inheritance.
人子，耶路撒冷的居民論及你的同胞兄弟，同你一起被擄的人，即以色列全家族的人，這樣說：他們遠離了上主，這地應歸於我們佔有了。
16 Therefore say you, Thus says the Lord; I will cast them off amongst the nations, and will disperse them into every land, yet will I be to them for a little sanctuary in the countries which they shall enter.
為此你應宣講說：吾主上主這樣說：我雖遷移他們，遠至異民之中，將他們分散到各國，但在他們所到的地方，我暫時仍是他們的聖所。
17 Therefore say you, Thus says the Lord; I will also take them from the heathen, and gather them out of the lands wherein I have scattered them, and will give them the land of Israel.
因此你應宣講：吾主上主這樣說：我要從各民族聚集你們，由你們分散所到的各國中召集你們，把以色列地域再賜給你們。
18 And they shall enter in there, and shall remove all the abominations of it, and all its iniquities from it.
他們一回到那裏，必滅絕那裏的偶像，剷除那裏的一切醜惡的事。
19 And I will give them another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh:
我必賜給他們另一顆心，在他們臟腑放上另一種精神；拿走他們鐵石的心，給他們換上一顆血肉的心，
20 that they may walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
為使他們遵行我的法令，謹守我的法律，而一一實行：如此他們要作我的百姓，我要作他們的天主。
21 And as for the heart [set upon] their abominations and their iniquities, as their heart went [after them], I have recompensed their ways on their heads, says the Lord.
至於那些心中仍隨從偶像和醜惡之事的人，我要把他們的行為歸在他們的頭上──吾主上主的斷語。」
22 Then the cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
那時革魯賓展開了翅膀，輪子也隨著轉動，以色列天主的光榮停在他們之上。
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which was in front of the city.
上主的光榮由城中升起，停在城東的山上。
24 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the land of the Chaldeans, to the captivity, in a vision by the Spirit of God: and I went up after the vision which I saw.
神力把我提起，在異象中，即在天主的神力中，把我帶到加色丁充軍的人那裏。我所見的異象就在我面前消失了。
25 And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the Lord which he had showed me.
我遂向充軍的人講述上主給我顯示的一切事。
