< Jezekiel 35 >
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說:「
2 Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
人子,你要面向色依爾山,講預言攻斥它,
3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against you, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and will make you a waste, and you shall be made desolate.
對它說:吾主上主這樣說:色依爾山啊! 看,我要攻擊你,伸手打擊你,使你變成沙漠和荒野。
4 And I will cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
我要使你的城市變成廢墟,你將成為沙漠:如此,你便承認我是上主。
5 Because you have been a perpetual enemy, and have laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
因為在以色列子民遭難時,在他們罪惡滿盈時,你懷著永不忘的仇恨將他們交於刀劍:
6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
為此,我指著我的生命起誓──吾主上主的斷語──你既仇恨了血,血也必迫害你。
7 And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
我必使色依爾山成為沙漠和荒野,由其中滅絕來往經過的人。
8 and I will fill your hills and your valleys with slain men, and in all your plains there shall fall in you men slain with the sword.
我要使你的群山、丘陵、山谷和溪澗,堆滿傷亡的人,使刀劍傷亡的人橫臥其中。
9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited any more: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
我要使你永久變為荒蕪,你的城邑再沒有人居住:如此,你們便承認我是上主。
10 Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:
因為你說過:這兩個民族,這兩個地域應屬於我,雖然雅威住在那裏,我還要去佔領;
11 therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord, I will even deal with you according to your enmity, and I will be made known to you when I shall judge you:
為此,我指著我的生命起誓,──吾主上主的斷語──就如你怎樣懷著仇恨對待他們,同樣我也必以怒火和妒恨來對待你;當我懲罰你時,我叫你知道我在他們中,
12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of your blasphemies, whereas you have said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;
並要你知道,我上主聽見了你向以色列的群山所講的一切詛咒的話,說:它們已荒蕪了,已交給我們享用。
13 and you have spoken swelling words against me with your mouth: I have heard [them].
當你們開口說大話攻斥我,說出許多凌辱我的話時,我都聽見了。
14 Thus says the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desert.
吾主上主這樣說:當全地歡躍時,我要使你荒蕪,
15 You shall be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and you shall know that I am the Lord their God.
就如在以色列家的產業荒蕪時,你曾喜樂;同樣,我也要這樣對待你;色依爾山必變成荒野,全厄東必被消滅:如此,人必承認我是上主。」