Ezekiel 2
1 This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking. And he said to me: “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.”
他向我說：「人子，站起來! 我要同你講話。」
2 And after this was spoken to me, the Spirit entered into me, and he set me on my feet. And I heard him speaking to me,
他向我講話時，有一種神力進入我內，使我站起來，也聽見他同我講話。
3 and saying: “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to an apostate nation, which has withdrawn from me. They and their fathers have betrayed my covenant, even to this day.
他向我說：「人子，我派遣你到以色列子民，到反抗我的那個叛逆的人民那裏去，他們和他們的祖先，直到今天還違背我。
4 And those to whom I am sending you are sons with a hard face and an unyielding heart. And you shall say to them: ‘Thus says the Lord God.’
那些子民雖厚顏無恥，心腸頑硬，我仍派遣你到他們那裏，向他們說：吾主上主這樣說：
5 Perhaps it may be that they will hear, and perhaps they may be quieted. For they are a provoking house. And they shall know that there has been a prophet in their midst.
他們或是聽，或是不聽──他們原是叛逆的家族──終究要承認在他們中有一位先知。
6 But as for you, son of man, you should not fear them, and you should not dread their words. For you are among unbelievers and subversives, and you are living with scorpions. You should not fear their words, and you should not dread their faces. For they are a provoking house.
人子，你不必怕他們，也不要怕他們說什麼，也不要怕他們反抗你，輕慢你，好像叫你坐在毒蠍之上；不要怕他們說什麼，在他們面前，也不要膽怯，因為他們是叛逆的家族。
7 Therefore, you shall speak my words to them, so that perhaps they may hear and be quieted. For they are provoking.
無論他們聽，或是不聽，你應向他們宣講我的話，他們原是叛逆的家族。」「
8 But as for you, son of man, listen to all that I say to you. And do not choose to be provoking, as that house is a provoker. Open your mouth, and eat whatever I give to you.”
人子，你要聽我向你講的話，你不要叛逆，像叛逆的家族。你要張口，把我給你的吞下。」
9 And I looked, and behold: a hand was put forth toward me; there was a scroll rolled up in it.
我觀望時，看，有一隻手向我伸來，手上有一卷書。
10 And he spread it out before me, and there was writing on the inside and on the outside. And there were written in it lamentations, and verses, and woes.
他把那卷書在我面前展開，內外都寫著字，寫的是：「哀傷、悲歎和災禍。」
