< Ezekiel 47 >
1 And he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house was eastward. And the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, south of the altar.
他帶我回到殿門,見殿的門檻下有水往東流出(原來殿面朝東)。這水從檻下,由殿的右邊,在祭壇的南邊往下流。
2 And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards [the gate] that looketh eastward; and behold, waters ran out on the right side.
他帶我出北門,又領我從外邊轉到朝東的外門,見水從右邊流出。
3 When the man went forth eastward, a line was in his hand; and he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the ankles.
他手拿準繩往東出去的時候,量了一千肘,使我詵過水,水到踝子骨。
4 And he measured a thousand [cubits], and caused me to pass through the waters: the waters were to the knees. And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through: the waters were to the loins.
他又量了一千肘,使我詵過水,水就到膝;再量了一千肘,使我詵過水,水便到腰;
5 And he measured a thousand: it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
又量了一千肘,水便成了河,使我不能詵過。因為水勢漲起,成為可洑的水,不可詵的河。
6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this]? And he led me, and brought me back to the bank of the river.
他對我說:「人子啊,你看見了甚麼?」 他就帶我回到河邊。
7 When I returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
我回到河邊的時候,見在河這邊與那邊的岸上有極多的樹木。
8 And he said unto me, These waters issue out toward the east district, and go down into the plain, and go into the sea; when they are brought forth into the sea, the waters [thereof] shall be healed.
他對我說:「這水往東方流去,必下到亞拉巴,直到海。所發出來的水必流入鹽海,使水變甜。
9 And it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.
這河水所到之處,凡滋生的動物都必生活,並且因這流來的水必有極多的魚,海水也變甜了。這河水所到之處,百物都必生活。
10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand upon it; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be [a place] to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
必有漁夫站在河邊,從隱‧基底直到隱‧以革蓮,都作曬網之處。那魚各從其類,好像大海的魚甚多。
11 But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
只是泥濘之地與窪濕之處不得治好,必為鹽地。
12 And by the river, upon its bank, on the one side and on the other, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, nor their fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, for its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
在河這邊與那邊的岸上必生長各類的樹木;其果可作食物,葉子不枯乾,果子不斷絕。每月必結新果子,因為這水是從聖所流出來的。樹上的果子必作食物,葉子乃為治病。」
13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.
主耶和華如此說:「你們要照地的境界,按以色列十二支派分地為業。約瑟必得兩分。
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, [the land] concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
你們承受這地為業,要彼此均分;因為我曾起誓應許將這地賜與你們的列祖;這地必歸你們為業。
15 And this shall be the border of the land: toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Zedad,
「地的四界乃是如此:北界從大海往希特倫,直到西達達口。
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
又往哈馬、比羅他、西伯蓮(西伯蓮在大馬士革與哈馬兩界中間),到浩蘭邊界的哈撒‧哈提干。
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath: this is the north side.
這樣,境界從海邊往大馬士革地界上的哈薩‧以難,北邊以哈馬地為界。這是北界。
18 — And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead and the land of Israel [by] the Jordan, from the border unto the east sea: this is the east side.
「東界在浩蘭、大馬士革、基列,和以色列地的中間,就是約旦河。你們要從北界量到東海。這是東界。
19 — And the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, by the torrent, unto the great sea: this is the south side southward.
「南界是從他瑪到米利巴‧加低斯的水,延到埃及小河,直到大海。這是南界。
20 — And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: this is the west side.
「西界就是大海,從南界直到哈馬口對面之地。這是西界。
21 And ye shall divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
「你們要按着以色列的支派彼此分這地。
22 And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel: with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
要拈鬮分這地為業,歸與自己和你們中間寄居的外人,就是在你們中間生養兒女的外人。你們要看他們如同以色列人中所生的一樣;他們在以色列支派中要與你們同得地業。
23 And it shall come to pass that in the tribe in which the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give [him] his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah.
外人寄居在哪支派中,你們就在那裏分給他地業。這是主耶和華說的。」