Ezekiel 8
1 On the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year, I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah and the power of the Lord God came over me there.
六年六月五日，當我坐在我屋內，猶大的長老門坐在我面前時，吾主上主的手臨於我。
2 I looked around and saw a being that looked like a man. From what seemed to be his waist downwards, he looked like fire. From what seemed to his waist upwards, he looked like brightly glowing metal.
我觀望，看，有一個形像，形狀如人，在他相似腰部的下面，有一團火，在他腰部的上面好像有一道光輝，像發亮的金屬。
3 He reached out what seemed to be a hand and picked me up by my hair. The Spirit took me up into the sky, and in the vision God was giving me he carried me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple's inner courtyard, where the offensive idol that made God angry had been placed.
他伸出一隻像手的形狀，抓住我的一綹頭髮，有一種神力把我提到天地之間，在神視中將我提往耶路撒冷去，到了內門的北門門口，在那裏供奉著引起上主妒火的偶像。
4 I saw the glory of the God of Israel there, just like I had in the vision I'd seen in the valley.
在那裏出現了以色列天主的光榮，相似我在平原所見的異像。
5 “Son of man,” he told me, “now look to the north.” So I looked to the north, and in the entrance to the north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol that angered God.
他向我說：「人子，舉目向北方看! 」我遂舉目向北方看；看見在靠近祭壇的北門門口，有那引起上主妒火的偶像。
6 “Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what they are doing? Look at the disgusting sins the people of Israel are committing that are driving me far away from my sanctuary? But you're going to see even more disgusting sins than these!”
他又向我說：「人子，你看他們作的是什麼﹖以色列家族在這裏所行的極其醜惡之事，使我非離開我的聖所不可，但你還要看見更為醜惡的事。」
7 He took me to the entrance to the Temple courtyard. As I looked around, I saw a hole in the wall.
以後，他引我到外院的大門口，我看見在牆上有一個洞。
8 “Son of man,” he told me, “pull the wall apart.” So I pulled the wall apart and found a doorway.
他向我說：「人子，把這牆穿一個洞! 」我遂在牆上穿了一個洞，出現了一道門。
9 He told me, “Go through the wall and see the evil and disgusting things they are doing in here.”
他又向我說：「你進去看一看他們在那裏所做的窮凶極惡的醜行。」
10 So I went through the wall and saw carved images covering the walls, representing all kinds of reptiles and disgusting animals, as well as all the idols worshiped by the people of Israel.
我便進去，看見有各種爬蟲和走獸的像，都是可憎惡的；還有以色列家的各種偶像，都刻畫在四周的牆上。
11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing in front of them, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. They all were holding censers, producing a sweet-smelling cloud of incense that rose above them.
以色列家族的七十長老，沙番的兒子雅匝尼雅也在他們中間，都站在那些像前，每人手中拿著香爐，燒的香煙如濃雲，正在上騰。
12 “Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what the elders of the people of Israel are doing here in the dark, with each one worshiping in the shrine room of his own idol? This is what they're saying: ‘The Lord can't see what we're doing; besides the Lord has abandoned our country!’”
他對我說：「人子，你看見了以色列的長老在黑暗中，每人在藏神像的暗室中所行的事嗎﹖他們說：上主看不見我們，上主已離棄了此地。」
13 The Lord went on to tell me, “You're going to see them doing even more disgusting things than these!”
他又向我說：「你還要看見他們所行的更醜惡的事。」
14 Then he took me to the north entrance of the Lord's Temple. I saw women sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.
以後，他引我到了上主的聖殿朝北的大門口。看，有些婦女坐在那裏，哀悼塔慕次。
15 “Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? But you're going to see even more disgusting things than these!”
他向我說：「人子，你看見了嗎﹖但你還要看見比這更醜惡的事。」
16 He took me to the inner courtyard of the Lord's Temple and right there at the entrance to the Temple, between the porch and the altar, were around twenty-five men. They had their backs to the Temple, and were facing towards the east. They were bowing in worship of the sun rising in the east.
以後，他引我到了上主聖殿的內庭院內；看，在上主聖所的門口，在走廊和祭壇中間約有二十五個人，背向上主的聖所，面向東方，他們正在向東方朝拜太陽。
17 “Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? The people of Judah aren't content just to do these disgusting things. They also commit violent crimes across the country and keep on making me angry. Look at how they're deliberately insulting me!
他又向我說：「人子，你看見了嗎﹖在這裏行的這些醜惡之事，為猶大家還不夠嗎﹖他們還將此地充滿了殘暴之事，時時惹我忿怒。看，他們還把枝條舉到自己鼻子上。
18 As a result I will respond in anger. I won't treat them kindly; I won't be merciful to them. Even though they shout loudly for my help, I won't listen to them.”
我必大發憤怒，我的眼決不憐視，一點也不顧惜；極使他們在我耳旁高聲喊叫，我仍不俯聽他們。」
