< Ezekiel 22 >
1 MOREOVER the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
耶和華的話又臨到我說:
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
「人子啊,你要審問審問這流人血的城嗎?當使她知道她一切可憎的事。
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
你要說,主耶和華如此說:哎!這城有流人血的事在其中,叫她受報的日期來到,又做偶像玷污自己,陷害自己。
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
你因流了人的血,就為有罪;你做了偶像,就玷污自己,使你受報之日臨近,報應之年來到。所以我叫你受列國的凌辱和列邦的譏誚。
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
你這名臭、多亂的城啊,那些離你近、離你遠的都必譏誚你。
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
「看哪,以色列的首領各逞其能,在你中間流人之血。
7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
在你中間有輕慢父母的,有欺壓寄居的,有虧負孤兒寡婦的。
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
你藐視了我的聖物,干犯了我的安息日。
9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
在你中間有讒謗人、流人血的;有在山上吃過祭偶像之物的,有行淫亂的。
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
在你中間有露繼母下體羞辱父親的,有玷辱月經不潔淨之婦人的。
11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
這人與鄰舍的妻行可憎的事;那人貪淫玷污兒婦;還有玷辱同父之姊妹的。
12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
在你中間有為流人血受賄賂的;有向借錢的弟兄取利,向借糧的弟兄多要的。且因貪得無饜,欺壓鄰舍奪取財物,竟忘了我。這是主耶和華說的。
13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
「看哪,我因你所得不義之財和你中間所流的血,就拍掌歎息。
14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
到了我懲罰你的日子,你的心還能忍受嗎?你的手還能有力嗎?我-耶和華說了這話,就必照着行。
15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
我必將你分散在列國,四散在列邦。我也必從你中間除掉你的污穢。
16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
你必在列國人的眼前因自己所行的被褻瀆,你就知道我是耶和華。」
17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
耶和華的話臨到我說:
18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
「人子啊,以色列家在我看為渣滓。他們都是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛,都是銀渣滓。
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
所以主耶和華如此說:因你們都成為渣滓,我必聚集你們在耶路撒冷中。
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
人怎樣將銀、銅、鐵、鉛、錫聚在爐中,吹火鎔化;照樣,我也要發怒氣和忿怒,將你們聚集放在城中,鎔化你們。
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
我必聚集你們,把我烈怒的火吹在你們身上,你們就在其中鎔化。
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
銀子怎樣鎔化在爐中,你們也必照樣鎔化在城中,你們就知道我-耶和華是將忿怒倒在你們身上了。」
23 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
耶和華的話臨到我說:
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
「人子啊,你要對這地說:你是未得潔淨之地,在惱恨的日子也沒有雨下在你以上。
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
其中的先知同謀背叛,如咆哮的獅子抓撕掠物。他們吞滅人民,搶奪財寶,使這地多有寡婦。
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
其中的祭司強解我的律法,褻瀆我的聖物,不分別聖的和俗的,也不使人分辨潔淨的和不潔淨的,又遮眼不顧我的安息日;我也在他們中間被褻慢。
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
其中的首領彷彿豺狼抓撕掠物,殺人流血,傷害人命,要得不義之財。
28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
其中的先知為百姓用未泡透的灰抹牆,就是為他們見虛假的異象,用謊詐的占卜,說:『主耶和華如此說』,其實耶和華沒有說。
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
國內眾民一味地欺壓,慣行搶奪,虧負困苦窮乏的,背理欺壓寄居的。
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
我在他們中間尋找一人重修牆垣,在我面前為這國站在破口防堵,使我不滅絕這國,卻找不着一個。
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.
所以我將惱恨倒在他們身上,用烈怒的火滅了他們,照他們所行的報應在他們頭上。這是主耶和華說的。」