< Ezekiel 28 >
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說:「
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
人子,你要向提洛的王子說:吾主上主這樣說:因為你心高氣傲地說:『我是神,我在海心坐在神位上。』其實,你只是人,而不是神,你心中卻自以為是神。
3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:
看,至於明智,你勝過達尼爾,任何秘密都不能隱瞞你。
4 With your wisdom and with your understanding you have got you riches, and have got gold and silver into your treasures:
你憑你的智慧和聰明發了財,把金銀儲滿你寶庫。
5 By your great wisdom and by your trade have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
你在貿易上憑你的豐富智慧,不斷增加你的財富;因你的財富,你便心高氣傲,
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;
為此吾主上主這樣說:因為你心中自以為是神,
7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
為此,看我要率領外方人,即列國最蠻橫的人來攻打你,他們要拔出劍來攻擊你以智慧所得的美麗,玷污你的光華,
8 They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
將你拋入深淵,使你在海中遭受慘死。
9 Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slays you.
在殺戮你的面前,你還敢說『我是神』嗎﹖在擊殺你的人手中,你只是人,而不是神。
10 You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.
你必在外方人手中死去,像未受割損的人死去一樣:這是我,上主說的──吾主上主的斷語。」
11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說:「
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
人子,你要為提洛的王子唱哀歌,哀悼他說:吾主上主這樣說:你原是一個完美的的模型,滿備智慧,十分美觀。
13 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your timbrels and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
你曾住在「伊甸」──天主的樂園內,有各種寶石作你的服飾,如赤玉、青玉、金鋼石、橄欖玉、紅瑪瑙、水蒼玉、藍玉、紫寶石、翡翠;衣邊和繡花是用金做的,在你受造的那天,都已準備好了。
14 You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
我曾立你為革魯賓,作光耀的守衛,在天主的聖山上,在烈火的石中往來。
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you.
從你受造之日起,你的行為原是齊全的,直到你犯了罪之時。
16 By the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
因你生意興隆,你就充滿了欺壓,犯了重罪,因此我從天主的山上將你趕走,從烈火石中將你這作守衛的革魯賓剷除。
17 your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
你因美麗而心高氣傲,為了你的光耀,你失去了智慧,所以我要把你拋在地上,叫你在列王面前出醜。
18 You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trade; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you.
因你罪過眾多,因你經商不公,褻瀆了你的聖所,所以我要使火由你中間冒出,將你燒毀,在眾目昭彰之下,使你成為地上的塵埃。
19 All they that know you among the people shall be astonished at you: you shall be a terror, and never shall you be any more.
萬民中凡認識你的,都因你而驚駭。你將成為恐怖的對象,且永遠不復存在。」
20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說:「
21 Son of man, set your face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
人子,你應面向漆冬,講預言攻擊她,
22 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
對她說:吾主上主這樣說:漆冬,看,我要攻擊你,在你中間受光榮;當我對她施行懲罰,對她顯示我的聖善時,他們必承認我是上主。
23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
我要在她境內散發瘟疫,使血傾流在街市上,刀劍由四周向她襲擊,傷亡的人橫臥在她中間:這樣,他們必承認我是上主。
24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
以色列的四鄰中,為以色列家族再沒有刺人的荊棘和惱人的蒺藜,敢於輕視他們:這樣,他們必承認我是上主。」
25 Thus says the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
吾主上主這樣說:「當我把分散在各民族中的以色列家族聚集起來時,我要在異民前,在他們身上顯示為聖:他們要住在我所賜予我僕人雅各伯的地域內。
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
他們要安全地住在那裏,建造房屋,栽植葡萄園;當我向一般輕視過他們的四鄰施行懲罰時,他們必平安地住在那裏。那麼他們必承認我,上主,是他們的天主。」