Jezekiel 36
1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear you the word of the Lord:
「人子，你向以色列群山講預言說：以色列群山，聽上主的話罷!
2 Thus says the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us:
吾主上主這樣說：因為敵人曾論你們說：『哈! 永遠荒涼了，那地已成了我們的產業。』
3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God; Because you have been dishonored, and hated by those round about you, that you might be a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became a byword, and a reproach to the nations:
為此你要預言說：吾主上主這樣說：因人使你們荒涼了，從各方面侵蝕你們，使你們成為殘餘民族的產業，並使你們成為人們的口頭禪和話柄：
4 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the streams, and to the valleys, and to [the places] that have been made desolate and destroyed, and to the cities that have been deserted, and have become a spoil and a trampling to the nations that were left round about;
為此，以色列群山! 你們聽吾主上主的話罷! 吾主上主這樣對高山、丘陵、溪澗、山谷、荒涼的廢墟，以及那些曾為四周殘餘民族的掠物和笑柄而被遺棄的城邑說：
5 therefore, thus says the Lord; Verily in the fire of my wrath have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, because they have appropriated my land to themselves for a possession with joy, disregarding the lives [of the inhabitants], to destroy [it] by plunder:
吾主上主這樣說：我必在我妒火中發言攻斥各殘餘的民族和整個厄東，她們心裏懷著幸災樂禍，和輕視的心情，將我的地方據為自己的產業，劫掠它當作戰利品。
6 therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the reproaches of the heathen:
為此，你向以色列地域講預言，對高山、丘陵、溪澗和山谷說：吾主上主這樣說：因為你們遭受了異民的凌辱，看，我必在妒火和憤怒中發言。
7 therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach.
為此，吾主上主這樣說：我舉手起誓：你們四周的異民必要遭受他們當受的凌辱。
8 But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people eat; for they are hoping to come.
以色列群山，你們要給我的百姓以色列生出枝葉，結出果實，因為他們快來到了。
9 For, behold, I am toward you, and I will have respect to you, and you shall be tilled and sown:
看，我偕同你們，眷顧你們，使你們得以耕種，得以播種，
10 and I will multiply men upon you, [even] all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon.
在你們那裏增加全以色列家族的人數，使城邑再有居民，廢墟得以重建。
11 And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former [times]: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
我要在你們那裏，使人和牲畜的數目增多，他們要增加繁殖；我要使你們再有居民，如同昔日一樣，優待你們勝過先前，如此，你們便承認我是上主。
12 And I will increase men upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be to them for a possession; and you shall no more be bereaved of them.
我要引領人，即我的百姓以色列到你們上面，他們要佔領你，你要成為他們的產業，再不使他們喪失子女。
13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they said to you, You [land] devour men, and have been bereaved of your nation;
吾主上主這樣說：因為人向你說：你吞噬了人，並使你的百姓喪失子女；
14 therefore you shall no more devour men, and you shall no more bereave your nation, says the Lord God.
從此你不再吞噬人，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語──
15 And there shall no more be heard against you the reproach of the nations, and you shall no more bear the revilings of the peoples, says the Lord God.
我不再讓在你那裏聽到異民的凌辱，你也不再受異民咒罵，也不再使你的百姓喪失子女──吾主上主的斷語。」
16 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
17 Son of man, the house of Israel lived upon their land, and defiled it by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman.
人子，以色列家族住在自己的地域時，以自己的品行和作為玷污了此地，他們的品行在我面前好似經期的污穢。
18 So I poured out my wrath upon them:
因他們在此地所流的血，又因他們的偶像玷污了此地，我遂在他們身上發洩我的憤怒，
19 and I dispersed them among the nations, and utterly scattered them through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to their sin.
將他們分散在異民中，散佈在各國，照他們的品行和作為懲罰了他們。
20 And they went in among the nations, among which they went, and they profaned my holy name, while it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord, and they came forth out of his land.
他們到了應去的異民那裏，還褻瀆了我的聖名，因為人們論及他們說：『這些人原是雅威的百姓，但他們卻應當離開他的地域! 』
21 But I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went.
我遂憐惜我的聖名，即以色列家族在他們所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord; I do not this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, among whom you went.
為此，你要告訴以色列家族，吾主上主這樣說：以色列家族，我作這事並不是為了你們，而是為了我的聖名，即你們在所到的異民中所褻瀆的聖名。
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, when I am sanctified among you before their eyes.
我要使我的大名顯聖，即在異民中被褻瀆，即你們在他們中所褻瀆的聖名；當我在你們身上，在他們眼前顯為聖的時候，異民就要承認我是上主──吾主上主的斷語。
24 And I will take you out from the nations, and will gather you out of all the lands, and will bring you into your own land:
我要把你們從異民中領出，從各地聚集你們，領你們回到你們的地域。
25 and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.
那時，我要在你們身上灑清水，潔淨你們，淨化你們，脫離各種不潔和各種偶像。
26 And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.
我還要賜給你們一顆新心，在你們五內放上一種新的精神，從你們的肉身內取去鐵石的心，給你們換上一顆血肉的心。
27 And I will put my Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in mine ordinances, and to keep my judgments, and do [them].
我要將我的神賜與你們五內，使你們遵行我的規律，恪守我的誡命，且一一實行。
28 And you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.
如此，你們要居住在我賜給你們祖先的地方；你們要作我的百姓，我作你們的天主。
29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you.
我要救你們脫離各種不潔，命五穀豐登，不再讓你們遭受饑荒。
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the field, that you may not bear the reproach of famine among the nations.
我要使樹上的果實，天間的出產豐收，免得你們因饑荒受異民凌辱。
31 And you shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not good, and you shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and for your abominations.
那時你們記起了你們的惡行和那些不好的行為，連你們自己對你們的罪過和醜惡之事，也感覺討厭。
32 Not for your sakes do I [this], says the Lord God, [as] it is known to you: be you ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
你們應清楚知道：我作這事並不是為了你們──吾主上主的斷語──以色列家族! 對你們的品行害羞慚愧罷們!
33 Thus says the Lord God; In the day wherein I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste [places] shall be built upon:
吾主上主這樣說：在我潔化你們脫離各種罪過的那天，使城邑有人居住，廢墟得以重建，
34 and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of every one that passed by.
在過客眼中曾為荒蕪的地方，再得以耕種之時，
35 And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.
人們要說：那曾荒廢的地方，如今成了「伊甸」樂園；荒蕪廢棄和破壞的城邑，如今成了設防安居之地。
36 And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined [cities] and planted the waste [lands]: I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].
如此，你們四周的殘餘民族便承認，是我上主重建了破壞的城，種植了荒廢的地。我上主言出必行。
37 Thus says the Lord God; Yet [for] this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them [even] men as sheep;
吾主上主這樣說：我還要讓以色列家族求我實行這事：叫他們的人數繁殖，多如羊群；
38 as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in her feasts; thus shall the desert cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I [am] the Lord.
就如被奉獻的羊群，就如在慶節日耶路撒冷的羊群有多少，荒蕪的城邑也要充滿那麼多的人群：如此，他們便承認我是上主。」
