< Ezekiel 28 >

1 The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying:
上主的話傳給我說:「
2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, “I am a god, I sit in the seat of a god, in the midst of the seas”; and though thou art man, not God, yet settest thy heart as the heart of a 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, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which can be hidden from thee;
看,至於明智,你勝過達尼爾,任何秘密都不能隱瞞你。
4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver in thy treasures;
你憑你的智慧和聰明發了財,把金銀儲滿你寶庫。
5 by thy great wisdom, by thy traffic, thou hast increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy wealth, —
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 saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou settest thy heart as the heart of a god, therefore,
為此吾主上主這樣說:因為你心中自以為是神,
7 behold, I will bring upon thee strangers, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy 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 thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of the slain, in the midst of the seas.
將你拋入深淵,使你在海中遭受慘死。
9 Wilt thou yet say, “I am a god,” before him that slayeth thee? Thou shalt be man, and not God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
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 Thou shalt die the death of the uncircumcised, by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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 Jehovah came to me, saying:
上主的話傳給我說:「
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: —Thou wast a finished signet, 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 In Eden, the garden of God, thou didst dwell; Every precious stone was thy covering, The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond, The chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, The sapphire, the carbuncle, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of thy jewel-holes was within thee; On the day when thou wast born were they prepared.
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 Thou wast an outspread, covering cherub; I set thee upon the holy mountain of God; Thou didst walk 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 Thou wast prosperous in thy ways from the day that thou wast born Until iniquity was found in thee.
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 Through the abundance of thy merchandise thou art full of injustice; And thou hast sinned; Therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God, And I will destroy thee, 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 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy splendor; I will cast thee to the ground; I will give thee up to kings to be their gazing-stock.
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 By the multitude of thine iniquities, by the unrighteousness of thy traffic, Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries. Therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, which shall devour thee, And I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth, In the sight of all them that behold thee.
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 thee among the nations shall be astonished at thee; Thou art become a desolation, and shalt exist no more forever.
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 Jehovah came to me, saying:
上主的話傳給我說:「
21 Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against her,
人子,你應面向漆冬,講預言攻擊她,
22 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Sidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee, and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I execute judgments in her, and am 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 I will send upon her pestilence, and blood into her streets, and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword which is against her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
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 to the house of Israel a pricking brier, or a grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
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 saith the Lord Jehovah: When I shall gather the house of Israel from the nations among which they are scattered, then shall I be sanctified through them in the sight of the nations, and they shall dwell in the land which I gave 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 They shall dwell therein securely, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards, yea, they shall dwell securely when I have executed judgments on all that despised them round about; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, 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。」

< Ezekiel 28 >