Ezekiel 33
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman:
人子，你應告訴你民族的子女，向他們說：當我使刀劍臨於一地，那地的百姓就應從自己的人中選出一人，立他作為他們的警衛，
3 if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
他一見刀劍臨近那地，就吹號筒，警告人民；
4 then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
人民聽見號筒的聲音，若不加戒備；刀劍來了，將他除掉，他的血債應歸他自己承當，
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him: whereas if he had taken warning he should have delivered his soul.
因為他聽見號聲，而不加戒備，他的血債應由他自己承當，那發警告的必安全無恙。
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
警衛若見刀劍來臨，卻不吹號筒，人民因此沒有受到警告；刀劍來了，即便除掉他們中一人，這人雖因自己的罪惡被除掉，但我也要由警衛手中追討他的血債。
7 So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
人子，我也這樣立你作以色列家族的警衛；你聽了我口中的話，應代我警告他們。
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand.
為此，當我告訴惡人：『惡人，你必喪亡! 』你若不講話，也不警告惡人離開邪道，那惡人雖因自己的罪惡而喪亡，但我要由你手中追討他的血債。
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
你若警告惡人叫他離開邪道，但他不肯歸正，離開邪道，他必因自己的罪惡而喪亡，你卻救了自己。」「
10 And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then should we live?
人子，你應告訴以色列家族：你們曾這樣說：『我的過犯和罪惡重壓著我們，我們必因此消滅，我們還怎能生存﹖』
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
你要告訴他們：我指著我的生命起誓──吾主上主的斷語──我決不喜歡惡人喪亡，但卻喜歡惡人歸正，離開邪道，好能生存。以色列家族啊! 歸正罷! 歸正罷! 離開你們的邪道罷! 何必要死去呢﹖
12 And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness: neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
人子，你要告訴你民族的子女：義人的正義在他犯罪之日不能救他；惡人的罪過在惡人悔改之日，也不會使它喪亡在他罪過中；義人在他犯罪之日，不能因著他的正義而生存。
13 When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein shall he die.
幾時我向義人說：他必生存；但他卻依仗自己的正義行惡，他所有的正義必不再被記念，他必因他所犯的罪惡而喪亡。
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
幾時我向惡人說：你必喪亡；但他由罪惡中悔改，且遵行法律和正義，
15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
清償抵押，歸還劫物，遵行生命的誡命，再不作惡，他必生存，不致死亡。
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
他所犯的一切罪過，不再被提起，因他遵行法律和正義，必定生存。
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
如果你民族的子女還說：『吾主的作法不公平。』其實是他們的作法不公平。
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.
幾時義人離棄正義而去行惡，他必因此而喪亡；
19 And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
幾時惡人離棄罪惡，而遵行法律和正義，他必因此而生存。
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
你們怎麼還說：『吾主的作法不公平﹖』以色列家族，我必照你們每人的行為審判你們。」
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
我們充軍後十一年十月五日，有一個從耶路撒冷逃到我這裏的人說：『京城陷落了。』
22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
在逃難者來的前一晚上，上主的手臨於我，開了我的口；及至他早晨來到我這裏以前，我的口已開了，我不再作啞吧。
23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
人子，在以色列地區住在那些廢墟裏的人仍說道：亞巴郎只一個人就佔據了此地，我們人數眾多，此地應歸我們佔有。
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
為此你應告訴他們：吾主上主這樣說：你們吃了帶血的祭物，舉目仰望了你們的偶像，且殺人流血，而你們還要佔據此地﹖
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
你們仍仗著刀劍，行醜惡之事，每人玷污近人的妻子，而你們還要佔據此地﹖
27 Thus shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the strong holds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
你應告訴他們：吾主上主這樣說：我指著我的生命起誓：那在廢墟中的，必喪身刀下；在原野的，我要把他們交給野獸吞噬；在堡壘和山洞中的，必死於瘟疫。
28 And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
我要使此地變為沙漠和荒野，使她再不能誇耀自己的勢力；我要使以色列的山變為荒丘，再無人經過。
29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
為了他們所行的醜惡，我使此地變為沙漠和荒野時，他們必承認我是上主。
30 And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
人子，你民族的子女在牆下及他們的門口，彼此談論你說：來，我們去聽聽由上主那裏傳出了什麼話﹖
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
他們便成群結隊地來到你這裏，像我的百姓般坐在你面前，聽你的話，但不去實行；他們口頭上說的是甜言蜜語，但他們的心卻在追求不義的利益。
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
你對他們好像唱情歌的人，歌喉悅耳，彈奏美妙；他們喜歡聽你說的話，卻不去實行。
33 And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh, ) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
當這事來時──看，已來了! ──他們必承認在他們中有位先知。」
