< Ezekiel 39 >
1 [Yahweh said to me], “You human, prophesy about [more terrible things that will happen] to Gog, and say this [to him]: ‘Gog, I am opposed to you who rule Meshech and Tubal.
「人子,你講預言攻斥哥格說:吾主上主這樣說:默舍客和突巴耳的最高領袖哥格,看,我要攻擊你,
2 I will turn you around and drag you [and your armies] from far north [of Israel] and send you to [fight on] the mountains in Israel.
我要引誘你,挾持你,使你從極北之地上來,領你到以色列的山上,
3 When you are there, I will snatch your bows from your left hands and cause your arrows to fall from your right hands.
在那裏我要打掉你左手上的弓,打落你右手上的箭。
4 You and all the soldiers that are with you will die on the mountains in Israel. I will give your [corpses] to be food for the birds that eat [dead] flesh, and to the wild animals.
你和你所有的軍隊,以及同你聯合的眾民,都要喪亡在以色列的山上;我要使你成為各種猛禽和野獸的食物。
5 You will die in the open fields. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, [have said that it will happen].
你要喪亡在原野之上,這原是我親口說的──吾主上主的斷語──
6 I will cause [many] fires to burn in Magog and among [all] those who live safely in the areas along their coasts, and they will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].
我要使火降到瑪哥格和那些安居在群島的人們身上:如此,他們必承認我是上主。
7 I will enable my Israeli people to know that I am holy. I will no longer allow people to damage my reputation, and [people in other] nations will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the Holy One in Israel.
我也要在我的百姓以色列中間,顯揚我的聖名,再不讓我的名受到褻瀆:如此,異民便承認我是上主,是以色列的聖者。
8 [I], Yahweh the Lord, declare that it will soon be the day that those things will happen. It will be the day that I have spoken [to you] about.
看,我所說的那一天,已經來近,必要實現──吾主上主的斷語。
9 At that time, those Israelis who live in the towns will go out and gather the weapons [from your dead soldiers], and use them to make fires [to cook their food]. They will burn the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs, and spears. There will be enough weapons to use as firewood for seven years.
那時住在以色列各城的人必要出來,點火焚燒武器:有大小盾牌、弓、箭、槍和茅;他們將用來燒火,七年之久。
10 They will not need to gather firewood in the fields or cut wood from trees in the forests, because those weapons will be all the firewood [that they will need]. And they will take valuable things from those who took valuable things from them, and steal things from people who stole things from them. [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare [will happen].
他們不必到田間拾柴,也不必到林中伐木,因為也武器可作柴燒;他們還要搶奪那些搶奪過他們的人,劫掠那些劫掠過他們的人──吾主上主的斷語──
11 At that time I will create a graveyard for you, Gog, [and your soldiers], in the valley east of the [Dead] Sea. That graveyard will block the road that travelers [usually walk on], because you, Gog and all [the soldiers] of your huge army will be buried there. [So] it will be named ‘the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army’.
在那一天,我要在以色列把一出名的地方,即死海以東阿巴陵山谷,給哥格作墳地;這山谷使過路的人止步,哥格和他的一切軍隊要埋在那裏,因此人叫那地方為『哥格群眾谷。』
12 For seven months the people of Israel will be burying those corpses. [It will be necessary to bury all of them], in order that the land will not be (defiled/considered unacceptable to me) [because of any unburied corpses].
以色列家族埋葬他們,為清除此地,要費時七個月。
13 All the people of Israel will [do the work of] burying them. The day when I [win that victory] they will honor me.
那地方的全體百姓都要埋葬他們。在我顯示光榮的日子,為他們也要光榮──吾主上主的斷語──
14 After those seven months are ended, the Israeli people will appoint men to go throughout the land to bury corpses, in order that the land will not remain defiled.
他們還要派定一些人不斷巡邏那地,尋找在那地方遺留下的屍體,為清除那地;七個月之後它們仍繼續尋找。
15 When they go through the land, when one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it. [When] the gravediggers [see the markers, they will pick up the bones] and bury them in the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army.
過路的人經過那地的時候,若發見一個人的骨骸,就在他旁邊放一個記號,等待埋葬的人將他埋葬在『哥格群眾谷。』
16 There will be a city there named Hamonah, [which means ‘huge army’]. And by doing this [work of burying the corpses], they will (cleanse the land/cause the land to be acceptable to me again).’”
那裏有一座城,要叫哈摩納。他們就這樣清除了那地。
17 [Yahweh said to me], “You human, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Summon every kind of bird and wild animal. Say to them, ‘Gather together from everywhere and come to the feast that Yahweh is preparing for you. [It will be] a great feast on the mountains in Israel. [There] you will eat [men’s] flesh and drink their blood.
吾主上主這樣說:人子,你要向各種飛鳥,各樣野獸說:你們應集合前來,從四方來參加我給你們在以色列山上所準備的隆重祭餐,你們要吃肉飲血。
18 You will eat the flesh of strong soldiers and drink the blood of kings [as if they were] fat animals—rams and lambs, goats and bulls—from the Bashan [region].
你們要吃將士的肉,飲各地王侯的血;還有山羊、綿羊、公山羊、牛犢,都是巴商的肥畜。
19 At that feast that Yahweh is preparing for you, you will eat fat until your [stomachs] are full, and you will drink blood until [it is as though] you are drunk.
你們要在我給你們準備的祭餐中,吃肉吃到飽,飲血飲到醉。
20 [It will be as though] you are eating at a table that I [have set up for you. You will eat all you want of the flesh] of horses and their riders, strong soldiers [DOU] of every kind.’ [That is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
你們在我的宴席上要飽食馬肉,戰馬、將士和所有軍人的肉──吾主上主的斷語。
21 I will show [people of] many nations that I am glorious, and all those nations will see how I punish them [DOU].
我要在異民中顯示我的光榮,萬民要看見我所施行的懲罰,看見是我舉手打擊了他們。
22 After that time, the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their God, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
從那天起,以色列家族必要承認我,上主是他們的天主。
23 And the [people of other] nations will know that the Israeli people had been forced to go to other countries because they sinned by not being faithful to me. I (turned away from/abandoned) them, and allowed their enemies to capture them [IDM], and many [HYP] of them were killed by [their enemies’] swords.
異民也要知道以色列家族充軍,是為了他們的罪惡,因為他們違背了我,我遂掩面不顧他們,把他們交在敵人手中,全都喪身刀下。
24 I punished them like they deserved to be punished because of their disgusting behavior and sins, and I turned away from them [MTY].
我按他們的罪過和惡行對待了他們,掩面不看他們。
25 Therefore, this is [now] what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will now bring back from exile/Babylonia [the descendants of] Jacob; I will pity all the Israeli people, and I will [also] jealously protect my reputation.
為此吾主上主這樣說:現今我要轉變雅各伯的命運,憐恤以色列家族。為我的聖名而大發妒火。
26 When the Israeli people [are back in their own country, they will] live safely in their land, with no one to cause them to be afraid, but they will be ashamed when they think about the disgraceful and unfaithful things that they did [previously].
當他們安居在自己的地域中,沒有人來驚擾時,他們將忘記自己的恥辱和違背我所犯的一切抗命之罪。
27 When I have brought them back from their enemies’ countries and gathered them together [in Israel], the people of many nations will know that I am holy.
當我從各民族中把他們領回,從他們敵人的地方聚集他們,在眾異民眼前,在他們身上顯聖時,
28 And the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do]. They will know that because [even though] I forced them to go to [other] countries, I will gather them together in their own country. I will not leave any of them in those countries.
他們必承認我上主是他們的天主,因為我將他們放逐於異民之中以後,又把他們聚集到自己的地方,一個也沒有留在異民中。
29 I will no longer turn away from them; I will pour out my Spirit on the Israeli people. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
我不再掩面不看他們,因為我將我的神已傾注於以色列家族──吾主上主的斷語。」