Ezekiel 37
1 The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the midst of a valley; it was full of bones.
上主的手臨於我，上主的神引我出去，把我放在平原中，那裏佈滿了骨頭；
2 Then he made me pass through them round and round. Behold! A great many of them were in the valley. Behold! They were very dry.
他領我在骨頭周圍走了一遭；見平原上骨頭的確很多，又很乾枯。
3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live again?” So I said, “Lord Yahweh, you alone know.”
他問我說：「人子，這些骨頭可以復生嗎﹖」我答說：「吾主上主! 你知道。」
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones. Listen to the word of Yahweh.
他對我說：「你可向這些骨頭講預言，向他們說：乾枯的骨頭，聽上主的話罷!
5 The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: Behold! I am about to put breath into you, and you will live.
吾主上主對這些骨頭這樣說：看，我要使氣息進入你們內，你們必要復活。
6 I will place sinews over you and bring flesh onto you. I will cover you with skin and put breath within you so you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
我給你們放上筋，加上肉，包上皮，把氣息注入你們內，你們就復活了：如此，你們便要承認我是上主。」
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; as I prophesied, behold, a sound came, that of shaking. Then the bones drew together—bone against bone.
於是我遵命講預言。正當我講預言時，忽然有一個響聲，一陣震動，骨頭與骨頭互鄉結合起來。
8 I looked and, behold, sinews were now on them, and flesh grew up and skin covered them. But there was still no breath in them.
我望見他們身上有了筋，生了肉，包了皮，但他們還沒有氣息。
9 Then Yahweh said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Breath, come from the four winds, and breathe on these who have been killed, so they may live.'”
上主對我說：「你應向氣息講預言! 人子，應向氣息講預言說：吾主上主這樣說：氣息，你應由四方來，吹在這些被殺的人身上，使他們復活。」
10 So I prophesied as I was commanded; the breath came into them and they lived. Then they stood on their feet, a very great army.
我遵命一講了預言，氣息就進入他們內，他們遂復活了，並且站了起來；實在是一支龐大的軍隊。
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel. Behold! They are saying, 'Our bones have dried up, and our hope is gone. We have been cut off.'
上主對我說：「人子，這些骨頭就是以色列家族。他們常說：我們的骨頭乾枯了，絕望了，我們都完了!
12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will open your graves and lift you out from them, my people. I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
為此，你向他們講預言說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要親自打開你們的墳墓；我的百姓，我要從你們的墳墓中把你們領出來，引你們進入以色列地域。
13 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and bring you out from them, my people.
我的百姓! 當我打開你們的墳墓，把你們從墳墓內領出來的時候，你們便承認我是上主。
14 I will place my Spirit within you so you will live, and I will cause you to rest in your land when you know that I am Yahweh. I declare and will do it—this is Yahweh's declaration.'”
我要把我的神注入你們內，使你們復活，叫你們安居在你們的地域內，那時，你們便要承認我，上主言出必行－吾主上主的斷語。」
15 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
上主的話傳給我說：「
16 “So now you, son of man, take one stick for yourself and write on it, 'For Judah and for the people of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim, and for all the people of Israel, their companions.'
人子，你拿一塊木頭，上面寫：『猶大和他的同族以色列子民。』再拿另一塊木頭，上面寫：『若瑟──厄弗辣因的木頭──和他的同族的以色列子民。』
17 Bring both of them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
以後，你把兩塊木頭連成一塊，在你手中成為一塊。
18 When your people speak to you and say, 'Will you not tell us what these things of yours mean?'
若你民族的子民詢問你說：這是什麼意思，你不能告訴我們嗎﹖
19 then say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am taking the branch of Joseph that is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his companions and joining it to the branch of Judah, so that they will make one branch, and they will become one in my hand.'
你要回答他們說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要拿若瑟的──即在厄弗辣因手中的──和他的同族以色列支派的木頭，將它同猶大的木頭連結成為一塊木頭，在我手中只成為一塊。
20 Hold in your hand the branches that you wrote on before their eyes.
你應把在上面寫過字的兩塊木頭，拿在你手中，在他們面前，
21 Declare to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am about to take the people of Israel from among the nations where they went. I will gather them from the surrounding lands and I will bring them to their land.
對他們說：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把以色列子民從他們所到的異民中領出，把他們由各方聚集起來，引他們回到自己的地域；
22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and there will be one king as king over all of them, and they will no longer be two nations. They will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
我要使他們在那地和以色列山上成為一個民族，他們只有一位國王，不再是兩個民族，不再分為兩個國家；
23 Then they will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their disgusting things, or any of their other sins. For I will save them from all of their faithless actions with which they have sinned, and I will purify them, so they will be my people and I will be their God.
他們也不再為他們的偶像、怪物和各種邪惡所玷污；我要把他們由他們因背約所犯的各種罪過中救拔出來，淨化他們，成為我的民族，我作他們的天主。
24 David my servant will be king over them. So there will be one shepherd over them all, and they will walk according to my decrees and they will keep my statutes and obey them.
我的僕人達味要作他們的國王，他們全體只有一個牧人；他們要遵行我的法律，謹守我的誡命，且一一實行；
25 They will live in the land that I have given to my servant Jacob, where your fathers had stayed. They will live in it forever—they, their children, and their grandchildren, for David my servant will be their chief forever.
他們要安居在我賜給我的僕人雅各伯，即他們的祖先所居住的地方；他們、他們的兒子，他們的子子孫孫直到永遠住在那裏；我的僕人達味永遠作他們的領袖。
26 I will establish a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will establish them and multiply them and set my holy place in their midst forever.
我要同他們訂立和平的盟約，同他們訂立永遠的盟約；我要厚待他們，使他們昌盛，且在他們中立我的聖所，直到永遠。
27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
我的住所也設在他們中間；我要作他們的天主，他們要作我的百姓。
28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sets Israel apart, when my holy place is among them forever.'”
當我的聖所永遠在他們中間時，異民便承認我是祝聖以色列的天主。」
