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.
耶和華的靈降在我身上。耶和華藉他的靈帶我出去，將我放在平原中；這平原遍滿骸骨。
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.
他使我從骸骨的四圍經過，誰知在平原的骸骨甚多，而且極其枯乾。
3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live again?” So I said, “Lord Yahweh, you alone know.”
他對我說：「人子啊，這些骸骨能復活嗎？」我說：「主耶和華啊，你是知道的。」
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones. Listen to the word of Yahweh.
他又對我說：「你向這些骸骨發預言說：枯乾的骸骨啊，要聽耶和華的話。
5 The Lord Yahweh says this to these bones: Behold! I am about to put breath into you, and you will live.
主耶和華對這些骸骨如此說：『我必使氣息進入你們裏面，你們就要活了。
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.'”
我必給你們加上筋，使你們長肉，又將皮遮蔽你們，使氣息進入你們裏面，你們就要活了；你們便知道我是耶和華。』」
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，我遵命說預言。正說預言的時候，不料，有響聲，有地震；骨與骨互相聯絡。
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.
我觀看，見骸骨上有筋，也長了肉，又有皮遮蔽其上，只是還沒有氣息。
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.'”
主對我說：「人子啊，你要發預言，向風發預言，說主耶和華如此說：氣息啊，要從四方而來，吹在這些被殺的人身上，使他們活了。」
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.
於是我遵命說預言，氣息就進入骸骨，骸骨便活了，並且站起來，成為極大的軍隊。
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.'
主對我說：「人子啊，這些骸骨就是以色列全家。他們說：『我們的骨頭枯乾了，我們的指望失去了，我們滅絕淨盡了。』
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.
所以你要發預言對他們說，主耶和華如此說：『我的民哪，我必開你們的墳墓，使你們從墳墓中出來，領你們進入以色列地。
13 Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and bring you out from them, my people.
我的民哪，我開你們的墳墓，使你們從墳墓中出來，你們就知道我是耶和華。
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.'”
我必將我的靈放在你們裏面，你們就要活了。我將你們安置在本地，你們就知道我－耶和華如此說，也如此成就了。這是耶和華說的。』」
15 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
耶和華的話又臨到我說：
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.'
「人子啊，你要取一根木杖，在其上寫『為猶大和他的同伴以色列人』；又取一根木杖，在其上寫『為約瑟，就是為以法蓮，又為他的同伴以色列全家』。
17 Bring both of them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
你要使這兩根木杖接連為一，在你手中成為一根。
18 When your people speak to you and say, 'Will you not tell us what these things of yours mean?'
你本國的子民問你說：『這是甚麼意思？你不指示我們嗎？』
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.'
你就對他們說：『主耶和華如此說：我要將約瑟和他同伴以色列支派的杖，就是那在以法蓮手中的，與猶大的杖一同接連為一，在我手中成為一根。』
20 Hold in your hand the branches that you wrote on before their eyes.
你所寫的那兩根杖要在他們眼前拿在手中，
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.
要對他們說，主耶和華如此說：我要將以色列人從他們所到的各國收取，又從四圍聚集他們，引導他們歸回本地。
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，在以色列山上成為一國，有一王作他們眾民的王。他們不再為二國，決不再分為二國；
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.
也不再因偶像和可憎的物，並一切的罪過玷污自己。我卻要救他們出離一切的住處，就是他們犯罪的地方；我要潔淨他們，如此，他們要作我的子民，我要作他們的上帝。
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.
「我的僕人大衛必作他們的王；眾民必歸一個牧人。他們必順從我的典章，謹守遵行我的律例。
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.
他們必住在我賜給我僕人雅各的地上，就是你們列祖所住之地。他們和他們的子孫，並子孫的子孫，都永遠住在那裏。我的僕人大衛必作他們的王，直到永遠。
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.
並且我要與他們立平安的約，作為永約。我也要將他們安置在本地，使他們的人數增多，又在他們中間設立我的聖所，直到永遠。
27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
我的居所必在他們中間；我要作他們的上帝，他們要作我的子民。
28 Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh who sets Israel apart, when my holy place is among them forever.'”
我的聖所在以色列人中間直到永遠，外邦人就必知道我是叫以色列成為聖的耶和華。」
