< Ezekiel 21 >
1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
耶和华的话临到我说:
2 Son of man, set thy face towards Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
“人子啊,你要面向耶路撒冷和圣所滴下预言,攻击以色列地。
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
对以色列地说,耶和华如此说:我与你为敌,并要拔刀出鞘,从你中间将义人和恶人一并剪除。
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
我既要从你中间剪除义人和恶人,所以我的刀要出鞘,自南至北攻击一切有血气的;
5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
一切有血气的就知道我—耶和华已经拔刀出鞘,必不再入鞘。
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
人子啊,你要叹息,在他们眼前弯着腰,苦苦地叹息。
7 And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
他们问你说:‘为何叹息呢?’你就说:‘因为有风声、灾祸要来。人心都必消化,手都发软,精神衰败,膝弱如水。看哪,这灾祸临近,必然成就。这是主耶和华说的。’”
8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
耶和华的话临到我说:
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
“人子啊,你要预言。耶和华吩咐我如此说: 有刀、有刀, 是磨快擦亮的;
10 It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, [as] every tree.
磨快为要行杀戮, 擦亮为要像闪电。 我们岂可快乐吗?罚我子的杖藐视各树。
11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
这刀已经交给人擦亮,为要应手使用。这刀已经磨快擦亮,好交在行杀戮的人手中。
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh.
人子啊,你要呼喊哀号,因为这刀临到我的百姓和以色列一切的首领。他们和我的百姓都交在刀下,所以你要拍腿叹息。
13 Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemneth even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD.
有试验的事;若那藐视的杖归于无有,怎么样呢?这是主耶和华说的。
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thy] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their private chambers.
“人子啊,你要拍掌预言。我—耶和华要使这刀,就是致死伤的刀,一连三次加倍刺人,进入他们的内屋,使大人受死伤的就是这刀。
15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] sharpened for the slaughter.
我设立这恐吓人的刀,攻击他们的一切城门,使他们的心消化,加增他们跌倒的事。哎!这刀造得像闪电,磨得尖利,要行杀戮。
16 Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
刀啊,你归在右边,摆在左边;你面向哪方,就向那方杀戮。
17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].
我也要拍掌,并要使我的忿怒止息。这是我—耶和华说的。”
18 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
耶和华的话又临到我说:
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both [ways] shall come forth from one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.
“人子啊,你要定出两条路,好使巴比伦王的刀来。这两条路必从一地分出来,又要在通城的路口上画出一只手来。
20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
你要定出一条路,使刀来到亚扪人的拉巴;又要定出一条路,使刀来到犹大的坚固城耶路撒冷。
21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
因为巴比伦王站在岔路那里,在两条路口上要占卜。他摇签求问神像,察看牺牲的肝;
22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.
在右手中拿着为耶路撒冷占卜的签,使他安设撞城锤,张口叫杀,扬声呐喊,筑垒造台,以撞城锤,攻打城门。
23 And it shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
据那些曾起誓的犹大人看来,这是虚假的占卜;但巴比伦王要使他们想起罪孽,以致将他们捉住。”
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are disclosed, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, [I say], that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
主耶和华如此说:“因你们的过犯显露,使你们的罪孽被记念,以致你们的罪恶在行为上都彰显出来;又因你们被记念,就被捉住。
25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,
你这受死伤行恶的以色列王啊,罪孽的尽头到了,受报的日子已到。
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.
主耶和华如此说:当除掉冠,摘下冕,景况必不再像先前;要使卑者升为高,使高者降为卑。
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no [more], until he cometh whose right it is; and I will give it [him].
我要将这国倾覆,倾覆,而又倾覆;这国也必不再有,直等到那应得的人来到,我就赐给他。”
28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword [is] drawn: for the slaughter [it is] furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
“人子啊,要发预言说:主耶和华论到亚扪人和他们的凌辱,吩咐我如此说:有刀,有拔出来的刀,已经擦亮,为行杀戮,使他像闪电以行吞灭。
29 While they see vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.
人为你见虚假的异象,行谎诈的占卜,使你倒在受死伤之恶人的颈项上。他们罪孽到了尽头,受报的日子已到。
30 Shall I cause [it] to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
你将刀收入鞘吧!在你受造之处、生长之地,我必刑罚你。
31 And I will pour out my indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, [and] skillful to destroy.
我必将我的恼恨倒在你身上,将我烈怒的火喷在你身上;又将你交在善于杀灭的畜类人手中。
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no [more] remembered: for I the LORD have spoken [it].
你必当柴被火焚烧;你的血必流在国中。你必不再被记念,因为这是我—耶和华说的。”