< Ezekiel 8 >
1 And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah,
第六年六月初五日,我坐在家中;猶大的眾長老坐在我面前。在那裏主耶和華的靈降在我身上。
2 and I look, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward — fire, and from His loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of copper.
我觀看,見有形像彷彿火的形狀,從他腰以下的形狀有火,從他腰以上有光輝的形狀,彷彿光耀的精金。
3 And He putteth forth a form of a hand, and taketh me by a lock of my head, and lift me up doth a spirit between the earth and the heavens, and it bringeth me in to Jerusalem in visions of God, unto the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where [is] the seat of the figure of jealousy that is making jealous,
他伸出彷彿一隻手的樣式,抓住我的一綹頭髮,靈就將我舉到天地中間,在上帝的異象中,帶我到耶路撒冷朝北的內院門口,在那裏有觸動主怒偶像的坐位,就是惹動忌邪的。
4 and lo, there the honour of the God of Israel, as the appearance that I saw in the valley.
誰知,在那裏有以色列上帝的榮耀,形狀與我在平原所見的一樣。
5 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes the way of the north.' And I lift up mine eyes the way of the north, and lo, on the north of the gate of the altar this figure of jealousy, at the entrance.
上帝對我說:「人子啊,你舉目向北觀看。」我就舉目向北觀看,見祭壇門的北邊,在門口有這惹忌邪的偶像;
6 And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, art thou seeing what they are doing? the great abominations that the house of Israel are doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations.'
又對我說:「人子啊,以色列家所行的,就是在此行這大可憎的事,使我遠離我的聖所,你看見了嗎?你還要看見另有大可憎的事。」
7 And He bringeth me in unto an opening of the court, and I look, and lo, a hole in the wall;
他領我到院門口。我觀看,見牆上有個窟窿。
8 and He saith unto me, 'Son of man, dig, I pray thee, through the wall;' and I dig through the wall, and lo, an opening.
他對我說:「人子啊,你要挖牆。」我一挖牆,見有一門。
9 And He saith to me, 'Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.'
他說:「你進去,看他們在這裏所行可憎的惡事。」
10 And I go in, and look, and lo, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast — and all the Idols of the house of Israel — graved on the wall, all round about,
我進去一看,誰知,在四面牆上畫着各樣爬物和可憎的走獸,並以色列家一切的偶像。
11 and seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel — and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst — are standing before them, and each his censer in his hand, and the abundance of the cloud of perfume is going up.
在這些像前有以色列家的七十個長老站立,沙番的兒子雅撒尼亞也站在其中。各人手拿香爐,煙雲的香氣上騰。
12 And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'
他對我說:「人子啊,以色列家的長老暗中在各人畫像屋裏所行的,你看見了嗎?他們常說:『耶和華看不見我們;耶和華已經離棄這地。』」
13 And He saith unto me, 'Again thou dost turn, thou dost see great abominations that they are doing.'
他又說:「你還要看見他們另外行大可憎的事。」
14 And He bringeth me in unto the opening of the gate of the house of Jehovah that [is] at the north, and lo, there the women are sitting weeping for Tammuz.
他領我到耶和華殿外院朝北的門口。誰知,在那裏有婦女坐着,為搭模斯哭泣。
15 And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man? again thou dost turn, thou dost see greater abominations than these.'
他對我說:「人子啊,你看見了嗎?你還要看見比這更可憎的事。」
16 And He bringeth me in unto the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and lo, at the opening of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.
他又領我到耶和華殿的內院。誰知,在耶和華的殿門口、廊子和祭壇中間,約有二十五個人背向耶和華的殿,面向東方拜日頭。
17 And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!
他對我說:「人子啊,你看見了嗎?猶大家在此行這可憎的事還算為小嗎?他們在這地遍行強暴,再三惹我發怒,他們手拿枝條舉向鼻前。
18 And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears — a loud voice — and I do not hear them.'
因此,我也要以忿怒行事,我眼必不顧惜,也不可憐他們;他們雖向我耳中大聲呼求,我還是不聽。」