以西結書 24
1 九年十月十日，上主的話傳給我說：「
Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 人子，你要記下今天的日期，就是在今天這一日，巴比倫王開始圍困耶路撒冷。
Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
3 你要向叛逆的家族講一個寓言，給他們說：吾主上主這樣說：你要安放一口鍋，安好後，裏面倒上水，
And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4 把肉塊、後腿和肩上的好肉放到鍋裏，用最好的骨頭填滿，
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5 再放上最好的羊肉，然後在鍋下堆起木柴，烹煮肉塊，連其中的骨頭也煮爛。
Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
6 因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城，有銹而銹不退的鍋，是有禍的! 從鍋中一塊一塊地取出來，不必拈鬮。
Why thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall on it.
7 因為在其中所流的血，是流在光滑的石崖上，而沒有流在土中，用塵土掩蓋；
For her blood is in the middle of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she poured it not on the ground, to cover it with dust;
8 為的是激起我的憤怒，施行報復，所以我也使她的血流在光滑的石頭上，不得掩蓋。
That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9 因此吾主上主這樣說：負血債的城是有禍的! 我要親自使火堆擴大。
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10 你再加添木柴，點上火，把肉塊煮化，把湯熬乾，把骨頭烤焦；
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
11 然後把空鍋放在火炭上燒熱，把銅燒紅，把其中的污穢燒淨，把鍋銹燒盡。
Then set it empty on the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 但因鍋銹過多，雖用盡氣力，火也燒不掉。
She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
13 這就是你淫行的污穢，我原設法使你潔淨，你卻不願意潔淨；那麼，直到我在你身上來洩盡我的憤怒，你的污穢得不到潔淨。
In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest on you.
14 我上主言出必行，決不退縮，決不憐恤，決不翻悔。我必照你的行徑，照你的行為審判你──吾主上主的斷語。」
I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord GOD.
15 上主的話傳給我說：「
Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
16 人子，看，我要把你眼中所喜悅的猝然奪去，但你不可哀悼，不可哭泣，不可流淚，
Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
17 只可默默歎息，卻不可哀悼死者。頭上仍纏著頭巾，腳上仍穿著鞋，不可遮蓋鬍鬚，也不可吃喪食。」
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of your head on you, and put on your shoes on your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.
18 早晨我向百姓講了這事，晚上我的妻子便死了；次日早晨我便照吩咐給我的作了。
So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19 百姓問我說：「你能不能告訴我們：你這樣作對我們有什麼意思﹖」
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
20 我回答他們說：「上主的話傳給我說：
Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
21 你要告訴以色列家族：吾主上主這樣說：看，我要把我的聖所，即你們所誇耀的勢力，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的地方，加以褻瀆，你們所遺留下的子女要死於刀下。
Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.
22 那時你們要作我所作的：不遮蓋你們的鬍鬚，不吃喪食，
And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
23 你們的頭仍纏著頭巾，腳仍穿著鞋，不舉哀，不哭泣，但因你們的罪惡而消沉，而彼此傷歎。
And your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
24 厄則克耳為你們是一個預兆：當那事來到時，你們要照他所作的去作。那時你們必承認我是上主。」「
Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done shall you do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
25 人子，在我從他們中取去他們的堡壘，即他們所誇耀的喜樂，眼目所喜愛，心靈所繫戀的子女的那一天，
Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
26 那天必有一個逃難的來到你這裏，報告你這消息。
That he that escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
27 在那一天你要向那逃難的開口說話，不再作啞吧。這樣，你為他們是一個預兆，那時他們將承認我是上主。」
In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
