以西結書 33
1 上主的話傳給我說：「
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 人子，你應告訴你民族的子女，向他們說：當我使刀劍臨於一地，那地的百姓就應從自己的人中選出一人，立他作為他們的警衛，
“Son of man, declare this to your people; say to them, 'When I bring a sword against any land, then the people of that land take one man from among themselves and make him a watchman for them.
3 他一見刀劍臨近那地，就吹號筒，警告人民；
He looks for the sword as it comes on the land, and he blows his horn to warn the people!
4 人民聽見號筒的聲音，若不加戒備；刀劍來了，將他除掉，他的血債應歸他自己承當，
If the people hear the sound of the horn but do not pay attention, and if the sword comes and kills them, then each one's blood is on his own head.
5 因為他聽見號聲，而不加戒備，他的血債應由他自己承當，那發警告的必安全無恙。
If someone hears the sound of the horn and pays no attention, his blood is on him; but if he pays attention, he will save his own life.
6 警衛若見刀劍來臨，卻不吹號筒，人民因此沒有受到警告；刀劍來了，即便除掉他們中一人，這人雖因自己的罪惡被除掉，但我也要由警衛手中追討他的血債。
However, if the watchman sees the sword as it is coming, but if he does not blow the horn, with the result that the people are not warned, and if the sword comes and takes anyone's life, then that person dies in his own sin, but I will require his blood from the watchman.'
7 人子，我也這樣立你作以色列家族的警衛；你聽了我口中的話，應代我警告他們。
Now you yourself, son of man! I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; you will hear the words from my mouth and warn them on my behalf.
8 為此，當我告訴惡人：『惡人，你必喪亡! 』你若不講話，也不警告惡人離開邪道，那惡人雖因自己的罪惡而喪亡，但我要由你手中追討他的血債。
If I say to a wicked person, 'Wicked one, you will surely die!' but if you do not announce this so as to warn the wicked about his way, then he who is wicked will die in his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand!
9 你若警告惡人叫他離開邪道，但他不肯歸正，離開邪道，他必因自己的罪惡而喪亡，你卻救了自己。」「
But you, if you warn the wicked about his way, so that he might turn back from it, and if he does not turn back from his way, then he will die in his sin, but you yourself will have saved your own life.
10 人子，你應告訴以色列家族：你們曾這樣說：『我的過犯和罪惡重壓著我們，我們必因此消滅，我們還怎能生存﹖』
So you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'You are saying this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are decaying in them! How can we live?”'
11 你要告訴他們：我指著我的生命起誓──吾主上主的斷語──我決不喜歡惡人喪亡，但卻喜歡惡人歸正，離開邪道，好能生存。以色列家族啊! 歸正罷! 歸正罷! 離開你們的邪道罷! 何必要死去呢﹖
Say to them, 'As I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I do not delight in the death of the wicked, for if the wicked repents from his way, then he will live! Repent! Repent from your wicked ways! For why should you die, house of Israel?'
12 人子，你要告訴你民族的子女：義人的正義在他犯罪之日不能救他；惡人的罪過在惡人悔改之日，也不會使它喪亡在他罪過中；義人在他犯罪之日，不能因著他的正義而生存。
So now you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of a righteous person will not save him if he sins! The wickedness of a wicked person will not cause him to perish if he repents from his sin! For the righteous person will not be able to live because of his righteousness if he sins.
13 幾時我向義人說：他必生存；但他卻依仗自己的正義行惡，他所有的正義必不再被記念，他必因他所犯的罪惡而喪亡。
If I say to the righteous, “He will surely live!” and if he trusts in his righteousness and then commits injustice, I will not call to mind any of his righteousness. He will die for the wickedness he committed.
14 幾時我向惡人說：你必喪亡；但他由罪惡中悔改，且遵行法律和正義，
So if I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” but if he then repents from his sins and does what is just and right—
15 清償抵押，歸還劫物，遵行生命的誡命，再不作惡，他必生存，不致死亡。
if he restores the loan guarantee that he wickedly demanded, or if he makes restitution for what he has stolen, and if he walks in the statutes that give life and no longer commits sin—then he will surely live. He will not die.
16 他所犯的一切罪過，不再被提起，因他遵行法律和正義，必定生存。
None of the sins that he has committed will be called to mind for him. He has acted justly and rightly, and so, he will surely live!
17 如果你民族的子女還說：『吾主的作法不公平。』其實是他們的作法不公平。
But your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair!” but it is your ways that are not fair!
18 幾時義人離棄正義而去行惡，他必因此而喪亡；
When the righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits sin, then he will die in it!
19 幾時惡人離棄罪惡，而遵行法律和正義，他必因此而生存。
When the wicked turns away from his wickedness and does what is just and righteous, he will live because of those things!
20 你們怎麼還說：『吾主的作法不公平﹖』以色列家族，我必照你們每人的行為審判你們。」
But you people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair!” I will judge each of you according to his way, house of Israel!'”
21 我們充軍後十一年十月五日，有一個從耶路撒冷逃到我這裏的人說：『京城陷落了。』
It happened in the twelfth year, on the fifth day of the tenth month of our captivity, that a fugitive came to me from Jerusalem and said, “The city has been captured!”
22 在逃難者來的前一晚上，上主的手臨於我，開了我的口；及至他早晨來到我這裏以前，我的口已開了，我不再作啞吧。
The hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening before the fugitive came, and my mouth was opened by the time that he came to me in the dawn. So my mouth was open; I was no longer mute!
23 上主的話傳給我說：「
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
24 人子，在以色列地區住在那些廢墟裏的人仍說道：亞巴郎只一個人就佔據了此地，我們人數眾多，此地應歸我們佔有。
“Son of man, the ones inhabiting those ruins in the land of Israel are talking and say, 'Abraham was only one person, and he inherited the land, but we are many! The land has been given to us as a possession.'
25 為此你應告訴他們：吾主上主這樣說：你們吃了帶血的祭物，舉目仰望了你們的偶像，且殺人流血，而你們還要佔據此地﹖
Therefore say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: You eat blood, and you lift up your eyes towards your idols, then you pour out people's blood. Should you really possess the land?
26 你們仍仗著刀劍，行醜惡之事，每人玷污近人的妻子，而你們還要佔據此地﹖
You have depended on your swords and have done disgusting things; each man defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you really possess the land?'
27 你應告訴他們：吾主上主這樣說：我指著我的生命起誓：那在廢墟中的，必喪身刀下；在原野的，我要把他們交給野獸吞噬；在堡壘和山洞中的，必死於瘟疫。
You will say this to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, surely the ones in the ruins will fall by the sword, and I will give those in the fields to the living creatures as food, and those in fortresses and in caves will die of plagues.
28 我要使此地變為沙漠和荒野，使她再不能誇耀自己的勢力；我要使以色列的山變為荒丘，再無人經過。
Then I will turn the land into a desolation and a horror, and the pride of its might will end, for the mountains of Israel will be deserted, and there will be no one to pass through them.'
29 為了他們所行的醜惡，我使此地變為沙漠和荒野時，他們必承認我是上主。
So they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all the abominations that they have done.
30 人子，你民族的子女在牆下及他們的門口，彼此談論你說：來，我們去聽聽由上主那裏傳出了什麼話﹖
So now you, son of man—your people are saying things about you beside the walls and the gates of the houses, and each says to one another—each man to his brother, 'Let us go and listen to the prophet's word that comes out from Yahweh!'
31 他們便成群結隊地來到你這裏，像我的百姓般坐在你面前，聽你的話，但不去實行；他們口頭上說的是甜言蜜語，但他們的心卻在追求不義的利益。
So my people will come to you, as they often do, and will sit in front of you and listen to your words, but they will not obey them. Right words are in their mouths, but their hearts are going after unjust profit.
32 你對他們好像唱情歌的人，歌喉悅耳，彈奏美妙；他們喜歡聽你說的話，卻不去實行。
For you are like a lovely song to them, a beautiful sound that is well played on a stringed instrument, so they will listen to your words, but none of them will obey them.
33 當這事來時──看，已來了! ──他們必承認在他們中有位先知。」
So when all of this happens—behold! it will happen!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
