以西結書 33
1 耶和華的話臨到我說：
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 「人子啊，你要告訴本國的子民說：我使刀劍臨到哪一國，那一國的民從他們中間選立一人為守望的。
Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman,
3 他見刀劍臨到那地，若吹角警戒眾民，
if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people,
4 凡聽見角聲不受警戒的，刀劍若來除滅了他，他的罪就必歸到自己的頭上。
then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes no warning, if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 他聽見角聲，不受警戒，他的罪必歸到自己的身上；他若受警戒，便是救了自己的性命。
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no warning; his blood shall be upon him. Whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 倘若守望的人見刀劍臨到，不吹角，以致民不受警戒，刀劍來殺了他們中間的一個人，他雖然死在罪孽之中，我卻要向守望的人討他喪命的罪。
But if the watchman sees the sword come, and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.
7 「人子啊，我照樣立你作以色列家守望的人。所以你要聽我口中的話，替我警戒他們。
So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
8 我對惡人說：『惡人哪，你必要死！』你－以西結若不開口警戒惡人，使他離開所行的道，這惡人必死在罪孽之中，我卻要向你討他喪命的罪。
When I say to the wicked man, O wicked man, thou shall surely die, and thou do not speak to warn the wicked man from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
9 倘若你警戒惡人轉離所行的道，他仍不轉離，他必死在罪孽之中，你卻救自己脫離了罪。」
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked man of his way to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou have delivered thy soul.
10 「人子啊，你要對以色列家說：『你們常說：我們的過犯罪惡在我們身上，我們必因此消滅，怎能存活呢？』
And thou, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?
11 你對他們說，主耶和華說：我指着我的永生起誓，我斷不喜悅惡人死亡，惟喜悅惡人轉離所行的道而活。以色列家啊，你們轉回，轉回吧！離開惡道，何必死亡呢？
Say to them, As I live, says the lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 人子啊，你要對本國的人民說：義人的義，在犯罪之日不能救他；至於惡人的惡，在他轉離惡行之日也不能使他傾倒；義人在犯罪之日也不能因他的義存活。
And thou, son of man, say to the sons of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression. And as for the wickedness of the wicked man, he shall not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, nor shall he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
13 我對義人說：『你必定存活！』他若倚靠他的義而作罪孽，他所行的義都不被記念。他必因所作的罪孽死亡。
When I say to the righteous man, that he shall surely live, if he trusts his righteousness, and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his iniquity that he has committed, in it he shall die.
14 再者，我對惡人說：『你必定死亡！』他若轉離他的罪，行正直與合理的事：
Again, when I say to the wicked man, Thou shall surely die, if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right,
15 還人的當頭和所搶奪的，遵行生命的律例，不作罪孽，他必定存活，不致死亡。
if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again that which he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
16 他所犯的一切罪必不被記念。他行了正直與合理的事，必定存活。
None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 「你本國的子民還說：『主的道不公平。』其實他們的道不公平。
Yet the sons of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. But as for them, their way is not equitable.
18 義人轉離他的義而作罪孽，就必因此死亡。
When the righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die in it.
19 惡人轉離他的惡，行正直與合理的事，就必因此存活。
And when the wicked man turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20 你們還說：『主的道不公平。』以色列家啊，我必按你們各人所行的審判你們。」
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equitable. O house of Israel, I will judge you everyone according to his ways.
21 我們被擄之後十二年十月初五日，有人從耶路撒冷逃到我這裏，說：「城已攻破。」
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 逃來的人未到前一日的晚上，耶和華的靈降在我身上，開我的口。到第二日早晨，那人來到我這裏，我口就開了，不再緘默。
Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he who escaped came. And he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning. And my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.
23 耶和華的話臨到我說：
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
24 「人子啊，住在以色列荒廢之地的人說：『亞伯拉罕獨自一人能得這地為業，我們人數眾多，這地更是給我們為業的。』
Son of man, those who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
25 所以你要對他們說，主耶和華如此說：你們吃帶血的物，仰望偶像，並且殺人流血，你們還能得這地為業嗎？
Therefore say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. And shall ye possess the land?
26 你們倚仗自己的刀劍行可憎的事，人人玷污鄰舍的妻，你們還能得這地為業嗎？
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every man his neighbor's wife. And shall ye possess the land?
27 你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指着我的永生起誓，在荒場中的，必倒在刀下；在田野間的，必交給野獸吞吃；在保障和洞裏的，必遭瘟疫而死。
Thus shall thou say to them. Thus says the lord Jehovah: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 我必使這地荒涼，令人驚駭；她因勢力而有的驕傲也必止息。以色列的山都必荒涼，無人經過。
And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. And the pride of her power shall cease. And the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
29 我因他們所行一切可憎的事使地荒涼，令人驚駭。那時，他們就知道我是耶和華。」
Then they shall know that I am Jehovah when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 「人子啊，你本國的子民在牆垣旁邊、在房屋門口談論你。弟兄對弟兄彼此說：『來吧！聽聽有甚麼話從耶和華而出。』
And as for thee, son of man, the sons of thy people talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, each one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from Jehovah.
31 他們來到你這裏如同民來聚會，坐在你面前彷彿是我的民。他們聽你的話卻不去行；因為他們的口多顯愛情，心卻追隨財利。
And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
32 他們看你如善於奏樂、聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他們聽你的話卻不去行。
And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.
33 看哪，所說的快要應驗；應驗了，他們就知道在他們中間有了先知。」
And when this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then they shall know that a prophet has been among them.
