以西結書 14
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
神斥責拜偶像的罪
14 有幾個以色列的長老到我這裏來,坐在我面前。 2 耶和華的話臨到我,說: 3 「人子啊,這些人在心中設立偶像,把陷自己於罪的絆腳石放在面前,我真的能讓他們求問嗎? 4 所以你要告訴他們,對他們說:『主耶和華如此說:以色列家的人,凡在心中設立偶像,把陷自己於罪的絆腳石放在面前,卻來到先知那裏的,我—耶和華在他所求的事上,必因他拜許多偶像向他施行報應[a], 5 為要奪回以色列家的心,他們全都拜偶像,與我疏遠了。』
6 「所以你要對以色列家說:『主耶和華如此說:回轉吧!回轉離開你們的偶像,轉臉離開一切可憎的事。』 7 因為以色列家的人,或在以色列中寄居的外人,凡與我隔絕,在心中設立偶像,把陷自己於罪的絆腳石放在面前,卻來到先知那裏,要為自己的事求問我的,我—耶和華必親自報應他。 8 我要向那人變臉,使他成為警戒和笑柄,並且我要把他從我民中剪除;你們就知道我是耶和華。 9 先知若被騙說了一句預言,是我—耶和華騙了那先知,我要伸手攻擊他,把他從我百姓以色列中除滅。 10 他們必擔當自己的罪孽。先知的罪孽和求問之人的罪孽都一樣, 11 使以色列家不再走迷離開我,也不再因各樣的罪過玷污自己,卻要作我的子民,我也作他們的 神。這是主耶和華說的。」
挪亞、但以理、約伯
12 耶和華的話臨到我,說: 13 「人子啊,若有一國犯罪干犯我,我也伸手攻擊它,斷絕他們糧食的供應,使饑荒臨到那地,將人與牲畜從其中剪除; 14 雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯這三人在那裏,他們只能因自己的義救自己的命。這是主耶和華說的。 15 我若使惡獸經過那地,大肆蹂躪,使地荒涼,以致因這些獸,人都不得經過; 16 雖有這三人在其中,主耶和華說:我指着我的永生起誓,他們不能救兒子女兒,只有他們自己可以得救,那地仍然荒涼。 17 或者我使刀劍臨到那地,說:『讓刀劍穿越那地』,以致我把人與牲畜從其中剪除; 18 雖有這三人在其中,主耶和華說:我指着我的永生起誓,他們不能救兒子女兒,只有他們自己可以得救。 19 或者我叫瘟疫流行那地,把我的憤怒帶着血傾在其中,好使人與牲畜從其中剪除; 20 雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯在那裏,主耶和華說:我指着我的永生起誓,他們不能救兒子女兒,只能因自己的義救自己的命。
21 「主耶和華如此說:我若將這四樣大災,就是刀劍、饑荒、惡獸、瘟疫降在耶路撒冷,將人與牲畜從其中剪除,豈不是更嚴重嗎? 22 看哪,在那裏必有倖免於難的人帶着兒子女兒;看哪,他們來到你們這裏;你們看見他們的所作所為,就會因我降給耶路撒冷的災禍,因我降給它的一切,得到安慰。 23 你們因看見他們的所作所為,得到安慰,就會知道我在耶路撒冷所做的並非毫無緣故。這是主耶和華說的。」
Footnotes
- 14.4 「在他…報應」:原文另譯「必報應那些帶着許多偶像來的人」。
Ezekiel 14
New International Version
Idolaters Condemned
14 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.(A) 2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(B) and put wicked stumbling blocks(C) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(D) 4 Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry. 5 I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted(E) me for their idols.’(F)
6 “Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(G) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(H)
7 “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(I) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(J) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(K) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. 8 I will set my face against(L) them and make them an example(M) and a byword.(N) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(O)
9 “‘And if the prophet(P) is enticed(Q) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.(R) 10 They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(S) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(T) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(U)’”
Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable
12 The word of the Lord came to me: 13 “Son of man, if a country sins(V) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(W) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(X) 14 even if these three men—Noah,(Y) Daniel[a](Z) and Job(AA)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(AB) declares the Sovereign Lord.
15 “Or if I send wild beasts(AC) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,(AD) 16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.(AE)
17 “Or if I bring a sword(AF) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(AG) 18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
19 “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath(AH) on it through bloodshed,(AI) killing its people and their animals,(AJ) 20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(AK)
21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(AL)—sword(AM) and famine(AN) and wild beasts and plague(AO)—to kill its men and their animals!(AP) 22 Yet there will be some survivors(AQ)—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it.(AR) They will come to you, and when you see their conduct(AS) and their actions, you will be consoled(AT) regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. 23 You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AU)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20
Ezekiel 14
King James Version
14 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:
8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.
12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,
13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.
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