以西結書 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
以西結蒙召
2 那聲音對我說：「人子啊，你站起來，我要對你說話。」 2 正說的時候，耶和華的靈就進入我裡面，使我站起來。我聽見那聲音對我說： 3 「人子啊，我派你去那背叛我的以色列人那裡。他們和他們的祖先至今仍背叛我。 4 我派你到那些頑固不化的人那裡，向他們宣告，『主耶和華這樣說。』 5 不管那群叛逆的人聽不聽，他們都會知道有一位先知在他們當中。 6 人子啊，不要怕他們和他們的話，雖然你周圍佈滿荊棘和毒蠍，也不要害怕。他們是一群叛逆的人，你不要怕他們的話，也不要因為他們的臉色而驚慌。 7 他們是叛逆的，不論他們聽不聽，你都要把我的話告訴他們。
8 「人子啊，你要聽我對你說的話，不要像他們那樣叛逆，要張開口吃我賜給你的。」 9 這時我看見一隻手向我伸來，手中拿著書卷。 10 那隻手把那書卷打開，書卷的兩面都寫滿了哀傷、歎息、悲痛的話。
Ezekiel 2
Living Bible
2 And he said to me: “Stand up, son of dust,[a] and I will talk to you.”
2 And the Spirit entered into me as he spoke, and set me on my feet.
3 “Son of dust,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, to a nation rebelling against me. They and their fathers have kept on sinning against me until this very hour. 4 For they are a hard-hearted, stiff-necked people. But I am sending you to give them my messages—the messages of the Lord God. 5 And whether they listen or not (for remember, they are rebels), they will at least know they have had a prophet among them.
6 “Son of dust, don’t be afraid of them; don’t be frightened even though their threats are sharp and barbed and sting like scorpions. Don’t be dismayed by their dark scowls. For remember, they are rebels! 7 You must give them my messages whether they listen or not (but they won’t,[b] for they are utter rebels). 8 Listen, son of dust, to what I say to you. Don’t you be a rebel too! Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
9-10 Then I looked and saw a hand holding out to me a scroll, with writing on both sides. He unrolled it, and I saw that it was full of warnings and sorrows and pronouncements of doom.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 2:1 son of dust, or “son of man,” appears eighty-seven times throughout the book of Ezekiel. The connotation is “mortal man.” In Daniel 7:13, the corresponding Aramaic expression is used for the Messiah as representative of the human race of which he is the head.
- Ezekiel 2:7 but they won’t, implied.
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