以西結書 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶和華審判的刀
21 耶和華對我說： 2 「人子啊，你要面向耶路撒冷，說預言斥責以色列和聖所， 3 告訴以色列，耶和華這樣說，『我要與你為敵，我要拔刀將你那裡的義人和惡人一同消滅， 4 從南到北不留一人， 5 使世人都知道我耶和華已拔刀出鞘，不再收回。』 6 人子啊，你要在他們面前哀歎，要傷心欲絕地哀歎。 7 如果有人問你為什麼哀歎，你就說有噩耗傳來，聽見的人都膽戰心驚、兩手發軟、精神萎靡、膝弱如水。災難必很快發生。這是主耶和華說的。」
8 耶和華對我說： 9 「人子啊，你要說預言，告訴他們，耶和華這樣說，
『有一把刀，
有一把刀磨快擦亮了，
10 磨得鋒利，為要殺戮，
擦得亮如閃電。
我們豈能因我兒的權杖而快樂？這刀鄙視一切權杖。 11 這刀已交給人去擦亮，好握在手中，這刀已磨快擦亮，預備交給屠殺的人。 12 人子啊，號啕大哭吧，因為這刀要攻擊我的子民和所有以色列的首領，他們都要死於刀下。所以你要捶胸頓足。 13 這刀必試驗他們，這刀所鄙視的權杖若不復存在，怎麼辦呢？這是主耶和華說的。』
14 「人子啊，你要拍掌對他們說預言，你要拿刀揮舞兩三次，預示這刀要從四面八方大肆殺戮， 15 使他們嚇得肝膽俱裂，許多人倒在家門口。我已賜下這亮如閃電的刀，用來殺戮。 16 刀啊，你要左砍右劈，大肆殺戮。 17 我要拍掌，我的烈怒要平息。這是我耶和華說的。」
18 耶和華對我說： 19 「人子啊，你要為巴比倫王的刀畫出兩條進攻之路，兩條路要從一個地方出發，要在通往城邑的路口設路標。 20 一條路通往亞捫的拉巴城，一條路通往猶大的堅城耶路撒冷。 21 巴比倫王將站在兩路的岔口，搖籤求問他的神像，察看祭牲的肝。 22 他右手拿到的是攻打耶路撒冷的籤，於是，他用撞城錘來攻耶路撒冷的城門，廝殺吶喊，建壘築臺圍攻城池。 23 猶大人必認為這是虛假的徵兆。他們曾向巴比倫王發誓效忠，但巴比倫王要使他們想起自己的罪，並擄走他們。
24 「主耶和華說，『因為你們的過犯昭然若揭，你們的罪惡表露無遺，因此，你們必遭擄掠。 25 你這邪惡敗壞的以色列首領啊！你的結局到了，審判你的日子來了。』 26 主耶和華說，『取下你的頭巾，摘下你的冠冕吧，時局轉變了。要提拔卑微的，貶抑高貴的。 27 毀滅，毀滅，我要毀滅這國，使它蕩然無存，直到那應得的人來到後，這國才能得到重建，我要把這國交給他。』
28 「人子啊，你要說有關亞捫人及其恥辱的預言，告訴他們，主耶和華說，『有刀，有刀已出鞘，為要殺戮；它亮如閃電，要行毀滅。 29 有關你們的異象和占卜是虛假的，你們將與其他惡人一同被殺，因為你們的結局到了，審判你們的日子來了。 30 你們要收刀入鞘，我要在你們的家鄉，在你們的出生之地審判你們， 31 我要把烈怒倒在你們身上，將我的怒火噴在你們身上，把你們交在嗜殺成性的惡徒手中， 32 你們必被當作柴焚燒，你們的血必流在自己的土地上，無人再記得你們。因為這是我耶和華說的。』」
Ezekiel 21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Sword of Judgment
21 [a]The word of the Lord came to me again: 2 “Son of man, turn your face toward(A) Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you.(B) I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you. 4 Since I will cut off[b] both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.(C) 5 So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath—it will not be sheathed again.(D)
6 “But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart[c] right before their eyes. 7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming.(E) Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
8 The word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim:
A sword!(F) A sword is sharpened
and also polished.(G)
10 It is sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
Should we rejoice?
The scepter of My son,
the sword despises every tree.[d]
11 The sword is given to be polished,
to be grasped in the hand.
It is sharpened, and it is polished,
to be put in the hand of the slayer.(H)
12 Cry out and wail, son of man,
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.(I)
13 Surely it will be a trial!
And what if the sword despises even the scepter?
The scepter will not continue.[e]
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy
and clap your hands together.(J)
Let the sword strike two times, even three.
It is a sword for massacre,
a sword for great massacre—
it surrounds[f] them!
15 I have appointed a sword(K) for slaughter[g]
at all their gates,
so that their hearts may melt
and many may stumble.
Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;(L)
it is drawn[h] for slaughter.
16 Slash to the right;
turn to the left—
wherever your blade is directed.
17 I also will clap My hands together,
and I will satisfy My wrath.(M)
I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
18 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city. 20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites(N) and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. 21 For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver. 22 The answer marked[i] Jerusalem appears in his right hand, indicating that he should set up battering rams,(O) give the order to[j] slaughter, raise a battle cry, set battering rams against the gates, build a ramp, and construct a siege wall. 23 It will seem like false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn an oath to the Babylonians,[k](P) but it will draw attention to their guilt so that they will be captured.
24 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your actions, since you have done this, you will be captured by them.
26 This is what the Lord God says:
Remove the turban, and take off the crown.
Things will not remain as they are;[n]
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.(S)
27 A ruin, a ruin,
I will make it a ruin!
Yet this will not happen
until He comes;(T)
I have given the judgment to Him.[o]
28 “Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:
A sword! A sword
is drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume,(U) to flash like lightning.
29 While they offer false visions(V)
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.[p]
30 Return it to its sheath!(W)
I will judge you[q]
in the place where you were created,
in the land of your origin.
31 I will pour out My indignation on you;
I will blow the fire of My fury on you.(X)
I will hand you over to brutal men,
skilled at destruction.
32 You will be fuel for the fire.
Your blood will be spilled in the land.
You will not be remembered,(Y)
for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:1 Ezk 21:6 in Hb
- Ezekiel 21:4 Lit off from you
- Ezekiel 21:6 Lit with broken loins
- Ezekiel 21:10 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 21:13 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 21:14 Or penetrates
- Ezekiel 21:15 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 21:15 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 21:22 Lit The divination for
- Ezekiel 21:22 Lit rams, open the mouth in
- Ezekiel 21:23 Lit them
- Ezekiel 21:25 = King Zedekiah
- Ezekiel 21:25 Lit come in the time of the punishment of the end
- Ezekiel 21:26 Lit This not this
- Ezekiel 21:27 Or comes to whom it rightfully belongs, and I will give it to Him
- Ezekiel 21:29 Lit come in the time of the punishment of the end
- Ezekiel 21:30 = the Ammonites
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