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食卷

他对我说:“人子啊,要吃你所得的,要吃这书卷,好去对以色列家讲说。” 于是我开口,他就使我吃这书卷。 又对我说:“人子啊,要吃我所赐给你的这书卷,充满你的肚腹。”我就吃了,口中觉得其甜如蜜。

蒙勖受遣

他对我说:“人子啊,你往以色列家那里去,将我的话对他们讲说。 你奉差遣不是往那说话深奥、言语难懂的民那里去,乃是往以色列家去。 不是往那说话深奥、言语难懂的多国去,他们的话语是你不懂得的,我若差你往他们那里去,他们必听从你。 以色列家却不肯听从你,因为他们不肯听从我,原来以色列全家是额坚心硬的人。 看哪,我使你的脸硬过他们的脸,使你的额硬过他们的额。 我使你的额像金钢钻,比火石更硬。他们虽是悖逆之家,你不要怕他们,也不要因他们的脸色惊惶。” 10 他又对我说:“人子啊,我对你所说的一切话,要心里领会,耳中听闻。 11 你往你本国被掳的子民那里去,他们或听或不听,你要对他们讲说,告诉他们:‘这是主耶和华说的。’”

12 那时,灵将我举起,我就听见在我身后有震动轰轰的声音说:“从耶和华的所在显出来的荣耀是该称颂的!” 13 我又听见那活物翅膀相碰与活物旁边轮子旋转震动轰轰的响声。 14 于是灵将我举起,带我而去。我心中甚苦,灵性愤激,并且耶和华的灵[a]在我身上大有能力。 15 我就来到提勒亚毕——住在迦巴鲁河边被掳的人那里,到他们所住的地方,在他们中间忧忧闷闷地坐了七日。

蒙示宜如何警戒人

16 过了七日,耶和华的话临到我说: 17 “人子啊,我立你做以色列家守望的人,所以你要听我口中的话,替我警戒他们。 18 我何时指着恶人说他必要死,你若不警戒他,也不劝诫他,使他离开恶行,拯救他的性命,这恶人必死在罪孽之中,我却要向你讨他丧命的罪[b] 19 倘若你警戒恶人,他仍不转离罪恶,也不离开恶行,他必死在罪孽之中,你却救自己脱离了罪。 20 再者,义人何时离义而犯罪,我将绊脚石放在他面前,他就必死。因你没有警戒他,他必死在罪中,他素来所行的义不被记念,我却要向你讨他丧命的罪[c] 21 倘若你警戒义人,使他不犯罪,他就不犯罪,他因受警戒就必存活,你也救自己脱离了罪。”

耶和华感以西结先封其口后启其口

22 耶和华的灵[d]在那里降在我身上,他对我说:“你起来,往平原去,我要在那里和你说话。” 23 于是我起来往平原去,不料耶和华的荣耀正如我在迦巴鲁河边所见的一样,停在那里,我就俯伏于地。 24 灵就进入我里面,使我站起来。耶和华对我说:“你进房屋去,将门关上。 25 人子啊,人必用绳索捆绑你,你就不能出去在他们中间来往。 26 我必使你的舌头贴住上膛,以致你哑口,不能做责备他们的人,他们原是悖逆之家。 27 但我对你说话的时候,必使你开口,你就要对他们说:‘主耶和华如此说。’听的可以听,不听的任他不听,因为他们是悖逆之家。

Footnotes

  1. 以西结书 3:14 原文作:手。
  2. 以西结书 3:18 原文作:血。
  3. 以西结书 3:20 原文作:血。
  4. 以西结书 3:22 原文作:手。

祂对我说:“人子啊,你要把得到的吃下去,要吃下这书卷,然后去向以色列人传讲。” 我张开口,祂就给我吃那书卷, 对我说:“吃下我赐你的这书卷,让它充满你的肚腹。”我便吃了,书卷在我嘴里甘甜如蜜。

祂又对我说:“人子啊,现在你要到以色列人那里,把我的话传给他们。 你不是奉命去语言不通的民族那里,而是到以色列人当中。 我不是派你到那些语言陌生、难懂、你听不明白的民族中。我若果真派你到他们那里,他们一定会听你的话。 然而以色列人却不肯听从你,因为他们顽固不化,不肯听从我。 不过,我要使你的脸像他们的脸一样硬,使你的额像他们的额一样硬。 我要使你的额比火石更硬,如同金刚石。他们虽然是一群叛逆的人,你不要害怕,也不要因为他们的脸色而惊慌。” 10 祂又说:“人子啊,你要留心听我说的一切话,牢记在心。 11 你要到你那些被掳的同胞那里,不论他们听不听,你都要向他们宣告,‘主耶和华这样说。’”

12 那时,灵把我举起,我听见后面有隆隆的声音说:“耶和华的荣耀在祂的居所当受称颂!” 13 我听见活物的翅膀相碰的声音,以及他们旁边的轮子发出的隆隆声。 14 灵把我举起带走了。我心里苦闷,充满愤怒,耶和华大能的手在我身上。 15 我来到住在提勒·亚毕的被掳的人中,在迦巴鲁河边。我感到无比震惊,在他们中间坐了七天。

告诫以色列人

16 过了七天,耶和华对我说: 17 “人子啊,我立你做以色列人的守望者,你要把我告诫他们的话告诉他们。 18 当我说某个恶人必灭亡时,如果你不告诫他,劝告他痛改前非,挽救他的性命,他必死在自己的罪中,而我要追究你的责任。 19 如果你已经告诫他,他还是不肯离开自己的邪恶和罪行,他必死在罪恶之中,而你必免于罪责。 20 如果一个义人偏离正道、犯罪作恶,我会使他跌倒,他必死亡。如果你不告诫他,他必死在罪恶之中,他以前的义行也不会被记念,而我要追究你的责任。 21 如果你告诫他不要犯罪,他听了你的告诫不再犯罪,他必保住性命,你也必免于罪责。”

22 在那里,耶和华的手按在我身上,对我说:“你起来前往平原,我要在那里对你说话。” 23 我到了平原,看见耶和华的荣耀停在那里,那荣耀和我在迦巴鲁河边所见的一样,我就俯伏在地。 24 这时灵进入我里面,使我站立起来。耶和华对我说:“你要把自己关在房子里。 25 人子啊,他们必把你捆绑起来,使你不能到百姓当中。 26 同时,我要使你的舌头紧贴上膛,使你不能开口责备他们,因为他们是一群叛逆的人。 27 但当我对你说话的时候,我必开启你的口,你要向他们宣告,‘主耶和华这样说。’肯听的就让他听,不肯听的就由他不听,因为他们是一群叛逆的人。”

And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate(A) it, and it tasted as sweet as honey(B) in my mouth.

He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.(C) You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(D) but to the people of Israel— not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.(E) But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(F) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(G) But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.(H) I will make your forehead(I) like the hardest stone, harder than flint.(J) Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(K)

10 And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart(L) all the words I speak to you. 11 Go(M) now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’(N) whether they listen or fail to listen.(O)

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up,(P) and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.[a] 13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures(Q) brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.(R) 14 The Spirit(S) then lifted me up(T) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(U) on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(V) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(W)—deeply distressed.

Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman

16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:(X) 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(Y) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(Z) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(AA)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[b] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(AB) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(AC) from their wickedness(AD) or from their evil ways, they will die(AE) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(AF)

20 “Again, when a righteous person turns(AG) from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block(AH) before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(AI) 21 But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.(AJ)

22 The hand of the Lord(AK) was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up and go(AL) out to the plain,(AM) and there I will speak to you.” 23 So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,(AN) and I fell facedown.(AO)

24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me(AP) to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.(AQ) 25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.(AR) 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(AS) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(AT) 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(AU) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.(AV)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:12 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text sound—may the glory of the Lord be praised from his place
  2. Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.

14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

22 And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.