以西结书 33
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
耶和华立以西结为守望者
33 耶和华对我说: 2 “人子啊,你要告诉你的同胞,‘我若使战争降临某地,那地方的百姓就应选一人做守望者。 3 守望者发现敌人来攻打,便吹号警告百姓。 4 凡听见号声而不接受警告的,敌人来把他杀了,这流血的罪就要由他自己承担。 5 因为他听见号声,却不接受警告,他的死是咎由自取。他若接受警告,就不至于死了。 6 但如果守望者看见敌人来攻打而不吹号警告百姓,以致有人被敌人杀了,那人固然是因自己的罪恶而被杀,我却要向这守望者追讨那人被杀的血债。’
7 “人子啊,现在我立你为以色列人的守望者,你要听我的信息,代我警告他们。 8 如果我说恶人必定要死,你却不警告他离开罪恶的行径,他必因自己的罪而死,我却要向你追讨他丧命的血债。 9 如果你警告恶人离开罪恶的行径,他却不听,他必因自己的罪恶而死,他的死与你无关。
10 “人子啊,你要对以色列人说,‘你们说,我们背负过犯和罪恶,正因此而灭亡。我们怎能存活下去呢? 11 你要告诉他们,主耶和华说,“我凭我的永恒起誓,我绝不喜欢恶人死亡,我更愿意恶人改邪归正,得以存活。以色列人啊,回头吧!回头吧!改邪归正吧!何必自取灭亡呢?”’ 12 人子啊,你要对你的同胞说,‘当义人犯罪时,他以往的义救不了他;当恶人悔改时,他以往的恶不会使他灭没。义人若犯罪,他以往的义不能使他存活。’ 13 我虽对义人说他必能存活,但如果他仗着自己的义而犯罪,他的义将不会被记念,他必因犯罪而死亡。 14 我虽对恶人说他必定要死,但他若改邪归正,行事公正仁义, 15 偿还抵押,归还赃物,遵行生命之律例,不再犯罪,就必存活,不致死亡。 16 他犯的罪不会被追究,因为他行事公正仁义,所以必得存活。
17 “你的同胞却说,主这样做不公平。其实是他们自己行事不公。 18 义人离义行恶,必因恶行而死亡。 19 恶人弃恶行义,必因义行而存活。 20 可是你们却说,主这样做不公平。以色列人啊,我必按你们各人的行为审判你们。”
21 在我们被掳后第十二年十月五日,有人从耶路撒冷逃出来对我说:“城已经沦陷了。” 22 逃难的人来的前一晚,耶和华的灵降在我身上,开了我的口。当那人早上来到我这里时,我就开了口,不再沉默。
23 耶和华对我说: 24 “人子啊,那些住在以色列废墟中的人说,‘亚伯拉罕一人尚且能拥有这片土地,我们这么多人更能拥有这片土地为业。’ 25 但你要告诉他们,主耶和华这样说,‘你们吃带血的肉,仰赖偶像,又杀人流血,怎能拥有这片土地呢? 26 你们靠刀剑行可憎之事,个个玷污别人的妻子,你们怎能拥有这片土地呢?’ 27 你要告诉他们,主耶和华这样说,‘我凭我的永恒起誓,那些住在废墟中的必死于刀下,逃到田野的必被野兽吞吃,躲进堡垒和洞穴的必死于瘟疫。 28 我要使这片土地荒凉不堪,使她所夸耀的势力消逝。以色列的山必荒凉,杳无人迹。 29 因为他们所行的一切可憎之事,我必使这地方荒凉不堪,那时他们就知道我是耶和华。’
30 “人子啊,你的同胞在墙边和门口彼此议论你说,‘来,听听耶和华要他传什么信息。’ 31 他们随着人群来到你面前,坐着聆听你的话,俨然像我的子民。但他们不付诸实行,嘴里说的是甜言蜜语,心中却追求不义之财。 32 他们只听不做,你在他们眼中只不过是善唱情歌、长于弹奏乐器的人。 33 看吧,我所说的必定应验。当一切应验的时候,他们就知道有先知在他们当中。”
Hesekiel 33
Svenska Folkbibeln
Hesekiel som väktare i Israel
33 Herrens ord kom till mig. Han sade:
2 "Du människobarn, tala till dina landsmän och säg till dem: När jag låter svärdet drabba ett land och folket i det landet utser en man bland sig och gör honom till sin väktare, 3 och han ser svärdet komma över landet och blåser i hornet och varnar folket, 4 men den som får höra ljudet från hornet ändå inte låter varna sig, utan svärdet kommer och tar bort honom, då kommer hans blod över hans eget huvud. 5 Han hörde ljudet från hornet men lät inte varna sig. Därför kommer hans blod över honom själv. Om han hade låtit varna sig, hade han räddat sitt liv.
6 Men om väktaren ser svärdet komma och inte blåser i hornet för att varna folket, och svärdet kommer och tar bort någon bland dem, då dör denne genom sin egen missgärning, men hans blod skall jag utkräva av väktarens hand.
7 Du människobarn, jag har satt dig till väktare för Israels hus för att du på mitt uppdrag skall varna dem, när du hör ett ord från min mun. 8 När jag säger till den ogud-aktige: Du ogudaktige, du måste dö! och du då inte varnar honom för den väg han går, så skall den ogudaktige dö genom sin missgärning, men hans blod skall jag utkräva av din hand. 9 Men om du varnar den ogudaktige för den väg han går, för att han skall vända om ifrån den, och han ändå inte vänder om ifrån sin väg, då skall han dö genom sin missgärning, men du själv har räddat ditt liv.
Gud vill ingen syndares död
10 Du människobarn, säg till Israels hus: Ni säger: Våra överträdelser och synder tynger oss, och vi förgås genom dem. Hur kan vi då leva? 11 Svara dem: Så sant jag lever, säger Herren, Herren, jag gläder mig inte åt den ogudaktiges död. I stället vill jag att den ogudaktige vänder om från sin väg och får leva. Vänd om, vänd om från era onda vägar! Inte vill ni väl dö, ni av Israels hus?
12 Men du människobarn, säg till dina landsmän: Den rättfärdiges rättfärdighet skall inte rädda honom när han syndar. Den ogudaktige skall inte komma på fall genom sin ogudaktighet, när han vänder om från sin ogudaktighet. Den rättfärdige skall inte heller kunna leva genom sin rättfärdighet när han syndar. 13 Om jag säger till den rättfärdige att han skall få leva, och han sedan förlitar sig på sin rättfärdighet och gör det som är orätt, så skall ingen av alla hans rättfärdiga gärningar bli ihågkommen, utan han skall dö för det orätta han har gjort. 14 Om jag säger till den ogudaktige: Du måste dö! och han sedan vänder om från sin synd och gör vad som är rätt och rättfärdigt, 15 så att han, den ogudaktige, ger tillbaka den pant han har fått och ersätter vad han har stulit och vandrar efter livets stadgar, så att han inte gör det som är orätt, då skall han förvisso få leva och inte dö. 16 Man skall inte komma ihåg några av de synder han har begått. Eftersom han har gjort vad som är rätt och rättfärdigt, skall han förvisso få leva.
17 Men när dina landsmän säger: Herrens väg är inte rätt, då är det tvärtom deras egen väg som inte är rätt. 18 Om den rättfärdige vänder om från sin rättfärdighet och syndar, måste han dö. 19 Men om den ogudaktige vänder om från sin ogudaktighet och gör vad som är rätt och rättfärdigt, då skall han få leva. 20 Ändå säger ni: Herrens väg är inte rätt. Men jag skall döma var och en av er efter hans vägar, ni av Israels hus."
Jerusalem har fallit på grund av folkets trolöshet
21 I det tolfte året sedan vi hade blivit bortförda i fångenskap, på femte dagen i tionde månaden,[a] kom en flykting från Jerusalem till mig och berättade: "Staden har fallit." 22 På kvällen före flyktingens ankomst hade Herrens hand kommit över mig. På morgonen öppnade han min mun innan mannen kom. Min mun öppnades och jag var inte längre stum.
23 Herrens ord kom till mig. Han sade: 24 "Du människobarn, de som bor ibland ruinerna i Israels land säger: Abraham var ensam, och ändå ärvde han landet. Vi är många, så mycket mer måste väl vi då ärva landet! 25 Säg därför till dem: Så säger Herren, Herren: Ni äter kött med blodet i, ni riktar blicken mot era eländiga avgudar, och ni låter blod flyta. Skulle ni då ärva landet? 26 Ni litar på era svärd. Ni gör avskyvärda ting, och ni kränker varandras hustrur. Skulle ni då ärva landet? 27 Så skall du säga till dem: Så säger Herren, Herren: Så sant jag lever, de som bor där bland ruinerna skall falla för svärd, och den som finns ute på öppna fältet skall jag låta slukas av de vilda djuren, och de som bor i bergfästen och grottor skall dö genom pest. 28 Jag skall göra landet öde och tomt och dess stolta makt skall upphöra. Israels berg skall läggas öde, så att ingen går fram där. 29 Då skall de inse att jag är Herren, när jag gör landet till en ödslig ödemark på grund av alla de avskyvärda ting som de har gjort.
30 Men du, människobarn, dina landsmän talar om dig vid murarna och i ingångarna till husen. De talar med varandra och säger: Kom och hör, vad det är för ett ord som nu kommer från Herren. 31 De kommer till dig som de brukade göra och sätter sig hos dig som mitt folk. De hör dina ord men gör inte efter dem. De talar ljuvliga ord med munnen, men deras hjärtan strävar efter orätt vinning. 32 Och se, du är för dem lik den som sjunger kärleksvisor med vacker röst och spelar väl. De hör dina ord men gör inte efter dem. 33 Men när det kommer - och se, det kommer - då skall de inse att en profet har varit ibland dem."
Footnotes
- Hesekiel 33:21 tolfte året . . . på femte dagen i tionde månaden 8 jan. 584 f. Kr.
Ezekiel 33
New International Version
Renewal of Ezekiel’s Call as Watchman
33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword(A) against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,(B) 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet(C) to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning(D) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.(E) 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head.(F) If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.(G) 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(H)
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(I) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(J) 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(K)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(L) 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,(M) they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.(N)
10 “Son of man, say to the Israelites, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away(O) because of[b] them. How then can we live?(P)”’ 11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(Q) Turn!(R) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(S)
12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people,(T) ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’(U) 13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(V) 14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(W) and right— 15 if they give back what they took in pledge(X) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(Y) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(Z) 16 None of the sins(AA) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.(AB)
17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,(AC) they will die for it.(AD) 19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(AE) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(AF)
Jerusalem’s Fall Explained
21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(AG) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(AH)” 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(AI) and he opened my mouth(AJ) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(AK)
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(AL) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(AM) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(AN) 25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat(AO) meat with the blood(AP) still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?(AQ) 26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(AR) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(AS) Should you then possess the land?’
27 “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.(AT) 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(AU) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(AV) 29 Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate(AW) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’(AX)
30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(AY) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(AZ) for unjust gain.(BA) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(BB) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(BC)
33 “When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.(BD)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
- Ezekiel 33:10 Or away in
Ezekiel 33
King James Version
33 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of 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 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
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