13 “到那天,必为大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源,洗净他们的罪恶和污秽。

“到那天,我必铲除地上偶像的名号,使它们被人遗忘;我必除去地上的假先知和污秽的灵。这是万军之耶和华说的。 若有人再说预言,他的亲生父母必对他说,‘你不得活命,因为你奉耶和华的名说谎。’他说预言的时候,他的亲生父母必把他刺死。 到那天,先知必因自己所讲的异象而羞愧,不再穿着毛皮衣欺骗人。 他必说,‘我不是先知,我是农夫,我从小便以种田为生。’ 若有人问他,‘你胸口上的伤是怎么回事?[a]’他必回答说,‘是在我朋友家弄伤的。’”

牧人被杀

万军之耶和华说:

“刀剑啊,醒来吧,
要攻击我的牧人和同伴,
要击打牧人,羊群将四散,
我必出手攻击小羊。
地上三分之二的人必遭铲除、毁灭,
只剩下三分之一的人存活。
这是耶和华说的。
我必使这三分之一的人受到火一般的考验;
我必像熬炼银子一样熬炼他们,
像试炼金子一样试炼他们。
他们必呼求我的名,
我必回应他们。
我必说,‘这是我的子民。’
他们必说,‘耶和华是我们的上帝。’”

Footnotes

  1. 13:6 异教的先知有用利器自割或自刺的习惯。

偶像和假先知必被灭绝

13 “到那日,必有一个泉源,为大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开放,洗除他们的罪恶和不洁。

“到那日(这是万军之耶和华的宣告),我必从这地除掉偶像的名号,它们不再被人记念;我也必从这地除去假先知和污秽的灵。 如果有人再说预言,他的亲生父母必对他说:‘你不该活着,因为你奉耶和华的名说谎。’他说预言的时候,他的亲生父母必把他刺死。

“到那日,假先知说预言的时候,每一个都必因自己所论的异象而羞愧;他们必不再穿兽毛衣服欺骗人。 那时他必说:‘我不是先知,只是耕地的人;因为我自幼以来,就被卖为奴。’ 如果有人问他:‘怎么在你胸口上(“胸口上”原文作“两手之间”)有这些伤痕呢?’他就必回答:‘这些是在爱我的人家里所受的伤。’

击打牧人的预言

“刀剑哪,醒来吧!攻击我的牧人,我的同伴,

(这是万军之耶和华的宣告。)

要击打牧人,羊群就分散;

我也要转过手来,攻击小羊。

全地的人必有三分之二被除灭,

只有三分之一存留下来。

(这是耶和华的宣告。)

我必使这三分之一经火试炼。

我要炼净他们,像炼净银子一样;

我要试炼他们,像试炼金子一样。

他们必呼求我的名,我必应允他们。

我要说:‘他们是我的子民。’

他们也要说:‘耶和华是我们的 神。’”

God’s People Cleansed

13 ‘On that day a fountain(A) will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.(B) On that day’ – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – ‘I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered.(C) I will banish the prophets[a] and the unclean spirit from the land. If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, “You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.(D) On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak(E) in order to deceive. He will say, “I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased[b] me as a servant since my youth.”(F) If someone asks him, “What are these wounds(G) on your chest?”[c] – then he will answer, “I received the wounds in the house of my friends.”

Sword, awake against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate –
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;(H)
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
In the whole land –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
two-thirds[d] will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.
I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.(I)
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.(J)
I will say, “They are my people,”
and they will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’(K)

Footnotes

  1. 13:2 = false prophets
  2. 13:5 Or sold
  3. 13:6 Lit wounds between your hands
  4. 13:8 Lit two-thirds in it