Ezekiel 3

1 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

1 祂对我说：“人子啊，要把你得到的吃下去，要吃下这书卷，然后去向以色列人传讲。”

2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

2 我张开口，祂就给我吃那书卷，

3 “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

3 并对我说：“人子啊，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。

4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

4 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。

5 For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

5 你不是奉命去语言陌生、难懂的民族那里，而是到以色列人当中。

6 not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

6 我不是派你到那些语言陌生、艰涩难懂的民族中。我若果真派你到他们那里，他们一定会听你的话。

7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

7 然而以色列人却不肯听从你，因为他们额头刚硬，心里顽固，不肯听从我。

8 Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

8 不过，我要使你的脸像他们的脸一样刚硬，使你的额头像他们的额头一样刚硬。

9 I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”

9 我要使你的额头比火石更硬，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 “Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.

10 祂又说：“人子啊，你要留心听我说的一切话，牢记在心。

11 Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

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 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”

12 那时，耶和华的灵把我举起，我听见后面有隆隆的声音说：“耶和华的荣耀在祂所在之地当受称颂！”

13 It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.

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 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

14 耶和华的灵把我举起带走了。我心里苦闷，充满愤怒，耶和华大能的手按在我身上。

15 I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

15 我来到住在提勒·亚毕的被掳的人中，他们在迦巴鲁河边。我感到无比震惊，在他们中间坐了七天。

16 At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

16 过了七天，耶和华对我说：

17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

17 “人子啊，我立你为以色列人的守望者，你要听我口中的话并替我告诫他们。

18 If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

18 如果我说恶人必定死，你却不告诫他，劝诫他改邪归正，好保全性命，他必因自己的罪而死，我却要向你追讨他的血债。

19 But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

19 如果你告诫恶人，他却不肯改邪归正、停止作恶，他必因自己的罪而死，而你必保全性命。

20 Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

20 如果一个义人偏离正道、犯罪作恶，我会使他绊倒，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 But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

21 如果你告诫他不要犯罪，他听了你的告诫不再犯罪，他必存活，你也必保住性命。”

22 And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

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 So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

23 我就起来，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 Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

24 这时耶和华的灵进入我里面，使我站立起来。耶和华对我说：“你要把自己关在房子里。

25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

25 人子啊，他们必把你捆绑起来，使你不能到百姓当中。

26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

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 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

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。”