Ezekiel 33

1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1 耶和华对我说：

2 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

2 “人子啊，你要告诉你的同胞，‘如果我使战争降临某地，那地方的百姓就应从他们中间选一人做守望者。

3 and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

3 守望者若发现敌人来攻打，便吹号警告百姓。

4 Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

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 Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

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，就保全了自己的性命。

6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’

6 但如果守望者看见敌人来攻打却不吹号警告百姓，以致有人被敌人杀了，那人固然是因自己的罪恶而被杀，我却要向守望者追讨那人被杀的血债。’

7 As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

7 “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。

8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

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

9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

9 如果你告诫恶人要改邪归正，他却不肯，他必因自己的罪而死，而你必保全性命。

10 Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

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 Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

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！改邪归正吧！何必自取灭亡呢？’

12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

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 If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

13 我虽对义人说他必能存活，但如果他仗着自己的义而作恶，他从前的义行不会被记念，他必因自己的恶行而死亡。

14 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

14 我虽对恶人说他必定要死，但他若改邪归正，秉公行义，

15 if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

15 偿还抵押，归还赃物，遵行生命之律例，不再犯罪，就必活着，不致死亡。

16 None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

16 他犯的罪不会被追究，他必因秉公行义而活着。

17 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

17 “你的同胞却说：主行事不公平。其实是他们自己行事不公。

18 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

18 义人若离义行恶，必因恶行而死。

19 But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

19 恶人若改邪归正、秉公行义，必因此而活。

20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

20 可是你们却说，主行事不公平。以色列人啊，我必按你们各人的行为审判你们。”

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

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 Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

22 逃难的人来的前一晚，耶和华的手一直按在我身上，开了我的口。那人早上来到我这里时，耶和华已经开了我的口。于是我就开口说话，不再沉默。

23 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

23 耶和华对我说：

24 “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

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 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

25 因此，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 You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

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 Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

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 I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

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 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

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 As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

30 “人子啊，你的同胞在墙边和门口彼此议论你说，‘来，听听从耶和华而来的信息。’

31 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

31 他们蜂拥而来，坐在你面前聆听你的话，俨然是我的子民。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 Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

32 他们只听不做，你在他们眼中只不过是嗓音优美、善唱情歌、长于奏乐的人。

33 So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

33 看吧，你所说的必定应验。当一切应验的时候，他们就知道有先知在他们当中。”