以西結書
CH. 33
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耶和華的話臨到我說、

The word of the LORD came to me:
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人子阿、你要告訴本國的子民說、我使刀劍臨到那一國、那一國的民從他們中間選立一人為守望的.

"Son of man, speak to your countrymen and say to them: 'When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,
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他見刀劍臨到那地、若吹角、警戒眾民.

and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people,
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凡聽見角聲不受警戒的、刀劍若來除滅了他、他的罪就必歸到自己的頭上。〔罪原文作血〕

then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not take warning and the sword comes and takes his life, his blood will be on his own head.
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他聽見角聲、不受警戒.他的罪必歸到自己的身上.他若受警戒、便是救了自己的性命。

Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had taken warning, he would have saved himself.
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倘若守望的人見刀劍臨到、不吹角、以致民不受警戒、刀劍來殺了他們中間的一個人.他雖然死在罪孽之中、我卻要向守望的人討他喪命的罪。〔罪原文作血〕

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.'
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人子阿、我照樣立你作以色列家守望的人.所以你要聽我口中的話、替我警戒他們。

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
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我對惡人說、惡人哪、你必要死.你以西結若不開口警戒惡人、使他離開所行的道、這惡人必死在罪孽之中、我卻要向你討他喪命的罪。〔罪原文作血〕

When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
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倘若你警戒惡人轉離所行的道、他仍不轉離、他必死在罪孽之中、你卻救自己脫離了罪。

But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.
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人子阿、你要對以色列家說、你們常說、我們的過犯罪惡在我們身上、我們必因此消滅、怎能存活呢。

"Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: "Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?" '
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你對他們說、主耶和華說、我指著我的永生起誓、我斷不喜悅惡人死亡.惟喜悅惡人轉離所行的道而活.以色列家阿、你們轉回、轉回罷、離開惡道.何必死亡呢。

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. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'
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人子阿、你要對本國的人民說、義人的義、在犯罪之日不能救他.至於惡人的惡、在他轉離惡行之日也不能使他傾倒.義人在犯罪之日也不能因他的義存活。

"Therefore, son of man, say to your countrymen, 'The righteousness of the righteous man will not save him when he disobeys, and the wickedness of the wicked man will not cause him to fall when he turns from it. The righteous man, if he sins, will not be allowed to live because of his former righteousness.'
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我對義人說、你必定存活.他若倚靠他的義而作罪孽、他所行的義、都不被記念.他必因所作的罪孽死亡。

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but then he trusts in his righteousness and does evil, none of the righteous things he has done will be remembered; he will die for the evil he has done.
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再者、我對惡人說、你必定死亡.他若轉離他的罪、行正直與合理的事.

And if I say to the wicked man, 'You will surely die,' but he then turns away from his sin and does what is just and right--
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還人的當頭和所搶奪的、遵行生命的律例、不作罪孽.他必定存活、不至死亡。

if he gives back what he took in pledge for a loan, returns what he has stolen, follows the decrees that give life, and does no evil, he will surely live; he will not die.
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他所犯的一切罪、必不被記念.他行了正直與合理的事、必定存活。

None of the sins he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
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你本國的子民還說、主的道不公平.其實他們的道不公平。

"Yet your countrymen say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.
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義人轉離他的義而作罪孽、就必因此死亡。

If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, he will die for it.
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惡人轉離他的惡、行正直與合理的事、就必因此存活。

And if a wicked man turns away from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live by doing so.
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你們還說、主的道不公平。以色列家阿、我必按你們各人所行的審判你們。

Yet, O house of Israel, you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to his own ways."
21
我們被擄之後十二年十月初五日、有人從耶路撒冷逃到我這裡、說、城已攻破。

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has fallen!"
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逃來的人未到前一日的晚上、耶和華的靈〔原文作手〕降在我身上、開我的口.到第二日早晨、那人來到我這裡、我口就開了、不再緘默。

Now the evening before the man 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 silent.
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耶和華的話臨到我說、

Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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人子阿、住在以色列荒廢之地的人說、亞伯拉罕獨自一人能得這地為業.我們人數眾多、這地更是給我們為業的。

"Son of man, the people living in those 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 our possession.'
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所以你要對他們說、主耶和華如此說、你們喫帶血的物、仰望偶像、並且殺人流血.你們還能得這地為業麼。

Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?
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你們倚仗自己的刀劍、行可憎的事、人人玷污鄰舍的妻.你們還能得這地為業麼。

You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?'
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你要對他們這樣說、主耶和華如此說、我指著我的永生起誓、在荒場中的必倒在刀下.在田野間的必交給野獸吞喫.在保障和洞裡的必遭瘟疫而死。

"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.
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我必使這地荒涼、令人驚駭.他因勢力而有的驕傲、也必止息.以色列的山都必荒涼、無人經過。

I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.
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我因他們所行一切可憎的事使地荒涼、令人驚駭.那時他們就知道我是耶和華。

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.'
30
人子阿、你本國的子民在牆垣旁邊、在房屋門口、談論你、弟兄對弟兄彼此說、來罷、聽聽有甚麼話從耶和華而出。

"As for you, son of man, your countrymen 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.'
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他們來到你這裡如同民來聚會、坐在你面前彷彿是我的民.他們聽你的話卻不去行、因為他們的口多顯愛情、心卻追隨財利。

My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
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他們看你如善於奏樂聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌.他們聽你的話卻不去行。

Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.
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看哪、所說的快要應驗.應驗了、他們就知道在他們中間有了先知。

"When all this comes true--and it surely will--then they will know that a prophet has been among them."