以西结书

第 8 章

1. 第六年六月初五日,我坐在家中。犹大的众长老坐在我面前。在那里主耶和华的灵(原文作手)降在我身上。
In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came upon me there.
2. 我观看,见有形像仿佛火的形状,从他腰以下的形状有火,从他腰以上有光辉的形状,仿佛光耀的精金。
I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.
3. 他伸出仿佛一只手的样式,抓住我的一绺头发,灵就将我举到天地中间,在神的异象中,带我到耶路撒冷朝北的内院门口,在那里有触动主怒偶像的坐位,就是惹动忌邪的。
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.
4. 谁知,在那里有以色列神的荣耀,形状与我在平原所见的一样。
And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.
5. 神对我说,人子阿,你举目向北观看。我就举目向北观看,见祭坛门的北边在门口有这惹忌邪的偶像。
Then he said to me, "Son of man, look toward the north." So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.
6. 又对我说,人子阿,以色列家所行的,就是在此行这大可憎的事,使我远离我的圣所,你看见了吗?你还要看见另有大可憎的事。
And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing--the utterly detestable things the house of Israel is doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."
7. 他领我到院门口。我观看,见墙上有个窟窿。
Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.
8. 他对我说,人子阿,你要挖墙。我一挖墙,见有一门。
He said to me, "Son of man, now dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.
9. 他说,你进去,看他们在这里所行可憎的恶事。
And he said to me, "Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here."
10. 我进去一看,谁知,在四面墙上画着各样爬物和可憎的走兽,并以色列家一切的偶像。
So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and detestable animals and all the idols of the house of Israel.
11. 在这些像前有以色列家的七十个长老站立,沙番的儿子雅撒尼亚也站在其中。各人手拿香炉,烟云的香气上腾。
In front of them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
12. 他对我说,人子阿,以色列家的长老暗中在各人画像屋里所行的,你看见了吗?他们常说,耶和华看不见我们。耶和华已经离弃这地。
He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"
13. 他又说,你还要看见他们另外行大可憎的事。
Again, he said, "You will see them doing things that are even more detestable."
14. 他领我到耶和华殿外院朝北的门口。谁知,在那里有妇女坐着,为搭模斯哭泣。
Then he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz.
15. 他对我说,人子阿,你看见了吗?你还要看见比这更可憎的事。
He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this."
16. 他又领我到耶和华殿的内院。谁知,在耶和华的殿门口,廊子和祭坛中间,约有二十五个人背向耶和华的殿,面向东方拜日头。
He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.
17. 他对我说,人子阿,你看见了吗?犹大家在此行这可憎的事还算为小吗?他们在这地遍行强暴,再三惹我发怒,他们手拿枝条举向鼻前。
He said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!
18. 因此,我也要以忿怒行事,我眼必不顾惜,也不可怜他们。他们虽向我耳中大声呼求,我还是不听。
Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them."