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Ezekiel 1 1 On the fifth day of the sixth month, in the sixth year, as I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. 六年六月五日，当我坐在我屋内，犹大的长老门坐在我面前时，吾主上主的手临于我。 2 2 I looked up and saw a form that looked like a man. Downward from what seemed to be his waist, there was fire; from his waist upward there seemed to be a brightness like the sheen of electrum. He stretched out what appeared to be a hand and seized me by the hair of my head. . . . 3 1 Spirit lifted me up in the air and brought me in divine visions to 祂伸出一只像手的形状，抓住我的一绺头发，有一种神力把我提到天地之间，在神视中将我提往耶路撒冷去，到了内门的北门门口，在那里供奉着引起上主妒火的偶像。 4 I saw there the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain. The cherubim were stationed to the right of the temple; 5 2 He said to me: Son of man, look toward the north! I looked toward the north and saw northward of the gate the altar of the statue of jealousy. 祂向我说：“人子，举目向北方看！”我遂举目向北方看；看见在靠近祭坛的北门门口，有那引起上主妒火的偶像。 6 Son of man, he asked me, do you see what they are doing? Do you see the great abominations that the house of 祂又向我说：“人子，你看他们作的是什么？以色列家族在这里所行的极其丑恶之事，使我非离开我的圣所不可，但你还要看见更为丑恶的事。” 7 Then he brought me to the entrance of the court, where I saw there was a hole in the wall. 以后，祂引我到外院的大门口，我看见在墙上有一个洞。 8 Son of man, he ordered, dig through the wall. I dug through the wall and saw a door. 他向我说：“人子，把这墙穿一个洞！”我遂在墙上穿了一个洞，出现了一道门。 9 Enter, he said to me, and see the abominable evils which they are doing here. 祂又向我说：“你进去看一看他们在那里所做的穷凶极恶的丑行。” 10 3 I entered and saw that all around upon the wall were pictured the figures of all kinds of creeping things and loathsome beasts (all the idols of the house of 我便进去，看见有各种爬虫和走兽的像，都是可憎恶的；还有以色列家的各种偶像，都刻画在四周的墙上。 11 Before these stood seventy of the elders of the house of 以色列家族的七十长老，沙番的儿子雅匝尼雅也在他们中间，都站在那些像前，每人手中拿着香炉，烧的香烟如浓云，正在上腾。 12 Then he said to me: Do you see, son of man, what each of these elders of the house of 祂对我说：“人子，你看见了以色列的长老在黑暗中，每人在藏神像的暗室中所行的事吗？他们说：上主看不见我们，上主已离弃了此地。” 13 He continued: You shall see still greater abominations that they are practicing. 14 4 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the temple, and I saw sitting there the women who were weeping for Tammuz. 以后，祂引我到了上主的圣殿朝北的大门口。看，有些妇女坐在那里，哀悼塔慕次。 15 Then he said to me: Do you see this, son of man? You shall see other abominations, greater than these! 祂向我说：“人子，你看见了吗？但你还要看见比这更丑恶的事。” 16 5 Then he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and there at the door of the LORD'S temple, between the vestibule and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the LORD'S temple and their faces toward the east; they were bowing down to the sun. 以后，祂引我到了上主圣殿的内庭院内；看，在上主圣所的门口，在走廊和祭坛中间约有二十五个人，背向上主的圣所，面向东方，他们正在向东方朝拜太阳。 17 6 Do you see, son of man? he asked me. Is it such a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the abominable things they have done here--for they have filled the land with violence, and again and again they have provoked me--that now they must also put the branch to my nose? 祂又向我说：“人子，你看见了吗？在这里行的这些丑恶之事，为犹大家还不够吗？他们还将此地充满了残暴之事，时时惹我忿怒。看，他们还把枝条举到自己鼻子上。 18 Therefore I in turn will act furiously: I will not look upon them with pity nor will I show mercy. 我必大发愤怒，我的眼决不怜视，一点也不顾惜；极使他们在我耳旁高声喊叫，我仍不俯听他们。” Footnotes(注解) 1 [3] The statue of jealousy which stirs up jealousy: the statue which provokes the Lord's jealousy for his honor. This was probably the statue of the goddess Asherah erected by the wicked King Manasseh (cf 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Chron 33:7, 15). Though it had been removed by King Josiah (2 Kings 23:6), it had no doubt been set up again in the repaganizing of 2 [5] He: an angel accompanies Ezekiel in these visions and represents the voice of the Lord; cf Ezekiel 40:3-4. 3 [10] Creeping things and loathsome beasts: probably Egyptian deities, which were represented in animal form. During the last days of Jerusalem King Zedekiah was allied with 4 [14] Weeping for Tammuz: the withering of trees and plants in autumn was thought to be due to the descent of Tammuz, the Babylonian god of fertility, to the nether world of the dead; this descent was bewailed by the women. 5 [16] Bowing down to the sun: sun worship had been made an important part of Judahite idolatry by the impious kings; cf 2 Kings 23:11. 6 [17] Put the branch to my nose: the meaning is uncertain. Perhaps it refers to an Egyptian practice imported into |
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