1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day. The king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day. 3 Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says,
"Put the cauldron on the fire.
Put it on,
and also pour water into it.
4 Gather its pieces into it,
even every good piece:
the thigh and the shoulder.
Fill it with the choice bones.
5 Take the choice of the flock,
and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron.
Make it boil well.
Yes, let its bones be boiled within it."
6 "‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
"Woe to the bloody city,
to the cauldron whose rust is in it,
and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece
without casting lots for it.
7 "‘"For the blood she shed is in the middle of her.
She set it on the bare rock.
She didn’t pour it on the ground,
to cover it with dust.
8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have set her blood on the bare rock,
that it should not be covered."
9 "‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
"Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.
10 Heap on the wood.
Make the fire hot.
Boil the meat well.
Make the broth thick,
and let the bones be burned.
11 Then set it empty on its coals,
that it may be hot,
and its bronze may burn,
and that its filthiness may be molten in it,
that its rust may be consumed.
12 She is weary with toil;
yet her great rust,
rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.
13 "‘"In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
14 "‘"I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways and according to your doings, they will judge you," says the Lord Yahweh.’"
15 Also Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 16 "Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread."
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19 The people asked me, "Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?"
20 Then I said to them, "Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, "The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. 22 You will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread. 23 Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You won’t mourn or weep; but you will pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another. 24 Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.’"’"
25 "You, son of man, shouldn’t it be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their hear—their sons and their daughters— 26 that in that day he who escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? 27 In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped, and you will speak and be no more mute. So you will be a sign to them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."
1 第九年十月十日， 耶和华的话又临到我说：
2 "人子啊！ 你要记下今天的日子， 因为巴比伦王就是在这一天围困耶路撒冷。
3 你要向这叛逆的民族设比喻， 对他们说： ‘主耶和华这样说： 把锅放在火上， 放好了， 就把水倒在锅里；
4 把肉块， 就是所有肥美的肉块， 腿肉和肩肉， 都放进锅里； 用上好的骨头把锅装满。
5 要选用羊群中最好的， 把柴堆放在锅底下， 使锅沸腾， 把骨头煮在锅中。
6 "‘因此， 主耶和华这样说： 流人血的城， 就是长锈的锅， 有祸了！ 它的锈未曾除掉， 要把锅里的东西一块一块取出来， 不必为它们抽签。
7 因为她所流的血还在城中； 她把血泼在光滑的磐石上， 不是倒在地上， 被尘土掩盖。
8 我为了发烈怒， 好施行报应， 就把她的血倒在光滑的磐石上， 以致不得掩盖。
9 因此， 主耶和华这样说： 流人血的城， 有祸了！ 我也必把柴堆加大。
10 你要多加柴枝， 点上火， 混和香料， 把肉煮烂， 使骨头烧焦；
11 然后把空锅放在炭火上， 使锅烧热， 使铜烧红， 使其中的污秽熔化， 使它的锈得以除净。
12 这锅真叫人疲累！ 它厚厚的锈总没法除掉， 就是用火也不能除掉。
13 你的污秽就是淫荡。我想要洁净你， 你却不愿意洁净， 所以你的污秽再不能得到洁净， 直等到我向你发的烈怒止息。
14 我耶和华已经说了。时候到了， 我必成就； 我必不退缩， 必不顾惜， 也不改变心意； 我必照着你的所作所为审判你。这是主耶和华的宣告。’"
15 耶和华的话又临到我说：
16 "人子啊！ 我要打击你， 把你眼中所喜爱的夺去， 你却不可悲哀， 不可哭泣， 也不可流泪。
17 只可静默地叹息， 不可为死人哀悼； 你的头上仍要缠着头巾， 脚上仍要穿着鞋子； 你不可蒙着脸， 也不可吃为丧家预备的食物。"
18 于是我在早上对众人说了这事， 晚上我的妻子就死了； 次日早晨我就照着所吩咐我的行了。
19 众人问我： "你不告诉我们你这样行与我们有什么关系吗？"
20 我回答他们： "耶和华的话临到我说：
21 ‘你要告诉以色列家， 主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我必使我的圣所被亵渎， 这圣所就是你们所夸耀的势力， 眼所喜爱的， 心中所爱惜的。你们遗下的儿女， 都必倒在刀下。
22 那时你们要照着我所行的去行； 你们不可蒙着脸， 也不可吃为丧家预备的食物。
23 你们的头上仍要缠着头巾， 脚上仍要穿着鞋子； 你们不可悲哀， 不可哭泣； 但你们必因自己的罪孽相对叹息， 衰弱而死。
24 以西结必成为你们的一个兆头； 凡他所行的， 将来你们也要照样行。这事来到， 你们就知道我是主耶和华。’
25 "人子啊！ 我从他们中间夺去他们的堡垒、他们所喜欢的荣耀、他们眼所喜爱的、心所崇尚的和他们的儿女的时候，
26 岂没有逃脱的人来到你那里， 使你听见这事吗？
27 那时， 你要向逃脱的人开口说话， 不再作哑巴。你必成为他们的一个兆头。他们就知道我是耶和华。"