1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.
2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;
6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
1 他对我说： "人子啊， 把你得到的吃下去吧！ 吃下这书卷， 然后去向以色列家说话。"
2 于是我把口张开， 他就给我吃下那书卷。
3 他又对我说： "人子啊！ 把我赐给你的那书卷吃下去， 填满你的肚子。"于是我吃了， 这书卷在我口里像蜜糖一样甘甜。
4 他对我说： "人子啊， 你去！ 到以色列家那里， 把我的话告诉他们。
5 你受差派不是到一个说话难明、言语难懂的民族那里去， 而是到以色列家去；
6 不是到说话难明、言语难懂的众多民族那里去， 他们的话是你听不懂的。但是， 如果我差派你到他们那里去， 他们必听从你。
7 以色列家却不肯听从你， 因为他们不肯听从我， 整个以色列家都是额坚心硬的。
8 看哪！ 我要使你的脸硬过他们的脸， 使你的额硬过他们的额。
9 我要使你的额好像最坚硬的宝石， 比火石更硬。他们虽然是叛逆的民族， 你却不要怕他们， 在他们面前， 也不要惊惶。"
10 他又对我说： "人子啊！ 我对你说的一切话， 你都要留心听， 记在心里。
11 你去， 到被掳的人民那里， 向他们宣讲； 他们或听或不听， 你只要对他们说： ‘主耶和华这样说。’"
12 那时， 灵使我升起， 我就听见后面有轰轰的响声： "耶和华的居所显现出来的荣耀是应当称颂的！ "
13 我又听见那些活物的翅膀彼此相碰的声音和活物旁边的轮子的声音， 以及轰轰的响声。
14 灵使我升起， 把我提去。那时我心灵忿激、愁苦。耶和华的手强而有力临到我身上。
15 于是我来到提勒．亚毕被掳的人那里， 他们住在迦巴鲁河边。我在他们居住的地方坐了七天， 在他们中间震惊得不知所措。
16 过了七天， 耶和华的话临到我说：
17 "人子啊， 我立了你作以色列家守望的人， 所以你要聆听我口中的话， 替我警告他们。
18 如果我对恶人说： ‘你必定死亡！ ’你却不警告他， 也不警戒他离开恶行， 好救他的性命， 这恶人就必因自己的罪孽死亡。但我要因他的死追究你。
19 如果你警告恶人， 他仍不离开他的罪恶和他的恶行， 他就必因自己的罪孽死亡， 你却救了自己的性命。
20 如果义人偏离正义， 行事邪恶， 我必把绊脚石放在他面前， 他必定死亡； 因为你没有警告他， 他必因自己的罪死亡。他素常所行的义， 也必不被记念。但我要因他的死追究你。
21 如果你警告义人不要犯罪， 他就不犯罪。他因为接受警告， 就必存活， 你也救了自己的性命。"
22 耶和华的手在那里临到我身上， 他对我说： "你起来， 出到平原去， 在那里我要向你说话。"
23 于是， 我起来， 出到平原去， 看见耶和华的荣耀停在那里， 这荣耀就像我在迦巴鲁河边看见的一样。于是我俯伏在地。
24 灵进到我里面， 使我站立起来， 耶和华对我说： "你进去， 把自己关在家里。
25 人子啊！ 人要用绳子把你捆绑起来， 使你不能出到他们中间去。
26 我要使你的舌头贴住上膛， 使你变成哑巴， 不能作责备他们的人， 因为他们是叛逆的民族。
27 但我对你说话的时候， 我必开你的口， 你就要对他们说： ‘主耶和华这样说。’肯听的就让他听， 不肯听的， 就由他不听吧， 因为他们是叛逆的民族。"