1 耶和华的话临到我说： （本节在《马索拉抄本》为21:6） 2 "人子啊！ 你要面向耶路撒冷， 向圣所发言， 说预言攻击以色列地， 3 你要对以色列地说： ‘耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我要攻击你； 我要拔刀出鞘， 把义人和恶人都从你那里剪除。 4 我既然要把义人和恶人都从你那里剪除， 所以我的刀必要出鞘， 从南到北攻击所有的人； 5 所有的人就知道我耶和华已经拔刀出鞘， 刀必不再入鞘了。’ 6 人子啊！ 至于你， 你要叹息， 在他们眼前弯着腰， 苦苦叹息。 7 他们如果问你： ‘你为什么叹息呢？’你就要回答： ‘是因为那将要来到的消息； 人人都必心慌意乱， 手都发软， 精神衰颓， 他们的膝都像水一般的柔弱。看哪！ 它要来到了。这事一定要成就。这是主耶和华的宣告。’" 8 耶和华的话临到我说： 9 "人子啊！ 你要预言， 说： ‘主耶和华这样说： 有一把刀， 有一把磨利了的刀， 是擦亮了的刀； 10 磨利， 是为要大行杀戮， 擦亮， 是为要闪烁发光！ 我们怎能快乐呢？我的儿子藐视管教的杖和一切劝告（"劝告"原文作"木头"）。 11 这刀已经交给人擦亮， 可以握在手中使用； 这刀已经磨利擦亮了， 可以交在行杀戮的人手中。’ 12 人子啊！ 你要呼喊、哀号。因为这刀要临到我的子民， 以及以色列所有的领袖； 他们与我的子民都要交在刀下； 所以你要拍腿悲叹， 13 因为考验必要来到， 你为什么要藐视那管教的杖呢？这事必不得成功。这是主耶和华的宣告。 14 "人子啊！ 至于你， 你要拍手说预言， 要接二连三地使用这杀人的刀， 就是导致极大死伤的刀， 把它们围困， 15 好使他们心慌意乱， 多人跌倒， 我在他们所有的城门那里布下了杀戮（"杀戮"原文意思不详， 这译法参古译本）的人； 啊！ 这刀做得闪烁发光， 磨得尖利， 可以杀戮。 16 刀啊， 向右边斩吧！ 向左边刺吧！ 无论你面向哪一方， 就向哪一方杀戮吧！ 17 我也要拍手， 并且要使我的烈怒止息； 这是我耶和华说的。" 18 耶和华的话又临到我说： 19 "人子啊！ 至于你， 你要定出两条路， 给巴比伦王的刀前来； 这两条路都从同一个地方出来； 你要在通往城去的路口上做一个路标。 20 你要定出一条路， 使刀临到亚扪的拉巴， 又要定出另一条路， 使刀临到犹大， 攻击坚固城耶路撒冷。 21 因为巴比伦王站在分叉路口， 在两条路口上占卜、摇签、求问神像， 察看动物的肝。 22 他右手中拿着耶路撒冷的签， 要在那里架起攻城锤， 下令屠杀， 扬声吶喊； 架起攻城锤， 攻打城门； 筑起土垒， 建造围城的高墙。 23 在那些曾经向巴比伦起誓效忠的犹大人看来， 这是虚假的占卜， 但巴比伦王要使他们想起自己的罪孽， 把他们掳去。 24 因此， 主耶和华这样说： ‘你们的过犯显露， 你们的罪在你们的一切行为上给人看见； 以致你们的罪孽被想起。你们既被想起， 就要被人用手掳去。 25 你这该死、邪恶的以色列王啊！ 你的日子到了， 最后惩罚的时刻到了。’ 26 主耶和华这样说： ‘你当除去头巾， 脱下冠冕！ 现在情形不同了， 卑微的要升高， 位高的要降卑！ 27 倾覆， 倾覆， 我要倾覆这国， 这国不再存在， 直等到那统治的人来到， 我就把国赐给他。’ 28 "人子啊！ 你要说预言： 论到亚扪人和他们的侮辱， 主耶和华这样说： ‘你要说： 有一把刀， 有一把刀拔出来， 是为要杀戮； 擦亮， 是为要毁灭， 为要闪烁发光。 29 人为你所见的异象是虚假的， 为你所占的卜是虚谎的， 使你倒在该死的恶人的颈项上； 他们受惩罚的日子到了， 最后惩罚的时刻到了。 30 收刀入鞘吧！ 我必在你被造之地， 根源之处， 审判你。 31 我必把我的忿怒倒在你身上， 把我的怒火喷在你身上， 又把你交在那些惯于毁灭的野蛮人手中。 32 你必当作燃料被火焚烧； 你的血要流在你的国中； 你必不再被记念， 因为这是我耶和华说的。’"

1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,2 `Son of man, set thy face unto Jerusalem, and prophesy unto the holy places, and prophesy unto the ground of Israel;3 and thou hast said unto the ground of Israel: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, And have brought out My sword from its scabbard, And have cut off from thee righteous and wicked.4 Because that I have cut off from thee righteous and wicked, Therefore go out doth My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north.5 And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.6 And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,7 and it hath come to pass, when they say unto thee, For what art thou sighing? that thou hast said: Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted hath every heart, And feeble hath been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go -- waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it hath been, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`8 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,9 `Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said, Thus said Jehovah, say: A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.10 So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.11 And he giveth it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened -- the sword -- and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer.12 Cry and howl, son of man, For it hath been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on thy thigh,13 Because [it is] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.14 And thou, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded -- the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them.15 To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter.16 Take possession of the right, place thyself at the left, Whither thy face is appointed.17 And I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Jehovah, have spoken.`18 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,19 `And thou, son of man, appoint for thee two ways, for the coming in of the sword of the king of Babylon; from one land they come forth, both of them, and a station prepare thou, at the top of the way of the city prepare [it].20 A way appoint for the coming of the sword, Unto Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, And to Judah, in Jerusalem -- the fenced.21 For stood hath the king of Babylon at the head of the way, At the top of the two ways, to use divination, He hath moved lightly with the arrows, He hath asked at the teraphim, He hath looked on the liver.22 At his right hath been the divination -- Jerusalem, To place battering-rams, To open the mouth with slaughter, To lift up a voice with shouting, To place battering-rams against the gates, To pour out a mount, to build a fortification.23 And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.24 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your causing your iniquity to be remembered, In your transgressions being revealed, For your sins being seen, in all your doings, Because of your being remembered, By the hand ye are caught.25 And thou, wounded, wicked one, Prince of Israel, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end!26 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This -- not this -- the low make high, And the high make low.27 An overturn, overturn, overturn, I make it, Also this hath not been till the coming of Him, Whose [is] the judgment, and I have given it.28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: and thou hast said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, Polished to the utmost for brightness!29 In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.30 Turn [it] back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.31 And I have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men -- artificers of destruction.32 To the fire thou art for fuel, Thy blood is in the midst of the land, Thou art not remembered, For I, Jehovah, have spoken!`