1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Jerusalem, and drop {words} against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north;
5 and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
6 Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.
8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished.
10 It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, {saying,} The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?
11 And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled. The sword, -it is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.
13 For the trial {is made}; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no {more}? saith the Lord Jehovah.
14 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; for {the strokes of} the sword shall be doubled the third time: it is the sword of the slain, the sword that hath slain the great one, which encompasseth them privily.
15 In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.
16 Gather up {strength}, go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
17 And I myself will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I Jehovah have spoken {it}.
18 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
19 And thou, son of man, set thee two ways, by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come-out of one land shall they both come-and make thee a signpost, make it at the head of the way to the city.
20 Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah at the fenced {city} of Jerusalem.
21 For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh {his} arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.
22 In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.
23 And this shall be a false divination in their sight, for them that have sworn oaths; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
25 And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end,
26 -thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no {more}. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it! This also shall be no {more}, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it {to him}.
28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, A sword, a sword is drawn; for the slaughter is it furbished, that it may consume, that it may glitter:
29 whilst they see vanity for thee, whilst they divine a lie unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 Restore {it} to its sheath. I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth.
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt not be remembered: for I Jehovah have spoken.
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。’"