1 He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."

2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.

3 He said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it."

Then I ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 9 I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house."

10 Moreover he said to me, "Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you. 11 Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse."

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, "Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place." 13 I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me. 15 eThen I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv who lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

16 At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me. 18 When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul."

20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul."

22 Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, "Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk with you there."

23 Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face.

24 Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, "Go, shut yourself inside your house. 25 But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will not go out among them. 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house."

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。"