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無用的葡萄樹

¹耶和華的話臨到我說：Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²「人子啊，葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處？葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處？“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

³其上可以取木料做甚麼工用，可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿麼？Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

⁴看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用嗎？No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

⁵完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用麼？」Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!

⁶所以，主耶和華如此說：眾樹以內的葡萄樹，我怎樣使它在火中當柴，也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

⁷我必向他們變臉；他們雖從火中出來，火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候，你們就知道我是耶和華。And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

⁸我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

被丟在田野的女嬰

¹耶和華的話又臨到我說：Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²「人子啊，你要使耶路撒冷知道她那些可憎的事，“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations

³說主耶和華對耶路撒冷如此說：你根本，你出世，是在迦南地；你父親是亞摩利人，你母親是赫人。and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

⁴論到你出世的景況，在你初生的日子沒有為你斷臍帶，也沒有用水洗你，使你潔淨，絲毫沒有撒鹽在你身上，也沒有用布裹你。On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

⁵誰的眼也不可憐你，為你做一件這樣的事憐恤你；但你初生的日子扔在田野，是因你被厭惡。No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.

你雖在血中，仍可存活

⁶「我從你旁邊經過，見你滾在血中，就對你說：你雖在血中，仍可存活；你雖在血中，仍可存活。Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’

⁷我使你生長好像田間所長的，你就漸漸長大，以致極其俊美，兩乳成形，頭髮長成，你卻仍然赤身露體。I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

神與她結盟

⁸我從你旁邊經過，看見你的時候正動愛情，便用衣襟搭在你身上，遮蓋你的赤體；又向你起誓，與你結盟，你就歸於我。這是主耶和華說的。Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

⁹那時我用水洗你，洗淨你身上的血，又用油抹你。Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.

¹⁰我也使你身穿繡花衣服，腳穿海狗皮鞋，並用細麻布給你束腰，用絲綢為衣披在你身上，I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

¹¹又用妝飾打扮你，將鐲子戴在你手上，將金鍊戴在你項上。I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

¹²我也將環子戴在你鼻子上，將耳環戴在你耳朵上，將華冠戴在你頭上。I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

¹³這樣，你就有金銀的妝飾，穿的是細麻衣和絲綢，並繡花衣；吃的是細麵、蜂蜜，並油。你也極其美貌，發達到王后的尊榮。So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.

¹⁴你美貌的名聲傳在列邦中，你十分美貌，是因我加在你身上的威榮。這是主耶和華說的。Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

仗著美貌行邪淫

¹⁵只是你仗著自己的美貌，又因你的名聲就行邪淫。你縱情淫亂，使過路的任意而行。But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.

¹⁶你用衣服為自己在高處結彩，在其上行邪淫。這樣的事將來必沒有，也必不再行了。You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!

¹⁷你又將我所給你那華美的金銀、寶器為自己製造人像，與他行邪淫；You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.

¹⁸又用你的繡花衣服給他披上，並將我的膏油和香料擺在他跟前；You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.

¹⁹又將我賜給你的食物，就是我賜給你吃的細麵、油，和蜂蜜，都擺在他跟前為馨香的供物。這是主耶和華說的。And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

將兒女焚獻給偶像

²⁰並且你將給我所生的兒女焚獻給他。You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

²¹你行淫亂豈是小事，竟將我的兒女殺了，使他們經火歸與他嗎？You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.

²²你行這一切可憎和淫亂的事，並未追念你幼年赤身露體滾在血中的日子。And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

在街上建造高臺

²³你行這一切惡事之後（主耶和華說：你有禍了！有禍了！）Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,

²⁴又為自己建造圓頂花樓，在各街上做了高臺。you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.

²⁵你在一切市口上建造高臺，使你的美貌變為可憎的，又與一切過路的多行淫亂。At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

與埃及、亞述、迦勒底行淫

²⁶你也和你鄰邦放縱情慾的埃及人行淫，加增你的淫亂，惹我發怒。You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

²⁷因此我伸手攻擊你，減少你應用的糧食，又將你交給恨你的非利士眾女（眾女是城邑的意思；本章下同），使她們任意待你。她們見你的淫行，為你羞恥。Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

²⁸你因貪色無厭，又與亞述人行淫，與他們行淫之後，仍不滿意，Then you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.

²⁹並且多行淫亂，直到那貿易之地，就是迦勒底，你仍不滿意。So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!

³⁰主耶和華說：你行這一切事，都是不知羞恥妓女所行的，可見你的心是何等懦弱！How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!

³¹因你在一切市口上建造圓頂花樓，在各街上做了高臺，你卻藐視賞賜，不像妓女。But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

³²哎！你這行淫的妻啊，寧肯接外人，不接丈夫。You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!

³³凡妓女是得人贈送，你反倒贈送你所愛的人，賄賂他們從四圍來與你行淫。Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

³⁴你行淫與別的婦女相反，因為不是人從你行淫；你既贈送人，人並不贈送你；所以你與別的婦女相反。So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!

淫婦要受審判

³⁵你這妓女啊，要聽耶和華的話。Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!

³⁶主耶和華如此說：因你的污穢傾洩了，你與你所愛的行淫露出下體，又因你拜一切可憎的偶像，流兒女的血獻給他，This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,

³⁷我就要將你一切相歡、相愛的，和你一切所恨的都聚集來，從四圍攻擊你；又將你的下體露出，使他們看盡了。therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

³⁸我也要審判你，好像官長審判淫婦和流人血的婦女一樣。我因忿怒忌恨，使流血的罪歸到你身上。And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

³⁹我又要將你交在他們手中；他們必拆毀你的圓頂花樓，毀壞你的高臺，剝去你的衣服，奪取你的華美寶器，留下你赤身露體。Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

⁴⁰他們也必帶多人來攻擊你，用石頭打死你，用刀劍刺透你，They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

⁴¹用火焚燒你的房屋，在許多婦人眼前向你施行審判。我必使你不再行淫，也不再贈送與人。Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.

⁴²這樣，我就止息向你發的忿怒，我的忌恨也要離開你，我要安靜不再惱怒。So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

⁴³因你不追念你幼年的日子，在這一切的事上向我發烈怒，所以我必照你所行的報應在你頭上，你就不再貪淫，行那一切可憎的事。這是主耶和華說的。Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?

母親怎樣，女兒也怎樣

⁴⁴「凡說俗語的必用俗語攻擊你，說：『母親怎樣，女兒也怎樣。』Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’

⁴⁵你正是你母親的女兒，厭棄丈夫和兒女；你正是你姊妹的姊妹，厭棄丈夫和兒女。你母親是赫人，你父親是亞摩利人。You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

⁴⁶你的姊姊是撒馬利亞，她和她的眾女住在你左邊；你的妹妹是所多瑪，她和她的眾女住在你右邊。Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.

⁴⁷你沒有效法她們的行為，也沒有照她們可憎的事去做，你以那為小事，你一切所行的倒比她們更壞。And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

⁴⁸主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，你妹妹所多瑪與她的眾女尚未行你和你眾女所行的事。As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

⁴⁹看哪，你妹妹所多瑪的罪孽是這樣：她和她的眾女都心驕氣傲，糧食飽足，大享安逸，並沒有扶助困苦和窮乏人的手。Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

⁵⁰她們狂傲，在我面前行可憎的事，我看見便將她們除掉。Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

⁵¹撒馬利亞沒有犯你一半的罪，你行可憎的事比她更多，使你的姊妹因你所行一切可憎的事，倒顯為義。Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.

⁵²你既斷定你姊妹為義（為義：或譯當受羞辱），就要擔當自己的羞辱；因你所犯的罪比她們更為可憎，她們就比你更顯為義；你既使你的姊妹顯為義，你就要抱愧擔當自己的羞辱。」So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

被擄的必歸回

⁵³「我必叫她們被擄的歸回，就是叫所多瑪和她的眾女，撒馬利亞和她的眾女，並你們中間被擄的，都要歸回，But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

⁵⁴好使你擔當自己的羞辱，並因你一切所行的使她們得安慰，你就抱愧。So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

⁵⁵你的妹妹所多瑪和她的眾女必歸回原位；撒馬利亞和她的眾女，你和你的眾女，也必歸回原位。And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

^56–57在你驕傲的日子，你的惡行沒有顯露以先，你的口就不提你的妹妹所多瑪。那受了凌辱的亞蘭眾女和亞蘭四圍非利士的眾女都恨惡你，藐視你。Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride, before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.

⁵⁸耶和華說：你貪淫和可憎的事，你已經擔當了。」You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.

與你立定永約

⁵⁹「主耶和華如此說：你這輕看誓言、背棄盟約的，我必照你所行的待你。For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

⁶⁰然而我要追念在你幼年時與你所立的約，也要與你立定永約。But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

⁶¹你接待你姊姊和你妹妹的時候，你要追念你所行的，自覺慚愧；並且我要將她們賜你為女兒，卻不是按著前約。Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

⁶²我要堅定與你所立的約（你就知道我是耶和華），So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,

⁶³好使你在我赦免你一切所行的時候，心裡追念，自覺抱愧，又因你的羞辱就不再開口。這是主耶和華說的。」so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

有信心卻沒有行為

¹⁴我的弟兄們，若有人說自己有信心，卻沒有行為，有甚麼益處呢？這信心能救他嗎？What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

¹⁵若是弟兄或是姊妹，赤身露體，又缺了日用的飲食；Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

¹⁶你們中間有人對他們說：「平平安安地去吧！願你們穿得暖，吃得飽」，卻不給他們身體所需用的，這有甚麼益處呢？If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

¹⁷這樣，信心若沒有行為就是死的。So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

藉著行為顯出信心

¹⁸必有人說：「你有信心，我有行為；你將你沒有行為的信心指給我看，我便藉著我的行為，將我的信心指給你看。」But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

¹⁹你信　神只有一位，你信的不錯；鬼魔也信，卻是戰驚。You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

²⁰虛浮的人哪，你願意知道沒有行為的信心是死的嗎？O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

亞伯拉罕獻以撒

²¹我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕把他兒子以撒獻在壇上，豈不是因行為稱義嗎？Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

²²可見，信心是與他的行為並行，而且信心因著行為才得成全。You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.

²³這就應驗經上所說：「亞伯拉罕信　神，這就算為他的義。」他又得稱為　神的朋友。And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

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²⁴這樣看來，人稱義是因著行為，不是單因著信。As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.

妓女喇合

²⁵妓女喇合接待使者，又放他們從別的路上出去，不也是一樣因行為稱義嗎？In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

²⁶身體沒有靈魂是死的，信心沒有行為也是死的。As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.