今日讀經

在迦巴魯河邊看見異象

¹當三十年四月初五日，以西結（原文是我）在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人中，天就開了，得見　神的異象。In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

²正是約雅斤王被擄去第五年四月初五日，On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

³在迦勒底人之地、迦巴魯河邊，耶和華的話特特臨到布西的兒子祭司以西結；耶和華的靈（原文是手）降在他身上。the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

火雲中的四個活物

⁴我觀看，見狂風從北方颳來，隨著有一朵包括閃爍火的大雲，周圍有光輝；從其中的火內發出好像光耀的精金；I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

⁵又從其中顯出四個活物的形像來。他們的形狀是這樣：有人的形像，and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

⁶各有四個臉面，四個翅膀。but each had four faces and four wings.

⁷他們的腿是直的，腳掌好像牛犢之蹄，都燦爛如光明的銅。Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

⁸在四面的翅膀以下有人的手。這四個活物的臉和翅膀乃是這樣：Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,

⁹翅膀彼此相接，行走並不轉身，俱各直往前行。and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.

¹⁰至於臉的形像：前面各有人的臉，右面各有獅子的臉，左面各有牛的臉，後面各有鷹的臉。The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.

¹¹各展開上邊的兩個翅膀相接，各以下邊的兩個翅膀遮體。Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.

¹²他們俱各直往前行。靈往哪裡去，他們就往那裡去，行走並不轉身。Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.

¹³至於四活物的形像，就如燒著火炭的形狀，又如火把的形狀。火在四活物中間上去下來，這火有光輝，從火中發出閃電。In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.

¹⁴這活物往來奔走，好像電光一閃。The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

輪中套輪

¹⁵我正觀看活物的時候，見活物的臉旁各有一輪在地上。When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.

¹⁶輪的形狀和顏色（原文是作法）好像水蒼玉。四輪都是一個樣式，形狀和作法好像輪中套輪。The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁷輪行走的時候，向四方都能直行，並不掉轉。As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.

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¹⁸至於輪輞，高而可畏；四個輪輞周圍滿有眼睛。Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

¹⁹活物行走，輪也在旁邊行走；活物從地上升，輪也都上升。So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

²⁰靈往哪裡去，活物就往那裡去；活物上升，輪也在活物旁邊上升，因為活物的靈在輪中。Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

²¹那些行走，這些也行走；那些站住，這些也站住；那些從地上升，輪也在旁邊上升，因為活物的靈在輪中。When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

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穹蒼上的寶座

²²活物的頭以上有穹蒼的形像，看著像可畏的水晶，鋪張在活物的頭以上。Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.

²³穹蒼以下，活物的翅膀直張，彼此相對；每活物有兩個翅膀遮體。And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

²⁴活物行走的時候，我聽見翅膀的響聲，像大水的聲音，像全能者的聲音，也像軍隊鬨嚷的聲音。活物站住的時候，便將翅膀垂下。When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

²⁵在他們頭以上的穹蒼之上有聲音。他們站住的時候，便將翅膀垂下。And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

²⁶在他們頭以上的穹蒼之上有寶座的形像，彷彿藍寶石；在寶座形像以上有彷彿人的形狀。Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

²⁷我見從他腰以上有彷彿光耀的精金，周圍都有火的形狀，又見從他腰以下有彷彿火的形狀，周圍也有光輝。From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.

²⁸下雨的日子，雲中虹的形狀怎樣，周圍光輝的形狀也是怎樣。這就是耶和華榮耀的形像。我一看見就俯伏在地，又聽見一位說話的聲音。The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

差你往悖逆之家

¹他對我說：「人子啊，你站起來，我要和你說話。」“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

²他對我說話的時候，靈就進入我裡面，使我站起來，我便聽見那位對我說話的聲音。And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.

³他對我說：「人子啊，我差你往悖逆的國民以色列人那裡去。他們是悖逆我的，他們和他們的列祖違背我，直到今日。“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

⁴這眾子面無羞恥，心裡剛硬。我差你往他們那裡去，你要對他們說：主耶和華如此說。They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

⁵他們或聽，或不聽，（他們是悖逆之家），必知道在他們中間有了先知。And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

⁶人子啊，雖有荊棘和蒺藜在你那裡，你又住在蠍子中間，總不要怕他們，也不要怕他們的話；他們雖是悖逆之家，還不要怕他們的話，也不要因他們的臉色驚惶。But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

⁷他們或聽，或不聽，你只管將我的話告訴他們；他們是極其悖逆的。But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

吃下書卷

⁸人子啊，要聽我對你所說的話，不要悖逆像那悖逆之家，你要開口吃我所賜給你的。」And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

⁹我觀看，見有一隻手向我伸出來，手中有一書卷。Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

¹⁰他將書卷在我面前展開，內外都寫著字，其上所寫的有哀號、歎息、悲痛的話。which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

¹他對我說：「人子啊，要吃你所得的，要吃這書卷，好去對以色列家講說。」“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

²於是我開口，他就使我吃這書卷，So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

³又對我說：「人子啊，要吃我所賜給你的這書卷，充滿你的肚腹。」我就吃了，口中覺得其甜如蜜。“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

使你的額硬過他們的額

⁴他對我說：「人子啊，你往以色列家那裡去，將我的話對他們講說。Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

⁵你奉差遣不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的民那裡去，乃是往以色列家去；For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—

⁶不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的多國去，他們的話語是你不懂得的。我若差你往他們那裡去，他們必聽從你。not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

⁷以色列家卻不肯聽從你，因為他們不肯聽從我；原來以色列全家是額堅心硬的人。But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

⁸看哪，我使你的臉硬過他們的臉，使你的額硬過他們的額。Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

⁹我使你的額像金鋼鑽，比火石更硬。他們雖是悖逆之家，你不要怕他們，也不要因他們的臉色驚惶。」I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”

¹⁰他又對我說：「人子啊，我對你所說的一切話，要心裡領會，耳中聽聞。“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.

¹¹你往你本國被擄的子民那裡去，他們或聽，或不聽，你要對他們講說，告訴他們這是主耶和華說的。」Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

靈將我舉起

¹²那時，靈將我舉起，我就聽見在我身後有震動轟轟的聲音，說：「從耶和華的所在顯出來的榮耀是該稱頌的！」Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”

¹³我又聽見那活物翅膀相碰，與活物旁邊輪子旋轉震動轟轟的響聲。It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.

¹⁴於是靈將我舉起，帶我而去。我心中甚苦，靈性忿激，並且耶和華的靈（原文是手）在我身上大有能力。So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

¹⁵我就來到提勒‧亞畢，住在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人那裡，到他們所住的地方，在他們中間憂憂悶悶地坐了七日。I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

立你作守望的人

¹⁶過了七日，耶和華的話臨到我說：At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹⁷「人子啊，我立你作以色列家守望的人，所以你要聽我口中的話，替我警戒他們。“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

¹⁸我何時指著惡人說：他必要死；你若不警戒他，也不勸戒他，使他離開惡行，拯救他的性命，這惡人必死在罪孽之中；我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

¹⁹倘若你警戒惡人，他仍不轉離罪惡，也不離開惡行，他必死在罪孽之中，你卻救自己脫離了罪。But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

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²⁰再者，義人何時離義而犯罪，我將絆腳石放在他面前，他就必死；因你沒有警戒他，他必死在罪中，他素來所行的義不被記念；我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

²¹倘若你警戒義人，使他不犯罪，他就不犯罪；他因受警戒就必存活，你也救自己脫離了罪。」But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

關在屋裡，舌頭貼住上膛

²²耶和華的靈（原文是手）在那裡降在我身上。他對我說：「你起來往平原去，我要在那裡和你說話。」And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

²³於是我起來往平原去，不料，耶和華的榮耀正如我在迦巴魯河邊所見的一樣，停在那裡，我就俯伏於地。So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

²⁴靈就進入我裡面，使我站起來。耶和華對我說：「你進房屋去，將門關上。Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

²⁵人子啊，人必用繩索捆綁你，你就不能出去在他們中間來往。And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

²⁶我必使你的舌頭貼住上膛，以致你啞口，不能作責備他們的人；他們原是悖逆之家。I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

²⁷但我對你說話的時候，必使你開口，你就要對他們說：『主耶和華如此說。』聽的可以聽，不聽的任他不聽，因為他們是悖逆之家。」But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

弟兄相愛，接待客旅

¹你們務要常存弟兄相愛的心。Continue in brotherly love.

²不可忘記用愛心接待客旅；因為曾有接待客旅的，不知不覺就接待了天使。Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

³你們要記念被捆綁的人，好像與他們同受捆綁；也要記念遭苦害的人，想到自己也在肉身之內。Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

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尊重婚姻，不貪錢財

⁴婚姻，人人都當尊重，床也不可污穢；因為苟合行淫的人，　神必要審判。Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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⁵你們存心不可貪愛錢財，要以自己所有的為足；因為主曾說：「我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。」Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

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⁶所以我們可以放膽說：主是幫助我的，我必不懼怕；人能把我怎麼樣呢？So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

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效法引導你們的人

⁷從前引導你們、傳　神之道給你們的人，你們要想念他們，效法他們的信心，留心看他們為人的結局。Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

⁸耶穌基督昨日、今日、一直到永遠，是一樣的。Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

不要被怪異的教訓勾引

⁹你們不要被那諸般怪異的教訓勾引了去；因為人心靠恩得堅固才是好的，並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上專心的從來沒有得著益處。Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

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出到營外就了他去

¹⁰我們有一祭壇，上面的祭物是那些在帳幕中供職的人不可同吃的。We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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¹¹原來牲畜的血被大祭司帶入聖所作贖罪祭；牲畜的身子被燒在營外。Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

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¹²所以，耶穌要用自己的血叫百姓成聖，也就在城門外受苦。And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

¹³這樣，我們也當出到營外，就了他去，忍受他所受的凌辱。Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.

¹⁴我們在這裡本沒有常存的城，乃是尋求那將來的城。For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

以頌讚為祭

¹⁵我們應當靠著耶穌，常常以頌讚為祭獻給　神，這就是那承認主名之人嘴唇的果子。Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

¹⁶只是不可忘記行善和捐輸的事，因為這樣的祭是　神所喜悅的。And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

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順服引導你們的

¹⁷你們要依從那些引導你們的，且要順服；因他們為你們的靈魂時刻警醒，好像那將來交帳的人。你們要使他們交的時候有快樂，不致憂愁；若憂愁就與你們無益了。Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

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請為我們禱告

¹⁸請你們為我們禱告，因我們自覺良心無虧，願意凡事按正道而行。Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

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¹⁹我更求你們為我禱告，使我快些回到你們那裡去。And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.

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祝福

²⁰但願賜平安的　神，就是那憑永約之血、使群羊的大牧人─我主耶穌從死裡復活的　神，Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

²¹在各樣善事上成全你們，叫你們遵行他的旨意；又藉著耶穌基督在你們心裡行他所喜悅的事。願榮耀歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們！equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

最後的問安

²²弟兄們，我略略寫信給你們，望你們聽我勸勉的話。I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.

²³你們該知道，我們的兄弟提摩太已經釋放了；他若快來，我必同他去見你們。Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

²⁴請你們問引導你們的諸位和眾聖徒安。從意大利來的人也問你們安。Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

²⁵願恩惠常與你們眾人同在。阿們！Grace be with all of you.