今日读经

守望的人

¹耶和华的话临到我说：Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“人子啊，你要告诉本国的子民说：我使刀剑临到哪一国，那一国的民从他们中间选立一人为守望的。“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

³他见刀剑临到那地，若吹角警戒众民，and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

⁴凡听见角声不受警戒的，刀剑若来除灭了他，他的罪（原文是血）就必归到自己的头上。Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

⁵他听见角声，不受警戒，他的罪必归到自己的身上；他若受警戒，便是救了自己的性命。Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

⁶倘若守望的人见刀剑临到，不吹角，以致民不受警戒，刀剑来杀了他们中间的一个人，他虽然死在罪孽之中，我却要向守望的人讨他丧命的罪（原文是血）。But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’

⁷“人子啊，我照样立你作以色列家守望的人。所以你要听我口中的话，替我警戒他们。As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

⁸我对恶人说：‘恶人哪，你必要死！’你—以西结若不开口警戒恶人，使他离开所行的道，这恶人必死在罪孽之中，我却要向你讨他丧命的罪（原文是血）。If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

⁹倘若你警戒恶人转离所行的道，他仍不转离，他必死在罪孽之中，你却救自己脱离了罪。”But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

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转回，转回吧

¹⁰“人子啊，你要对以色列家说：你们常说：‘我们的过犯罪恶在我们身上，我们必因此消灭，怎能存活呢？’Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

¹¹你对他们说，主耶和华说：我指着我的永生起誓，我断不喜悦恶人死亡，惟喜悦恶人转离所行的道而活。以色列家啊，你们转回，转回吧！离开恶道，何必死亡呢？Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

义人的义与恶人的恶

¹²人子啊，你要对本国的人民说：义人的义，在犯罪之日不能救他；至于恶人的恶，在他转离恶行之日也不能使他倾倒；义人在犯罪之日也不能因他的义存活。Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

¹³我对义人说：‘你必定存活！’他若倚靠他的义而作罪孽，他所行的义都不被记念。他必因所作的罪孽死亡。If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

¹⁴再者，我对恶人说：‘你必定死亡！’他若转离他的罪，行正直与合理的事：But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

¹⁵还人的当头和所抢夺的，遵行生命的律例，不作罪孽，他必定存活，不致死亡。if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

¹⁶他所犯的一切罪必不被记念。他行了正直与合理的事，必定存活。None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

主的道不公平吗

¹⁷“你本国的子民还说：‘主的道不公平。’其实他们的道不公平。Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

¹⁸义人转离他的义而作罪孽，就必因此死亡。If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

¹⁹恶人转离他的恶，行正直与合理的事，就必因此存活。But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

²⁰你们还说：‘主的道不公平。’以色列家啊，我必按你们各人所行的审判你们。”Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

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城已攻破

²¹我们被掳之后十二年十月初五日，有人从耶路撒冷逃到我这里，说：“城已攻破。”In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

²²逃来的人未到前一日的晚上，耶和华的灵（原文是手）降在我身上，开我的口。到第二日早晨，那人来到我这里，我口就开了，不再缄默。Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

留在荒地的人

²³耶和华的话临到我说：Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²⁴“人子啊，住在以色列荒废之地的人说：‘亚伯拉罕独自一人能得这地为业，我们人数众多，这地更是给我们为业的。’“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

²⁵所以你要对他们说，主耶和华如此说：你们吃带血的物，仰望偶像，并且杀人流血，你们还能得这地为业吗？Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

²⁶你们倚仗自己的刀剑行可憎的事，人人玷污邻舍的妻，你们还能得这地为业吗？You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

²⁷你要对他们这样说，主耶和华如此说：我指着我的永生起誓，在荒场中的，必倒在刀下；在田野间的，必交给野兽吞吃；在保障和洞里的，必遭瘟疫而死。Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

²⁸我必使这地荒凉，令人惊骇；她因势力而有的骄傲也必止息。以色列的山都必荒凉，无人经过。I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

²⁹我因他们所行一切可憎的事使地荒凉，令人惊骇。那时，他们就知道我是耶和华。”Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

听道却不去行

³⁰“人子啊，你本国的子民在墙垣旁边、在房屋门口谈论你。弟兄对弟兄彼此说：‘来吧！听听有什么话从耶和华而出。’As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

³¹他们来到你这里如同民来聚会，坐在你面前仿佛是我的民。他们听你的话却不去行；因为他们的口多显爱情，心却追随财利。So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

³²他们看你如善于奏乐、声音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他们听你的话却不去行。Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

³³看哪，所说的快要应验；应验了，他们就知道在他们中间有了先知。”So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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只知牧养自己的牧人

¹耶和华的话临到我说：Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“人子啊，你要向以色列的牧人发预言，攻击他们，说，主耶和华如此说：祸哉！以色列的牧人只知牧养自己。牧人岂不当牧养群羊吗？“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

³你们吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壮的，却不牧养群羊。You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

⁴瘦弱的，你们没有养壮；有病的，你们没有医治；受伤的，你们没有缠裹；被逐的，你们没有领回；失丧的，你们没有寻找；但用强暴严严地辖制。You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

⁵因无牧人，羊就分散；既分散，便作了一切野兽的食物。They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

⁶我的羊在诸山间、在各高冈上流离，在全地上分散，无人去寻，无人去找。My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’

神要与牧人为敌

⁷“所以，你们这些牧人要听耶和华的话。Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

⁸主耶和华说：我指着我的永生起誓，我的羊因无牧人就成为掠物，也作了一切野兽的食物。我的牧人不寻找我的羊；这些牧人只知牧养自己，并不牧养我的羊。‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

⁹所以你们这些牧人要听耶和华的话。therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’

¹⁰主耶和华如此说：我必与牧人为敌，必向他们的手追讨我的羊，使他们不再牧放群羊；牧人也不再牧养自己。我必救我的羊脱离他们的口，不再作他们的食物。”This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’

客旅和寄居的

¹¹亲爱的弟兄啊，你们是客旅，是寄居的。我劝你们要禁戒肉体的私欲；这私欲是与灵魂争战的。Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

¹²你们在外邦人中，应当品行端正，叫那些毁谤你们是作恶的，因看见你们的好行为，便在鉴察（或译：眷顾）的日子归荣耀给　神。Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

顺服在上掌权的

¹³你们为主的缘故，要顺服人的一切制度，或是在上的君王，Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

¹⁴或是君王所派罚恶赏善的臣宰。or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

¹⁵因为　神的旨意原是要你们行善，可以堵住那糊涂无知人的口。For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

¹⁶你们虽是自由的，却不可借着自由遮盖恶毒（或译：阴毒），总要作　神的仆人。Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

¹⁷务要尊敬众人，亲爱教中的弟兄，敬畏　神，尊敬君王。Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

作仆人的要顺服

¹⁸你们作仆人的，凡事要存敬畏的心顺服主人；不但顺服那善良温和的，就是那乖僻的也要顺服。Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

¹⁹倘若人为叫良心对得住　神，就忍受冤屈的苦楚，这是可喜爱的。For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

²⁰你们若因犯罪受责打，能忍耐，有什么可夸的呢？但你们若因行善受苦，能忍耐，这在　神看是可喜爱的。How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

跟随基督的脚踪

²¹你们蒙召原是为此；因基督也为你们受过苦，给你们留下榜样，叫你们跟随他的脚踪行。For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

²²他并没有犯罪，口里也没有诡诈。“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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²³他被骂不还口；受害不说威吓的话，只将自己交托那按公义审判人的主。When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

因他受的鞭伤

²⁴他被挂在木头上，亲身担当了我们的罪，使我们既然在罪上死，就得以在义上活。因他受的鞭伤，你们便得了医治。He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

²⁵你们从前好像迷路的羊，如今却归到你们灵魂的牧人监督了。For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.