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エゼキエルの召命
1その方は私に、「人の子よ、立て。わたしはあなたに語ろう」と言いました。 2その方が語ると、御霊が私の中に入り、私を立たせました。 3「人の子よ、あなたをイスラエルの国、すなわち、わたしに反逆している国に遣わす。彼らも、彼らの先祖も、この時までわたしに罪を犯し続けてきた。 4彼らは恐ろしく強情で頑固者だ。それでもわたしは、神である主のことばを伝えるために、あなたを遣わす。 5彼らは反逆者なのだ。だが忘れてはならない。彼らが聞いても聞かなくても、少なくとも、彼らの間に預言者がいたことだけは知るだろう。
6人の子よ、彼らを恐れるな。どんなに彼らの脅しが激しく、とげとげしくて、さそりのように突き刺してきても、ひるんではならない。険悪な様相であってもたじろぐな。彼らは反逆者なのだから。 7彼らが聞こうが聞くまいが、あなたはわたしの言うことを語れ。もっとも彼らは、骨の髄まで反逆者だから聞かないだろうが……。
8人の子よ、わたしが語ることを聞け。あなたが反逆者になってはならない。口を大きく開けて、わたしが与えるものを食べるがいい。」
9-10そこで私が見ていると、裏表両面に字が書いてある巻物を持つ手が、目の前に差し出されたのです。その方は巻物を広げましたが、そこには警告や悲嘆や、審判の宣告などがびっしり書かれていました。
Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet
1He said to me, “Son of man,2:1 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament. stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.” 2As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
3He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day. 4The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ 5And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. 7You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. 8But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
9Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, 10which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.
