以西結書 19 – CCBT & NIV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

以西結書 19:1-14

以色列的哀歌

1「你要為以色列的首領唱哀歌, 2說,

『你的母親像什麼?

她就像獅群中的母獅,

臥在雄壯的獅子中養育幼獅。

3她養大一隻幼獅,

使牠成為雄壯的獅子。

牠學會了捕食吃人。

4列國的人知道後,

便設陷阱捉住牠,

用鉤子拉到埃及

5母獅盼著牠回來,

眼見指望落空,

便又養育一頭幼獅,

使牠成為雄壯的獅子。

6牠出入獅群,

學會了捕食和吃人。

7牠夷平列國的堡壘,

使他們的城邑淪為廢墟,

遍地都因牠的咆哮而震驚。

8於是,列國便從四面圍攻牠,

設網羅捕捉牠。

牠落入他們的陷阱。

9他們用鉤子鉤住牠,關進籠裡,

解送到巴比倫王那裡囚禁起來。

於是,在以色列的山嶺上再也聽不見他的吼聲。

10『你母親像葡萄園中的一棵葡萄樹,

栽在溪水旁,

枝繁葉茂,碩果纍纍,

因為水源充沛。

11它的枝子粗壯,可作王的杖。

它的樹幹高大,直插雲霄,

枝葉茂密,遠遠可見。

12但它被憤怒地連根拔起,

拋在地上。

東風吹乾了它的果實,

粗壯的枝幹折斷枯乾,

被火焚燒。

13現在,它被栽種在乾旱的曠野。

14但火從枝幹蔓延,

燒毀了它的果實,

沒有留下一根粗壯的枝幹可作王的杖。』

「這是一首哀歌,也必用作哀歌。」

New International Version

Ezekiel 19:1-14

A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

1“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel 2and say:

“ ‘What a lioness was your mother

among the lions!

She lay down among them

and reared her cubs.

3She brought up one of her cubs,

and he became a strong lion.

He learned to tear the prey

and he became a man-eater.

4The nations heard about him,

and he was trapped in their pit.

They led him with hooks

to the land of Egypt.

5“ ‘When she saw her hope unfulfilled,

her expectation gone,

she took another of her cubs

and made him a strong lion.

6He prowled among the lions,

for he was now a strong lion.

He learned to tear the prey

and he became a man-eater.

7He broke down19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew their strongholds

and devastated their towns.

The land and all who were in it

were terrified by his roaring.

8Then the nations came against him,

those from regions round about.

They spread their net for him,

and he was trapped in their pit.

9With hooks they pulled him into a cage

and brought him to the king of Babylon.

They put him in prison,

so his roar was heard no longer

on the mountains of Israel.

10“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood

planted by the water;

it was fruitful and full of branches

because of abundant water.

11Its branches were strong,

fit for a ruler’s scepter.

It towered high

above the thick foliage,

conspicuous for its height

and for its many branches.

12But it was uprooted in fury

and thrown to the ground.

The east wind made it shrivel,

it was stripped of its fruit;

its strong branches withered

and fire consumed them.

13Now it is planted in the desert,

in a dry and thirsty land.

14Fire spread from one of its main19:14 Or from under its branches

and consumed its fruit.

No strong branch is left on it

fit for a ruler’s scepter.’

“This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”