Ezekiel 9 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Ezekiel 9:1-11

Judgment on the Idolaters

1Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, “Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.” 2And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side 4and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”

5As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. 6Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.

7Then he said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city. 8While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

9He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’ 10So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.”

11Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, “I have done as you commanded.”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以西结书 9:1-11

拜偶像者遭诛灭

1我听见祂高声呼喊说:“惩罚这城的人啊,拿起你们的兵器上前来吧!” 2只见六个人从北门走来,手中都拿着可怕的兵器。其中有一人身穿细麻衣,腰间带着墨盒。他们进入殿里,站在铜祭坛旁边。

3以色列上帝的荣耀原本在基路伯天使上,现在升到了殿门口。上帝把那身穿细麻衣、腰带墨盒的人召来, 4对他说:“你去走遍耶路撒冷,在那些因城中可憎之事而叹息哀伤的人额上画个记号。” 5我听见祂对其余的人说:“你们要跟随他走遍全城,毫不留情地杀戮, 6将男女老幼全部杀尽,但你们不能伤害额上有记号的。你们要从圣所开始。”于是他们首先杀了殿前的众长老。 7祂又对他们说:“要玷污这殿,把你们所杀的堆满整个院子。去吧!”他们便出去,在城中杀戮。 8那时,只留下我一个人,我便俯伏在地上呼求:“唉,主耶和华啊!你向耶路撒冷倾倒你的烈怒,要灭绝以色列所有的余民吗?”

9祂回答说:“以色列犹大人罪大恶极,遍地是血腥,满城是冤屈,他们说,‘耶和华丢弃了这片土地,祂看不见我们。’ 10因此,我必不顾惜他们,也不怜悯他们,我必照他们的所作所为报应他们。”

11那个身穿细麻衣,腰带墨盒的人回来禀告说:“我已照你的吩咐做了。”