结17:1 耶和华的话临到我说：
结17:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
结17:2 “人子啊！你要向以色列家出谜语，设比喻，
结17:2 Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
结17:3 说：‘主耶和华这样说：有一只大鹰，翅膀大，翎毛长，羽毛丰富，彩色缤纷，来到黎巴嫩，把香柏树的树梢取去；
结17:3 And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
结17:4 牠啄断树顶的嫩枝，把它带到贸易之地，栽种在商人的城里。
结17:4 Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
结17:5 牠又把以色列地的种子取去，栽种在肥沃的地土、水流的旁边，好像栽种柳树一样；
结17:5 And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.
结17:6 它生长起来，成了一棵矮小而蔓延的葡萄树；树上的枝子向着那鹰，树根在牠以下。这样，它就成了一棵葡萄树，生出枝子，长出嫩芽。
结17:6 And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.
结17:7 “‘另有一只大鹰，翅膀大，羽毛多；这葡萄树从它栽种的苗床上，把树根向这鹰弯过去，又向这鹰长出枝子，好得牠的浇灌。
结17:7 And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.
结17:8 其实，这树早已栽种在肥沃的地土、水流的旁边，可以长枝子、结果子，成为佳美的葡萄树。’
结17:8 He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.
结17:9 你要说：‘主耶和华这样说：这葡萄树怎能茂盛呢？鹰不是要拔出它的根来，啄光它的果子，使它和它长出的一切嫩叶都枯干吗？其实，要把它连根拔起，并不需要很多人或很大的气力。
结17:9 Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?
结17:10 看哪！葡萄树被栽种了，但它能发旺吗？东风吹袭它的时候，它不是必然枯干吗？它必在生长的苗床上枯干。’”
结17:10 And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?
结17:11 耶和华的话临到我说：
结17:11 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
结17:12 “你要对那叛逆的民族说：‘你们不知道这些事是什么意思吗？’你要告诉他们：‘看哪！巴比伦王曾到耶路撒冷来，把其中的王和众领袖掳去，带他们到巴比伦那里去。
结17:12 Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon;
结17:13 他从以色列王室后裔中选出一人，与他立约，叫他起誓，并且把国中那些有势力的人掳去，
结17:13 And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:
结17:14 使国衰微，不能再兴盛，唯有谨守条约他才可以继续存在。
结17:14 So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants.
结17:15 可是这人背叛了巴比伦王，差遣使者到埃及去，要得战马和大军。他能亨通吗？行这样事的人，怎能逃脱呢？他破坏条约，怎能逃脱呢？
结17:15 But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe?
结17:16 我指着我的永生起誓：他藐视了自己所起的誓，背弃了与王所立的约，因此他必死在巴比伦，就是巴比伦王立他作王的地方。这是耶和华的宣告。
结17:16 By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.
结17:17 敌人建造围城的高墙，筑起攻城土垒要剪除多人的时候，法老率领大军和大队人马，还是不能帮助他作战。
结17:17 And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:
结17:18 他藐视誓言，背弃条约；他已宣誓效忠，却又行了这一切事，所以他必不能逃脱。
结17:18 For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.
结17:19 因此主耶和华这样说：我指着我的永生起誓：他既然藐视我的誓言，背弃我的约，我必使这罪归到他的头上。
结17:19 And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.
结17:20 我要把我的网撒在他身上，他必在我的网罗中被捕获；我要把他带到巴比伦去，并且要在那里因他对我不忠的罪审判他。
结17:20 My net will be stretched out over him, and he will be taken in my cords, and I will send him to Babylon, and there I will be his judge for the wrong which he has done against me.
结17:21 他军中所有的精兵，都必倒在刀下；剩下的也必分散到四方；你们就知道说这话的是我耶和华。
结17:21 All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.
结17:22 “‘主耶和华这样说：我要从高大香柏树的树梢上取去一根树枝，把它栽上；我要从树顶的嫩枝中折下一根枝子，把它栽种在高耸的山上；
结17:22 This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;
结17:23 我要把它栽种在以色列的高山上，它要长出枝子，结出果子，成为佳美的香柏树；各种各类的飞鸟都必在树下栖宿，就是栖宿在枝子的荫下。
结17:23 It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.
结17:24 田野所有的树木都必知道我耶和华使高大的树矮小，矮小的树高大；使青绿的树枯干，枯干的树茂盛。我耶和华怎样说了，就必怎样行。’”
结17:24 And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.