结21:1 耶和华的话临到我说：（本节在《马索拉抄本》为21:6）
结21:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
结21:2 “人子啊！你要面向耶路撒冷，向圣所发言，说预言攻击以色列地，
结21:2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
结21:3 你要对以色列地说：‘耶和华这样说：看哪！我要攻击你；我要拔刀出鞘，把义人和恶人都从你那里剪除。
结21:3 And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.
结21:4 我既然要把义人和恶人都从你那里剪除，所以我的刀必要出鞘，从南到北攻击所有的人；
结21:4 Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:
结21:5 所有的人就知道我耶和华已经拔刀出鞘，刀必不再入鞘了。’
结21:5 And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
结21:6 人子啊！至于你，你要叹息，在他们眼前弯着腰，苦苦叹息。
结21:6 Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
结21:7 他们如果问你：‘你为什么叹息呢？’你就要回答：‘是因为那将要来到的消息；人人都必心慌意乱，手都发软，精神衰颓，他们的膝都像水一般的柔弱。看哪！它要来到了。这事一定要成就。这是主耶和华的宣告。’”
结21:7 And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.
结21:8 耶和华的话临到我说：
结21:8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
结21:9 “人子啊！你要预言，说：‘主耶和华这样说：有一把刀，有一把磨利了的刀，是擦亮了的刀；
结21:9 Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:
结21:10 磨利，是为要大行杀戮，擦亮，是为要闪烁发光！我们怎能快乐呢？我的儿子藐视管教的杖和一切劝告（“劝告”原文作“木头”）。
结21:10 It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
结21:11 这刀已经交给人擦亮，可以握在手中使用；这刀已经磨利擦亮了，可以交在行杀戮的人手中。’
结21:11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.
结21:12 人子啊！你要呼喊、哀号。因为这刀要临到我的子民，以及以色列所有的领袖；他们与我的子民都要交在刀下；所以你要拍腿悲叹，
结21:12 Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.
结21:13 因为考验必要来到，你为什么要藐视那管教的杖呢？这事必不得成功。这是主耶和华的宣告。
结21:13 ...
结21:14 “人子啊！至于你，你要拍手说预言，要接二连三地使用这杀人的刀，就是导致极大死伤的刀，把它们围困，
结21:14 So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.
结21:15 好使他们心慌意乱，多人跌倒，我在他们所有的城门那里布下了杀戮（“杀戮”原文意思不详，这译法参古译本）的人；啊！这刀做得闪烁发光，磨得尖利，可以杀戮。
结21:15 In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
结21:16 刀啊，向右边斩吧！向左边刺吧！无论你面向哪一方，就向哪一方杀戮吧！
结21:16 Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
结21:17 我也要拍手，并且要使我的烈怒止息；这是我耶和华说的。”
结21:17 And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.
结21:18 巴比伦王的刀耶和华的话又临到我说：
结21:18 And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
结21:19 “人子啊！至于你，你要定出两条路，给巴比伦王的刀前来；这两条路都从同一个地方出来；你要在通往城去的路口上做一个路标。
结21:19 And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:
结21:20 你要定出一条路，使刀临到亚扪的拉巴，又要定出另一条路，使刀临到犹大，攻击坚固城耶路撒冷。
结21:20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.
结21:21 因为巴比伦王站在分叉路口，在两条路口上占卜、摇签、求问神像，察看动物的肝。
结21:21 For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.
结21:22 他右手中拿着耶路撒冷的签，要在那里架起攻城锤，下令屠杀，扬声吶喊；架起攻城锤，攻打城门；筑起土垒，建造围城的高墙。
结21:22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.
结21:23 在那些曾经向巴比伦起誓效忠的犹大人看来，这是虚假的占卜，但巴比伦王要使他们想起自己的罪孽，把他们掳去。
结21:23 And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
结21:24 因此，主耶和华这样说：‘你们的过犯显露，你们的罪在你们的一切行为上给人看见；以致你们的罪孽被想起。你们既被想起，就要被人用手掳去。
结21:24 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them.
结21:25 你这该死、邪恶的以色列王啊！你的日子到了，最后惩罚的时刻到了。’
结21:25 And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
结21:26 主耶和华这样说：‘你当除去头巾，脱下冠冕！现在情形不同了，卑微的要升高，位高的要降卑！
结21:26 This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
结21:27 倾覆，倾覆，我要倾覆这国，这国不再存在，直等到那统治的人来到，我就把国赐给他。’
结21:27 I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
结21:28 “人子啊！你要说预言：论到亚扪人和他们的侮辱，主耶和华这样说：‘你要说：有一把刀，有一把刀拔出来，是为要杀戮；擦亮，是为要毁灭，为要闪烁发光。
结21:28 And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:
结21:29 人为你所见的异象是虚假的，为你所占的卜是虚谎的，使你倒在该死的恶人的颈项上；他们受惩罚的日子到了，最后惩罚的时刻到了。
结21:29 Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.
结21:30 收刀入鞘吧！我必在你被造之地，根源之处，审判你。
结21:30 Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.
结21:31 我必把我的忿怒倒在你身上，把我的怒火喷在你身上，又把你交在那些惯于毁灭的野蛮人手中。
结21:31 And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
结21:32 你必当作燃料被火焚烧；你的血要流在你的国中；你必不再被记念，因为这是我耶和华说的。’”
结21:32 You will be food for the fire; your blood will be drained out in the land; there will be no more memory of you: for I the Lord have said it.