¹二鹰与葡萄树的比喻

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

²“人子啊！你要向以色列家出谜语，设比喻，

²`Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

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；

³and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,

⁴它啄断树顶的嫩枝，把它带到贸易之地，栽种在商人的城里。

⁴The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.

⁵它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；

⁵And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.

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，树根在它以下。这样，它就成了一棵葡萄树，生出枝子，长出嫩芽。

⁶And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.

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，好得它的浇灌。

⁷And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

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。’

⁸On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

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。

⁹Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth — its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

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。’”

¹⁰And lo, the planted thing — doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.`

¹¹解释比喻的意义耶和华的话临到我说：

¹¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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。

¹²`Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these [are]? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself to Babylon.

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，

¹³And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

¹⁴使国衰微，不能再兴盛，唯有谨守条约他才可以继续存在。

¹⁴That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant — that it may stand.

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？

¹⁵And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

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。

¹⁶I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not — in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him — in the midst of Babylon — die?

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。

¹⁷And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.

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。

¹⁸And he despised the oath — to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

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。

¹⁹Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live — Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?

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。

²⁰And I have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.

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。

²¹And all his fugitives, with all his bands, By sword do fall, and those remaining, To every wind they are spread out, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken.

²²移植香柏树的比喻“‘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；

²²Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I — I have planted [it] on a mountain high and lofty.

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。

²³In a mountain — the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

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。’”

²⁴And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done [it]!`