一切有血气的就知道我耶和华已经拔刀出鞘，必不再入鞘。
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
人子阿，你要预言。耶和华吩咐我如此说，有刀，有刀，是磨快擦亮的。
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
磨快为要行杀戮，擦亮为要像闪电。我们岂可快乐吗。罚我子的杖藐视各树。
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
这刀已经交给人擦亮，为要应手使用。这刀已经磨快擦亮，好交在行杀戮的人手中。
And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
人子阿，你要拍掌预言。我耶和华要使这刀，就是致死伤的刀，一连三次加倍刺人，进入他们的内屋，使大人受死伤的就是这刀。
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
我设立这恐吓人的刀，攻击他们的一切城门，使他们的心消化，加增他们跌倒的事。哎。这刀造得像闪电，磨得尖利，要行杀戮。
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
刀阿，你归在右边，摆在左边。你面向哪方，就向那方杀戮。
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
耶和华的话又临到我说，
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
人子阿，你要定出两条路，好使巴比伦王的刀来。这两条路必从一地分出来，又要在通城的路口上画出一只手来。
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
你要定出一条路，使刀来到亚扪人的拉巴。又要定出一条路，使刀来到犹大的坚固城耶路撒冷。
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.