47:1 他帶我回到殿門，見殿的門檻下有水往東流出（原來殿面朝東）。這水從檻下，由殿的右邊，在祭壇的南邊往下流。
47:2 他帶我出北門，又領我從外邊轉到朝東的外門，見水從右邊流出。
47:3 他手拿準繩往東出去的時候，量了一千肘，使我蹚過水，水到踝子骨。
47:4 他又量了一千肘，使我蹚過水，水就到膝；再量了一千肘，使我蹚過水，水便到腰；
47:5 又量了一千肘，水便成了河，使我不能蹚過。因為水勢漲起，成為可洑的水，不可蹚的河。
47:6 他對我說：「人子啊，你看見了甚麼？」他就帶我回到河邊。
47:7 我回到河邊的時候，見在河這邊與那邊的岸上有極多的樹木。
47:8 他對我說：「這水往東方流去，必下到亞拉巴，直到海。所發出來的水必流入鹽海，使水變甜（原文是得醫治；下同）。
47:9 這河水所到之處，凡滋生的動物都必生活，並且因這流來的水必有極多的魚，海水也變甜了。這河水所到之處，百物都必生活。
47:10 必有漁夫站在河邊，從隱‧基底直到隱‧以革蓮，都作曬（或譯：張）網之處。那魚各從其類，好像大海的魚甚多。
47:11 只是泥濘之地與窪濕之處不得治好，必為鹽地。
47:12 在河這邊與那邊的岸上必生長各類的樹木；其果可作食物，葉子不枯乾，果子不斷絕。每月必結新果子，因為這水是從聖所流出來的。樹上的果子必作食物，葉子乃為治病。」
Then he brought me back to the door of
the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the
temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down
from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me out by way of the north
gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the
east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.
Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a
thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me
through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led
me through the water, and it was waist-deep.
Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass
through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that
could not be passed through. And he said
to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”
Then he led me back to the bank of the
river. As I went back, I saw on the
bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. And he said to me, “This water flows toward
the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the
water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. And wherever the river goes, every living
creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this
water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything
will live where the river goes.
Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be
a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like
the fish of the Great Sea. But its
swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. And on the banks, on both sides of the river,
there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor
their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water
for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their
leaves for healing.”
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這段經文可以和《啟示錄22:1-2》作比對：「天使又指示我在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從上帝和羔羊的寶座流出來。在河這邊與那邊有生命樹，結十二樣（或譯：回）果子，每月都結果子；樹上的葉子乃為醫治萬民。」
可見《新約》並非使徒自行創造的經文，是有舊約隻根據的，是相輔相成的！也因此，基督徒透過《舊約》和《新約》之相對照，就可以清楚看見上帝在基督裡的啟示，是何等的奇妙！所以，上帝的福音是「舊」，也是「新」！無論哪個時代，都是萬古常新！
而讀到這段經文，也激起我們心中的盼望，盼望上帝的國早日完全實現！就可以享受生河的水和生命樹的果子，讓永生發生在我們身上！
