以西结书 15

1 耶和华的话临到我说：

And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

2 “人子啊，葡萄树比别样树有什么强处？葡萄枝比众树枝有什么好处？

“Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that has been, Among trees of the forest?

3 其上可以取木料做什么工用，可以取来做钉子挂什么器皿吗？

Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

4 看哪，已经抛在火中当作柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也被烧了，还有益于工用吗？

Behold, it has been given to the fire for fuel, The fire has eaten its two ends, And its midst has been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

5 完全的时候尚且不合乎什么工用，何况被火烧坏，还能合乎什么工用吗？”

Behold, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less when fire has eaten of it, And it is scorched, Has it been used yet for work?”

6 所以，主耶和华如此说：“众树以内的葡萄树，我怎样使它在火中当柴，也必照样待耶路撒冷的居民。

Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 我必向他们变脸；他们虽从火中出来，火却要烧灭他们。我向他们变脸的时候，你们就知道我是耶和华。

And I have set My face against them, They have gone forth from the fire, And the fire consumes them, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, In My setting My face against them.

8 我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。”

And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass,” A declaration of Lord YHWH!