以西結書 15

1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

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

2 「人子啊，葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處？葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處？

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

3 其上可以取木料做甚麼工用，可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎？

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

4 看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用嗎？

Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

5 完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用嗎？」

Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

6 所以，主耶和華如此說：「眾樹以內的葡萄樹，我怎樣使它在火中當柴，也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: 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 我必向他們變臉；他們雖從火中出來，火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候，你們就知道我是耶和華。

And I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

8 我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」

And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'