< Ezekiel 15 >

1 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Sine čovječji! U čemu je trs loze bolji od drugih šumskih drveta?
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
3 Služi li da se od njega štogod načini? Djelja li se od njega klin da se o njega što objesi?
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
4 Gle, baca se u oganj da izgori: kad mu oganj sažeže oba kraja i sredinu spali, može li još čemu poslužiti?
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
5 Eto, ni onda kad bijaše čitav ništa se od njega ne mogaše načiniti. Pa kako će, dakle, čemu poslužiti kad ga plamen sažga?”
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
6 Zato ovako govori Jahve Gospod: “Kao što sam trs loze, među drugim drvetima, bacio u oganj da izgori, tako ću postupati i s Jeruzalemcima!
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
7 Upravit ću lice svoje na njih, i kada se iz jednog ognja izbave, drugi će ih proždrijeti. I spoznat ćete da sam ja Jahve kad lice svoje upravim na njih
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8 i svu im zemlju opustošim jer mi bijahu nevjerni! - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.”
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

< Ezekiel 15 >