Ezekiel 15

1 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

And 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, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

3 Služi li da se od njega štogod načini? Djelja li se od njega klin da se o njega što objesi?

Shall wood be taken of if, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon?

4 Gle, baca se u oganj da izgori: kad mu oganj sažeže oba kraja i sredinu spali, može li još čemu poslužiti?

Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work?

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 was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of 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 thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants 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: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.

8 i svu im zemlju opustošim jer mi bijahu nevjerni! - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.”

And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.