Ezekiel 15

1 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

2 “Sine čovječji! U čemu je trs loze bolji od drugih šumskih drveta?

“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

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

Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

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 has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable 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?”

Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

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 the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give 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

I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

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

I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord GOD.