Ezekiel 15

1 HERRENs Ord kom til mig således:

The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 Menneskesøn! Hvad har Vinstokken forud for alle andre Træer, Ranken, som står iblandt Skovens Træer?

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

3 Tager man Gavntræ deraf? Eller tager man deraf en Knag til at hænge alskens Redskaber på?

Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

4 Når den så oven i købet har været givet Ilden til Føde, så at Ilden har fortæret begge dens Ender, og Midten er svedet, duer den så til noget?

Look, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?

5 Se, da den endnu var uskadt, brugtes den ikke til noget, endsige at den skulde kunne bruges til noget nu, da Ilden har fortæret den og den er svedet.

Look, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work.

6 Derfor, så siger den Herre HERREN: Som det går Vinstokken blandt Skovens Træer, hvilke jeg giver Ilden til Føde, således giver jeg Jerusalems Indbyggere hen;

"Therefore thus says the LORD: 'As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 jeg vender mit Åsyn imod dem; af Ilden slap de ud, men Ild skal dog fortære dem; og I skal kende, at jeg er HERREN, når jeg vender mit Åsyn imod dem.

I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 Og jeg gør Landet øde, fordi de var troløse, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN.

I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the LORD."