Ezekiel 15

1 HERRENs Ord kom til mig således:

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

“Son of man, how is a vine better than any tree with branches that is among the trees in a forest?

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

Do people take wood from a vine to make anything? Or do they make a peg from it to hang anything on it?

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?

See! If it is thrown into a fire as fuel, and if the fire has burned both of its ends and also the middle, is it good for anything?

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.

See! When it was complete, it could not make anything; surely then, when the fire has burned, then it still will not make anything useful.

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 the Lord Yahweh says this: Unlike the trees in the forests, I have given the vine as fuel for fires; I will act in the same way toward 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.

For I will set my face against them. Though they come out from the fire, yet the fire will consume them; so you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

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

Then I will make the land into an abandoned wasteland because they have committed sin—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”