Ezekiel 15

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

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

3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

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

4 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?

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

5 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!

Eto, ni onda kad bijaše čitav ništa se od njega ne mogaše načiniti. Pa kako će, dakle, čemu poslužiti kad ga plamen sažga?”

6 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.

Zato ovako govori Jahve Gospod: “Kao što sam trs loze, među drugim drvetima, bacio u oganj da izgori, tako ću postupati i s Jeruzalemcima!

7 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.

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

8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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