Ezekiel 15

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

In k meni je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

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

»Človeški sin: ›Kaj je trta boljša kakor katerokoli drevo ali kakor mladika, ki je med gozdnimi drevesi?

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

Mar bo vzet njen les, da bi opravljal katerokoli delo? Ali bodo možje od nje vzeli klin, da bi nanj obesili katerokoli posodo?

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?

Glej, vržena je v ogenj za gorivo. Ogenj pogoltne oba njena konca in njena sreda je ožgana. Ali je primerna za kakršnokoli delo?

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!

Glej, ko je bila cela, ni bila primerna za nobeno delo. Kako veliko manj bo vendar ta primerna za kakršnokoli delo, ko jo je požrl ogenj in je ožgana?‹

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 tako govori Gospod Bog: ›Kakor je trta med gozdnimi drevesi, ki sem jo izročil ognju za gorivo, tako bom izročil prebivalce Jeruzalema.

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.

Svoj obraz bom naravnal zoper njih. Šli bodo iz enega ognja, pa jih bo pogoltnil drug ogenj. In spoznali boste, da jaz sem Gospod, ko svoj obraz naravnam zoper njih.

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

Deželo bom naredil zapuščeno, ker so zagrešili prekršek, ‹ govori Gospod Bog.«