Jezekiel 15

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

耶和华的话临到我说：

2 And thou, son of man—of all the wood, of the branches that are among the trees of the forest, what shall be made of the wood of the vine?

“人子啊，葡萄树比别样树有什么强处？葡萄枝比众树枝有什么好处？

3 Will they take wood of it to make [it fit] for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it?

其上可以取木料做什么工用，可以取来做钉子挂什么器皿吗？

4 It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for [any] work?

看哪，已经抛在火中当作柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也被烧了，还有益于工用吗？

5 Not even while it is yet whole will it be [useful] for [any] work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be [fit] for work?

完全的时候尚且不合乎什么工用，何况被火烧坏，还能合乎什么工用吗？”

6 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord, As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

所以，主耶和华如此说：“众树以内的葡萄树，我怎样使它在火中当柴，也必照样待耶路撒冷的居民。

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and [yet] fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them.

我必向他们变脸；他们虽从火中出来，火却要烧灭他们。我向他们变脸的时候，你们就知道我是耶和华。

8 And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.

我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。”