Ezekiel 15

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

HERRENs Ord kom til mig således:

2 “Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

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

3 Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?

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

4 Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?

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?

5 Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?

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.

6 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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;

7 And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,

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.

8 and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”

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