Ezekiel 15

1 And thee word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

上主的話傳給我說：「

2 Sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree aboue all other trees? and of the vine braunch, which is among the trees of ye forest?

人子，樹林中這棵葡萄樹，到底有什麼超越其他一切樹木之處﹖

3 Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

豈能取它的木材製造用具，或者能取出它一根枝條，在上面懸掛器具﹖

4 Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?

只有投入火中焚燒；火焚燒了它的兩端，中間也在焚燒；它還能有什麼用途﹖

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?

當它完整時，還不能作什麼用具，何況經火燃燒焚化之後，豈不是更不能製造什麼用具﹖

6 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

為此，吾主上主這樣說：我怎樣把樹林中的葡萄樹投入火中焚燒，也必怎樣對待耶路撒冷的居民。

7 And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,

我要翻臉打擊他們：他們雖從火中逃出來，仍要為火焚燒。當我翻臉打擊他們時，他們必承認我是上主。

8 And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.

因為他們背信違約，我必使那地方變為荒野──吾主上主的斷語。」