Ezekiel 15

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

上主的話傳給我說：「

2 'Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine branch which grew up among the trees of the 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 be taken thereof to make any work? or will 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 into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work?

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 meet for no work; how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is singed, shall it yet be meet for any work?

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 saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so do I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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; out of the fire are they come forth, and the fire shall devour 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 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously, 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。」