Ezekiel 15

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

耶和华的话临到我说：

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 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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 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?

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 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?

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 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.

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; 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 make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously, saith the Lord GOD.'

我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。”