Ezekiel 15

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

耶和華的話臨到我說：

2 “Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that has been, Among trees of the forest?

「人子啊，葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處？葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處？

3 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

其上可以取木料做甚麼工用，可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎？

4 Behold, it has been given to the fire for fuel, The fire has eaten its two ends, And its midst has been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

看哪，已經拋在火中當作柴燒，火既燒了兩頭，中間也被燒了，還有益於工用嗎？

5 Behold, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less when fire has eaten of it, And it is scorched, Has it been used yet for work?”

完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用，何況被火燒壞，還能合乎甚麼工用嗎？」

6 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

所以，主耶和華如此說：「眾樹以內的葡萄樹，我怎樣使它在火中當柴，也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。

7 And I have set My face against them, They have gone forth from the fire, And the fire consumes them, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, In My setting My face against them.

我必向他們變臉；他們雖從火中出來，火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候，你們就知道我是耶和華。

8 And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass,” A declaration of Lord YHWH!

我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」