Ezekiel 15

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

TUHAN berkata kepadaku,

2 "Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

"Hai manusia fana, apakah kelebihan kayu anggur dari kayu lainnya di hutan? Apakah keunggulan pohon anggur dari pohon-pohon di hutan?

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

Dapatkah kayunya dipakai untuk membuat sesuatu? Dapatkah dijadikan gantungan untuk menyangkutkan perkakas?

4 Look, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?

Tak ada gunanya selain dijadikan kayu bakar. Dan kalau kedua ujungnya habis terbakar, dan bagian tengahnya pun menjadi arang, masihkah ada gunanya?

5 Look, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work.

Tidak ada! Bahkan sebelum dibakar, tak dapat dipergunakan. Apalagi sesudah dibakar dan dihanguskan api!"

6 "Therefore thus says the LORD: 'As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Sebab itu TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata, "Seperti kayu pohon anggur yang diambil dari hutan dan dibakar, begitu juga akan Kuperlakukan penduduk Yerusalem!

7 I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Aku akan menghukum mereka. Meskipun mereka telah lolos dari api, namun api juga yang akan membinasakan mereka. Maka tahulah kamu bahwa Akulah TUHAN.

8 I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the LORD."

Mereka tidak setia kepada-Ku, sebab itu, tanah itu Kujadikan gurun. Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara."