Ezekiel 15

1 The LORD’s word came to 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 is amongst 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 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

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 has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burnt. 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 suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burnt, will it yet be suitable 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 the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood amongst the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will 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 I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will 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 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says 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。」