Ezequiel 15
1 E veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Filho do homem, que mais é o pau da videira do que todo outro pau? ou o sarmento entre os paus do bosque?
“Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
3 Toma-se porventura dele madeira para fazer alguma obra? ou toma-se dele alguma estaca, para que se lhe pendure algum traste?
Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?
4 Eis que o entregam ao fogo, para que seja consumido; ambas as suas extremidades consome o fogo, e o meio dele fica queimado: serviria porventura para alguma obra?
Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?
5 Eis que, estando inteiro, não se fazia dele obra, quanto menos sendo consumido do fogo? e, sendo queimado, se faria ainda obra dele?
Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?
6 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Como é o pau da videira entre os paus do bosque, o que entrego ao fogo para que seja consumido, assim entregarei os habitantes de Jerusalém.
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 Porque porei a minha face contra eles; saindo eles de um fogo, outro fogo os consumirá; e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor, quando tiver posto a minha face contra eles.
And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,
8 E tornarei a terra em assolação, porquanto grandemente prevaricaram, diz o Senhor Jehovah.
and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”
