Ezekiel 15

1 In k meni je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

2 »Človeški sin: ›Kaj je trta boljša kakor katerokoli drevo ali kakor mladika, ki je med gozdnimi drevesi?

“Son of man, is wood from a vine better than the wood from any other tree in the forest?

3 Mar bo vzet njen les, da bi opravljal katerokoli delo? Ali bodo možje od nje vzeli klin, da bi nanj obesili katerokoli posodo?

Can you make anything useful from vine wood? Can you use it to make even just a peg to hang up pots and pans?

4 Glej, vržena je v ogenj za gorivo. Ogenj pogoltne oba njena konca in njena sreda je ožgana. Ali je primerna za kakršnokoli delo?

No, you just throw it on the fire to keep the fire burning. Even then the fire burns both ends, but only chars the middle part. Can you use it for anything?

5 Glej, ko je bila cela, ni bila primerna za nobeno delo. Kako veliko manj bo vendar ta primerna za kakršnokoli delo, ko jo je požrl ogenj in je ožgana?‹

Even before you burned it you couldn't make it into anything useful. It's even less useful once the fire has burned and charred it!

6 Zato tako govori Gospod Bog: ›Kakor je trta med gozdnimi drevesi, ki sem jo izročil ognju za gorivo, tako bom izročil prebivalce Jeruzalema.

So this is what the Lord God says: In the same way that I have taken the wood of a vine from the forest and thrown it on the fire to be burned, so I'm going to throw away the people of Jerusalem.

7 Svoj obraz bom naravnal zoper njih. Šli bodo iz enega ognja, pa jih bo pogoltnil drug ogenj. In spoznali boste, da jaz sem Gospod, ko svoj obraz naravnam zoper njih.

I will turn against them. While they might have escaped this fire, another fire is going to burn them up. When I turn against them, then you will know that I am the Lord.

8 Deželo bom naredil zapuščeno, ker so zagrešili prekršek, ‹ govori Gospod Bog.«

I'm going to turn the country into a wasteland, because they were unfaithful to me, declares the Lord God.”