Ezekiel 15

1 In k meni je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

And the word of Jehovah 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, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, —a branch, that is among the trees of 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?

Shall wood be taken from it to be wrought into any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang a vessel upon?

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

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it then fit for any work?

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?‹

Behold, when it was whole, nothing could be made of it; how much less can anything be made of it when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned!

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

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give to it the inhabitants 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.

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.

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

And I will make the land desolate, because they have grievously trespassed, saith the Lord Jehovah.