Ezekiel 15
1 Pagkatapos, dumating sa akin ang salita ni Yahweh at sinabi,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Anak ng tao, paanong mas higit ang isang puno ng ubas kaysa sa anumang punong may mga sanga na nasa isang kagubatan?
“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 Makakakuha ba ng kahoy ang mga tao mula sa puno ng ubas upang gumawa ng anumang bagay? O makakagawa ba sila ng tulos mula dito upang pagsabitan ng anumang bagay?
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 Tingnan mo! Kung ihahagis ito sa apoy bilang panggatong, at kung natupok na ng apoy ang magkabilang dulo nito, pati na ang gitna, may pakinabang pa ba ito?
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 Tingnan mo! Nang ito ay buo pa, walang magagawang anumang bagay dito, kapag nasunog ng apoy, tiyak na hindi pa rin ito mapakikinabangan!
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 Kaya ito ang sinabi ng Panginoong Yahweh, di gaya ng mga puno sa mga kagubatan, ibinigay ko ang puno ng ubas bilang panggatong sa apoy; ganoon ding paraan ang gagawin ko sa mga naninirahan sa Jerusalem.
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 Sapagkat itatakda ko ang aking mukha laban sa kanila. Kahit na makalabas sila mula sa apoy, matutupok parin sila ng apoy, kaya malalaman ninyo na ako si Yahweh, kapag itinakda ko ang aking mukha laban sa kanila.
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 At gagawin kong tinalikuran at walang naninirahan ang kanilang lupain dahil sa ginawa nilang kasalanan—Ito ang pahayag ng Panginoong Yahweh!”
and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”
