< ʻIsikieli 15 >
1 Naʻe hoko ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,
耶和華的話臨到我說:
2 “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻoku lelei hake ʻi he hā, ʻae ʻakau ko e vaine ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau kehe, mo e ngaahi vaʻa ʻakau ʻoe vao?
「人子啊,葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處?葡萄枝比眾樹枝有甚麼好處?
3 He ʻoku toʻo mei ai ha laupapa ke fai ʻaki ha ngāue? Pe ʻoku ngaohi ʻe ha taha ha faʻo mei ai ko e tautauʻanga ʻo ha meʻa?
其上可以取木料做甚麼工用,可以取來做釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎?
4 Vakai, ʻoku lī ia ki he afi ko e fefie, pea fakatou vela ai hono hiku mo hono kongaloto. He ʻoku ʻaonga ia ki he ngāue?
看哪,已經拋在火中當作柴燒,火既燒了兩頭,中間也被燒了,還有益於工用嗎?
5 Vakai, ʻi heʻene kei haohaoa naʻe ʻikai ʻaonga ki ha ngāue; kae fēfē nai ʻene ʻaonga ki ha ngāue, ka kuo keina ia ʻe he afi, pea kuo vela?”
完全的時候尚且不合乎甚麼工用,何況被火燒壞,還能合乎甚麼工用嗎?」
6 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Hangē ko e ʻakau ko e vaine ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻoe vao, ʻe pehē ʻa ʻeku foaki ʻae kakai ʻo Selūsalema ke vela ʻi he afi.
所以,主耶和華如此說:「眾樹以內的葡萄樹,我怎樣使它在火中當柴,也必照樣待耶路撒冷的居民。
7 Pea te u fakahanga hoku fofonga ke tuʻu kiate kinautolu; te nau hao mei he afi ʻe taha, kae vela ʻakinautolu ʻi he afi kehe ʻe taha; pea te mou ʻilo ko au ko Sihova, ʻoku tuʻu hoku mata kiate kimoutolu.
我必向他們變臉;他們雖從火中出來,火卻要燒滅他們。我向他們變臉的時候,你們就知道我是耶和華。
8 Pea te u ngaohi ke lala ʻae fonua koeʻuhi kuo nau fai ʻae meʻa hala.” ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
我必使地土荒涼,因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」