حِزْقِيَال 15

١ 1 وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

٢ 2 «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، مَاذَا يَكُونُ عُودُ ٱلْكَرْمِ فَوْقَ كُلِّ عُودٍ أَوْ فَوْقَ ٱلْقَضِيبِ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ شَجَرِ ٱلْوَعْرِ؟

“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?

٣ 3 هَلْ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ عُودٌ لِٱصْطِنَاعِ عَمَلٍ مَّا، أَوْ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْهُ وَتَدًا لِيُعَلَّقَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَاءٌ مَّا؟

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?

٤ 4 هُوَذَا يُطْرَحُ أَكْلًا لِلنَّارِ. تَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّارُ طَرَفَيْهِ وَيُحْرَقُ وَسَطُهُ. فَهَلْ يَصْلُحُ لِعَمَلٍ؟

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?

٥ 5 هُوَذَا حِينَ كَانَ صَحِيحًا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَصْلُحُ لِعَمَلٍ مَّا، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ لَا يَصْلُحُ بَعْدُ لِعَمَلٍ إِذْ أَكَلَتْهُ ٱلنَّارُ فَٱحْتَرَقَ؟

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?

٦ 6 «لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: مِثْلَ عُودِ ٱلْكَرْمِ بَيْنَ عِيدَانِ ٱلْوَعْرِ ٱلَّتِي بَذَلْتُهَا أَكْلًا لِلنَّارِ، كَذَلِكَ أَبْذُلُ سُكَّانَ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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.

٧ 7 وَأَجْعَلُ وَجْهِي ضِدَّهُمْ. يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ نَارٍ فَتَأْكُلُهُمْ نَارٌ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ حِينَ أَجْعَلُ وَجْهِي ضِدَّهُمْ.

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,

٨ 8 وَأَجْعَلُ ٱلْأَرْضَ خَرَابًا لِأَنَّهُمْ خَانُوا خِيَانَةً، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”