Jezekiel 15

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

In k meni je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč:

2 And thou, son of man—of all the wood, of the branches that are among the trees of the forest, what shall be made of the wood of the vine?

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

3 Will they take wood of it to make [it fit] for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it?

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

4 It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for [any] work?

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

5 Not even while it is yet whole will it be [useful] for [any] work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be [fit] for work?

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?‹

6 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord, As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and [yet] fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them.

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.

8 And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.

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