Ezekiel 15

1 And thee word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

耶和華的話臨到我說：

2 Sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree aboue all other trees? and of the vine braunch, which is among the trees of ye forest?

「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 Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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 Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?

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 Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?

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 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

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 And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,

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 And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.

我必使地土荒涼，因為他們行事干犯我。這是主耶和華說的。」