Ezekiel 15

1 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

耶和华的话临到我说：

2 “Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

“人子啊，葡萄树比别样树有什么强处？葡萄枝比众树枝有什么好处？

3 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

其上可以取木料做什么工用，可以取来做钉子挂什么器皿吗？

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

看哪，已经抛在火中当作柴烧，火既烧了两头，中间也被烧了，还有益于工用吗？

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

完全的时候尚且不合乎什么工用，何况被火烧坏，还能合乎什么工用吗？”

6 Therefore the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

所以，主耶和华如此说：“众树以内的葡萄树，我怎样使它在火中当柴，也必照样待耶路撒冷的居民。

7 I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

我必向他们变脸；他们虽从火中出来，火却要烧灭他们。我向他们变脸的时候，你们就知道我是耶和华。

8 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord GOD.

我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。”