Ezekiel 15

1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1 耶和华对我说：

2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?

2 “人子啊，葡萄木比林中其他木材更好吗？

3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?

3 葡萄木有什么用呢？能用它制造挂钩挂东西吗？

4 No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

4 看啊，它只能用来当柴烧。如果火已经烧了它的两头，中间也烧黑了，它还有什么用呢？

5 Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!

5 看啊，它完好无损的时候，尚且毫无用处，被火烧黑后岂不更没用了吗？

6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

6 所以，主耶和华说：我怎样把林中的葡萄树扔进火中当柴烧，也必照样丢弃耶路撒冷的居民。

7 And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

7 我必严惩他们。他们纵然火里逃生，仍要被火烧灭。我严惩他们的时候，他们便知道我是耶和华。

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

8 我必使他们的土地荒凉，因为他们对我不忠。这是主耶和华说的。”