Ezekiel 15

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

1 耶和华的话临到我说：

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，葡萄树比别样树有什么强处？葡萄枝比众树枝有什么好处？

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

8 我必使地土荒凉，因为他们行事干犯我。这是主耶和华说的。」