以西結書

第15章

1 耶和華的話臨到我說:

2 「人子啊,葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處?比林中眾樹裏的一枝有甚麼強處[or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest]

3 其上可以取木料作甚麼工用[Shall]或是人[or will men]可以取來作釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎?

4 看哪,已經拋在火中當作柴燒,火既燒了兩頭,中間也被燒了,還合乎[meet]工用嗎?

5 看哪[Behold],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 所以,主耶和華如此說:「林中[of the forest]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 我必向他們變臉;他們雖從一處的[one]火中出來,別處的[another]火卻要吞滅[devour]他們。我向他們變臉的時候,你們就知道我是耶和華。

8 我必使地土荒涼,因為他們犯了罪[committed a trespass],這是主耶和華說的。」

Ezekiel

Chapter 15

1 AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, What shall happen to the wood of the vine more than to any wood, or to any branch of the trees which are among the trees of the forest?

3 Shall wood be taken from the vine to make anything from it? Or do men take a peg from it to hang vessels on it?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; and when the fire has consumed both ends of it and the middle of it is burned, is it good for any work?

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not useful for implements; how much less shall it be useful when the fire has devoured it and it is destroyed?

6 Therefore thus says the LORD God: As I have given the wood of the vine among all the trees of the forest to the fire for fuel, so I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 And I will pour out my anger against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I pour out my anger against them.

8 And I will make the land desolate and a horror because they have committed iniquity, says the LORD God.

以西結書

第15章

Ezekiel

Chapter 15

1 耶和華的話臨到我說:

1 AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 「人子啊,葡萄樹比別樣樹有甚麼強處?比林中眾樹裏的一枝有甚麼強處[or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest]

2 Son of man, What shall happen to the wood of the vine more than to any wood, or to any branch of the trees which are among the trees of the forest?

3 其上可以取木料作甚麼工用[Shall]或是人[or will men]可以取來作釘子掛甚麼器皿嗎?

3 Shall wood be taken from the vine to make anything from it? Or do men take a peg from it to hang vessels on it?

4 看哪,已經拋在火中當作柴燒,火既燒了兩頭,中間也被燒了,還合乎[meet]工用嗎?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; and when the fire has consumed both ends of it and the middle of it is burned, is it good for any work?

5 看哪[Behold],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?」

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not useful for implements; how much less shall it be useful when the fire has devoured it and it is destroyed?

6 所以,主耶和華如此說:「林中[of the forest]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。

6 Therefore thus says the LORD God: As I have given the wood of the vine among all the trees of the forest to the fire for fuel, so I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 我必向他們變臉;他們雖從一處的[one]火中出來,別處的[another]火卻要吞滅[devour]他們。我向他們變臉的時候,你們就知道我是耶和華。

7 And I will pour out my anger against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I pour out my anger against them.

8 我必使地土荒涼,因為他們犯了罪[committed a trespass],這是主耶和華說的。」

8 And I will make the land desolate and a horror because they have committed iniquity, says the LORD God.