以西结书 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
葡萄树的比喻
15 耶和华对我说: 2 “人子啊,葡萄木比林中其他木材更好吗? 3 葡萄木有什么用呢?能用它制造挂钩挂东西吗? 4 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 它完好无损的时候,尚且不能用来制造工具,被火烧后岂不更没用了吗? 6 所以,主耶和华说,我怎样把林中的葡萄树丢在火中当柴烧,也必照样丢弃耶路撒冷的居民。 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 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。”
Ezekiel 15
The Message
Used as Fuel for the Fire
15 1-3 God’s Message came to me: “Son of man, how would you compare the wood of a vine with the branches of any tree you’d find in the forest? Is vine wood ever used to make anything? Is it used to make pegs to hang things from?
4 “I don’t think so. At best it’s good for fuel. Look at it: A flimsy piece of vine, thrown in the fire and then rescued—the ends burned off and the middle charred. Now is it good for anything?
5 “Hardly. When it was whole it wasn’t good for anything. Half-burned is no improvement. What’s it good for?
6-8 “So here’s the Message of God, the Master: Like the wood of the vine I selected from among the trees of the forest and used as fuel for the fire, just so I’ll treat those who live in Jerusalem. I am dead set against them. Even though at one time they got out of the fire charred, the fire’s going to burn them up. When I take my stand against them, you’ll realize that I am God. I’ll turn this country into a wilderness because they’ve been faithless.” Decree of God, the Master.
Ezekiel 15
New International Version
Jerusalem as a Useless Vine
15 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine(A) different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest? 3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful?(B) Do they make pegs(C) from it to hang things on? 4 And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?(D) 5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
6 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem. 7 I will set my face against(E) them. Although they have come out of the fire(F), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.(G) 8 I will make the land desolate(H) because they have been unfaithful,(I) declares the Sovereign Lord.”
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