Ezekiel 1 Thus the word of the LORD came to me: 上主的话传给我说:“ 2 Son of man, what makes the wood of the vine better than any other wood? That branch among the trees of the forest! 人子,树林中这棵葡萄树,到底有什么超越其它一切树木之处? 3 Can you use its wood to make anything worthwhile? Can you make even a peg from it, to hang on it any kind of vessel? 4 If you throw it on the fire as fuel and the fire devours both ends and even the middle is scorched, is it still good for anything? 只有投入火中焚烧;火焚烧了它的两端,中间也在焚烧;它还能有什么用途? 5 Why, even when it was whole it was good for nothing; how much less, when the fire has devoured and scorched it, can it be used for anything! 当它完整时,还不能作什么用具,何况经火燃烧焚化之后,岂不是更不能制造什么用具? 6 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have destined as fuel for the fire, do I make the inhabitants of 为此,吾主上主这样说:我怎样把树林中的葡萄树投入火中焚烧,也必怎样对待耶路撒冷的居民。 7 I will set my face against them; they have escaped from the fire, but the fire shall devour them. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD, when I turn my face against them. 我要翻脸打击他们:他们虽从火中逃出来,仍要为火焚烧。当我翻脸打击他们时,他们必承认我是上主。 8 I will make the land a waste, because they have broken faith, says the Lord GOD. 因为他们背信违约,我必使那地方变为荒野──吾主上主的断语。” |