Ezekiel, 15

1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

1. I doðe mi rijeè Jahvina:

2. “Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?

2. "Sine èovjeèji! U èemu je trs loze bolji od drugih šumskih drveta?

3. Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?

3. Služi li da se od njega štogod naèini? Djelja li se od njega klin da se o njega što objesi?

4. Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?

4. Gle, baca se u oganj da izgori: kad mu oganj sažeže oba kraja i sredinu spali, može li još èemu poslužiti?

5. Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?

5. Eto, ni onda kad bijaše èitav ništa se od njega ne mogaše naèiniti. Pa kako æe, dakle, èemu poslužiti kad ga plamen sažga?"

6. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

6. Zato ovako govori Jahve Gospod: "Kao što sam trs loze, meðu drugim drvetima, bacio u oganj da izgori, tako æu postupati i s Jeruzalemcima!

7. And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,

7. Upravit æu lice svoje na njih, i kada se iz jednog ognja izbave, drugi æe ih proždrijeti. I spoznat æete da sam ja Jahve kad lice svoje upravim na njih

8. and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”

8. i svu im zemlju opustošim jer mi bijahu nevjerni! - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda."