1 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

وَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

2 S on of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree? What is the branch among the trees of the forest?

«يا إنْسانُ، هَلْ خَشَبُ الكَرمَةِ أفضَلُ مِنْ أيِّ غُصنٍ مَقطُوعٍ مِنْ أيِّ شَجَرَةٍ فِي الغابَةِ؟

3 S hall wood be taken from it to do a work? Will men take a peg from it to hang any vessel thereon?

هَلْ يُستَخْدَمُ خَشَبُها فِي صُنعِ شَيءٍ نافِعٍ؟ هَلْ يُصنَعُ مِنهُ وَتَدٌ لِتَعلِيقِ الأشياءِ؟

4 B ehold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

بَلْ لا يَصلُحُ إلا وُقُوداً لِلنّارِ. فَتَبدَأُ النّارُ بِأكلِ طَرَفَيهِ، حَتَى يَتَفَحَّمَ وَسَطُهُ. فَهَلْ يُمكِنُ لِلحِرَفِيِّ حِينَئِذٍ، أنْ يَستَخدِمَ ذَلِكَ الخَشَبَ لِعَمَلِ أيِّ شَيءٍ؟

5 B ehold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less afterward shall it be meet for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ المُمكِنِ لِلحِرَفِيِ استِخدامُ خَشَبِ الكَرمَةِ وَهُوَ فِي أفضَلِ أحوالِهِ، فَكَيفَ يَنتَفِعُ بِهِ بَعدَ أنْ يَحتَرِقَ؟»

6 T herefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I have given over the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

لِهَذا يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: «كَما أنِّي جَعَلْتُ مَصِيرَ خَشَبِ الكَرمَةِ للِنّارِ أكثَرَ مِنْ أيِّ خَشَبٍ آخَرٍ، هَكَذا أصَنَعُ بِسُكّانِ القُدْسِ.

7 A nd I will set my face against them; they came out of one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them.

سَأُواجِهُهُمْ مَعَ أنَّ بَعضَهُمْ نَجا مِنَ النّارِ الآنِ، لَكِنَّ النارَ سَتَلتَهِمُهُمْ لاحِقاً. وَحِينَ أُواجِهُهُمْ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.

8 A nd I will make the land desolate because they have completely rebelled, said the Lord GOD.

سَأجعَلُ الدَّمارَ مَصِيرَ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ الشَّعبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَفِيّاً لِي.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.