1 T hen the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

وَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

2 “ Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

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

3 I s wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?

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

4 I nstead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful 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 I ndeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful 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 “ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up 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 will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you 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 T hus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord God.”

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