1 και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων | 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: |
2 και συ υιε ανθρωπου τι αν γενοιτο το ξυλον της αμπελου εκ παντων των ξυλων των κληματων των οντων εν τοις ξυλοις του δρυμου | 2 Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests? |
3 ει λημψονται εξ αυτης ξυλον του ποιησαι εις εργασιαν ει λημψονται εξ αυτης πασσαλον του κρεμασαι επ' αυτον παν σκευος | 3 Shall wood be taken of if, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang thereon? |
4 παρεξ πυρι δεδοται εις αναλωσιν την κατ' ενιαυτον καθαρσιν απ' αυτης αναλισκει το πυρ και εκλειπει εις τελος μη χρησιμον εσται εις εργασιαν | 4 Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work? |
5 ουδε ετι αυτου οντος ολοκληρου ουκ εσται εις εργασιαν μη οτι εαν και πυρ αυτο αναλωση εις τελος ει εσται ετι εις εργασιαν | 5 Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it? |
6 δια τουτο ειπον ταδε λεγει κυριος ον τροπον το ξυλον της αμπελου εν τοις ξυλοις του δρυμου ο δεδωκα αυτο τω πυρι εις αναλωσιν ουτως δεδωκα τους κατοικουντας ιερουσαλημ | 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. |
7 και δωσω το προσωπον μου επ' αυτους εκ του πυρος εξελευσονται και πυρ αυτους καταφαγεται και επιγνωσονται οτι εγω κυριος εν τω στηρισαι με το προσωπον μου επ' αυτους | 7 And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them : and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them. |
8 και δωσω την γην εις αφανισμον ανθ' ων παρεπεσον παραπτωματι λεγει κυριος | 8 And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God. |