Ezechielis 15

Bibbia Vulgata Clementina	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :	¹ The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows:
² Fili hominis, quid fiet de ligno vitis, ex omnibus lignis nemorum quæ sunt inter ligna silvarum ?	² Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than wood from the branch of a forest tree?
³ numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus, aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas ?	³ Is its wood used for making anything? Are pegs on which to hang things made from it?
⁴ Ecce igni datum est in escam : utramque partem ejus consumpsit ignis, et medietas ejus redacta est in favillam : numquid utile erit ad opus ?	⁴ There it is, thrown on the fire for fuel. The fire burns off both ends; the middle is charred; can it be keptfor anything now?
⁵ Etiam cum esset integrum, non erat aptum ad opus : quanto magis cum illud ignis devoraverit et combusserit, nihil ex eo fiet operis ?	⁵ While it was intact, you could make nothing with it; burned and charred, is it any more useful now?
⁶ Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Quomodo lignum vitis inter ligna silvarum, quod dedi igni ad devorandum, sic tradam habitatores Jerusalem.	⁶ So, the Lord Yahweh says this: As the wood of the vine among the forest trees, which I have thrownon the fire for fuel, so shal I treat the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
⁷ Et ponam faciem meam in eos : de igne egredientur, et ignis consumet eos : et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum posuero faciem meam in eos,	⁷ I shal set my face against them. They have escaped one fire, but fire wil devour them yet. And youwil know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
⁸ et dedero terram inviam et desolatam, eo quod prævaricatores extiterint, dicit Dominus Deus.	⁸ I shal reduce the country to a desert, because of their infidelity- declares the Lord Yahweh.