Ezekiel 15

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

Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,

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?

“Nwa nke mmadụ, olee, ụzọ osisi vaịnị si pụọ iche site nʼalaka osisi ndị ọzọ dị nʼime oke ọhịa?

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?

A na-esi nʼime osisi ya were mepụta ihe ọbụla bara uru? Ọ bụ site na ya ka a na-esi emepụta osisi nke e ji ekonye ihe?

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?

Uru ha bara bụ iji ha menye ọkụ. Ma mgbe isi ya abụọ repịara, mgbe etiti ya rekwara ọkụ, o nwere ihe ọzọ mmadụ nwere ike iji ya mee?

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?

Ọ bụrụ na ọ baghị uru mgbe o zuruoke, a ga-esi aṅa were ya mepụta ihe bara uru mgbe ọkụ repịasịrịla ya, ọ ghọọ unyi?

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.

“Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, dịka m sitere nʼetiti ọhịa niile wepụta osisi vaịnị nye ka ọ bụrụ nkụ e ji emenye ọkụ, otu a ka m ga-esi mesoo ndị bi na Jerusalem.

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,

Aga m eche ihu m imegide ha. Ọ bụ ezie na ha esitela nʼọkụ pụta, ma ọkụ ga-erepịa ha. Unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, mgbe m guzoro onwe m megide ha.

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

Aga m emekwa ka ala ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.”