Ezekiel 15
1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Yawe alobaki na ngai:
2 Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?
« Mwana na moto, nzete ya vino eleki banzete mosusu na nini? Bitape na yango eleki bitape ya banzete mosusu ya zamba na nini?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Bakoki solo kobimisa libaya na nzete ya vino mpe kosalela yango eloko ya tina penza? Bakoki solo kosalela yango bisimbelo ya kotiela biloko likolo?
4 Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [any] work?
Sima na kobwaka yango na moto, moto ezikisaka basonge mpe kati na yango; boye ndenge nini bakoki kosalela yango penza eloko ya malonga?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?
Soki kutu bakoki kosalela yango eloko ya malonga te tango ezali nanu mobimba, bongo ndenge nini bakoki kosalela yango eloko ya malonga tango moto esili kozikisa mpe kotumba yango?
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Ndenge nabwakaka na moto nzete ya vino kati na banzete mosusu ya zamba, ndenge wana mpe nakosala bavandi ya Yelusalemi.
7 And I will set my face against them: they shall go forth from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah when I set my face against them.
Nakotelemela bango penza; ezala babimi na moto, moto mosusu ekotumba bango. Na bongo, bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe tango nakopesa bango etumbu:
8 And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Nakosala ete mokili na bango etikala lisusu na bato te mpo ete batambolaki na boyengebene te, basalaki makambo ya nkele elobi Nkolo Yawe. »
