Ezekiel 15

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:

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?

Ry zanak’ olona, inona no ihoaran’ ny tahom-boaloboka noho ny hazo rehetra, dia ny sakeli-boaloboka izay isan’ ny hazo any an’ ala?

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Moa mba fangalan-kazo hatao zavatra akory va izy, na mba fangalana fihantonan-javatra?

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?

Indro, hatsipy any anaty afo hataina izy; ny laniny roa ho levon’ ny afo, ary ny tenatenany ho may. Ka moa azo atao zavatra akory va izy?

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?

Indro, fony izy tsy mbola nahafahana aza, dia tsy azo natao zavatra, koa mainka fa rehefa levon’ ny afo sy may izy?

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.

Koa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Toy ny tahom-boaloboka amin’ ny hazo any an’ ala, izay natolotro hataina, dia toy izany no hanolorako ny mponina any Jerosalema.

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.

Ary hanandrina azy ny tavako; hiala avy amin’ ny afo izy nefa ho levon’ ny afo hafa indray; ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah, raha manandrina azy ny tavako.

8 And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ary hataoko lao ny tany noho ny nivadihany tamiko, hoy Jehovah Tompo.