Ezekiel 15

1 And thee word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:

2 Sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree aboue all other trees? and of the vine braunch, which is among the trees of ye forest?

“Onipa ba, ɔkwan bɛn so na bobe dutan so bɛba mfaso asen kwae mu dua foforo biara mman?

3 Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Wotwa dua no bi de yɛ biribi a so wɔ mfaso? Wɔde yɛ pɛe a wɔde nneɛma sensɛn so ana?

4 Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?

Na sɛ wɔde ne nnyina hyɛ ogya mu na eti ne ti hyew ma mfimfini yɛ nso a, so ba mfaso bi ana?

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?

Na sɛ so amma mfaso bere a ɛyɛ mua no a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wobetumi de ayɛ ade bi a mfaso wɔ so, bere a ahyew atɔ nso no?

6 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

“Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Sɛnea mede bobe dua a ɛfra kwaennua ama sɛ wɔmfa nsɔ ogya no, saa ɔkwan no ara so na mede nnipa a wɔte Yerusalem no nso bɛfa.

7 And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,

Metu mʼani asi wɔn so. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔafi ogya no mu de, nanso ɛbɛhyew wɔn bio. Na sɛ mitu mʼani si wɔn so a, wubehu sɛ mene Awurade.

8 And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.

Mɛma asase no ada mpan efisɛ wɔanni nokware, Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.”