Ezekiel 15

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,

2 “Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that has been, Among trees of the forest?

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

3 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take a pin of it to hang any vessel on 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 has been given to the fire for fuel, The fire has eaten its two ends, And its midst has been scorched! Is it profitable for 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 Behold, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less when fire has eaten of it, And it is scorched, Has it been used yet for work?”

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 said Lord YHWH: “As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given 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 have set My face against them, They have gone forth from the fire, And the fire consumes them, And you have known that I [am] YHWH, In My setting 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 I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass,” A declaration of Lord YHWH!

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.”