Ezekiel 15

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda ne kinzijira, n’aŋŋamba nti,

2 Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

“Omwana w’omuntu, omuti gw’omuzabbibu gusinga gutya ettabi ery’omuti ku miti egy’omu kibira?

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

Guvaamu omuti ogukolebwamu ekintu kyonna eky’omugaso? Kiyinzika ogukolamu eŋŋango ey’okuwanikako ekintu kyonna?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it suitable for [any] work?

Bwe gusuulibwa mu muliro okuba enku, omuliro ne gugwokya eruuyi n’eruuyi, ne wakati ne wasiriira guba gukyaliko kye gugasa?

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

Bwe guba nga tegwali gwa mugaso nga mulamba, olwo guyinza okubaako kye gugasa nga gwokebbwa mu muliro ne gusiriira?”

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Mukama Katonda kyava ayogera nti, “Nga bwe njogedde ku muzabbibu mu miti egy’omu kibira, gwe ntadde mu muliro okuba enku, bwe ntyo bwe ndyokya abatuuze ba Yerusaalemi.

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Ndikyusa amaaso gange ne mbatunuulira, era ne bwe balidduka, omuliro gulibookya, era mulimanya nga nze Mukama Katonda.

8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Ndizisa ensi, kubanga tebabadde beesigwa, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.”