< Ezekiel 15 >
1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
Yawe alobaki na ngai:
2 'Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among 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 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?
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 Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for 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 Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for 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 said the Lord Jehovah: 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.
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 have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My setting 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 have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of 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. »