Ezekiel 15

1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:

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

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

3 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

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

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?

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

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?

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 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.

“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 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.

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 I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

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