Ezekieli 15
1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, mũtĩ wa mũthabibũ ũkĩrĩte rũhonge rwa mũtĩ o wothe wa mĩtĩ ya mũtitũ na kĩ?
And thou, son of man—of all the wood, of the branches that are among the trees of the forest, what shall be made of the wood of the vine?
3 Mbaũ ciaguo irĩ ciathondekwo kĩndũ kĩa bata? Andũ no mathondeke tũhocio twa gũcuurio indo kuuma kũrĩ guo?
Will they take wood of it to make [it fit] for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it?
4 Ũngĩikio riiko ũtuĩke rũkũ, na mwaki ũũcine mĩena yeerĩ ũũcurie gatagatĩ-rĩ, no ũgĩe bata ũngĩ?
It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for [any] work?
5 Angĩkorwo rĩrĩa warĩ mũgima ndwagĩire bata o na atĩa-rĩ, wakĩhota atĩa gũthondekwo kĩndũ kĩa bata rĩrĩa wacinwo nĩ mwaki, wacura?
Not even while it is yet whole will it be [useful] for [any] work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be [fit] for work?
6 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: O ta ũrĩa heanĩte mũtĩ wa mũthabibũ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka mĩtĩ ĩrĩa ĩngĩ ya mũtitũ, ngaũtua rũkũ rwa gũcinwo na mwaki-rĩ, ũguo noguo ngeeka andũ arĩa matũũraga Jerusalemu.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord, As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 Nĩngatũma ũthiũ wakwa ũmoomĩre. O na angĩkorwo nĩmoimĩte mwaki-inĩ-rĩ, no nginya mwaki ũcio ũkaamacina ũmaniine. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo inyuĩ mũkaamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, rĩrĩa ngatũma ũthiũ wakwa ũmoomĩre.
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and [yet] fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them.
8 Nĩngatũma bũrũri ũkire ihooru nĩ ũndũ nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.”
And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, saith the Lord.
