< Ezekieli 15 >

1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying,
2 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, mũtĩ wa mũthabibũ ũkĩrĩte rũhonge rwa mũtĩ o wothe wa mĩtĩ ya mũtitũ na kĩ?
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Mbaũ ciaguo irĩ ciathondekwo kĩndũ kĩa bata? Andũ no mathondeke tũhocio twa gũcuurio indo kuuma kũrĩ guo?
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 Ũngĩikio riiko ũtuĩke rũkũ, na mwaki ũũcine mĩena yeerĩ ũũcurie gatagatĩ-rĩ, no ũgĩe bata ũngĩ?
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 meet 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?
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
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 thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; 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.
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 out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am YHWH, when I set my face against them.
8 Nĩngatũma bũrũri ũkire ihooru nĩ ũndũ nĩmagĩte kwĩhokeka, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.”
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Sovereign YHWH.

< Ezekieli 15 >