Ezekiel 15

1 Kalpasanna, immay kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,

And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:

2 “Anak ti tao, kasano koma a nasaysayaat ti puon ti ubas ngem iti uray ania a kayo nga addaan kadagiti sang-sanga nga adda iti kakaykayoan iti kabakiran?

Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, —any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest?

3 Makaala kadi dagiti tattao iti kayo manipud iti puon ti ubas tapno usarenna? Wenno, makaaramidda kadi iti pasok manipud iti daytoy tapno pagibitinanda daytoy iti uray ania?

Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?

4 Saan! No maipuor daytoy iti apuy a kas pangparubrob, ken no rinunoten ti apuy dagiti pungto daytoy kasta met ti tengngana, adda kadi pay la pakausaranna?

Lo! into the fire, it is given up for fuel, — The two ends thereof, doth the fire devour, And the middle thereof is charred, Is it fit for any work?

5 Kitaem! Idi saan pay a napuoran daytoy, awan a pulos ti pakausaranna; isu nga awan duadua nga inton rinunoten ti apuy, awan latta ngarud ti pakausaran daytoy!

Lo! while it was yet whole, it could not be made into any work, — how much less when! the fire hath devoured it. and it is charred, can it still be made into any work?

6 Isu a kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh nga Apo: Saan a kas kadagiti kaykayo iti kabakiran, impaayko a kas pangparubrob iti apuy dagiti puon ti ubas; kastoyto met laeng ti aramidek kadagiti agnanaed iti Jerusalem.

Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 Ta sangoekto ida. Uray makarruarda manipud iti apuy, uramento latta ida ti apuy; isu a maammoanyonto a siak ni Yahweh inton sangoek ida.

Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, —So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them;

8 Kalpasanna, pagbalinekto a langalang ti daga, gapu ta nagbasolda— kastoy ti pakaammo ni Yahweh nga Apo!”

I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, —because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.