Ezekiel 15

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

And the word of the LORD came to 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 is the vine-tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is 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 wood be taken of it to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?

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?

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 suitable 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!

Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

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

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] the LORD, when I set my face against them.

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

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.