Izikeli 15

1 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'a amanage huno nasmi'ne,

A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

2 Vahe'mofo mofavremoka, hagagema hu'nea waini rampa'amo'a zafafi zafaramimofo rampa'a agaterenefi?

“Son of man, is wood from a vine better than the wood from any other tree in the forest?

3 Hagi ana waini nofimofo ramparetira eri'za mago'a knare'zana tro nehu'za, mago'a eri'za kavoma hantinte'zana trora nehazafi?

Can you make anything useful from vine wood? Can you use it to make even just a peg to hang up pots and pans?

4 Hagi ana waini rampama tevefima kresageno'ma urefa erefa'ama nereno amunoma'ama tegege vazintesiama'a eri'za mago'azana trora hugahazafi?

No, you just throw it on the fire to keep the fire burning. Even then the fire burns both ends, but only chars the middle part. Can you use it for anything?

5 Hagi tevema ore'nere'ma eri'za mago'a zama tro huga'ma osu'nea waini rampa, inankna hu'za tevemo'ma tegege vazinte'nesiama'a eri'za mago'azana trora hugahaze?

Even before you burned it you couldn't make it into anything useful. It's even less useful once the fire has burned and charred it!

6 E'ina hu'negu Anumzana Mikozama Kegavama Hu'nea Ra Anumzamo'a amanage hu'ne, Waini teve rampama zafafi tevenema eri haviama hu'na tevema kroaza hu'na Jerusalemi kumapi vahera namefi huzamigahue.

So this is what the Lord God says: In the same way that I have taken the wood of a vine from the forest and thrown it on the fire to be burned, so I'm going to throw away the people of Jerusalem.

7 Hagi namefi huzminenkeno tevefinti atre'za atiramigahazanagi, ete tevefinke kasagegahaze. E'ina hanugeta Nagrikura Ra Anumza mani'ne huta keta antahita hugahaze.

I will turn against them. While they might have escaped this fire, another fire is going to burn them up. When I turn against them, then you will know that I am the Lord.

8 Nagra mopazmia eri havizantfa hugahue. Na'ankure zamagra Nagrira tamage hu'za namagera onte'naze huno Ra Anumzana Mikozama Kegava Hu'nea Anumzamo'a hu'ne.

I'm going to turn the country into a wasteland, because they were unfaithful to me, declares the Lord God.”