Ezekiela 15

1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 Ry zanak’ olona, inona no ihoaran’ ny tahom-boaloboka noho ny hazo rehetra, dia ny sakeli-boaloboka izay isan’ ny hazo any an’ ala?

Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?

3 Moa mba fangalan-kazo hatao zavatra akory va izy, na mba fangalana fihantonan-javatra?

Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?

4 Indro, hatsipy any anaty afo hataina izy; ny laniny roa ho levon’ ny afo, ary ny tenatenany ho may. Ka moa azo atao zavatra akory va izy?

See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?

5 Indro, fony izy tsy mbola nahafahana aza, dia tsy azo natao zavatra, koa mainka fa rehefa levon’ ny afo sy may izy?

Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?

6 Koa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Toy ny tahom-boaloboka amin’ ny hazo any an’ ala, izay natolotro hataina, dia toy izany no hanolorako ny mponina any Jerosalema.

For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.

7 Ary hanandrina azy ny tavako; hiala avy amin’ ny afo izy nefa ho levon’ ny afo hafa indray; ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah, raha manandrina azy ny tavako.

And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

8 Ary hataoko lao ny tany noho ny nivadihany tamiko, hoy Jehovah Tompo.

And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.