Ezekiela 15

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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto 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 tree? The vine-branch that hath been, Among trees of the forest?

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

Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

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?

Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

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

Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

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.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants 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 I have set My face against them, From the fire they have gone forth, And the fire doth consume them, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My setting My face against them.

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

And I have made the land a desolation, Because they have committed a trespass, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'