इजकिएल 15
1 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, वनका अरू कुनै रूखका हाँगाहरूभन्दा दाखका बोटको कसरी असल हुन्छ?
“Son of man, what can be made from the stalk of a vine, compared to all the plants of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
3 के मानिसहरूले दाखको बोटबाट केही चीज बनाउन काठ लिन्छन् र? के तिनीहरूले कुनै कुरा झुण्ड्याउनलाई त्यसबाट किला बनाउँछन् र?
Can any wood be taken from it, so that it may be made into a work, or formed into a peg so as to hang some kind of vessel upon it?
4 हेर्, त्यसलाई दाउराको रूपमा आगोमा हालियो भने र त्यसका दुई छेउ र बिचको भाग आगोले भस्म भयो भने, के त्यो कुनै कामको हुन्छ र?
Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?
5 हेर्, त्यो सिङ्गै हुँदा पनि केही कामको बन्न सकेन । निश्चय पनि आगोले भस्म भएपछि, अझै पनि त्यसबाट केही कामको कुरा बन्दैन ।
Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?
6 यसकारण परमप्रभु परमेश्वर यसो भन्नुहुन्छः वनमा भएका रूखहरूभन्दा फरक गरी मैले दाखका बोटलाई आगोको लागि दाउरा हुन दिएँ । यरूशलेमका बसिन्दाहरूसित पनि म त्यसरी नै काम गर्नेछु ।
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 किनकि म आफ्नो अनुहार तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा फर्काउनेछु । तिनीहरू आगोबाट बाहिर आए तापनि तिनीहरूलाई आगोले नै भस्म गर्नेछ । यसरी तिमीहरूले म नै परमप्रभु हुँ भनी जान्नेछौ जति बेला मैले आफ्नो अनुहार तिनीहरूका विरुद्धमा फर्काउनेछु ।
And I will set my face against them. They will go away from fire, and yet fire will consume them. And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have set my face against them,
8 तब तिनीहरूले पाप गरेका हुनाले म तिनीहरूको देशलाई त्यागिएको उजाड-स्थान बनाउनेछु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।”
and when I will have made their land impassable and desolate. For they have stood forth as transgressors, says the Lord God.”
