इजकिएल 15
1 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, वनका अरू कुनै रूखका हाँगाहरूभन्दा दाखका बोटको कसरी असल हुन्छ?
“Son of man, is wood from a vine better than the wood from any other tree in the forest?
3 के मानिसहरूले दाखको बोटबाट केही चीज बनाउन काठ लिन्छन् र? के तिनीहरूले कुनै कुरा झुण्ड्याउनलाई त्यसबाट किला बनाउँछन् र?
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 हेर्, त्यसलाई दाउराको रूपमा आगोमा हालियो भने र त्यसका दुई छेउ र बिचको भाग आगोले भस्म भयो भने, के त्यो कुनै कामको हुन्छ र?
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 हेर्, त्यो सिङ्गै हुँदा पनि केही कामको बन्न सकेन । निश्चय पनि आगोले भस्म भएपछि, अझै पनि त्यसबाट केही कामको कुरा बन्दैन ।
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 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 ।
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 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 ।
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 तब तिनीहरूले पाप गरेका हुनाले म तिनीहरूको देशलाई त्यागिएको उजाड-स्थान बनाउनेछु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको घोषणा हो ।”
I'm going to turn the country into a wasteland, because they were unfaithful to me, declares the Lord God.”
