< इजकिएल 15 >

1 तब परमप्रभुको वचन यसो भनेर मकहाँ आयो,
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
2 “ए मानिसको छोरो, वनका अरू कुनै रूखका हाँगाहरूभन्‍दा दाखका बोटको कसरी असल हुन्‍छ?
Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, —any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest?
3 के मानिसहरूले दाखको बोटबाट केही चीज बनाउन काठ लिन्छन् र? के तिनीहरूले कुनै कुरा झुण्‍ड्याउनलाई त्‍यसबाट किला बनाउँछन्‌ र?
Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?
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?
Lo! into the fire, it is given up for fuel, — The two ends thereof, doth the fire devour, And the middle thereof is charred, Is it fit 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 ।
Lo! while it was yet whole, it could not be made into any work, — how much less when! the fire hath devoured it. and it is charred, can it still be made into any work?
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, saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up 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 ।
Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, —So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them;
8 तब तिनीहरूले पाप गरेका हुनाले म तिनीहरूको देशलाई त्‍यागिएको उजाड-स्‍थान बनाउनेछु— यो परमप्रभु परमेश्‍वरको घोषणा हो ।”
I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, —because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.

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