Hesekiel 15

1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se:

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

2 “Onipa ba, ɔkwan bɛn so na bobe dutan so bɛba mfaso asen kwae mu dua foforo biara mman?

Son of man, What is the vine-tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Wotwa dua no bi de yɛ biribi a so wɔ mfaso? Wɔde yɛ pɛe a wɔde nneɛma sensɛn so ana?

Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it?

4 Na sɛ wɔde ne nnyina hyɛ ogya mu na eti ne ti hyew ma mfimfini yɛ nso a, so ba mfaso bi ana?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it suitable for [any] work?

5 Na sɛ so amma mfaso bere a ɛyɛ mua no a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wobetumi de ayɛ ade bi a mfaso wɔ so, bere a ahyew atɔ nso no?

Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for [any] work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

6 “Enti sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se: Sɛnea mede bobe dua a ɛfra kwaennua ama sɛ wɔmfa nsɔ ogya no, saa ɔkwan no ara so na mede nnipa a wɔte Yerusalem no nso bɛfa.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 Metu mʼani asi wɔn so. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wɔafi ogya no mu de, nanso ɛbɛhyew wɔn bio. Na sɛ mitu mʼani si wɔn so a, wubehu sɛ mene Awurade.

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from [one] fire, and [another] fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 Mɛma asase no ada mpan efisɛ wɔanni nokware, Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.”

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.