Hesekiel 15

1 Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

2 “Onipa ba, ɛkwan bɛn so na bobe dutan ho bɛba mfasoɔ asene kwaeɛ mu dua foforɔ biara mman?

Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Wɔtwa dua no bi de yɛ biribi a ɛho wɔ mfasoɔ? Wɔde yɛ pɛɛwa a wɔde nneɛma sensɛn soɔ anaa?

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

4 Na sɛ wɔde ne nyina hyɛ ogya mu na etire ne etire hye ma mfimfini yɛ bidie a, ɛho ba mfasoɔ bi anaa?

Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [any] work?

5 Na sɛ ɛho amma mfasoɔ ɛberɛ a ɛdi mu a, ɛbɛyɛ den na wɔbɛtumi de ayɛ mfasodeɛ bi, ɛberɛ a ahye adane bidie?

Behold, when it was whole, it was used for no work; how much less when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burned, should it yet be used for any work?

6 “Enti yei ne deɛ Otumfoɔ Awurade seɛ: Sɛdeɛ mede bobe dua a ɛfera kwaeɛm nnua mu ama sɛ wɔmfa nsɔ ogya no, saa ɛkwan no so na mede nnipa a wɔte Yerusalem no bɛfa.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 Mɛtu mʼani asi wɔn so. Ɛwom sɛ wafiri ogya no mu deɛ, nanso ɛbɛhye wɔn bio. Na sɛ metu mʼani si wɔn so a, wobɛhunu sɛ mene Awurade.

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

8 Mɛma asase no ada mpan, ɛfiri sɛ wɔanni nokorɛ, Otumfoɔ Awurade asɛm nie.”

And I will make the land a desolation, because they have wrought unfaithfulness, saith the Lord Jehovah.