Ezekiela 15

1 Le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:

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

2 O ana’ondatio, Ino ty andikoara’ i vahey ty hatae bey? Ino ty singa’e te amo hatae añ’alao?

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 Hangalam-baramba hao handranjian-draha? Handrambesam-pantake hao hampiradoradoam-balàñe?

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

4 Hehe te ahifik’ añ’afo ao ho fandrehetse; tomontoe’ ty afo añ’ila’e roe, vaho ho mae ty añivo’e ao. Mañeva fitoloñañe hao?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

5 Inao! ie tsy ho nañeva hampitoloñeñe te ni-ary, àntsake t’ie mae ro tsy maha-pi-draha kanao finorototo.

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

6 Aa hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Hambañe ami’ty vahe amo hatae añ’ala ao, ie natoloko añ’ afo ho fandrehetse, ty nanolorako amo mpimone’ Ierosalaimeo.

Therefore thus says 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 Hampiatrefeko am’ iereo ty tareheko; ndra te miakatse ami’ty afo iereo mbe ho forototoe’ i afoy avao; vaho ho fohi’ areo te Zaho Iehovà, ie hatreatreko am’ iereo ty tareheko.

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

8 Hampangoakoaheko i taney ty amy nifotera’ iareo ahy hoe t’Iehovà Talè.

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