Ezequiel 15

1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?"

6 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: "As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them. 8 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully," says the Lord Yahweh.

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1 I puta mai anō te kupu a Ihowā ki ahau, i mea: 2 "E te tama a te tangata, he aha te nuinga ake o te wāina i ngā rākau katoa – o te manga wāina i roto i ngā rākau o te ngahere? 3 E tangohia mai rānei tētahi wāhi o reira, hei mahinga i tētahi mahi? E tangohia rānei tētahi titi i reira hei whakairi mō tētahi mea? 4 Nanā, e makā ana ki te ahi hei wahie; pau ake i te ahi ōna pito e rua, wera iho a waenganui; he pai rānei mō tētahi mahi? 5 Nanā, i tōna toitūtanga, kīhai i pai mō tētahi mahi; kātahi ka hē rawa mō tētahi mahi ā muri ake nei, i te mea ka kāia nei e te ahi, ā, ka wera?

6 "Mō reira ko te kupu tēnei a te Ariki, a Ihowā: Ka rite ki taua rākau, ki te wāina i roto i ngā rākau o te ngahere, i tukua rā e ahau ki te ahi hei wahie, ka pērā tāku tukunga atu i ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama. 7 Ka ū atu anō tōku mata hei hē mō rātou. Ka puta mai rātou i te ahi, otiia mā te ahi anō rātou e kai; ā, ka mōhio koutou ko Ihowā ahau, ina ū atu tōku mata ki te hē mō rātou. 8 Ka meinga anō e ahau te whenua hei ururua mō te hē i hē ai rātou, e ai tā te Ariki, tā Ihowā."