Jerusalem a Fruitless Vine
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Mwanadamu, mzabibu una sifa gani kuliko mti mwingine, au tawi la mzabibu lililokuwa kati ya miti ya msituni?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Je! Mti wake waweza kutwaliwa, ili kufanya kazi yo yote? Watu waweza kufanya chango kwa huo, ili kutundika chombo cho chote?
4 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 meet for any work?
Tazama, watupwa motoni kwa kuni moto umeziteketeza ncha zake zote mbili, nao umeteketea katikati, je! Wafaa kwa kazi yo yote?
5 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 hath devoured it, and it is burned?
Tazama, ulipokuwa mzima, haukufaa kwa kazi yo yote; sembuse ukiisha kuliwa na moto, na kuteketea; je! Waweza kufaa kwa kazi yo yote?
6 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.
Basi Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Kama mzabibu kati ya miti ya msituni, niliyoupa moto uwe kuni, ndivyo nitakavyowatoa wakaao Yerusalemu.
7 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.
Nami nitaukaza uso wangu juu yao; nao watatoka motoni, lakini moto utawateketeza; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, nitakapoukaza uso wangu juu yao.
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
Nami nitaifanya nchi kuwa ukiwa, kwa sababu wamekosa, asema Bwana MUNGU.
