A Parable about a Vine
1 The Lord spoke to me. 2 “Mortal man,” he said, “how does a vine compare with a tree? What good is a branch of a grapevine compared with the trees of the forest? 3 Can you use it to make anything? Can you even make a peg out of it to hang things on? 4 It is only good for building a fire. And when the ends are burned up and the middle is charred, can you make anything out of it? 5 It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless.”
6 Now this is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “Just as a vine is taken from the forest and burned, so I will take the people who live in Jerusalem 7 and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the Lord. 8 They have been unfaithful to me, and so I will make the country a wilderness.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
Israel omuti womuviinyu tau xwikwa po komundilo
1 Ndele ondjovo yOmwene ye uya kwaame ndele tai ti: 2 “Kaana komunhu, omuti womuviinyu u dule ngahelipi omiti dikwao adishe, omuti womuviinyu ou wa li mokati komiti domoixwa? 3 Muwo tamu kufwa mbela oshiti, shi hongwe nande oshinima tashi longifwa? Ile omunhu ta kufa mo muwo ngeno oshitindungo shokweendjelelifa ko oinima i lili noi lili? 4 Tala, wo wa efelwa okuxwikwa komundilo. Omundilo ngeenge wa xwika po eembinga adishe mbali domuwo nopokati kao wa lungwina, u noshilonga shashike u longifwe? 5 Tala, fimbo wa li omuti inau nyonauka, inapa dulika okuhongwa sha kuwo, hano unene kau noshilonga vali, eshi omundilo we u xwika noku u lungwinifa, otapa ka hongwa sha vali mbela?” 6 Onghee hano, Omwene Kalunga ta ti ngaha: “Ngaashi omuti omuviinyu u li mokati komiti domoixwa, omuti omuviinyu ou nde u efela okuxwikwa po komundilo, osho ngaha nda efa oonakukala muJerusalem. 7 Ame ohandi ka taalelifa oshipala shange kuvo noku va vela ombedi: vo va dja momundilo tau ke va xwika po. Ndele vo otava ka shiiva nokutya, Aame Omwene, ngeenge handi taalelifa oshipala shange kuvo oku va vela ombedi, 8 ndele oshilongo shavo handi shi ningi ofuka, osheshi vo va teya po ohombo, Omwene Kalunga ta ti.”
