Ezekiel 15:1-8
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Jerusalem, wanfala iusles grape tree (1-8)
15 Mi kasem moa toktok from Jehovah, wea sei:
2 “Son blo man, lo wanem wei nao branch blo grape tree hem difren from olketa nara tree or branch blo olketa tree lo forest?
3 Waswe, man savve iusim post blo hem for duim lo eni waka? Or waswe, pipol savve wakem lo wanfala stik for hangem olketa samting lo hem?
4 Lukim! Olketa torowem lo fire for olsem firewood, and fire bonem tufala end blo hem and bonem midol blo hem. So waswe, hem fit for man iusim for wakem eni samting lo hem?
5 Nomata taem hem no bone yet, hem no fitim for olketa iusim for eniting. So taem fire bonem finis hem bae iusles nomoa for eniwan iusim for eni samting!”
6 “So diswan nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah hem talem: ‘Lo sem wei wea mi putim branch blo grape tree wea grow midol lo olketa tree lo forest lo fire for kamap olsem firewood, sem samting tu bae mi duim lo pipol wea stap lo Jerusalem.
7 Mi tanem feis blo mi for againstim olketa. Olketa ranawe from fire, bat fire bae bonem olketa. And bae iufala mas savve dat mi nao Jehovah taem mi tanem feis blo mi for againstim olketa.’”
8 “‘And bae mi mekem datfala land stap emti bikos olketa no faithful lo mi,’ hem nao wanem Sovereign Lord Jehovah talem.”