Ezekieli 4
1 Mulungu anati, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, tsopano tenga njerwa, uliyike pamaso pako ndipo ujambulepo chithunzi cha mzinda wa Yerusalemu.
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem.
2 Ndipo uwuzinge mzindawo motere: uwumangire nsanja zowuzinga, uwumbire mitumbira ya nkhondo, uwumangire misasa ya nkhondo ndipo uyike zida zogumulira kuzungulira mzindawo.
And thou shalt besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round about.
3 Kenaka utenge chiwaya chachitsulo uchiyike ngati khoma lachitsulo pakati pa iwe ndi mzindawo. Uyangʼanitsitse mzindawo ndipo udzakhala wozingidwa ndi nsanja za nkhondo. Choncho umangire nsanja zankhondo. Chimenechi chidzakhala chizindikiro kwa Aisraeli.
And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it [for] an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.
4 “Tsono iwe ugonere kumanzere kwako ndipo ndidzayika pa iwe tchimo la Aisraeli. Iwe udzasenza tchimolo masiku onse amene udzagonere mbali imeneyo.
And thou shalt lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty days [during] which thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their iniquities.
5 Ine ndakuyikira masiku okwana 390 malingana ndi zaka za machimo awo. Umu ndi mmene udzasenzere machimo a Aisraeli.
For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.
6 “Utatha zimenezo udzagonerenso mbali ya kudzanja lamanja, ndipo udzasenza machimo a anthu a ku Yuda masiku makumi anayi, tsiku lililonse kuyimira chaka chimodzi.
And thou shalt accomplish this, and [then] shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.
7 Tsono udzayangʼanitsitse nsanja za nkhondo zozinga. Dzanja la mkanjo wako utalikwinya ndi dzanja lako utakweza, udzalosere modzudzula Yerusalemu.
So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.
8 Ine ndidzakumanga ndi zingwe kotero kuti sudzatha kutembenukira uku ndi uku mpaka utatsiriza masiku akuzingidwa ako.
And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.
9 “Tsono tenga tirigu ndi barele, nyemba ndi mphodza, mapira ndi mchewere; ndipo uyike zonsezi mʼmbale imodzi ndipo upange buledi wako. Uzidya pa masiku 390 amene udzakhala ukugonera mbali imodzi.
Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which thou sleepest on thy side.
10 Uyeze theka la kilogalamu la chakudyacho kuti uzidya tsiku lililonse kamodzi kokha.
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
11 Uyezenso zikho ziwiri zamadzi ndipo uzimwa tsiku ndi tsiku.
And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
12 Uzidya chakudya chako ngati momwe amadyera keke ya barele. Uzidzaphika chakudyacho anthu akuona pogwiritsa ntchito ndowe ya munthu ngati nkhuni.”
And thou shalt eat them [as] a barley cake: thou shalt bake them before their eyes in man's dung.
13 Yehova anati, “Chimodzimodzi anthu a Israeli adzadya chakudya chodetsedwa ku mayiko achilendo kumene Ine ndidzawapirikitsira.”
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.
14 Koma ine ndinati, “Zisatero, Ambuye Yehova! Ine sindinadziyipitsepo pa zachipembedzo. Kuyambira ubwana wanga mpaka tsopano, sindinadyepo kanthu kalikonse kopezeka katafa kapena kophedwa ndi zirombo za kutchire. Palibe nyama yodetsedwa pa zachipembedzo imene inalowa pakamwa panga.”
Then I said, Not so, Lord God of Israel: surely my soul has not been defiled with uncleanness; nor have I eaten, that which died of itself or was torn of beasts from my birth until now; neither has any corrupt flesh entered into my mouth.
15 Iye anati, “Chabwino, ndidzakulola kuti uphike buledi wako ndi ndowe za ngʼombe mʼmalo mwa ndowe za munthu.”
And he said to me, Behold, I have given thee dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy loaves upon it.
16 Pambuyo pake anandiwuza kuti, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, anthu a ku Yerusalemu ndidzawachepetsera chakudya. Anthuwo adzadya chakudya chochita kuyeza ndipo azidzadya mwa nkhawa. Azidzamwanso madzi ochita kuyeza ndiponso mwa mantha.
And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
17 Ndidzachita zimenezi kuti adzasowe chakudya ndi madzi. Choncho adzachita nkhawa akumapenyana ndipo adzatheratu ndi kuwonda chifukwa cha machimo awo.”
that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.
