Ezekiel 4

1 Og du Menneskesøn! tag dig en Mursten, og læg den for dit Ansigt, og tegn derpaa en Stad, nemlig Jerusalem.

And you, son of man, take you a brick, and you shall set it before your face, and shall portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem.

2 Og læg en Belejring omkring den, og byg et Vagttaarn imod den, og opkast en Vold imod den, og læg Lejre imod den, og sæt Stormbukke imod den trindt omkring!

And you shall 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 Men tag du for dig en Jernpande, og stil den som en Jern væg mellem dig og imellem Staden; og ret dit Ansigt imod den, at den kommer i Belejring, og du belejrer den; dette skal være Israels Hus til et Tegn.

And take you to yourself an iron pan, and you shall set it [for] an iron wall between you and the city: and you shall set your face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and you shall besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.

4 Og du, læg dig paa din venstre Side, og læg Israels Hus's Misgerning paa den; saa mange Dage, som du ligger paa den, saa længe skal du bære deres Misgerning.

And you shall lie upon your 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 you shall lie upon it: and you shall bear their iniquities.

5 Og jeg vil gøre dig deres Misgernings Aar til et Antal af Dage, nemlig tre Hundrede og halvfemsindstyve Dage; og du skal bære Israels Hus's Misgerning.

For I have appointed you their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.

6 Og naar du faar tilendebragt disse, da skal du lægge dig anden Gang paa din højre Side og bære Judas Hus's Misgerning, fyrretyve Dage; for hvert enkelt Aar sætter jeg dig en Dag.

And you shall accomplish this, and [then] shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed you a day for a year.

7 Og du skal vende dit Ansigt og din blottede Arm imod Jerusalems Belejring, og du skal spaa imod den.

So you shall set your face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shall strengthen your arm, and shall prophesy against it.

8 Og se, jeg vil lægge Reb paa dig, at du ikke skal vende dig fra din ene Side til den anden, indtil du har tilendebragt din Belejrings Dage.

And, behold, I have prepared bonds for you, land you may not turn from your one side to the other, until the days of your siege shall be accomplished.

9 Saa tag du til dig Hvede og Byg og Bønner og Linser og Hirse og Spelt, og kom det i eet Kar og gør dig Brød deraf; efter Antallet af de Dage, som du skal ligge paa din Side, tre Hundrede og halvfemsindstyve Dage, skal du æde det.

Take you also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and you shall cast them into one earthen vessel, and shall make them into loaves for yourself; and you shall eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which you sleep on your side.

10 Og din Mad, som du skal æde, skal være efter Vægt, tyve Sekel til hver Dag; fra Tid til Tid skal du æde den.

And you shall eat your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat them.

11 Du skal og drikke Vand efter Maal, den sjette Part af en Hin; det skal du drikke fra Tid til Tid.

And you shall drink water by measure, even from time to time you shall drink the sixth part of a hin.

12 Og du skal æde det som Bygkage, og du skal bage det ved Menneskeskarn for deres Øjne.

And you shall eat them [as] a barley cake: you shall bake them before their eyes in man's dung.

13 Og Herren sagde: Saaledes skulle Israels Børn æde deres Brød urent iblandt Hedningerne, hvorhen jeg vil fordrive dem.

And you shall say, Thus says the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.

14 Men jeg sagde: Ak! Herre, Herre! se, min Sjæl er ikke besmittet, og jeg har ikke fra min Ungdom af og indtil nu ædet noget Aadsel eller noget sønderrevet, og der er ikke kommet urent Kød i min Mund.

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 Og han sagde til mig: Se, jeg har givet dig Komøg i Stedet for Menneskeskarn, at du derved kan lave dit Brød.

And he said to me, Behold, I have given you dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and you shall prepare your loaves upon it.

16 Og han sagde til mig: Du Menneskesøn! se, jeg vil formindske Brøds Forraad i Jerusalem, at de skulle aede Brød efter Vægt og med Bekymring og drikke Vand efter Maal og med Forfærdelse,

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 lack; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:

17 fordi de skulle have Mangel paa Brød og Vand, saa de forfærdes, den ene med den anden, og hensmægte i deres Misgerning.

that they may lack bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.