Ezekiel 4
1 Og du Menneskesøn! tag dig en Mursten, og læg den for dit Ansigt, og tegn derpaa en Stad, nemlig Jerusalem.
[Yahweh also said to me, ] “You human, take a large clay tablet/brick and put it in front of you. Then on the [engrave/draw] on it lines that represent 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!
[draw figures around it to represent enemy soldiers who will] surround the city. Make mounds around it and a dirt ramp up against the [around the city]. [figures around it that represent] (battering rams/heavy logs that will break though the walls).
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.
Then take an iron pan, and place it [to be] like an iron wall between you [the drawing of] the city. Then turn your face toward the drawing. It will symbolize [enemy troops will] surround the city to attack it. That will be a warning to the Israeli people [MTY].
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.
Then lie on your left side, and stay like that for 390 days. That [symbolize that the Israeli people will be punished for] their sins; you must lie like that one day for each year during which they will be punished.
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.
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.
After that, lie down again. This time, lie on your right side for 40 days. That [symbolize that the Israeli people will be punished more] for their sins, one day for each [during which they will be punished].
7 Og du skal vende dit Ansigt og din blottede Arm imod Jerusalems Belejring, og du skal spaa imod den.
Turn your face [the drawing of] Jerusalem and bare your [like a soldier does who prepares to go into a battle] [MTY], and prophesy [what will happen to] the city.
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.
[You will not be able to move; it will be as though] I have tied you with ropes in order that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have [symbolizing how many years the city] will be (besieged/surrounded by enemy soldiers).
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.
[Before you do that, ] take some wheat and barley, beans, lentils, spelt and millet, and put them in a [storage] jar, and use that to bake [for yourself]. That is what you will eat during the 390 days while you lie on your [left] 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.
You will eat (8 ounces/a small loaf) of bread each day.
11 Du skal og drikke Vand efter Maal, den sjette Part af en Hin; det skal du drikke fra Tid til Tid.
[Also] measure out (1.5 pints/0.6 liter) of water to drink each day.
12 Og du skal æde det som Bygkage, og du skal bage det ved Menneskeskarn for deres Øjne.
Eat that bread like you would eat a loaf of barley bread. But use your own dried dung for fuel to bake the bread while people are watching.
13 Og Herren sagde: Saaledes skulle Israels Børn æde deres Brød urent iblandt Hedningerne, hvorhen jeg vil fordrive dem.
That will symbolize that the Israeli people will be forced to eat food that is unacceptable to me when they are living in the nations to which I will force them to go.”
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, “No, Yahweh God![Do not force me to do that]! I have never caused myself to become unacceptable to you [by doing anything like that]. From the time when I was young, I have never eaten meat of any [animal] that was found dead or that had been killed by wild animals. And I have never eaten any meat that is unacceptable to you.”
15 Og han sagde til mig: Se, jeg har givet dig Komøg i Stedet for Menneskeskarn, at du derved kan lave dit Brød.
Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human [for fuel].”
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,
Then he said to me, “You human, I will cause the supply of food to Jerusalem to be cut off. [Then] the people will eat the small amounts of food and drink the small amounts of [that the government permits them to have], and they will be [very] distressed and anxious as they do that,
17 fordi de skulle have Mangel paa Brød og Vand, saa de forfærdes, den ene med den anden, og hensmægte i deres Misgerning.
because water and food will be very scarce. They will see each other becoming extremely thin, and they will be appalled; [but this will happen] because they are being punished [for the sins that they have committed].”
