Ezekiel 4

1 Du Menneskesøn tag dig en Teglsten, læg den for dig og indrids i den et Billede af en By, Jerusalem;

"You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:

2 og kast en Vold op omkring den, byg Belejringstaarne, opkast Stormvold, lad Hære lejre sig imod den og rejs Stormbukke mod den fra alle Sider;

and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

3 tag dig saa en Jernpande og sæt den som en Jernvæg op mellem dig og Byen og ret dit Ansigt imod den. Saaledes skal den være omringet, og du skal trænge den. Det skal være Israels Hus et Tegn.

Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 Og læg du dig paa din venstre Side og tag, Israels Hus's Misgerning paa dig; alle de Dage du ligger saaledes, skal du bære deres Misgerning.

"Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

5 Deres Misgernings Aar gør jeg til lige saa mange Dage for dig, 190 Dage; saa længe skal du bære Israels Hus's Misgerning.

For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

6 Og naar de er til Ende, læg dig saa paa din højre Side og bær Judas Hus's Misgerning 40 Dage; for hvert Aar giver jeg dig en Dag.

"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.

7 Og du skal rette dit Ansigt og din blottede Arm mod det omringede Jerusalem og profetere imod det.

You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.

8 Og se, jeg lægger Baand paa dig, saa du ikke kan vende dig fra den ene Side til den anden, før din Belejrings Dage er til Ende.

Look, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

9 Og tag du dig Hvede, Byg, Bønner, Linser, Hirse og Spelt, kom det i et og samme Kar og lav dig Brød deraf; alle de Dage du ligger paa Siden, 190 Dage, skal det være din Mad;

"Take for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.

10 og Maden, du faar, skal være efter Vægt, tyve Sekel daglig; du skal spise den een Gang daglig.

Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.

11 Og Vand skal du drikke efter Maal, en Sjettedel Hin; du skal drikke een Gang daglig.

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

12 Og som Bygkager skal du spise det og bage det ved Menneskeskarn i deres Paasyn.

You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man."

13 Og du skal sige: »Saa sige HERREN: Saaledes skal Israeliterne have urent Brød til Føde blandt de Folk, jeg bortstøder dem til!«

YHWH said, "Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them."

14 Men jeg sagde: »Ak, Herre, HERRE, jeg har endnu aldrig været uren; noget selvdødt eller sønderrevet har jeg fra Barnsben aldrig spist, og urent Kød kom aldrig i min Mund!«

Then I said, "Ah Lord YHWH. Look, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth."

15 Da svarede han: »Vel, jeg tillader dig at tage Oksegødning i Stedet for Menneskeskarn og bage dit Brød derved.«

Then he said to me, "Look, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon."

16 Videre sagde han til mig: Menneskesøn! Se, jeg bryder Brødets Støttestav i Jerusalem; Brød skal de spise efter Vægt og i Angst, og Vand skal de drikke efter Maal og i Rædsel,

Moreover he said to me, "Son of man, look, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

17 for at de maa mangle Brød og Vand og alle som een være slagne af Rædsel og hensmægte i deres Misgerning.

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.