Ezekiel 4
1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
“Lakini wewe, mwana wa adamu, chukua tofali wewe mwenyewe na uliweke mbele yako. Kisha chonga mji wa Yerusalemu juu yake.
2 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 round about.
Kisha laza kuizunguka, ngome juu yake. Anza kushambulia juu yake na weka makambi kuizunguka. Weka shambulio la ghasia kuizunguka.
3 And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Kisha chukua kwa ajili yako mwenyewe sufuria ya chuma na itumie kama ukuta wa chuma kati yako mwenyewe na mji na weka uso wako dhidi yake. Kwa kuwa utazingirwa, na utaweka ukombozi juu yake. Hii itakuwa alama kwa nyumba ya Israeli.
4 Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; [according to] the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.
Kisha, lala juu upande wako wa kushoto na weka dhambi ya nyumba ya Israeli juu yake; utazibeba dhambi zao kwa hesabu za siku ambazo ulizolala juu ya nyumba ya Israeli.
5 For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Mimi mwenyewe nakuagiza kwako siku moja kuwakilisha kila mwaka wa adhabu yao: siku 390! Katika njia hii, utachukua dhambi ya nyumba ya Israeli.
6 And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.
Wakati utakapomaliza hizi siku, kisha lala chini kwa mara ya pili kwa upande wako wa kulia, kwa kuwa utabeba dhambi ya nyumba ya Yuda kwa siku arobaini. Nakuteua wewe siku moja kwa kila mwaka.
7 And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Weka uso wako chini kuelekea Yerusalemu ambayo ni chini ya ngome, na kwa mkono wako funua unabii dhidi
8 And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
yake. Tazama! naweka vifungo juu yako hivyo hutarudi kutoka upande mmoja kwenda upande mwingine hadi utakapoliza siku zako za kuzingirwa kwako.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; [according to] the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.
Chukua ngano kwa ajili yako, shayiri, dengu, mtama, kusemethi; viweke kwenye chombo kimoja na tengeneza mkate kwa ajili yako kulingana na hesabu ya siku ambazo utakazo lala katika ya upande wako. Kwa siku 390 utaula.
10 And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Chakula utakachokula kitapimwa, shekeli ishirini kwa siku, na utakila kwa mda uliopangwa kila siku.
11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Kisha utakunywa maji, kwa kuyapima sehemu ya sita ya hini, na utayanywa kwa mda uliopangwa.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
Utakila kama keki za shayiri, lakini utaioka kwenye kinyesi kikavu cha mwanadamu mbele ya macho yao!”
13 And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
Kwa kuwa Yahwe asema, “Hii inamaana kwamba ule mkate ambao watu wa Israeli watakula kitakuwa kinajisi, huko miongoni mwa mataifa ambapo nitakaowafukuza.”
14 Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Lakini nikasema, “Ee, Bwana Yahwe! Sijawahi kuwa najisi! sijawahi kula kitu chochote ambacho kimekufa au kitu chochote kilichouawa na wanyama, kutoka mdomoni mwangu hadi sasa, wala nyama ya kunuka haijawahi kuingia kinywani mwangu!”
15 Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
Ndivyo alivvyo niambia, “Tazama! Nimekupa mbolea ya ng'ombe badala ya kinyesi cha mwanadamu ili uweze kuandaa mkate wako juu ya hayo.”
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, 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:
Pia akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu! Tazama! Nalivunja gongo la mkate katika Yerusalemu, na watakula mkate ukiwa umepimwa katika wasiwasi na kunywa maji kwa kuyapima katika hofu.
17 that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
Kwa sabau watapungukiwa na mkate na maji, kila mtu atafadhaishwa na ndugu yake na kumpoteza kwa sababu ya udhalimu wao.”
