Ezekiel 4
1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
“Lakini wewe, mwana wa adamu, chukua tofali wewe mwenyewe na uliweke mbele yako. Kisha chonga mji wa Yerusalemu juu yake.
2 Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
Kisha laza kuizunguka, ngome juu yake. Anza kushambulia juu yake na weka makambi kuizunguka. Weka shambulio la ghasia kuizunguka.
3 Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will 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 Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.
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 assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall 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 When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.
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 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
Weka uso wako chini kuelekea Yerusalemu ambayo ni chini ya ngome, na kwa mkono wako funua unabii dhidi
8 Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
yake. Tazama! naweka vifungo juu yako hivyo hutarudi kutoka upande mmoja kwenda upande mwingine hadi utakapoliza siku zako za kuzingirwa kwako.
9 But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
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 You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Chakula utakachokula kitapimwa, shekeli ishirini kwa siku, na utakila kwa mda uliopangwa kila siku.
11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
Kisha utakunywa maji, kwa kuyapima sehemu ya sita ya hini, na utayanywa kwa mda uliopangwa.
12 And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
Utakila kama keki za shayiri, lakini utaioka kwenye kinyesi kikavu cha mwanadamu mbele ya macho yao!”
13 Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
Kwa kuwa Yahwe asema, “Hii inamaana kwamba ule mkate ambao watu wa Israeli watakula kitakuwa kinajisi, huko miongoni mwa mataifa ambapo nitakaowafukuza.”
14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered 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 “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
Ndivyo alivvyo niambia, “Tazama! Nimekupa mbolea ya ng'ombe badala ya kinyesi cha mwanadamu ili uweze kuandaa mkate wako juu ya hayo.”
16 Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
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 So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Kwa sabau watapungukiwa na mkate na maji, kila mtu atafadhaishwa na ndugu yake na kumpoteza kwa sababu ya udhalimu wao.”
