Jezekiel 4
1 And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem.
Allah berkata, "Hai manusia fana, ambillah sebuah batu bata, letakkan di depanmu dan garislah di atasnya denah kota Yerusalem.
2 And thou shalt 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.
Lalu gambarkan suatu pengepungan terhadap kota itu, dengan parit-parit, timbunan-timbunan tanah, perkemahan-perkemahan dan alat-alat pendobrak di sekeliling temboknya.
3 And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it [for] an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.
Ambillah panci besi dan anggaplah itu sebuah dinding besi; letakkanlah panci itu di antara engkau dan kota Yerusalem. Kemudian menghadaplah ke kota itu seakan-akan engkaulah yang mengepungnya. Itu akan menjadi lambang bagi bangsa Israel.
4 And thou shalt lie upon thy 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 thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their iniquities.
Lalu berbaringlah miring ke kiri, dan Aku akan menimpakan kesalahan bangsa Israel kepadamu. Selama 390 hari engkau akan berbaring begitu dan menderita sengsara karena kesalahan mereka. Sehari engkau berbaring begitu melambangkan satu tahun hukuman bangsa Israel.
5 For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.
6 And thou shalt accomplish this, and [then] shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.
Setelah itu, berbaringlah miring ke kanan dan rasakanlah hukuman atas kesalahan Yehuda empat puluh hari lamanya, satu hari melambangkan satu tahun hukuman mereka.
7 So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.
Pandanglah pengepungan Yerusalem. Acungkanlah tinjumu kepada kota itu dan sampaikanlah pesan-Ku tentang hukuman bagi mereka.
8 And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.
Engkau akan Kuikat sehingga tak dapat membalikkan tubuhmu dari kiri ke kanan atau sebaliknya sampai pengepungan itu berakhir.
9 Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which thou sleepest on thy side.
Sekarang, ambillah gandum, jelai, kacang merah, kacang polong, sekoi dan gandum halus. Campurkanlah itu semua dan buatlah roti. Itulah makananmu selama 390 hari engkau berbaring miring ke kiri itu.
10 And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
Roti itu harus kaubagi sedemikian rupa sehingga setiap hari engkau makan hanya 230 gram. Lebih dari itu tak boleh.
11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
Air minummu juga terbatas, yaitu dua cangkir sehari.
12 And thou shalt eat them [as] a barley cake: thou shalt bake them before their eyes in man's dung.
Buatlah api dengan kotoran manusia sebagai bahan bakarnya. Pangganglah rotimu di atas api itu dan makanlah roti itu di hadapan semua orang."
13 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.
TUHAN berkata, "Begitulah caranya orang Israel kelak memakan makanan yang dilarang oleh hukum Musa, pada waktu mereka Kubuang ke negeri-negeri asing."
14 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.
Tetapi aku menjawab, "Aduh TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi! Sejak kecil sampai sekarang, belum pernah aku menajiskan diriku dengan makanan bangkai binatang atau sisa mangsa binatang buas. Tak pernah aku makan makanan yang dianggap haram."
15 And he said to me, Behold, I have given thee dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy loaves upon it.
Maka Allah berkata, "Baiklah, sebagai ganti kotoran manusia, engkau boleh memakai kotoran sapi untuk membakar rotimu."
16 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 want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
Kemudian Ia berkata lagi, "Hai manusia fana, Aku akan memusnahkan persediaan makanan di Yerusalem. Dengan cemas dan khawatir orang-orang akan membatasi makanan yang mereka makan dan air yang mereka minum.
17 that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.
Mereka akan berputus asa karena kehabisan roti dan air, dan akhirnya mereka mati karena dosa-dosa mereka."
