Jezekiel 4
1 And you, son of man, take you a brick, and you shall set it before your face, and shall portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem.
Mulungu anati, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, tsopano tenga njerwa, uliyike pamaso pako ndipo ujambulepo chithunzi cha mzinda wa Yerusalemu.
2 And you shall 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.
Ndipo uwuzinge mzindawo motere: uwumangire nsanja zowuzinga, uwumbire mitumbira ya nkhondo, uwumangire misasa ya nkhondo ndipo uyike zida zogumulira kuzungulira mzindawo.
3 And take you to yourself an iron pan, and you shall set it [for] an iron wall between you and the city: and you shall set your face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and you shall besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.
Kenaka utenge chiwaya chachitsulo uchiyike ngati khoma lachitsulo pakati pa iwe ndi mzindawo. Uyangʼanitsitse mzindawo ndipo udzakhala wozingidwa ndi nsanja za nkhondo. Choncho umangire nsanja zankhondo. Chimenechi chidzakhala chizindikiro kwa Aisraeli.
4 And you shall lie upon your 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 you shall lie upon it: and you shall bear their iniquities.
“Tsono iwe ugonere kumanzere kwako ndipo ndidzayika pa iwe tchimo la Aisraeli. Iwe udzasenza tchimolo masiku onse amene udzagonere mbali imeneyo.
5 For I have appointed you their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.
Ine ndakuyikira masiku okwana 390 malingana ndi zaka za machimo awo. Umu ndi mmene udzasenzere machimo a Aisraeli.
6 And you shall accomplish this, and [then] shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed you a day for a year.
“Utatha zimenezo udzagonerenso mbali ya kudzanja lamanja, ndipo udzasenza machimo a anthu a ku Yuda masiku makumi anayi, tsiku lililonse kuyimira chaka chimodzi.
7 So you shall set your face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shall strengthen your arm, and shall prophesy against it.
Tsono udzayangʼanitsitse nsanja za nkhondo zozinga. Dzanja la mkanjo wako utalikwinya ndi dzanja lako utakweza, udzalosere modzudzula Yerusalemu.
8 And, behold, I have prepared bonds for you, land you may not turn from your one side to the other, until the days of your siege shall be accomplished.
Ine ndidzakumanga ndi zingwe kotero kuti sudzatha kutembenukira uku ndi uku mpaka utatsiriza masiku akuzingidwa ako.
9 Take you also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and you shall cast them into one earthen vessel, and shall make them into loaves for yourself; and you shall eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which you sleep on your side.
“Tsono tenga tirigu ndi barele, nyemba ndi mphodza, mapira ndi mchewere; ndipo uyike zonsezi mʼmbale imodzi ndipo upange buledi wako. Uzidya pa masiku 390 amene udzakhala ukugonera mbali imodzi.
10 And you shall eat your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat them.
Uyeze theka la kilogalamu la chakudyacho kuti uzidya tsiku lililonse kamodzi kokha.
11 And you shall drink water by measure, even from time to time you shall drink the sixth part of a hin.
Uyezenso zikho ziwiri zamadzi ndipo uzimwa tsiku ndi tsiku.
12 And you shall eat them [as] a barley cake: you shall bake them before their eyes in man's dung.
Uzidya chakudya chako ngati momwe amadyera keke ya barele. Uzidzaphika chakudyacho anthu akuona pogwiritsa ntchito ndowe ya munthu ngati nkhuni.”
13 And you shall say, Thus says the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things amongst the Gentiles.
Yehova anati, “Chimodzimodzi anthu a Israeli adzadya chakudya chodetsedwa ku mayiko achilendo kumene Ine ndidzawapirikitsira.”
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.
Koma ine ndinati, “Zisatero, Ambuye Yehova! Ine sindinadziyipitsepo pa zachipembedzo. Kuyambira ubwana wanga mpaka tsopano, sindinadyepo kanthu kalikonse kopezeka katafa kapena kophedwa ndi zirombo za kutchire. Palibe nyama yodetsedwa pa zachipembedzo imene inalowa pakamwa panga.”
15 And he said to me, Behold, I have given you dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and you shall prepare your loaves upon it.
Iye anati, “Chabwino, ndidzakulola kuti uphike buledi wako ndi ndowe za ngʼombe mʼmalo mwa ndowe za munthu.”
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 lack; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
Pambuyo pake anandiwuza kuti, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, anthu a ku Yerusalemu ndidzawachepetsera chakudya. Anthuwo adzadya chakudya chochita kuyeza ndipo azidzadya mwa nkhawa. Azidzamwanso madzi ochita kuyeza ndiponso mwa mantha.
17 that they may lack bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.
Ndidzachita zimenezi kuti adzasowe chakudya ndi madzi. Choncho adzachita nkhawa akumapenyana ndipo adzatheratu ndi kuwonda chifukwa cha machimo awo.”
