Ezekiel 4
1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
Mulungu anati, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, tsopano tenga njerwa, uliyike pamaso pako ndipo ujambulepo chithunzi cha mzinda wa Yerusalemu.
2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mount against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it 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 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.
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 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.
“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 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.
Ine ndakuyikira masiku okwana 390 malingana ndi zaka za machimo awo. Umu ndi mmene udzasenzere machimo a Aisraeli.
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.
“Utatha zimenezo udzagonerenso mbali ya kudzanja lamanja, ndipo udzasenza machimo a anthu a ku Yuda masiku makumi anayi, tsiku lililonse kuyimira chaka chimodzi.
7 And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt 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 lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Ine ndidzakumanga ndi zingwe kotero kuti sudzatha kutembenukira uku ndi uku mpaka utatsiriza masiku akuzingidwa ako.
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.
“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 thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Uyeze theka la kilogalamu la chakudyacho kuti uzidya tsiku lililonse kamodzi kokha.
11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Uyezenso zikho ziwiri zamadzi ndipo uzimwa tsiku ndi tsiku.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
Uzidya chakudya chako ngati momwe amadyera keke ya barele. Uzidzaphika chakudyacho anthu akuona pogwiritsa ntchito ndowe ya munthu ngati nkhuni.”
13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
Yehova anati, “Chimodzimodzi anthu a Israeli adzadya chakudya chodetsedwa ku mayiko achilendo kumene Ine ndidzawapirikitsira.”
14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 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;
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 Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
Iye anati, “Chabwino, ndidzakulola kuti uphike buledi wako ndi ndowe za ngʼombe mʼmalo mwa ndowe za munthu.”
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 carefulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
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 want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
Ndidzachita zimenezi kuti adzasowe chakudya ndi madzi. Choncho adzachita nkhawa akumapenyana ndipo adzatheratu ndi kuwonda chifukwa cha machimo awo.”
