Ezekiel 4
1 [Yahweh also said to me, ] “You human, take a large clay tablet/brick and put it in front of you. Then on the [engrave/draw] on it lines that represent Jerusalem.
"Engkau, anak manusia, ambillah sebuah batu bata, letakkan di hadapanmu dan ukirlah di atasnya sebuah kota, yaitu Yerusalem.
2 [draw figures around it to represent enemy soldiers who will] surround the city. Make mounds around it and a dirt ramp up against the [around the city]. [figures around it that represent] (battering rams/heavy logs that will break though the walls).
Ukirlah kota itu dalam keadaan terkepung: dirikan sebuah benteng pengepungan, timbun pula tanah menjadi tembok pengepungan, tempatkan perkemahan tentara dan susun alat-alat pendobrak sekeliling kota itu.
3 Then take an iron pan, and place it [to be] like an iron wall between you [the drawing of] the city. Then turn your face toward the drawing. It will symbolize [enemy troops will] surround the city to attack it. That will be a warning to the Israeli people [MTY].
Lalu ambillah sebidang besi dan dirikanlah itu di antaramu dengan kota itu menjadi dinding besi, kemudian tujukanlah wajahmu ke arah kota itu, sehingga kota itu dalam keadaan terkepung, dan engkaulah yang mengepung dia. Inilah menjadi lambang bagi kaum Israel.
4 Then lie on your left side, and stay like that for 390 days. That [symbolize that the Israeli people will be punished for] their sins; you must lie like that one day for each year during which they will be punished.
Berbaringlah engkau pada sisi kirimu dan Aku akan menanggungkan hukuman kaum Israel atasmu. Berapa hari engkau berbaring demikian, selama itulah engkau menanggung hukuman mereka.
Beginilah Aku tentukan bagimu: Berapa tahun hukuman kaum Israel, sekian harilah engkau menanggung hukuman mereka, yaitu tiga ratus sembilan puluh hari.
6 After that, lie down again. This time, lie on your right side for 40 days. That [symbolize that the Israeli people will be punished more] for their sins, one day for each [during which they will be punished].
Kalau engkau sudah mengakhiri waktu ini, berbaringlah engkau untuk kedua kalinya, tetapi pada sisi kananmu dan tanggunglah hukuman kaum Yehuda empat puluh hari lamanya; Aku menentukan bagimu satu hari untuk satu tahun.
7 Turn your face [the drawing of] Jerusalem and bare your [like a soldier does who prepares to go into a battle] [MTY], and prophesy [what will happen to] the city.
Tujukanlah wajahmu kepada pengepungan Yerusalem dan kepalkanlah tinjumu kepadanya dan bernubuatlah melawan kota itu.
8 [You will not be able to move; it will be as though] I have tied you with ropes in order that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have [symbolizing how many years the city] will be (besieged/surrounded by enemy soldiers).
Lihat, Aku akan mengikat engkau dengan tali, sehingga engkau tidak dapat berbalik dari sisi yang satu ke sisi yang lain sampai engkau mengakhiri waktu pengepunganmu itu.
9 [Before you do that, ] take some wheat and barley, beans, lentils, spelt and millet, and put them in a [storage] jar, and use that to bake [for yourself]. That is what you will eat during the 390 days while you lie on your [left] side.
Selanjutnya ambillah gandum, jelai, kacang merah besar, kacang merah kecil, jawan dan sekoi dan taruhlah dalam satu periuk dan masaklah itu menjadi roti bagimu. Itulah makananmu selama engkau berbaring pada sisimu, yaitu tiga ratus sembilan puluh hari.
10 You will eat (8 ounces/a small loaf) of bread each day.
Dan makananmu yang harus kaumakan akan ditentukan timbangannya, yakni dua puluh syikal satu hari; makanlah itu pada waktu-waktu tertentu.
11 [Also] measure out (1.5 pints/0.6 liter) of water to drink each day.
Air minumpun bagimu akan ditentukan, seperenam hin banyaknya; minumlah itu pada waktu-waktu tertentu.
12 Eat that bread like you would eat a loaf of barley bread. But use your own dried dung for fuel to bake the bread while people are watching.
Makanlah roti itu seperti roti jelai yang bundar dan engkau harus membakarnya di atas kotoran manusia yang sudah kering di hadapan mereka."
13 That will symbolize that the Israeli people will be forced to eat food that is unacceptable to me when they are living in the nations to which I will force them to go.”
Selanjutnya TUHAN berfirman: "Aku akan membuang orang Israel ke tengah-tengah bangsa-bangsa dan demikianlah mereka akan memakan rotinya najis di sana."
14 Then I said, “No, Yahweh God![Do not force me to do that]! I have never caused myself to become unacceptable to you [by doing anything like that]. From the time when I was young, I have never eaten meat of any [animal] that was found dead or that had been killed by wild animals. And I have never eaten any meat that is unacceptable to you.”
Maka kujawab: "Aduh, Tuhan ALLAH, sesungguhnya, aku tak pernah dinajiskan dan dari masa mudaku sampai sekarang tak pernah kumakan bangkai atau sisa mangsa binatang buas; lagipula tak pernah masuk ke mulutku ini daging yang sudah basi."
15 Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human [for fuel].”
Lalu firman-Nya kepadaku: "Lihat, kalau begitu Aku mengizinkan engkau memakai kotoran lembu ganti kotoran manusia dan bakarlah rotimu di atasnya."
16 Then he said to me, “You human, I will cause the supply of food to Jerusalem to be cut off. [Then] the people will eat the small amounts of food and drink the small amounts of [that the government permits them to have], and they will be [very] distressed and anxious as they do that,
Sesudah itu Ia berfirman kepadaku: "Hai, anak manusia, sesungguhnya, Aku akan memusnahkan persediaan makanan di Yerusalem--dan mereka akan memakan roti yang tertentu timbangannya dengan hati yang cemas; juga mereka akan meminum air dalam ukuran terbatas dengan hati yang gundah-gulana--
17 because water and food will be very scarce. They will see each other becoming extremely thin, and they will be appalled; [but this will happen] because they are being punished [for the sins that they have committed].”
dengan maksud, supaya mereka kekurangan makanan dan minuman dan mereka semuanya menjadi gundah-gulana, sehingga mereka hancur di dalam hukumannya.
