Hezekiel 4

1 “Azɔ la, ame vi, tsɔ anyikpe aɖe, dae ɖe wò ŋkume, eye nàta Yerusalem du la ɖe edzi.

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

2 Na ameawo naɖe to ɖee; tu nu siwo woatsɔ aɖe to ɖee la ɖe eŋu. Tu xɔ tsralawo ɖe eŋu, eye nàtu gligbãnuwo aƒo xlãe.

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.

3 Emegbe la, nàtsɔ gagba awɔ gagli ɖe wò kple dua ƒe gliwo dome, eye nàdze ŋgɔe. Woaɖe to ɖee, eye nàxaxae ɖo. Esia anye dzesi aɖe na Israel ƒe aƒe la.

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.

4 “Ekema nàmlɔ wò miamekpa dzi, eye nàtsɔ Israel ƒe aƒe la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ada ɖe ɖokuiwò dzi. Ele na wò be nàtsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ŋkeke ale si nàmlɔ wò miamekpa dzi.

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.

5 Metsɔ ŋkekewo ƒe xexlẽme ma ke na wò abe woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ƒe ƒewo ƒe xexlẽme ene. Ale hena ŋkeke alafa etɔ̃ kple blaasieke la, àtsɔ Israel ƒe aƒe la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo.

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.

6 “Ne èwɔ esia vɔ la, nàgamlɔ anyi, azɔ ɖe wò ɖusimekpa dzi, eye nàtsɔ Yuda ƒe aƒe la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo. Metsɔ ŋkeke blaene na wò, ŋkeke ɖeka ɖe ƒe ɖeka nu.

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.

7 Trɔ wò mo ɖo ɖe toɖeɖe ɖe Yerusalem gbɔ. Mègatsɔ naneke tsyɔ abɔ o, eye nàgblɔ nya ɖi ɖe Yerusalem ŋu.

And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.

8 Mabla wò kple ka ale be màte ŋu atrɔ tso axa ɖeka dzi ayi evelia dzi o va se ɖe esime nàwu wò toɖeɖe ɖe du la ƒe ŋkekewo nu.

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.

9 “Tsɔ bli, lu, ayi, ƒo kple mɔlu dzra ɖo ɖe ze me, tsɔ wo nàƒo aboloe na ɖokuiwò, eye nàɖui le ŋkeke alafa etɔ̃ kple blaasieke siwo me nàmlɔ axadzi.

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.

10 Da nuɖuɖu gram alafa eve blaatɔ̃ na ɖuɖu gbe sia gbe, eye nàɖui le ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖowo dzi.

And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

11 Kpe ɖe esia ŋu la, dzidze tsi hin ƒe mama adelia ƒe ɖeka, eye nànoe le ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖowo dzi.

And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

12 Ɖu nu la abe lubolo ene. Mee le ameawo ƒe ŋkume le dzo si wodo kple amegbetɔ ƒe afɔdzi la dzi.”

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

13 Yehowa gblɔ be, “Ale Israelviwo aɖu nu makɔmakɔ le dukɔwo dome, afi si manya wo aɖo ɖo.”

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

14 Tete megblɔ be, “Ao, Yehowa, nyemegblẽ kɔ ɖo na ɖokuinye kpɔ haɖe o. Tso nye ɖekakpuime va se ɖe fifia la, nyemeɖu nu kuku aɖeke alo lã si lã wɔadãwo vuvu la kpɔ o. Lã makɔmakɔ aɖeke mege ɖe nye nu me kpɔ o.”

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;

15 Egblɔ nam be, “Enyo ŋutɔ; mana nàme wò abolo le dzo si wodo kple nyi ƒe afɔdzi la dzi ɖe esi wodo kple amegbetɔ ƒe afɔdzi teƒe.”

Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

16 Emegbe la, egblɔ nam be, “Ame vi, mana be nuɖuɖu magaɖo Yerusalem o. Amewo aɖu nu si woama na wo le dzitsitsi me, eye woano tsi si woadzidze ama na wo le dziɖeleameƒo me,

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:

17 elabena nuɖuɖu kple tsi magabɔ o. Ne wokpɔ wo nɔewo la, woƒe nu aku, eye woatsrɔ̃ le woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta.”

that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.