Hezekiel 4

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

“But you, son of man, take a brick for yourself and place it before you. Then carve the city of Jerusalem on it.

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.

Then lay siege against it, and build forts against it. Raise up an assault ramp against it and set camps around it. Place battering rams all around it.

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.

Then take for yourself an iron pan and use it as an iron wall between yourself and the city and set your face against it, for it will be under siege, and you are to put the siege against it. This will 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.

Then, lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel on it; you will carry their sin for the number of the days that you lie down against the house of Israel.

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.

I myself am assigning to you one day to represent each year of their punishment: 390 days! In this way, you will carry the sin 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.

When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time on your right side, for you will carry the sin of the house of Judah for forty days. I am assigning to you one day for each year.

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

Set your face toward Jerusalem that is under siege, and with your arm uncovered 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.

For behold! I am placing bonds on you so you will not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your 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 for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make bread for yourself according to the number of the days that you will lie upon your side. For 390 days you will eat it.

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

The food you will eat will be by weight, twenty shekels per day, and you will eat it at set times each day.

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

Then you will drink water, measured out to a sixth of a hin, and you will drink it at set times.

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

You will eat it as barley cakes, but you will bake it on excrement of human dung within their sight!”

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

For Yahweh says, “This means that the bread that the people of Israel will eat will be unclean, there among the nations where I will banish 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.”

But I said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! I have never been unclean! I have never eaten either anything that died or anything killed by animals, from my youth until now, and foul meat has never entered 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.”

So he said to me, “Look! I have given you cow manure instead of human dung so you can prepare your bread over that.”

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,

He also said to me, “Son of man! Behold! I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety and drink water while rationing it in trembling.

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

Because they will lack bread and water, every man will be dismayed at his brother and waste away because of their iniquity.”