Izikiel 4

1 “Ugbu a, gị nwa nke mmadụ, were otu ọkpụrụkpụ aja, tọgbọ ya nʼihu gị. Sepụtakwa obodo Jerusalem nʼelu ya.

And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem.

2 Seekwa ihe nnọchigide nʼagha megide ya, wuokwa ụlọ ndị agha gburugburu ya, wukọta ụlọ ikwu dị iche iche megide ya na ihe e ji akụdasị mgbidi ya niile.

And thou shalt 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.

3 Werekwa efere igwe debe nʼetiti gị na obodo ahụ dịka mgbidi e ji igwe wuo. Chee obodo ahụ ihu gị, ka ị chegide ya nke ọma nʼihi na ndị iro gbara ya gburugburu. Nke a ga-abụ ihe ama nye ndị Izrel.

And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it [for] an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.

4 “Ugbu a, dinara ala nʼakụkụ aka ekpe gị, aga m enye gị ntaramahụhụ mmehie ndị Izrel, ị ga-ata ahụhụ mmehie ha ụbọchị niile nke ị ga-edina nʼakụkụ gị.

And thou shalt lie upon thy 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 thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their iniquities.

5 Nʼihi na ana m enye gị narị ụbọchị atọ na iri ụbọchị itoolu, ọnụọgụgụ nke a na ọnụọgụgụ nke afọ ntaramahụhụ ha ga-abụ otu, ọ bụ oge ha. Otu a ka ị ga-esi buru mmehie Izrel.

For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.

6 “Mgbe i mesịrị nke a, ị ga-edina ala nke ugboro abụọ, ma ọ ga-abụ nʼakụkụ aka nri gị, ị ga-eburu ntaramahụhụ mmehie ndị Juda. Ọ bụ iri abalị anọ, otu ụbọchị ga-anọchi anya otu afọ.

And thou shalt accomplish this, and [then] shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.

7 Chee ihu gị nʼebe nnọchibido Jerusalem, gbara aka nkịtị buo amụma megide ya.

So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.

8 Aga m eke gị eriri ahụ gị niile, ka ị ghara inwe ike tụgharịa site nʼotu akụkụ gaa nʼakụkụ nke ọzọ tutu ụbọchị nnọchigide gị ahụ niile ezuo.

And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

9 “Ma gị were ọka wiiti na ọka balị, werekwa akịdị na lentil, na ọka milet na spelti. Tinyekọta ha nʼotu ite were ha meere onwe gị achịcha. Nʼụbọchị ole ahụ niile nke ị ga-edina nʼakụkụ gị, narị ụbọchị atọ na iri ụbọchị itoolu, ọ bụ ya ka ị ga-eri.

Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which thou sleepest on thy side.

10 A ga-atụ ihe oriri gị atụ, nri nke ị ga-eri otu mgbe ga-abụ narị gram abụọ na iri gram atọ; naanị otu mgbe ka ị ga-eri nri nʼụbọchị.

And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.

11 A ga-ekupụtakwa mmiri ị ga-aṅụ, ị ga-aṅụ mmiri naanị otu ugboro nʼụbọchị, otu udu mmiri e kere ụzọ isii.

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

12 Ị ga-eri ya dịka ogbe achịcha ọka balị, ị ga-eghe ya nʼelu nsị mmadụ kpọrọ nkụ mgbe ndị mmadụ nọ na-ele gị anya.”

And thou shalt eat them [as] a barley cake: thou shalt bake them before their eyes in man's dung.

13 Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Otu a ka ndị Izrel ga-esi rie nri rụrụ arụ, nʼetiti mba dị iche iche ebe m ga-achụga ha.”

And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.

14 Mgbe ahụ, asịrị m, “E e, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị lee, emerụbeghị m onwe m site na nwantakịrị m ruo ugbu a, eribeghị ihe ọbụla nwụrụ nʼonwe ya, maọbụ nke anụ ọhịa dọgburu, anụ na-adịghị ọcha abatụbeghị m nʼọnụ.”

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.

15 Ọ sịrị, “Ọ dị mma, aga m enye gị nsị ehi nʼọnọdụ nke mmadụ, nʼelu ya ka ị ga-akwado achịcha gị.”

And he said to me, Behold, I have given thee dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy loaves upon it.

16 Mgbe ahụ, ọ gwara m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, lee, aga m eme ka nri kọ na Jerusalem; ha ga-eji nchegbu rie nri a tụpụtara atụpụta, jirikwa egwu ṅụọ mmiri e kupụtara ekupụta.

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 want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:

17 Aga m eme ka ihe oriri na mmiri ọṅụṅụ kọọ ha. Ha ga na-elerịta onwe ha anya nʼoke egwu, ha ga-anwụkwa nʼihi mmehie ha.”

that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.