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 lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, — 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 lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it 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 unto thee an iron plate, and put it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be a sign to the house 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, lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: the number of the days that thou liest upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.
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.
And I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt bear the iniquity 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 when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Chee ihu gị nʼebe nnọchibido Jerusalem, gbara aka nkịtị buo amụma megide ya.
And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou 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 lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
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.
And thou, take 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 liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
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 thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
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, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
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 it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
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 Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.
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 said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh 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 unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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 unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
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.”
because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
