Ezequiel 4
1 “Hijo de hombre, debes tomar un ladrillo, ponerlo frente a ti y dibujar en él la ciudad de Jerusalén.
[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.
2 Muestra que está sitiada: establece un perímetro de asedio a su alrededor, construye una rampa de asedio contra ella, coloca los campamentos enemigos junto a ella y pon arietes por todos los lados alrededor.
[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).
3 Pon una placa de hierro entre tú y la ciudad para que sea como un muro de hierro. Enfréntate a la ciudad y demuestra que está sitiada y que eres tú quien la ataca. Esta es una advertencia simbólica para el pueblo de Israel.
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].
4 “Luego acuéstate sobre tu lado izquierdo y carga con los pecados de los israelitas. Llevarás sus pecados durante el número de días que te acuestes sobre tu costado.
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.
5 Te haré permanecer allí durante 390 días, que representan el número de años de sus pecados. Llevarás los pecados de los israelitas.
6 “Una vez que hayas terminado de hacer esto durante estos días, entonces te acostarás de nuevo, pero esta vez sobre tu lado derecho, y llevarás los pecados del pueblo de Judá. Te haré permanecer allí durante 40 días, un día por cada año.
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].
7 Mantén tu rostro hacia el sitio de Jerusalén con el brazo desnudo, y profetiza contra él.
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.
8 “Prepárate, porque ahora te voy a atar con cuerdas para que no puedas moverte de un lado a otro hasta que terminen los días de tu asedio.
[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).
9 “Consigue trigo, cebada, frijoles, lentejas, mijo y espelta, y mézclalos en una vasija. Utilízalos para hacer pan para ti. Esto es lo que debes comer durante los 390 días que permanezcas acostado.
[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.
10 Se te permite comer veinte siclos de peso de comida cada día, y debes comerla a horas regulares.
You will eat (8 ounces/a small loaf) of bread each day.
11 “Mide un sexto de hin de agua para beber, y la beberás a horas regulares.
[Also] measure out (1.5 pints/0.6 liter) of water to drink each day.
12 Comerán el pan como si fuera un pan de cebada. Lo hornearán sobre un fuego que queme excrementos humanos secos mientras todos los observan”.
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.
13 Entonces el Señor dijo: “Esta es la forma en que los israelitas comerán su pan impuro entre las naciones donde los exiliaré”.
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.”
14 “¡Por favor, no, Señor Dios!” Respondí. “Nunca me he hecho impuro. No he comido nada encontrado muerto o matado por animales salvajes desde que era joven hasta ahora. Nunca me he metido en la boca carne impura”.
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.”
15 “Está bien”, dijo. “Te dejaré usar estiércol de vaca en lugar de excremento humano Puedes hornear tu pan sobre el fuego usando eso”.
Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human [for fuel].”
16 Luego continuó: “¡Hijo de hombre, mira! Voy a acabar con el suministro de alimentos de Jerusalén. Preocupados por la enfermedad, comerán pan racionado por peso. Desesperados por lo que está sucediendo, beberán agua medida en pequeñas cantidades.
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,
17 Al quedarse sin comida y sin agua, se horrorizarán al ver cómo se consumen unos a otros por culpa de sus pecados”.
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].”
