Ezequiel 4
1 Y tú, hijo de hombre, toma una tablilla, póntela delante y diseña la ciudad de Jerusalén en ella.
[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 Pon sitio, edifica torres de asedio, levanta terraplenes y pon tropas contra ella y armas militares para romper muros alrededor de ella.
[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 Toma también una sartén de hierro y póngala como una pared de hierro entre ti y la ciudad. Dirige contra ella tu cara. Quedará sitiada. Tú la asediarás. Es una señal para la Casa 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 Recuéstate sobre tu lado izquierdo y pon sobre él la iniquidad de la Casa de Israel. Los días que estés recostado sobre él cargarás la iniquidad de ellos.
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 Yo te señalo en días los años de la iniquidad de ellos: 390 días, para que lleves la iniquidad de la Casa de Israel.
6 Cuando cumplas éstos, te recostarás hacia el lado derecho y llevarás la iniquidad de la Casa de Judá 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 Luego dirigirás tu cara hacia el asedio de Jerusalén, y con tu brazo descubierto profetizarás contra ella.
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 Ahora mira, pondré cuerdas sobre ti, para que no te voltees de un lado al otro, hasta que cumplas los días de tu sitio.
[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 Y tú toma para ti trigo, cebada, habas, lentejas, millo y centeno. Échalos en una vasija y con ellos harás pan el número de días que estés recostado a un lado. 390 días comerás de él.
[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 Comerás tu alimento por peso: 1,1 kilogramos por día. Lo comerás de tiempo en tiempo.
You will eat (8 ounces/a small loaf) of bread each day.
11 Beberás el agua por medida: la sexta parte de una medida de 3,6 litros. La beberás de tiempo en tiempo.
[Also] measure out (1.5 pints/0.6 liter) of water to drink each day.
12 Comerás también pan de cebada que cocerás delante de ellos sobre excremento humano.
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 Yavé dijo: Así los hijos de Israel comerán su pan impuro entre las naciones a donde Yo los disperse.
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 Y dije: ¡Ay, ʼAdonay Yavé! En verdad, nunca fui contaminado. Desde mi juventud hasta ahora, no comí cosa mortecina ni despedazada por las fieras, ni entró en mi boca carne repugnante.
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 Entonces Él me respondió: Mira, te permito usar estiércol de ganado vacuno en vez de excremento humano para que prepares tu pan.
Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human [for fuel].”
16 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, mira, quiebro el sustento de pan en Jerusalén. Comerán el pan por peso y con angustia. Beberán el agua por medida y con aflicción,
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 para que les falte el pan y el agua, queden desmayados unos y otros, y se debiliten progresivamente a causa de su iniquidad.
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].”
