Ezequiel 4

1 Y tú, o! hijo del hombre, tómate un adobe, y pónlo delante de ti, y pinta sobre él la ciudad de Jerusalem:

[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 Y pondrás contra ella cerco, y edificarás contra ella fortaleza, y sacarás contra ella baluarte, y asentarás delante de ella campo, y pondrás contra ella batidores al derredor.

[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 Y tú, tómate una sartén de hierro, y ponerla has en lugar de muro de hierro entre ti y la ciudad; y afirmarás tu rostro contra ella, y será en lugar de cerco, y cercarla has. Es señal a 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 Y tú dormirás sobre tu lado izquierdo y pondrás sobre él la maldad de la casa de Israel: el número de los días que dormirás sobre él, llevarás sobre ti la maldad 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 he dado los años de su maldad por el número de los días, trescientos y noventa días; y llevarás sobre ti la maldad de la casa de Israel.

6 Y cumplidos estos, dormirás sobre tu lado derecho segunda vez; y llevarás sobre ti la maldad de la casa de Judá cuarenta días, día por año, día por año te lo he dado.

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 Y al cerco de Jerusalem afirmarás tu rostro, y descubierto tu brazo, 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 Y he aquí que yo puse sobre ti cuerdas, y no te tornarás del un tu lado al otro lado, hasta que hayas cumplido los días de tu cerco.

[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 tómate trigo, y cebada, y habas, y lentejas, y mijo, y avena, y pónlo en un vaso, y hazte pan de ello el número de los días que durmieres sobre tu lado: trescientos y noventa 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 Y la comida que has de comer será por peso de veinte siclos al día: de tiempo a tiempo lo comerás.

You will eat (8 ounces/a small loaf) of bread each day.

11 Y beberás el agua por medida, la sexta parte de un hin: de tiempo a tiempo beberás.

[Also] measure out (1.5 pints/0.6 liter) of water to drink each day.

12 Y comerás pan de cebada cocido debajo de la ceniza; y cocerlo has con los estiércoles que salen del hombre, delante de los ojos de ellos.

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 Y dijo Jehová: Así comerán los hijos de Israel su pan inmundo entre las gentes, a las cuales yo los lanzaré allá.

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, Señor Jehová! he aquí que mi alma no es inmunda, ni nunca desde mi mocedad hasta este tiempo comí cosa mortecina, ni despedazada, ni nunca en mi boca entró carne inmunda.

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 Y respondióme: He aquí, te doy estiércoles de bueyes en lugar de los estiércoles de hombre; y harás tu pan con ellos.

Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human [for fuel].”

16 Y díjome: Hijo del hombre, he aquí que yo quebranto la fuerza del pan en Jerusalem; y comerán el pan por peso, y con angustia; y beberán el agua por medida, y con espanto:

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 Porque les faltará el pan y el agua, y espantarse han los unos con los otros; y desmayarse han por su maldad.

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].”