Ezequiel 4

1 Y tú, hijo de hombre, toma un ladrillo, ponlo delante de ti y diseña la imagen de un pueblo, incluso 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 Rodéala de un ejército, construye una barda y una rampa también; y coloca carpas contra él, colocando arietes a su alrededor para derribar sus paredes.

[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 toma una plancha de hierro plana, y pónla por una pared de hierro entre tú y el pueblo; y gira tu cara hacia ella, como si la atacaras. Esto será una señal para los hijos 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, echándote sobre tu lado izquierdo, toma el pecado de los hijos de Israel sobre ti mismo, porque mientras estés extendido, el pecado de los hijos de Israel estará sobre ti.

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 Porque te he dado los años de su pecado, igual a los años de su iniquidad; trescientos noventa días. Llevarás sobre ti el pecado de los hijos de Israel.

6 Y cuando hayas cumplido estos días, gira hacia tu lado derecho, debes asumir el pecado de los hijos de Judá: cuarenta días, un día por un año, lo tengo arreglado para ti.

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 sea tu rostro hacia donde está sitiada Jerusalén, con tu brazo descubierto, 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 Y mira, te atare con cuerdas; y te quedarás sin voltearte de un lado a otro hasta que finalicen 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 toma para ti trigo, cebada y diferentes tipos de grano, y ponlos en un recipiente y haz de ellos pan para ti; Todos los días que estarás acostado de lado izquierdo será tu comida.

[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 debes tomar tu comida por peso, un cuarto de kilo por día: debes tomarla a horas regulares.

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

11 Y debes tomar agua por medida, la sexta parte de un hin: debes tomarla a horas regulares.

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

12 Y que tu comida se convierta en pasteles de cebada, cocinándolos, ante ellos, con estiércol 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 Y el Señor dijo: Así, los hijos de Israel tendrán pan inmundo para su alimento entre las naciones a donde yo los voy a desterrar.

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 Entonces dije: ¡Ah, Señor! mira, mi alma nunca ha sido inmunda, y nunca he tomado como mi alimento nada que haya llegado a una muerte natural o haya sido destruido por bestias, desde que era joven hasta ahora; ninguna carne asquerosa ha entrado en mi boca.

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 dijo: Mira, te permito que uses él estiércol de vaca en lugar de los desechos del hombre, para cocer tu pan.

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

16 Y él me dijo: Hijo de hombre, mira, quitaré de Jerusalén la provisión de pan: tomarán su pan por ración, tomando su agua con temor y 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 al escasear el pan y agua y se aterren unos a otros, destruyéndose en su pecado.

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].”