Ezekieli 4
1 “Mwanadamu, sasa chukua tofali, uliweke mbele yako na uchore juu yake ramani ya mji wa Yerusalemu.
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
2 Kisha uuzingire: Simamisha askari dhidi yake kuuzunguka, uzunguke kwa majeshi, weka kambi dhidi yake pande zote pamoja na magogo ya kubomolea boma vitani.
Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
3 Kisha chukua bamba la chuma, ukalisimamishe liwe kama ukuta wa chuma kati yako na huo mji, nawe uuelekeze uso wako. Huo mji utakuwa katika hali ya kuzingirwa, nawe utauzingira. Hii itakuwa ishara kwa nyumba ya Israeli.
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 “Kisha ulale kwa upande wako wa kushoto na uweke dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli juu yake. Utazibeba dhambi zao kwa idadi ya siku utakazolala kwa huo upande mmoja.
Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.
5 Nimekupangia idadi ya siku kama miaka ya dhambi yao. Kwa hiyo kwa siku 390 utabeba dhambi za nyumba ya Israeli.
For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 “Baada ya kumaliza hili, lala chini tena, wakati huu ulale chini kwa upande wa kuume, uchukue dhambi za nyumba ya Yuda. Nimekupangia siku arobaini, siku moja kwa kila mwaka mmoja.
When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.
7 Geuza uso wako uelekeze kwenye kuzingirwa kwa Yerusalemu na mkono wako ambao haukuvikwa nguo tabiri dhidi yake.
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
8 Nitakufunga kwa kamba ili usiweze kugeuka kutoka upande mmoja hadi upande mwingine, mpaka hapo utakapokuwa umetimiza siku za kuzingirwa kwako.
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
9 “Chukua ngano na shayiri, maharagwe na dengu, mtama na mawele, uviweke na kuvihifadhi vyote kwenye gudulia la kuhifadhia, na uvitumie kujitengenezea mkate. Utaula mkate huo kwa hizo siku 390 utakazokuwa umelala kwa upande mmoja.
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
10 Pima shekeli ishirini za chakula utakachokula kwa kila siku, nawe utakula kwa wakati uliopangwa.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
11 Pia pima maji moja ya sita ya hini, nawe utakunywa kwa wakati uliopangwa.
You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
12 Nawe utakula chakula kama vile ambavyo ungekula mkate wa shayiri, uoke mkate mbele ya macho ya watu, ukitumia kinyesi cha mwanadamu.”
And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
13 Bwana akasema, “Hivi ndivyo watu wa Israeli watakavyokula chakula kilicho najisi miongoni mwa mataifa ninakowapeleka.”
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
14 Ndipo nikasema, “Sivyo Bwana Mwenyezi! Kamwe mimi sijajitia unajisi. Tangu ujana wangu hadi sasa sijala kamwe kitu chochote kilichokufa au kilichoraruliwa na wanyama wa mwituni. Hakuna nyama yeyote najisi iliyoingia kinywani mwangu.”
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
15 Akasema, “Vema sana, basi nitakuruhusu uoke mkate wako kwa kutumia kinyesi cha ngʼombe badala ya kinyesi cha mwanadamu.”
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
16 Ndipo Mungu akaniambia, “Mwanadamu, mimi nitakatilia mbali upatikanaji wa chakula katika Yerusalemu. Watu watakula chakula cha kupimwa kwa wasiwasi pamoja na maji ya kupimiwa kwa kukata tamaa,
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
17 kwa kuwa chakula na maji vitakuwa adimu. Watastajabiana kila mmoja, nao watadhoofika kwa sababu ya dhambi yao.
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
