Ezekiel Acts Out the Siege of Jerusalem
1 God said, “Mortal man, get a brick, put it in front of you, and scratch lines on it to represent the city of Jerusalem. 2 Then, to represent a siege, put trenches, earthworks, camps, and battering rams all around it. 3 Take an iron pan and set it up like a wall between you and the city. Face the city. It is under siege, and you are the one besieging it. This will be a sign to the nation of Israel.
4-5 “Then lie down on your left side, and I will place on you the guilt of the nation of Israel. For 390 days you will stay there and suffer because of their guilt. I have sentenced you to one day for each year their punishment will last. 6 When you finish that, turn over on your right side and suffer for the guilt of Judah for forty days—one day for each year of their punishment.
7 “Fix your eyes on the siege of Jerusalem. Shake your fist at the city and prophesy against it. 8 I will tie you up so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until the siege is over.
9 “Now take some wheat, barley, beans, peas, millet, and spelt. Mix them all together and make bread. That is what you are to eat during the 390 days you are lying on your left side. 10 You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day. 11 You will also have a limited amount of water to drink, two cups a day. 12 You are to build a fire out of dried human excrement, bake bread on the fire, and eat it where everyone can see you.”
13 The Lord said, “This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids, when I scatter them to foreign countries.”
14 But I replied, “No, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From childhood on I have never eaten meat from any animal that died a natural death or was killed by wild animals. I have never eaten any food considered unclean.”
15 So God said, “Very well. I will let you use cow dung instead, and you can bake your bread on that.”
16 And he added, “Mortal man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread for Jerusalem. The people there will be distressed and anxious as they measure out the food they eat and the water they drink. 17 They will run out of bread and water; they will be in despair, and they will waste away because of their sins.”
Eyeleko lekondekelo laJerusalem
1 “Ndele oove, kaana komunhu, kufa odopi, i tula poshi komesho yoye, ndele faneka kuyo oshilando, nokutya Jerusalem. 2 Shi tula mekondekelo loita, ndele shi tungifa omakondekelohote, shi fela ekuma ledu, shi ongela eenhanda, ndele shi tulila oikumunifo yohotekuma keembinga adishe. 3 Natango, kufa opana yoshivela, ndele i tula pokati keni noshilando i ninge ekuma loshivela. Noshipala shoye nashi shi taalele, shi kale sha kondekelwa, heeno ove u noku shi kondekela. Eshi osho edidiliko keumbo laIsrael.
4 “Nangela kolumosho loye u humbate oulunde weumbo laIsrael. Omafiku e fike pokunangala kwoye u nokuhumbata oulunde wavo. 5 Ndele Ame handi tula kombada yoye omido doulunde wavo, ohandi di ku valele omuvalu womafiku u fike pomafiku omafele atatu nomilongo omugoi. Osho hano u nokuhumbata oulunde weumbo laIsrael. 6 Ndele ove ngeenge wa xulifa omafiku aa, ove u nokunangela vali kombinga yokolulyo, opo u humbate oulunde weumbo laJuda omafiku omilongo nhee. Omudo keshe handi u ku valele efiku limwe. 7 Ndele oshipala shoye nokwooko kwoye kwa xutwa ku taalelifa kuJerusalem sha kondekelwa, ndele shi xunganekela owii. 8 Ndele tala, Ame ohandi ku mangifa eengodi, uha dule okupiluka kombinga nombinga fiyo wa xulifa omafiku ekondekelo loye.
9 “Ndele kufa omahangu noilyavala nomakunde nepungu noufila womungome neefukwa, ndele i tula melonga limwe, u liningile omungome nayo. Ove u noku u lya oule womafiku okunangela kolupati limwe, nokutya omafiku omafele atatu nomilongo omugoi. 10 Neendja doye u noku di lya pandjele, nokutya eesekeli omilongo mbali efiku keshe. Efimbo nefimbo u noku di lya. 11 Ove u nokunwa yo omeva pandjele, etata lolita. Efimbo nefimbo u noku a nwa. 12 Ndele ove u noku di lya ngaashi omungome womahangu ndele u noku u teleka kombada yomatudi omunhu moipafi yavo.” 13 Omwene ota ti: “Osho ngaha ovana vaIsrael ve nokulya omungome wavo inau yela mokati koiwana, oko Ame handi ke ve lihanifa.” 14 Ndelenee onda tya: “Akutu Omwene Kalunga, tala, omwenyo wange inau nyatekwa nande efiku limwe nokudja kounyasha wange fiyo opaife inandi lya sha eshi she lifila ile eshi sha nyanyaulwa, nomokanya kange inamu uya nande ombelela inai yela.” 15 Opo Ye ta ti kwaame: “Tala, Ame ohandi ku pe oushosho wongobe ponhele yomatudi omunhu. Kombada yao ove u nokuyofa omungome woye.”
16 Ndele Ye okwa lombwela nge vali: “Kaana komunhu, tala, ohandi teya po ekwafelo lomungome muJerusalem, ndele vo otava ka lya omungome pandjele nokunyika oufiye nokunwa omeva pandjele nokutumhauka omaxwilili. 17 Opo tava ka hangika koluhepo lomungome nolomeva, notava ngonene notava utamene pamwe omolwoshikolo shomatimba avo.”
