Ezekiel 4

1 And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

»Tudi ti, človeški sin, si vzemi opeko in jo položi pred seboj in na njej upodobi mesto, celó [prestolnico] Jeruzalem,

2 And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

in postavi obleganje zoper njo in zgradi utrdbo zoper njo in nasuj nasip zoper njo. Postavi tudi tabor zoper njo in naokoli zoper njo razpostavi oblegovalne ovne.

3 And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

Poleg tega si vzemi železno ponev in jo postavi za železen zid med seboj in mestom, in naravnaj svoj obraz zoper njo in ta bo oblegana, ti pa boš postavil oblegovanje zoper njo. To bo znamenje Izraelovi hiši.

4 Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.

Lezi tudi na svojo levo stran in nanjo položi krivičnost Izraelove hiše. Glede na število dni, ko boš ležal na tej, boš nosil njihovo krivičnost.

5 For I have had the years of their sin measured for you by a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: and you will take on yourself the sin of the children of Israel.

Kajti nate sem položil leta njihove krivičnosti, glede na število dni, tristo devetdeset dni. Tako boš nosil krivičnost Izraelove hiše.

6 And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

Ko jih dopolniš, ponovno lezi na svojo desno stran in štirideset dni boš nosil krivičnost Judove hiše. Določil sem ti vsak dan za leto.

7 And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

Zato boš svoj obraz naravnal proti obleganju [prestolnice] Jeruzalem in tvoj laket bo odkrit in prerokoval boš zoper njo.

8 And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

Glej, nate bom položil vezi in ne boš se obrnil iz ene strani na drugo, dokler ne dokončaš dni svojega obleganja.

9 And take for yourself wheat and barley and different sorts of grain, and put them in one vessel and make bread for yourself from them; all the days when you are stretched on your side it will be your food.

K sebi vzemi tudi pšenico, ječmen, fižol, lečo, proso in piro ter jih stresi v eno posodo in iz tega zamesi kruh; glede na število dni, ki jih boš preležal na svoji strani, tristo devetdeset dni boš jedel od tega.

10 And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.

Tvoja hrana, ki jo boš jedel, bo po teži, dvajset šeklov na dan. Od časa do časa jo boš jedel.

11 And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.

Tudi vodo boš pil po meri, šesti del vrča. Od časa do časa [jo] boš pil.

12 And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.

To boš jedel kakor ječmenove kolače in to boš spekel z iztrebkom, ki prihaja iz človeka, v njihovem pogledu.«

13 And the Lord said, Even so the children of Israel will have unclean bread for their food among the nations where I am driving them.

Gospod je rekel: »Celo tako bodo Izraelovi otroci jedli svoj omadeževani kruh med pogani, kamor jih bom pognal.«

14 Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

Potem sem rekel: »Ah, Gospod Bog! Glej, moja duša ni bila oskrunjena, kajti od svoje mladosti, celo do sedaj, nisem jedel od tega, kar samo umre ali je raztrgano na koščke; niti v moja usta ni prišlo gnusno meso.«

15 Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.

Potem mi je rekel: »Glej! Dajem ti kravji iztrebek za človeški iztrebek in svoj kruh boš pripravil s tem.«

16 And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

Poleg tega mi je rekel: »Človeški sin, glej, zlomil bom oporo kruha v [prestolnici] Jeruzalem. Kruh bodo jedli po teži in s skrbnostjo in vodo bodo pili po meri in z osuplostjo,

17 So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

da jim bo lahko primanjkovalo kruha in vode in bodo osupli eden z drugim in shirali zaradi svoje krivičnosti.«