Ezekiel 4

1 and you(m. s.) son: child man to take: take to/for you brick and to give: put [obj] her to/for face: before your and to decree upon her city [obj] Jerusalem

“Son of man, you are to take a brick, put in front of you, and draw a picture of the city of Jerusalem on it.

2 and to give: put upon her siege and to build upon her siegework and to pour: build siege mound upon her mound and to give: put upon her camp and to set: put upon her ram around

Show that it's under siege: establish a siege perimeter all around it, build a siege ramp against it, set up the enemy camps beside it, and put battering rams on all sides around it.

3 and you(m. s.) to take: take to/for you griddle iron and to give: put [obj] her wall iron between you and between [the] city and to establish: establish [obj] face your to(wards) her and to be in/on/with siege and to confine upon her sign: indicator he/she/it to/for house: household Israel

Put an iron plate between yourself and the city so it's like an iron wall. Face the city and demonstrate that it's under siege, and that you are the one attacking it. This is a symbolic warning to the people of Israel.

4 and you(m. s.) to lie down: lay down upon side your [the] left and to set: put [obj] iniquity: punishment house: household Israel upon him number [the] day which to lie down: lay down upon him to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: punishment their

Then lie on your left side and take the Israelites' sins on yourself. You will carry their sins for the number of days you lie on your side.

5 and I to give: give to/for you [obj] year iniquity: punishment their to/for number day three hundred and ninety day and to lift: guilt iniquity: punishment house: household Israel

I will make you stay there for 390 days, representing the number of years of their sins. You will bear the sins of the Israelites.

6 and to end: finish [obj] these and to lie down: lay down upon side your ([the] right *QK) second and to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: punishment house: household Judah forty day day to/for year day to/for year to give: give him to/for you

Once you have finished doing this for these days, then you are to lie down again, but this time on your right side, and carry the sins of the people of Judah. I will make you stay there for 40 days, one day for every year.

7 and to(wards) siege Jerusalem to establish: establish face your and arm your to strip and to prophesy upon her

Keep your face towards the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

8 and behold to give: put upon you cord and not to overturn from side your to(wards) side your till to end: finish you day siege your

Be ready, because now I'm going to tie you up with ropes so you can't move from side to side until the days of your siege are over.

9 and you(m. s.) to take: take to/for you wheat and barley and bean and lentil and millet and rye and to give: put [obj] them in/on/with article/utensil one and to make [obj] them to/for you to/for food: bread number [the] day which you(m. s.) to lie down: lay down upon side your three hundred and ninety day to eat him

Get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat for the 390 days that you lie on your side.

10 and food your which to eat him in/on/with weight twenty shekel to/for day from time till time to eat him

You are allowed to eat twenty shekels weight of food each day, and you are to eat it at regular times.

11 and water in/on/with capacity to drink sixth [the] hin from time till time to drink

Measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at regular times.

12 and bun barley to eat her and he/she/it in/on/with dung excrement [the] man to bake them to/for eye: seeing their

You are to eat the bread as you would a barley loaf. You are to bake it over a fire burning dried human excrement as everyone watches.”

13 and to say LORD thus to eat son: descendant/people Israel [obj] food: bread their unclean in/on/with nation which to banish them there

Then the Lord said, “This is the way the Israelites will eat their unclean bread among the nations where I'll exile them.”

14 and to say alas! Lord YHWH/God behold soul: myself my not to defile and carcass and torn animal not to eat from youth my and till now and not to come (in): come in/on/with lip my flesh refuse

“Please no, Lord God!” I answered. “I have never made myself unclean. I haven't eaten anything found dead or killed by wild animals from the time I was young until now. I've never put unclean meat in my mouth.”

15 and to say to(wards) me to see: behold! to give: give to/for you [obj] (dung *Qk) [the] cattle underneath: instead dung [the] man and to make [obj] food: bread your upon them

“All right,” he said. “I'll let you use cow manure instead of human excrement You can bake your bread over a fire using that.”

16 and to say to(wards) me son: child man look! I to break tribe: supply food: bread in/on/with Jerusalem and to eat food: bread in/on/with weight and in/on/with anxiety and water in/on/with capacity and in/on/with horror to drink

Then he went on, “Son of man, watch! I am going to put a stop to Jerusalem's food supply. Worried sick, they will eat bread rationed by weight. Despairing at what's happening, they will drink water measured in small amounts.

17 because to lack food: bread and water and be desolate: appalled man: anyone and brother: compatriot his and to rot in/on/with iniquity: punishment their

Running out of food and water, they will be horrified as they look at one another wasting away because of their sins.”