Yehezkiel 4
1 Allah berkata, "Hai manusia fana, ambillah sebuah batu bata, letakkan di depanmu dan garislah di atasnya denah kota Yerusalem.
But thou, O son of man, take thyself a tile, and lay it before thee, and engrave upon it a city, [namely, ] Jerusalem:
2 Lalu gambarkan suatu pengepungan terhadap kota itu, dengan parit-parit, timbunan-timbunan tanah, perkemahan-perkemahan dan alat-alat pendobrak di sekeliling temboknya.
And place around it a siege, and build works of attack against it, and cast up a mound against it; and arrange around it encampments, and place against it battering rams round about.
3 Ambillah panci besi dan anggaplah itu sebuah dinding besi; letakkanlah panci itu di antara engkau dan kota Yerusalem. Kemudian menghadaplah ke kota itu seakan-akan engkaulah yang mengepungnya. Itu akan menjadi lambang bagi bangsa Israel.
Moreover take thou unto thyself an iron pan, and set it up as a wall of iron between thee and the city: and direct thy face against it, that it may be placed in a state of siege, and lay siege against it. This shall be a sign for the house of Israel.
4 Lalu berbaringlah miring ke kiri, dan Aku akan menimpakan kesalahan bangsa Israel kepadamu. Selama 390 hari engkau akan berbaring begitu dan menderita sengsara karena kesalahan mereka. Sehari engkau berbaring begitu melambangkan satu tahun hukuman bangsa Israel.
And as for thyself, lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: [after] the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it shalt thou bear their iniquity.
But as for myself, I lay upon thee the years of their iniquity, after the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 Setelah itu, berbaringlah miring ke kanan dan rasakanlah hukuman atas kesalahan Yehuda empat puluh hari lamanya, satu hari melambangkan satu tahun hukuman mereka.
And when thou hast made an end of them, thou shalt lie on thy right side, the second time, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: a day each for a year, a day for a year do I lay it on thee.
7 Pandanglah pengepungan Yerusalem. Acungkanlah tinjumu kepada kota itu dan sampaikanlah pesan-Ku tentang hukuman bagi mereka.
And toward the siege of Jerusalem shalt thou direct thy face with thy arm uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 Engkau akan Kuikat sehingga tak dapat membalikkan tubuhmu dari kiri ke kanan atau sebaliknya sampai pengepungan itu berakhir.
And, behold, I will lay ropes upon thee, that thou mayest not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast made an end of the days of thy siege.
9 Sekarang, ambillah gandum, jelai, kacang merah, kacang polong, sekoi dan gandum halus. Campurkanlah itu semua dan buatlah roti. Itulah makananmu selama 390 hari engkau berbaring miring ke kiri itu.
But thou take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thyself bread thereof, [after] the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat it.
10 Roti itu harus kaubagi sedemikian rupa sehingga setiap hari engkau makan hanya 230 gram. Lebih dari itu tak boleh.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels for every day: from one time to the other time shalt thou eat it.
11 Air minummu juga terbatas, yaitu dua cangkir sehari.
And water shalt thou drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from one time to the other time shalt thou drink [it].
12 Buatlah api dengan kotoran manusia sebagai bahan bakarnya. Pangganglah rotimu di atas api itu dan makanlah roti itu di hadapan semua orang."
And in form of a barley-cake shalt thou eat it, and this shalt thou bake with balls of human excrement before their eyes.
13 TUHAN berkata, "Begitulah caranya orang Israel kelak memakan makanan yang dilarang oleh hukum Musa, pada waktu mereka Kubuang ke negeri-negeri asing."
And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.
14 Tetapi aku menjawab, "Aduh TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi! Sejak kecil sampai sekarang, belum pernah aku menajiskan diriku dengan makanan bangkai binatang atau sisa mangsa binatang buas. Tak pernah aku makan makanan yang dianggap haram."
Then said I, Ah Lord Eternal! behold, my soul hath not been defiled; and that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces, have I never eaten from my youth up even until now; and never is flesh of abomination come into my mouth.
15 Maka Allah berkata, "Baiklah, sebagai ganti kotoran manusia, engkau boleh memakai kotoran sapi untuk membakar rotimu."
Then said he unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung instead of human excrement; and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereupon.
16 Kemudian Ia berkata lagi, "Hai manusia fana, Aku akan memusnahkan persediaan makanan di Yerusalem. Dengan cemas dan khawatir orang-orang akan membatasi makanan yang mereka makan dan air yang mereka minum.
And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxious care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in confusion;
17 Mereka akan berputus asa karena kehabisan roti dan air, dan akhirnya mereka mati karena dosa-dosa mereka."
In order that they may want bread and water, and be confounded one with the other, and pine away for their iniquity.
