1
Wewe nawe, mwanadamu, jipatie tofali uliweke mbele yako, kisha, chora juu yake mfano wa mji, yaani, Yerusalemu;
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
2
ukauhusuru, ukajenge ngome juu yake, na kufanya boma juu yake; ukaweke makambi juu yake, na kuweka magogo ya kuubomoa yauzunguke pande zote.
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 ukajipatie bamba la chuma, ukalisimamishe liwe ukuta wa chuma kati ya wewe na mji huo; ukaelekeze uso wako juu yake, nao utahusuriwa, nawe utauhusuru. Hili litakuwa 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
Tena lala chini kwa ubavu wako wa kushoto, ukaweke huo uovu wa nyumba ya Israeli juu yake; kwa kadiri ya hesabu ya siku utakazolala juu yake, kwa kadiri hiyo utauchukua uovu wao.
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
Maana nimekuagizia miaka ya uovu wao iwe kwako hesabu ya siku, yaani, siku mia tatu na tisini; ndivyo utakavyouchukua uovu wa 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
Tena utakapozitimiza hizo, utalala kwa ubavu wako wa kuume, nawe utauchukua uovu wa nyumba ya Yuda; siku arobaini, siku moja kwa mwaka mmoja, nimekuagizia.
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
Nawe utauelekeza uso wako, uelekee mazingiwa ya Yerusalemu, na mkono wako utakuwa haukuvikwa nguo, nawe utatoa unabii juu yake.
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
8
Na tazama, nitakutia pingu, wala hutageuka toka upande mmoja hata upande wa pili, hata utakapozitimiza siku za mazingiwa yako.
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
Pia ujipatie ngano, na shayiri, na kunde, na dengu, na mtama, na kusemethi, ukavitie vyote katika chombo kimoja, ukajifanyie mkate kwa vitu hivyo; kwa kadiri ya hesabu ya siku utakazolala ubavuni mwako; yaani, siku mia tatu na tisini utaula.
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
Na chakula chako utakachokula kitapimwa, shekeli ishirini kwa siku moja; utakila kwa wakati wake.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
11
Nawe utakunywa maji kwa kuyapima, sehemu ya sita ya hini; utayanywa kwa wakati wake.
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 utakila kama mkate wa shayiri, nawe utakioka mbele ya macho yao juu ya mashonde yatokayo katika 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, Hivyo ndivyo wana wa Israeli watakavyokula chakula chao, hali kimetiwa unajisi, kati ya mataifa nitakakowafukuza.
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, Ee Bwana MUNGU, tazama, roho yangu haikutiwa unajisi; maana tangu ujana wangu hata sasa sijala nyamafu, wala iliyoraruliwa na hayawani; wala nyama ichukizayo haikuingia 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
Ndipo akaniambia, Tazama, nimekupa mashonde ya ng'ombe badala ya mashonde ya mwanadamu, nawe utakipika chakula chako juu ya hayo.
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
16
Tena akaniambia, Mwanadamu, tazama, nitalivunja tegemeo la chakula katika Yerusalemu; nao watakula mkate kwa kuupima, na kwa kuutunza sana; nao watakunywa maji kwa kuyapima, na kwa kushangaa;
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.
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wapate kupungukiwa na mkate na maji, na kustaajabiana, na kukonda kwa sababu ya uovu wao.
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.