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.”
Esekiyeli ye Yerusalaamu sukiñaa yitandi
1 Bituŋ Yaawe* ko n ye ko: “Ite hadamadiŋo, i si birikoo taa, i ye a londi i ñaatiliŋo la, i ye Yerusalaamu dadaañaa nuunee a bala. 2 I be Yerusalaamu saatewo suki la teŋ ne. I ye kelediŋolu la daakaa loo a saatee tata sansaŋo dandaŋo bee la. I ye seleraŋolu fanaa loo saatee tata sansaŋo bala, aniŋ ì ye seleraŋ sapoolu* loo. I ye sansaŋ boyiraŋ doko baalu parendi a sansaŋo niŋ a dundaŋ daalu dandaŋo bee la. 3 Bituŋ i si nee palaati baa taa, i ye a londi i niŋ saatewo teema, ka ke nee sansaŋo ti. I ye i ñaa tiliŋ saatee tata sansaŋo la ko moo meŋ ka naa jee boyinkaŋ, ka a suki. Ñiŋ be ke la Banisirayilankoolu ye taamanseeroo le ti ka ì dandalaa.”
Esekiyeli ye i laa a karoo kaŋ
4 Yaawe ko: “Niŋ wo bota a la, i si i laa i maraa karoo kaŋ ka Banisirayila la yankankatoo dunoo taa ì ye. I be wo dunoo taa la le, ka bo niŋ tili nankamoo la i be meŋ laa la i karoo kaŋ. 5 Ŋa i sasi tili keme saba tili taŋ kononto le la, i be tara la Banisirayilankoolu la junuboo kuluuroo dunoo taa la mennu la. Tili-wo-tili be kaañaŋ na sanji kiliŋ yankankatoo le fee meŋ ñanta laa la Banisirayilankoolu kaŋ. 6 Niŋ i ye ñiŋ baŋ, i si i laa i bulubaa karoo fanaa kaŋ bankoo to. I be Yahuuda moolu fanaa la junuboo kuluuroo dunoo taa la le fo tili taŋ naani. Tili-wo-tili mu sanji kiliŋ ne ti, ŋa i sasi meŋ na. 7 Bituŋ i si i ñaa tiliŋ wo birikoo la, Yerusalaamu be nuuneeriŋ meŋ bala, i ye kurupeñoo dadaa, i ye kiilaariyaa kumoo fo a ma. 8 A fele, m be i siti la julukesoo le la, i si a je i te yelema noo la i kara doo kaŋ. I be tu la wo le ñaama, fo niŋ i la ñiŋ sasoo luŋolu banta.
9 “Saayiŋ, i be ñiŋ siimaŋ kesoolu le taa la, mennu mu wiiti* siimaŋ kesoo, baali* siimaŋ kesoo, sosoo kesoo, ñoo kesoo, aniŋ findi kesoo, i ye ì soo ñoo kaŋ keraŋo kono. I si kali wo jani mbuuroo ti luŋ-wo-luŋ. Ñiŋ ne be ke la i la domoroo ti wo tili keme saba tili taŋ kononto kono, i be tara la laariŋ i kara kiliŋo kaŋ waati meŋ na. 10 Tili-wo-tili i be domoroo meŋ domo la, a ñanta ke la liibari talantewo le ti. I ñanta a domo la waati tombondiŋo le la. 11 I ñanta jiyo meŋ miŋ na, a si kaañaŋ liitaroo fee. I ñanta a miŋ na waati tombondiŋo le la. 12 I be mbuuroo meŋ domo la moolu bee ñaatiliŋo la, i be a jani la niŋ moo buu jaaroo le la.”
13 Yaawe ko n ye ko, “Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, Banisirayilankoolu be kali la domori kosoriŋo le domo la, niŋ ŋa ì janjandi bantala bankoolu* kaŋ.”
14 Wo to le n ko a ye ko, “Hee Maarii Yaawe, nte nene maŋ m faŋo kosondi. Kabiriŋ n dindiŋyaa waatoo la fo ka naa tuku bii la, n nene maŋ jifoo domo, waraŋ beeyaŋ suboo, wulakono daafeŋolu ye meŋ faraŋ-faraŋ ka a faa. Aduŋ subu kondiŋo nene maŋ bula n daa kono.”
15 Wo to le Yaawe ko n ye ko, “Saayiŋ, i si moo buu jaaroo tu jee. I ye ninsi buu jaaroo taa ka i la mbuuroo jani a la.”
16 A ko n ye ko, “Hadamadiŋo, m be domoroo bodulaa bee kuntu la ali ma le Yerusalaamu. Moolu be domoroo meŋ domo la, ì be a peesa la le, aduŋ ì be jiyo meŋ miŋ na, wo fanaa be sumaŋ na le. Moolu be sila la domotaa niŋ mintaa la dasoo la le. 17 Ì be tara la jaakaliriŋ ñoo kaŋ ne, feŋ te fo ì la domoroo sotobaliyaa niŋ jii sotobaliyaa kamma la. Ì be labara la le fo ì ye jaa. M be ì yankankati la teŋ ne, ì la junuboolu kamma la.”
