Prophetia Ezechielis, 4

1. “Et tu, fili hominis, sume tibi laterem et pones eum coram te et describes in eo civitatem Ierusalem.

1. "And you, O son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem;

2. Et ordinabis adversus eam obsidionem et aedificabis munitiones et comportabis aggerem et dabis contra eam castra et pones arietes in gyro.

2. and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

3. Et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream et pones eam in murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem; et obfirmabis faciem tuam ad eam, et erit in obsidionem, et circumdabis eam: signum est domui Israel.

3. And take an iron plate, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.

4. Et tu recumbes super latus tuum sinistrum et pones iniquitates domus Israel super eo; numero dierum, quibus recumbes super illud, assumes iniquitatem eorum.

4. "Then lie upon your left side, and I will lay the punishment of the house of Israel upon you; for the number of the days that you lie upon it, you shall bear their punishment.

5. Ego autem dedi tibi annos iniquitatis eorum numero dierum trecentos et nonaginta dies, et portabis iniquitatem domus Israel.

5. For I assign to you a number of days, three hundred and ninety days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment; so long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.

6. Et cum compleveris haec, recumbes super latus tuum dextrum secundo et assumes iniquitatem domus Iudae quadraginta diebus; diem pro anno, diem, inquam, pro anno dedi tibi.

6. And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, a day for each year.

7. Et ad obsidionem Ierusalem convertes faciem tuam, et brachium tuum erit exsertum, et prophetabis adversus eam.

7. And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared; and you shall prophesy against the city.

8. Ecce circumdedi te vinculis, et non te convertes a latere tuo in latus aliud, donec compleas dies obsidionis tuae.

8. And, behold, I will put cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.

9. Et tu sume tibi frumentum et hordeum et fabam et lentem et milium et far et mittes ea in vas unum et facies tibi panes numero dierum, quibus recumbes super latus tuum: trecentis et nonaginta diebus comedes illud.

9. "And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt, and put them into a single vessel, and make bread of them. During the number of days that you lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.

10. Cibus autem tuus, quo vesceris, erit in pondere viginti stateres in die; a tempore usque ad tempus comedes illud.

10. And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.

11. Et aquam in mensura bibes, sextam partem hin; a tempore usque ad tempus bibes illud.

11. And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; once a day you shall drink.

12. Et quasi subcinericium hordeaceum comedes illud; et stercore, quod egreditur de homine, coques illud in oculis eorum”.

12. And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung."

13. Et dixit Dominus: “Sic comedent filii Israel panem suum pollutum inter gentes, ad quas eiciam eos”.

13. And the LORD said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them."

14. Et dixi: “Heu, Domine Deus, ecce anima mea non est polluta, et morticinum et laceratum a bestiis non comedi ab infantia mea usque nunc, et non est ingressa in os meum caro immunda”.

14. Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth."

15. Et dixit ad me: “Ecce dedi tibi fimum boum pro stercoribus humanis, et facies panem tuum in eo”.

15. Then he said to me, "See, I will let you have cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread."

16. Et dixit ad me: “Fili hominis, ecce ego conteram baculum panis in Ierusalem, et comedent panem in pondere et in sollicitudine et aquam in mensura et in desolatione bibent,

16. Moreover he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.

17. ut, deficientibus pane et aqua, desoletur unusquisque cum fratre suo, et contabescant in iniquitatibus suis.

17. I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and waste away under their punishment.