1 A nd you, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and make upon it a drawing of a city, even Jerusalem.

«يا إنْسانُ، خُذْ لَبِنَةً وَضَعْها أمامَكَ. وَارسُمْ صُورَةَ مَدِينَةٍ تُشْبِهُ القُدْسَ عَلَيها.

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

ثُمَّ أقِمْ حَواجِزَ تُرابِيَّةً حَولَها، وَأبراجَ حِصارٍ. ضَعْ حَولَها مُعَسكَراتِ، وَأحِطْها بِقاذِفاتِ حِجارَةٍ.

3 M oreover, take a plate of iron and place it for an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it and it shall be besieged, and you shall press the siege against it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

وَخُذْ وِعاءً مِنْ صاجٍ وَضَعهُ بَينَكَ وَبَينَ المَدِينَةِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ رَكِّزِ النَّظَرَ إلَيها، فَهِيَ الآنَ تَحتَ الحِصارِ، وَأنتَ الَّذِي تُحاصِرُها. هَذِهِ عَلامَةُ تَحذِيرٍ لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ.

4 T hen lie upon your left side to bear symbolically the iniquity of the house of the ten tribes of Israel upon that side. According to the number of days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity.

ثًمَّ استَلقِ عَلَى جانِبِكَ الأيسَرِ، وَأعلِنْ خَطايا بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَالتُّهَمَ المُوَجَّهَةَ إلَيهِمْ. احمِلْ ذَنبَهُمْ طَوالَ الأيّامِ الَّتِي أنتَ مُستَلقٍ فِيها أمامَ رَسْمِ المَدِينَةِ.

5 F or I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, 390 days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

سَأُخبِرُكَ بِسِنِيِّ خَطِيَّتِهِمْ وَإثمِهِمْ، فَتَحمِلَ التُّهَمَ المُوَجَّهَةَ ضِدَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لِثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَتِسعِينَ يَوماً، كُلَّ يَومٍ مُقابِلَ سَنَةٍ.

6 A nd when you have fulfilled the days for Israel, lie again, but on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have appointed you one day for each year.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ، دُرْ فَاستَلقِ عَلَى جانِبِكَ الأيمَنِ، لِتَحمِلَ خَطايا بَنِي يَهُوذا وَالتُّهَمَ المُوَجَّهَةَ ضِدَّهُ لِأربَعِينَ يَوماً، كُلَّ يَومٍ مُقابِلَ سَنَةٍ.

7 T herefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against.

رَكِّزْ نَظَرَكَ عَلَى حِصارِ القُدْسِ، وَاكشِفْ ذِراعَكَ وَتَنَبّأْ ضِدَّها.

8 A nd, behold, I will lay bands upon you and you shall not turn yourself from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

سَأربِطُكَ بِحِبالٍ فَلا تَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْ أنْ تَتَقَلَّبَ مِنْ جَنبٍ إلَى آخَرَ حَتَّى يَكتَمِلَ وَقتُ حِصارِكَ داخِلَ الدّائِرَةِ.

9 A lso take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make bread of them. According to the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, 390 days you shall eat of it.

خُذْ بَعضَ القَمحِ وَالشَّعِيرِ وَالبُقُولِ وَالفاصُوليا وَالكِرسَنَّةِ وَالعَلَسِ وَاخلِطها مَعاً فِي وِعاءٍ واحِدٍ. وَاصنَعْ أرغِفَةً بِعَدَدِ الأيّامِ الَّتِي تَستَلقِي بِها عَلَى جَنبِكَ. سَيَكُونُ عَلَيكَ أنْ تَأكُلَ رَغِيفاً واحِداً فِي كُلِّ الثَّلاثِ مِئَةِ وَتِسعِينَ يَوماً الَّتِي فِيها سَتَستَلقِي عَلَى جَنبِكَ.

10 A nd the food you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels or a full half pound a day, to be eaten at a fixed time each day.

لا يَزِيدُ وَزنُ ما سَتأكُلُهُ مِنَ الخُبِزِ عَنْ عِشرِينَ مِثْقالاً كُلَّ يَومٍ، تَأكُلُها عَلى وَجَباتٍ.

11 Y ou shall drink water by measure also, about one quart or the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink at a fixed time each day.

كَما سَتَشْرَبُ كَمِيَّةً مَحدُودَةً مِنَ الماءِ كُلَّ يَومٍ: سُدْسَ وِعاءٍ تَشرَبُهُ عَلَى فَتَراتٍ.

12 A nd you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.

تَصنَعُ رَغِيفَ خُبزٍ كُلَّ يَومٍ أمامَ النّاسِ عَلَى فَضَلاتٍ بَشَرِيّةٍ.»

13 A nd the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to whom I will drive them.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ: «هَكَذا سَيَأكُلُ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ خُبزَهُمْ نَجِساً بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ طَرَدتُهُمْ إلَيْهِمْ.»

14 T hen said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces; neither did there ever come abominable flesh into my mouth.

فَقُلْتُ: «آهٍ أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، لَمْ يَسبِقْ لِي أنْ تَنَجَّستُ. لَمْ آكُلْ أيَّ حَيَوانٍ مَيِّتٍ أوْ قَتَلَهُ حَيَوانٌ آخَرُ مِنْ صِغَرِي وَحَتَّى الآنَ. لَمْ يَدخُلْ طَعَامٌ نَجِسٌ فَمِي قَطّ!»

15 T hen He said to me, Behold, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your food with it.

فَقالَ لِي: «فاستَخدِمْ رَوَثَ البَقَرِ الجّافِّ بَدَلاً مِنَ الفَضَلاتِ البَشَرِيّةِ كَوُقُودٍ لِتَحْضيرِ خُبزِكَ.

16 M oreover, He said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread rationed by weight and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water rationed by measure and with dismay (silent, speechless grief caused by the impending starvation),

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، سَأُقَلِّلُ مِنْ مَؤُونَةِ الطَعَامِ فِي القُدْسِ، فَيَأكُلُونَ الخُبزَ بِمَقادِيرَ مَحدُودَةٍ، وَيَشرَبُوا الماءَ بِمَقادِيرَ مَحدُودَةٍ، وَبِصَمْتٍ مُحَيِّرٍ تَلُفُّهُ الكَآبَةُ.

17 I n order that they may lack bread and water and look at one another in dismay and waste away for their iniquity.

لأنَّ الطَعَامَ وَالماءَ سَيَكُونانِ مَحدُودَينِ. وَسَيُصعَقُ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنهُمْ وَيَذُوبُ بِسَبَبِ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي صَنَعُوهُ.»