1 A nd thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city,—Jerusalem:

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

2 a nd lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

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

3 A nd take thou unto thee an iron plate, and put it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be 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 A nd thou, lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: the number of the days that thou liest upon it, thou shalt 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 A nd I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt 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 thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

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

7 A nd thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

رَكِّزْ نَظَرَكَ عَلَى حِصارِ القُدْسِ، وَاكشِفْ ذِراعَكَ وَتَنَبّأْ ضِدَّها.

8 A nd behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

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

9 A nd thou, take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

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 thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

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

11 A nd thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

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

12 A nd thou shalt eat it barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

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

13 A nd Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither 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 Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there 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 A nd he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

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

16 A nd he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

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

17 b ecause bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.

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