1 And thou son of man take thee a brick, and thou shalt put it before thee: and thou shalt draw in it the city of Jerusalem.
1 And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem.
2 And thou shalt lay siege against it, and shall build munitions, and cast up a bank, and pitch camps against it, and place engines round about.
2 And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.
3 And thou take thee an iron frying pan, and thou shalt set it as an iron wall between thee and the city: & thou shalt set thy face steadily toward it, & it shall be besieged, & thou shalt compass it: which is a sign to the house of Israel.
3 And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: it is a sign to the house of Israel.
4 And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and shalt put the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the days, that thou shalt sleep upon it, and thou shalt take their iniquity.
4 And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and shalt lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the days that thou shalt sleep upon it, and thou shalt take upon thee their iniquity.
5 And I have given thee, the years of their iniquity, according to the number of days three hundred and ninety days: and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
5 And I have laid upon 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.
6 And when thou hast accomplished these things, thou shalt sleep upon thy right side the second time: and thou shalt take the iniquity of the house of Juda forty days, a day for a year, a day, I say, for a year I have given thee.
6 And when thou hast accomplished this, thou shalt sleep again upon thy right side, ¹and thou shalt take upon thee the iniquity of the house of Juda forty days: a day for a year, yea, a day for a year I have appointed to thee.²
7 And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, & thine arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against it.
7 And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 Behold I have compassed thee with bands: & thou shalt not turn thyself from thy side unto the other side, till thou accomplish the days of the siege.
8 Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 And thou take thee wheat and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches: and thou shalt put them into one vessel, and make thee loaves according to the number of the days, that thou shalt sleep upon thy side: three hundred & ninety days shalt thou eat it.
9 And take to thee wheat and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And thy meat, that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
10 And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
11 And water by measure thou shalt drink, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it.
11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it,
12 And as hearth baken barley bread thou shalt eat it: and with the dung that cometh out of a man, thou shalt cover it before their eyes.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley bread baked under the ashes: and thou shalt cover it, in their sight, with the dung that cometh out of a man.
13 And our Lord said: So shall the children of Israel eat their bread polluted among the Gentiles, to the which I shall cast them out.
13 And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel ³eat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out.
14 And I said: A, a, a, o Lord God, behold my soul is not polluted, and a dead thing, and thing torn of beasts, I have not eaten from mine infancy even till this time, and all unclean flesh hath not entered into my mouth.
14 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not eaten anything that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth.
15 And he said to me: Behold I have given thee dung of oxen for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.
15 And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.
16 And he said to me: Son of man, Behold I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread in weight, and in carefulness: and they shall drink water in measure, and in distress.
16 And he said to me: Son of man: ⁴Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.
17 That bread and water failing, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.
17 So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.