Ezekiel 4 – NIVUK & CCB

New International Version – UK

Ezekiel 4:1-17

Siege of Jerusalem symbolised

1‘Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2Then lay siege to it: erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering-rams around it. 3Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face towards it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.

4‘Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.4:4 Or upon your side You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. 5I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.

6‘After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. 7Turn your face towards the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. 8I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.

9‘Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10Weigh out twenty shekels4:10 That is, about 230 grams of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11Also measure out a sixth of a hin4:11 That is, about 0.6 litre of water and drink it at set times. 12Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.’ 13The Lord said, ‘In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.’

14Then I said, ‘Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.’

15‘Very well,’ he said, ‘I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.’

16He then said to me: ‘Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair, 17for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of4:17 Or away in their sin.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

以西结书 4:1-17

耶路撒冷被困的预兆

1“人子啊,你去拿一块砖放在自己面前,把耶路撒冷城画在上面。 2然后围困这城,建垒筑台,扎营围攻,四面架起撞城锤。 3拿一个铁盘当作铁墙放在你和城中间。你要面向这城,围困攻击这城。这是给以色列人的一个征兆。

4“你要向左侧卧,担当以色列人的罪恶。要用你向左侧卧的天数担当以色列人的罪恶。 5他们犯罪多少年,我要让你侧卧多少天。你要担当以色列人的罪恶三百九十天。 6然后,你再向右侧卧,担当犹大的罪恶四十天。你侧卧的天数代表他们犯罪的年数。 7你要面向被围困的耶路撒冷,光着臂膀说预言斥责这城。 8我要用绳索捆绑你,使你不能侧转,直到你围城的日子期满。

9“你要拿小麦、大麦、豆、扁豆、小米和粗麦装在器皿中用来为自己做饼,作为你三百九十天侧卧期间的粮食。 10你每天要按时按量吃二百克, 11每天要按时按量喝六百毫升水。 12你要像吃大麦饼一样吃这些饼,要在众人面前用人粪来烤饼。” 13耶和华说:“我把以色列人驱逐到各国的时候,他们也要这样吃不洁净的食物。”

14我说:“唉,主耶和华啊!我从来没有玷污过自己,我自幼至今从未吃过自然死去的或被野兽撕碎的动物,不洁净的肉从未入过我的口。” 15于是祂对我说:“好吧,我容许你用牛粪代替人粪来烤饼。” 16又说:“人子啊,我要断绝耶路撒冷的粮源,叫他们焦虑地吃限量的饼,恐惧地喝限量的水。 17他们必缺粮少水,绝望地面面相觑,因自己的罪恶而灭亡。”