| א וְאַתָּה בֶן-אָדָם קַח-לְךָ לְבֵנָה, וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ לְפָנֶיךָ; וְחַקּוֹתָ עָלֶיהָ עִיר, אֶת-יְרוּשָׁלִָם. | 1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and trace upon it a city, even Jerusalem; |
| ב וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מָצוֹר, וּבָנִיתָ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק, וְשָׁפַכְתָּ עָלֶיהָ, סֹלְלָה; וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מַחֲנוֹת וְשִׂים-עָלֶיהָ כָּרִים, סָבִיב. | 2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. |
| ג וְאַתָּה קַח-לְךָ, מַחֲבַת בַּרְזֶל, וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ קִיר בַּרְזֶל, בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָעִיר; וַהֲכִינֹתָה אֶת-פָּנֶיךָ אֵלֶיהָ וְהָיְתָה בַמָּצוֹר, וְצַרְתָּ עָלֶיהָ--אוֹת הִיא, לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל. {פ} | 3 And take thou unto thee an iron griddle, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. {P} |
| ד וְאַתָּה שְׁכַב עַל-צִדְּךָ הַשְּׂמָאלִי, וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת-עֲוֺן בֵּית-יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו: מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו, תִּשָּׂא אֶת-עֲוֺנָם. | 4 Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity. |
| ה וַאֲנִי, נָתַתִּי לְךָ אֶת-שְׁנֵי עֲוֺנָם, לְמִסְפַּר יָמִים, שְׁלֹשׁ-מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם; וְנָשָׂאתָ, עֲוֺן בֵּית-יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 5 For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days; so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. |
| ו וְכִלִּיתָ אֶת-אֵלֶּה, וְשָׁכַבְתָּ עַל-צִדְּךָ הימיני הַיְמָנִי שֵׁנִית, וְנָשָׂאתָ, אֶת-עֲוֺן בֵּית-יְהוּדָה--אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם, יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה נְתַתִּיו לָךְ. | 6 And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee. |
| ז וְאֶל-מְצוֹר יְרוּשָׁלִַם תָּכִין פָּנֶיךָ, וּזְרֹעֲךָ חֲשׂוּפָה; וְנִבֵּאתָ, עָלֶיהָ. | 7 And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it. |
| ח וְהִנֵּה נָתַתִּי עָלֶיךָ, עֲבוֹתִים; וְלֹא-תֵהָפֵךְ מִצִּדְּךָ אֶל-צִדֶּךָ, עַד-כַּלּוֹתְךָ יְמֵי מְצוּרֶךָ. | 8 And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege. |
| ט וְאַתָּה קַח-לְךָ חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִים וּפוֹל וַעֲדָשִׁים וְדֹחַן וְכֻסְּמִים, וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם בִּכְלִי אֶחָד, וְעָשִׂיתָ אוֹתָם לְךָ, לְלָחֶם: מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה שׁוֹכֵב עַל-צִדְּךָ, שְׁלֹשׁ-מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם--תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ. | 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, 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, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof. |
| י וּמַאֲכָלְךָ, אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ--בְּמִשְׁקוֹל, עֶשְׂרִים שֶׁקֶל לַיּוֹם: מֵעֵת עַד-עֵת, תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ. | 10 And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it. |
| יא וּמַיִם בִּמְשׂוּרָה תִשְׁתֶּה, שִׁשִּׁית הַהִין: מֵעֵת עַד-עֵת, תִּשְׁתֶּה. | 11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time shalt thou drink. |
| יב וְעֻגַת שְׂעֹרִים, תֹּאכְלֶנָּה; וְהִיא, בְּגֶלְלֵי צֵאַת הָאָדָם--תְּעֻגֶנָה, לְעֵינֵיהֶם. {ס} | 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.' {S} |
| יג וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, כָּכָה יֹאכְלוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-לַחְמָם טָמֵא, בַּגּוֹיִם, אֲשֶׁר אַדִּיחֵם שָׁם. | 13 And the LORD said: 'Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.' |
| יד וָאֹמַר, אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, הִנֵּה נַפְשִׁי, לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה; וּנְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה לֹא-אָכַלְתִּי מִנְּעוּרַי וְעַד-עַתָּה, וְלֹא-בָא בְּפִי בְּשַׂר פִּגּוּל. {ס} | 14 Then said I: 'Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abhorred flesh into my mouth.' {S} |
| טו וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי--רְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְךָ אֶת-צפועי צְפִיעֵי הַבָּקָר, תַּחַת גֶּלְלֵי הָאָדָם; וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת-לַחְמְךָ, עֲלֵיהֶם. {ס} | 15 Then He said unto me: 'See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.' {S} |
| טז וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, בֶּן-אָדָם הִנְנִי שֹׁבֵר מַטֵּה-לֶחֶם בִּירוּשָׁלִַם, וְאָכְלוּ-לֶחֶם בְּמִשְׁקָל, וּבִדְאָגָה; וּמַיִם, בִּמְשׂוּרָה וּבְשִׁמָּמוֹן יִשְׁתּוּ. | 16 Moreover He said unto me: 'Son of man, behold, I will 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 in appalment; |
| יז לְמַעַן יַחְסְרוּ, לֶחֶם וָמָיִם; וְנָשַׁמּוּ אִישׁ וְאָחִיו, וְנָמַקּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָם. {פ} | 17 that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. {P} |