¹And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, -- Jerusalem:

¹ Ni mo, boro izo, kala ni ma fareeje fo sambu ka jisi ni jine. Ma birni deedandi jeeri a boŋ, sanda Urusalima* birno nooya.

²and 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.

² Ma cabe kaŋ i n'a windi nda wongu, i na wongu fuyaŋ cina kaŋ ga gaaba nd'a, i na laabu guyaŋ tulluwa a casanta, i na wongu marga gata sinji a se kuray kulu, i n'a windi mo nda wongu cinari baguyaŋ hari.

³And take thou unto thee an iron plate, and put it [for] 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.

³ Ma ye ka sambu guuru taasa kaŋ ga tafay ka boori. M'a jisi a ma ciya sanda guuru cinari nin da birno deedando game ra. Ma ni mo sinji a do haray hala wongu m'a windi, ni g'a windi nda wongu marga mo. Woodin no ga ciya alaama Israyla dumo se.

⁴And 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.

⁴ Ni bumbo mo, kala ni ma kani ni kambe wow carawo gaa, naŋ kaŋ ni ga Israyla dumo zunubey dake. Jirbey kaŋ ni goono ga kani yaadin cine, ni goono g'i zunubey jare.

⁵And 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.

⁵ Zama ay na jirbiyaŋ daŋ ni se, sanda zangu hinza nda wayga cine kaŋ ga saba nda i zunubey jiirey. Yaadin cine no ni ga Israyla dumo zunubey jare nd'a.

⁶And 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.

⁶ Da ni na jirbi woodin yaŋ ban, kala ni ma kani koyne ni kambe ŋwaari carawo gaa. Ni ga Yahuda dumo zunubey mo jare jirbi waytaaci, ay na zaari fo kosu ni se jiiri fo se.

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

⁷ Ni ga ni moyduma ye wongu marga kaŋ go ga Urusalima windi do haray, ni ga ni kwaay kamba saku, ni ga annabitaray te mo gallo boŋ.

⁸And 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.

⁸ A go mo, ay ga korfoyaŋ daŋ ni gaa. Ni si bare mo ka fun kambu woone gaa ka ye kambu fa gaa, kala waati kaŋ i ga ni windi nda wongu jirbey kubay.

⁹And 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, [according to] the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

⁹ Ni ma sambu mo alkama, da sayir*, da dunguri, da fira, da ntaasu ciray, da somno. M'i daŋ kusu folloŋ ra ka buuru te d'ey. Ni jirbey baayaŋ kaŋ ni ga kani kambu fa gaa lasaabuyaŋ me, sanda jirbi zangu hinza nda wayga din nooya, yaadin cine no ni g'a ŋwa.

¹⁰And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

¹⁰ }waaro kaŋ ni ga ŋwa din mo, neesiyaŋ boŋ no a ga te: kilo farsimi taacante tiŋay zaari kulu, alwaati ka kaa alwaati no ni g'a ŋwa.

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

¹¹ Hari mo, neesiyaŋ boŋ no ni g'a haŋ, litar jare cine, alwaati ka kaa alwaati no ni g'a haŋ.

¹²And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

¹² Sayir* maasa himandi cine no ni g'a ŋwa, ni g'a haagu mo i jine nda boro wuri.

¹³And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.

¹³ Rabbi ne mo: Yaadin cine no Israyla izey ga ngey ŋwaarey ŋwa da harram, dumi cindey game ra, nangey kaŋ ay g'i gaaray ka kond'ey.

¹⁴Then 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.

¹⁴ Kala ay ne: «Kaari! ya Rabbi, Koy Beero! Guna, ay mana ay boŋ ziibandi baa ce fo, zama za ay go zanka hala ka kaa sohõ, ay mana hay fo kaŋ jifa ŋwa, wala mo haŋ kaŋ ganji ham tooru-tooru. Ham kaŋ ga harram mo, a mana furo ay me ra baa ce fo.»

¹⁵And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

¹⁵ Kal a ne ay se: A go, ay na ni no haw hangare boro wuri nango ra, a boŋ no ni ga ni ŋwaaro soola.

¹⁶And 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:

¹⁶ A ye ka ne ay se: Boro izo, ma guna: ay ga fundi gaabandiyaŋ hari pati, sanda ŋwaari nooya, Urusalima ra. I ga ngey ŋwaaro kulu neesi no, k'a ŋwa da karhã. I ga ngey haro mo haŋ no neesiyaŋ boŋ ka margu nda jijiriyaŋ.

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

¹⁷ Hal a ga to naŋ kaŋ i ga jaŋ ŋwaari nda hari zaati. I ma care guna boŋ-haway ra, i ma lakaw ka ban ngey zunubey ra.