¹Zvino iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, tora chitinha uchigadzike pamberi pako, ufananidzirepo guta, iro reJerusaremu.

¹`And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city — Jerusalem,

²Zvino urikombe nehondo, urivakire nhare dzokurwa naro, uritutire murwi wokurwa nawo; uriisire misasa, nokurikomberedza kumativi ose nezvokugumura kuriputsa.

²and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.

³Zvino utore gango redare, urigadze pakati pako neguta, ruve rusvingo rwedare; zvino urinzire chiso chako kwariri, ipapo richava guta rakakombwa nehondo, iwe ndiwe ucharikomba. Ichi chichava chiratidzo kuimba yaIsiraeri.

³And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it [is] to the house of Israel.

⁴Uyezve, uvate pasi parutivi rwako rworuboshwe, uise pamusoro parwo zvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri; mazuva aunovata parutivi urwo ndiyo nguva yauchatakura zvakaipa zvavo.

⁴`And thou, lie on thy left side, and thou hast placed the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; the number of the days that thou liest on it, thou bearest their iniquity.

⁵nekuti ndakatara makore ezvakaipa zvawo aenzane namazuva ako, mazuva ana mazana matatu namakumi mapfumbamwe; saizvozvo uchatakura zvakaipa zveimba yaIsiraeri.

⁵And I — I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.

⁶Zvino kana wapedza mazuva awa, uvate pasi norutivi rwako rworudyi, kuti utakure zvakaipa zveimba yaJudha; ndakakutarira mazuva ana makumi mana, zuva rimwe nerimwe rifananidze gore.

⁶And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days — a day for a year — a day for a year I have appointed to thee.

⁷Urinzire chiso chako wakatarira kukombwa kweJerusaremu ruoko rwako rwakafukurwa; ugoporofita pamusoro paro.

⁷`And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm [is] uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.

⁸Tarira, ndinokusunga nezvisungo, urege kutendeukira kuno rumwe rutivi, kusvikira wapedza mazuva okukomba kwako.

⁸And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.

⁹Zvino utorewo gorosi nebhari nemarendiri* nenyemba namapfunde nesipereti uzviise mumudziyo mumwe, ugozviitira chingwa nazvo; unofanira kuchidya mazuva aunovata pasi parutivi rwako, iwo mazuva ana mazana matatu namakumi mapfumbamwe.

⁹`And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side — three hundred and ninety days — thou dost eat it.

¹⁰Zvokudya zvako zvaunofanira kudya, zvichayerwa kurema kwazvo, mashekeri ana makumi maviri nezuva rimwe nerimwe; uchazvidya nguva nenguva.

¹⁰And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.

¹¹Unofanira kumwawo mvura yakayerwa, chechitanhatu chehini; uchaimwa nguva nenguva.

¹¹`And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink [it].

¹²Unofanira kuzvidya zvakafanana nezvingwa zvebhari, unofanira kuzvibika pamberi pavo nendove inobudiswa navanhu.

¹²A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung — the filth of man — thou dost bake before their eyes.

¹³Jehovha akati, Saizvozvo vana valsiraeri vachadya zvokudya zvavo zvakanora pakati pamarudzi kwandichavadzingira.

¹³And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.`

¹⁴Ipapo ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe Jehovha! Tarirai mweya wangu hauna kumbosvibiswa; nekuti kubva pauduku hwangu kusvikira zvino, handina kumbodya chakafa choga, kana chakaurawa nezvikara, nenyama yakanora haina kumbopinda mumuromo mangu.

¹⁴And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.`

¹⁵Ipapo akati kwandiri, Tarira, ndakupa ndove yemombe panzvimbo yendove yavanhu, unofanira kugadzira zvokudya zvako nayo.

¹⁵And He saith unto me, `See, I have given to thee bullock`s dung instead of man`s dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.`

¹⁶Akatiwo kwandiri, Mwanakomana womunhu, tarira ndichavhuna mudonzvo wezvokudya paJerusaremu; vachadya zvokudya zvakayerwa vachitya, vachamwa mvura yakayerwa, vachivhunduka;

¹⁶And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;

¹⁷kuti vashayiwe zvokudya nemvura, vavhunduke mumwe nomumwe, vavore muzvakaipa zvavo.

¹⁷so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.