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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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:

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

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