Ezekiel 4
1 “Wena ndodana yomuntu, zithathele isitini, usibeke phambi kwakho, uqophe kuso umuzi iJerusalema.
2 Uyokwakha khona okokuvimbezela, wakhe udonga lokuvimbezela, wenze khona indunduma, umise izinkambu eduze kwawo, ubeke kuyo imigoqo yokubhidliza nxazonke.
3 Zithathele ucwecwe lwensimbi, ulwenze lube ludonga lwensimbi phakathi kwakho nomuzi, ubhekise ubuso bakho kuwo, wona uyakuvinjezelwa, uyakuwuvimbezela. Lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kuyo indlu yakwa-Israyeli.
4 “Lala ngohlangothi lwakho lwesokhohlo, ubeke isono sika-Israyeli phezu kwalo; uyakuthwala isono sabo ngazo zonke izinsuku oyobe ulele ngalo.
5 Ngikubekele izinsuku ezingangenani leminyaka yokona kwabo. Wena-ke uyakuthwala isiphambeko sendlu yakwa-Israyeli izinsuku ezingama-390.
6 “Kuyothi lapho usuziqedile lezi, uphinde ulale futhi ngohlangothi lwesokunene, ngokwesibili uyothwala isiphambeko sendlu yakwaJuda. Ngikunqumele izinsuku ezingama-40 kulokhu, yilolo nalolo suku lungunyaka.
7 Uyobhekisa ubuso bakho ekuvinjezelweni kweJerusalema, ingalo yakho ingemboziwe; uphrofethe, umelane nalo.
8 Ngiyakukubopha ngezintambo, awuyukukwazi ukuguqukela kolunye uhlangothi, zize ziphele izinsuku zokuvimbezela kwakho.
9 “Zithathele futhi ukolo, ibhali, ubhontshisi, imbumba, unyaluthi nesiphelithe, ukufake esitsheni esisodwa, bese uzenzela ngakho isinkwa. Uyakusidla ngokwenani lezinsuku oyozilala ngohlangothi, izinsuku ezingama-390.
10 Ukudla oyakukudla ngosuku kuyakuba yisilinganiso esingamashekeli angama-20, uyakukudla ngezikhathi ezimisiweyo.
11 Uyakuphuza amanzi akalwe aba yingxenye yesithupha yehini, uyakuwaphuza ngezikhathi ezimisiweyo.
12 Uyakudla iqebelengwane lebhali, ulibhake phambi kwabo ngendle ephuma kumuntu.”
13 USimakade wathi: “Kanjalo abantu bakwa-Israyeli bayakusidla isinkwa sabo esingcolile phakathi kwezizwe, lapho ngiyobaxoshela khona.”
14 Ngase ngithi: “Phinde, Nkosi Simakade; umphefumulo wami awukaze ungcoliswe, ngokuba kwasebusheni bami kuze kube manje angikaze ngiyidle ingcuba, okudweshuliweyo, nenyama engcolileyo ayikaze ingene emlonyeni wami.”
15 Wathi kimi: “Uyabona-ke, ngizokunika idaka lenkomo esikhundleni sendle yomuntu; isinkwa sakho uyakusenzela phezu kwalo.”
16 Wabuye wathi, kimi: “Ndodana yomuntu, ngiyakwaphula uzime lwesinkwa eJerusulema. Bayakudla isinkwa esikaliwe, bekhathazekile, baphuze amanzi akaliweyo, bethuthumela.
17 Ngokweswela kwabo isinkwa namanzi, bayobhekana bemangele, bashabalale ekoneni kwabo.”