¹Et tu,“And as for you,fili hominis,son of man,sume tibi laterem,take up for yourself a tablet,et pones eum coram te,and you shall set it before you.et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem.And you shall draw upon it the city of Jerusalem.

¹Et tu,“And as for you,fili hominis,son of man,sume tibi laterem,take up for yourself a tablet,et pones eum coram te,and you shall set it before you.et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem.And you shall draw upon it the city of Jerusalem.

²Et ordinabis adversus eam obsidionem,And you shall set up a blockade against it,et ædificabis munitiones,and you shall build fortifications,et comportabis aggerem,and you shall put together a rampart,et dabis contra eam castra,and you shall encamp opposite it,et pones arietes in gyro.and you shall place battering rams around it.

²Et ordinabis adversus eam obsidionem,And you shall set up a blockade against it,et ædificabis munitiones,and you shall build fortifications,et comportabis aggerem,and you shall put together a rampart,et dabis contra eam castra,and you shall encamp opposite it,et pones arietes in gyro.and you shall place battering rams around it.

³Et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream,And you shall take up for yourself an iron frying pan,et pones eam in murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem:and place it as an iron wall between you and the city.et obfirmabis faciem tuam ad eam,And harden your face against it,et erit in obsidionem,and it shall be under a siege,et circumdabis eam:and you shall surround it.signum est domui Israël.This is a sign to the house of Israel.

³Et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream,And you shall take up for yourself an iron frying pan,et pones eam in murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem:and place it as an iron wall between you and the city.et obfirmabis faciem tuam ad eam,And harden your face against it,et erit in obsidionem,and it shall be under a siege,et circumdabis eam:and you shall surround it.signum est domui Israël.This is a sign to the house of Israel.

⁴Et tu dormies super latus tuum sinistrum,And you shall sleep on your left side.et pones iniquitates domus Israël super eo, numero dierum quibus dormies super illud:And you shall place the iniquities of the house of Israel on it by the number of days that you will sleep on it.et assumes iniquitatem eorum.And you shall take upon yourself their iniquity.

⁴Et tu dormies super latus tuum sinistrum,And you shall sleep on your left side.et pones iniquitates domus Israël super eo, numero dierum quibus dormies super illud:And you shall place the iniquities of the house of Israel on it by the number of days that you will sleep on it.et assumes iniquitatem eorum.And you shall take upon yourself their iniquity.

⁵Ego autem dedi tibi annos iniquitatis eorum,For I have given to you the years of their iniquity,numero dierum trecentosby the number of the days:et nonaginta dies:three hundred and ninety days.et portabis iniquitatem domus Israël.And you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

⁵Ego autem dedi tibi annos iniquitatis eorum,For I have given to you the years of their iniquity,numero dierum trecentosby the number of the days:et nonaginta dies:three hundred and ninety days.et portabis iniquitatem domus Israël.And you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

⁶Et cum compleveris hæc,And when you will have completed this,dormies super latus tuum dexterum secundo,you shall sleep a second time, on your right side,et assumes iniquitatem domus Juda quadraginta diebus:and you shall assume the iniquity of the house of Judah for forty days:diem pro anno,one day for each year;diem,one day,inquam, pro anno,I say, for each year,dedi tibi.have I given to you.

⁶Et cum compleveris hæc,And when you will have completed this,dormies super latus tuum dexterum secundo,you shall sleep a second time, on your right side,et assumes iniquitatem domus Juda quadraginta diebus:and you shall assume the iniquity of the house of Judah for forty days:diem pro anno,one day for each year;diem,one day,inquam, pro anno,I say, for each year,dedi tibi.have I given to you.

⁷Et ad obsidionem Jerusalem convertes faciem tuam,And you shall turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem,et brachium tuum erit extentum:and your arm shall be extended.et prophetabis adversus eam.And you shall prophesy against it.

⁷Et ad obsidionem Jerusalem convertes faciem tuam,And you shall turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem,et brachium tuum erit extentum:and your arm shall be extended.et prophetabis adversus eam.And you shall prophesy against it.

⁸Ecce circumdedi te vinculis:Behold, I have surrounded you with chains.et non te convertes a latere tuo in latus aliud,And you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other side,donec compleas dies obsidionis tuæ.until you have completed the days of your siege.

⁸Ecce circumdedi te vinculis:Behold, I have surrounded you with chains.et non te convertes a latere tuo in latus aliud,And you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other side,donec compleas dies obsidionis tuæ.until you have completed the days of your siege.

⁹Et tu,And you shall take for yourself wheat,sume tibi frumentum,and barley,et hordeum,and beans,et fabam,and lentils,et lentem,and millet,et milium,and vetch.et viciam:And you shall set them in one vessel,et mittes ea in vas unum,and you shall make for yourself bread by the number of days that you will sleep upon your side:et facies tibi panes numero dierum quibus dormies super latus tuum:three hundredtrecentis et nonaginta diebus comedes illud.and ninety days shall you shall eat from it.

⁹Et tu,And you shall take for yourself wheat,sume tibi frumentum,and barley,et hordeum,and beans,et fabam,and lentils,et lentem,and millet,et milium,and vetch.et viciam:And you shall set them in one vessel,et mittes ea in vas unum,and you shall make for yourself bread by the number of days that you will sleep upon your side:et facies tibi panes numero dierum quibus dormies super latus tuum:three hundredtrecentis et nonaginta diebus comedes illud.and ninety days shall you shall eat from it.

¹⁰Cibus autem tuus,But your food,quo vesceris,which you will eat,erit in pondere viginti stateres in die:shall be in weight twenty staters a day.a tempore usque ad tempus comedes illud.You shall eat it from time to time.

¹⁰Cibus autem tuus,But your food,quo vesceris,which you will eat,erit in pondere viginti stateres in die:shall be in weight twenty staters a day.a tempore usque ad tempus comedes illud.You shall eat it from time to time.

¹¹Et aquam in mensura bibes,And you shall drink water by measure,sextam partem hin:one sixth part of a hin.a tempore usque ad tempus bibes illud.You shall drink it from time to time.

¹¹Et aquam in mensura bibes,And you shall drink water by measure,sextam partem hin:one sixth part of a hin.a tempore usque ad tempus bibes illud.You shall drink it from time to time.

¹²Et quasi subcinericium hordeaceum comedes illud,And you shall eat it like barley bread baked under ashes.et stercore quod egreditur de homine operies illud in oculis eorum.And you shall cover it, in their sight, with the dung that goes out of a man.”

¹²Et quasi subcinericium hordeaceum comedes illud,And you shall eat it like barley bread baked under ashes.et stercore quod egreditur de homine operies illud in oculis eorum.And you shall cover it, in their sight, with the dung that goes out of a man.”

¹³Et dixit Dominus:And the Lord said:Sic comedent filii Israël panem suum pollutum inter gentes ad quas ejiciam eos.“So shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, polluted among the Gentiles,Et dixi:to whom I will cast them out.”

¹³Et dixit Dominus:And the Lord said:Sic comedent filii Israël panem suum pollutum inter gentes ad quas ejiciam eos.“So shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, polluted among the Gentiles,Et dixi:to whom I will cast them out.”

¹⁴A, a, a,And I said:Domine Deus,“Alas, alas, alas,ecce anima mea non est polluta:O Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been polluted,et morticinum,and from my infancy even until now,et laceratum a bestiis non comedi ab infantia mea usque nunc,I have not eaten anything that has died of itself, nor that which has been torn up by beasts,et non est ingressa in os meum omnis caro immunda.and no unclean flesh at all has entered into my mouth.”

¹⁴A, a, a,And I said:Domine Deus,“Alas, alas, alas,ecce anima mea non est polluta:O Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been polluted,et morticinum,and from my infancy even until now,et laceratum a bestiis non comedi ab infantia mea usque nunc,I have not eaten anything that has died of itself, nor that which has been torn up by beasts,et non est ingressa in os meum omnis caro immunda.and no unclean flesh at all has entered into my mouth.”

¹⁵Et dixit ad me:And he said to me:Ecce dedi tibi fimum boum pro stercoribus humanis,“Behold, I have given to you cow manure in place of human dung,et facies panem tuum in eo.and you shall make your bread with it.”

¹⁵Et dixit ad me:And he said to me:Ecce dedi tibi fimum boum pro stercoribus humanis,“Behold, I have given to you cow manure in place of human dung,et facies panem tuum in eo.and you shall make your bread with it.”

¹⁶Et dixit ad me:And he said to me:Fili hominis,“Son of man,ecce ego conteram baculum panis in Jerusalem,behold: I will crush the staff of bread in Jerusalem.et comedent panem in pondere et in sollicitudine,And they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety.et aquam in mensura et in angustia bibent,And they will drink water by measure and with anguish.

¹⁶Et dixit ad me:And he said to me:Fili hominis,“Son of man,ecce ego conteram baculum panis in Jerusalem,behold: I will crush the staff of bread in Jerusalem.et comedent panem in pondere et in sollicitudine,And they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety.et aquam in mensura et in angustia bibent,And they will drink water by measure and with anguish.

¹⁷ut deficientibus paneSo then,et aqua,when bread and water fail,corruat unusquisque ad fratrem suum,each one may fall against his brother.et contabescant in iniquitatibus suis.And they shall waste away in their iniquities.”

¹⁷ut deficientibus paneSo then,et aqua,when bread and water fail,corruat unusquisque ad fratrem suum,each one may fall against his brother.et contabescant in iniquitatibus suis.And they shall waste away in their iniquities.”