Papa Sign di Siege of Jerusalem
Ezekiel act our Papa siege like street drama: one brick wey e carve Jerusalem inside, one iron griddle as wall, 390 days wey e lie down for one side and forty for di oda side, bread wey dem ration and water wey dem measure. E complain say e no wan cook wit human waste, so dem give am cow dung instead.
4 1"You, pikin of man, take one brick, put am for your front, come carve one city ontop am—Jerusalem. 2Siege am: build siege wall against am, raise ramp against am, put camp dem against am, put battering ram dem round am. 3Take iron griddle; set am as iron wall between you and di city. Face am; e go dey under siege, and you go press di siege against am. Dis one na sign for di house of Israel.
4"You, lie for your left side and put di guilt of Israel house ontop am. Di days wey you lie ontop am, you go carry dem guilt. 5Because I don assign you dem years of guilt as number of days—390 days—so you go carry di guilt of di house of Israel.
6"When you finish dis ones, lie down again for your right side and carry di guilt of di house of Judah forty days; I don assign you one day for every year. 7Turn face di siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bare, come prophesy against am. 8Look, I go tie you with rope so you no fit turn from side to side until you finish di days of your siege.
9"Take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put dem for one jar and make bread from dem. Chop am for di days wey you lie for your side—390 days. 10Weigh di food wey you go chop—about eight ounces every day; chop am for di times wey dem set. 11Drink water wey dem measure—about one pint every day; drink am for di times wey dem set. 12You go chop am as barley cake, dey bake am for open eye ontop human shit." 13And our Papa talk say, "So di children of Israel go chop dem bread wey no clean for inside di nations wey I go drive dem go."
14Then I talk say, "Ah, Sovereign Papa! I never make myself unclean. From my young days till now I never chop anything wey die by imself or wey animal tear, and no bad meat never enter my mouth."
15E tell me say, "See, I go make you use cow dung instead of human shit take cook your bread ontop."
16E tell me say, "Pikin of man, look, I dey break di staff of bread for Jerusalem. Dem go chop bread by weight, with worry for mind, and drink water by measure, with fear, 17because bread and water go scarce. Dem go dey look each other with horror and dey waste away for dem guilt."
