Rotherham(i)
1 Thus, said Yahweh unto me,––Go, and buy for thyself, a linen girdle, and put upon thy loins,––but, in water, shalt thou not place it.
2 So I bought a girdle, according to the word of Yahweh,––and put upon my loins.
3 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, second time, saying:
4 Take the girdle which thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins,––and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there, in a hole of the cliff.
5 So I went, and hid it, by the Euphrates, as Yahweh had commanded me.
6 And it came to pass, at the end of many days,––that Yahweh said unto me,––Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from thence, the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 So I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle, out of the place where I had hidden it,––and lo! the girdle, was spoiled, it was good for nothing.