¹Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Moab,For three wicked deeds of Moab,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four, I will not convert him,eo quod incenderit ossa regis Idumææ usque ad cinerem.in so far as he has burned the bones of the king of Idumea, all the way to ashes.

¹Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Moab,For three wicked deeds of Moab,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four, I will not convert him,eo quod incenderit ossa regis Idumææ usque ad cinerem.in so far as he has burned the bones of the king of Idumea, all the way to ashes.

²Et mittam ignem in Moab,And I will send a fire onto Moab,et devorabit ædes Carioth:and it will devour the buildings of Kerioth.et morietur in sonitu Moab,And Moab will die with a noise,in clangore tubæ.with the blare of a trumpet.

²Et mittam ignem in Moab,And I will send a fire onto Moab,et devorabit ædes Carioth:and it will devour the buildings of Kerioth.et morietur in sonitu Moab,And Moab will die with a noise,in clangore tubæ.with the blare of a trumpet.

³Et disperdam judicem de medio ejus,And I will destroy the judge in their midst,et omnes principes ejus interficiam cum eo,and I will execute all his leaders with him,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

³Et disperdam judicem de medio ejus,And I will destroy the judge in their midst,et omnes principes ejus interficiam cum eo,and I will execute all his leaders with him,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

⁴Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Juda,For three wicked deeds of Judah,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four, I will not convert him,eo quod abjecerit legem Domini et mandata ejus non custodierit: deceperant enim eos idola sua,in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols,post quæ abierant patres eorum.which their fathers followed, have deceived them.

⁴Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Juda,For three wicked deeds of Judah,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four, I will not convert him,eo quod abjecerit legem Domini et mandata ejus non custodierit: deceperant enim eos idola sua,in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols,post quæ abierant patres eorum.which their fathers followed, have deceived them.

⁵Et mittam ignem in Juda,And I will send a fire onto Judah,et devorabit ædes Jerusalem.and it will devour the buildings of Jerusalem.

⁵Et mittam ignem in Juda,And I will send a fire onto Judah,et devorabit ædes Jerusalem.and it will devour the buildings of Jerusalem.

⁶Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Israël,For three wicked deeds of Israel,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four,pro eo quod vendiderit pro argento justum,I will not convert him,et pauperem pro calceamentis.in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

⁶Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Super tribus sceleribus Israël,For three wicked deeds of Israel,et super quatuor non convertam eum,and for four,pro eo quod vendiderit pro argento justum,I will not convert him,et pauperem pro calceamentis.in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

⁷Qui conterunt super pulverem terræ capita pauperum,They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth,et viam humilium declinant:and they divert the way of the humble.et filius ac pater ejus ierunt ad puellam,And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl,ut violarent nomen sanctum meum.so that they outrage my holy name.

⁷Qui conterunt super pulverem terræ capita pauperum,They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth,et viam humilium declinant:and they divert the way of the humble.et filius ac pater ejus ierunt ad puellam,And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl,ut violarent nomen sanctum meum.so that they outrage my holy name.

⁸Et super vestimentis pignoratis accubuerunt juxta omne altare,And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar.et vinum damnatorum bibebant in domo Dei sui.And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.

⁸Et super vestimentis pignoratis accubuerunt juxta omne altare,And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar.et vinum damnatorum bibebant in domo Dei sui.And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.

⁹Ego autem exterminavi Amorrhæum a facie eorum,Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face,cujus altitudo, cedrorum altitudo ejus,whose height was like the height of cedars,et fortis ipse quasi quercus;and whose strength was like the oak.et contrivi fructum ejus desuper, et radices ejus subter.And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.

⁹Ego autem exterminavi Amorrhæum a facie eorum,Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face,cujus altitudo, cedrorum altitudo ejus,whose height was like the height of cedars,et fortis ipse quasi quercus;and whose strength was like the oak.et contrivi fructum ejus desuper, et radices ejus subter.And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.

¹⁰Ego sum qui ascendere vos feci de terra Ægypti,It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt,et duxi vos in deserto quadraginta annis,and I led you in the wilderness for forty years,ut possideretis terram Amorrhæi.so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.

¹⁰Ego sum qui ascendere vos feci de terra Ægypti,It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt,et duxi vos in deserto quadraginta annis,and I led you in the wilderness for forty years,ut possideretis terram Amorrhæi.so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.

¹¹Et suscitavi de filiis vestris in prophetas,And I stirred up prophets from your sons,et de juvenibus vestris nazaræos.and Nazirites from your young men.Numquid non ita est,Is it not so,filii Israël?sons of Israel,dicit Dominus.says the Lord?

¹¹Et suscitavi de filiis vestris in prophetas,And I stirred up prophets from your sons,et de juvenibus vestris nazaræos.and Nazirites from your young men.Numquid non ita est,Is it not so,filii Israël?sons of Israel,dicit Dominus.says the Lord?

¹²Et propinabitis nazaræis vinum,Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites,et prophetis mandabitis,and you would command the prophets,dicentes:saying:Ne prophetetis.“Do not prophesy.”

¹²Et propinabitis nazaræis vinum,Yet you would offer wine to the Nazirites,et prophetis mandabitis,and you would command the prophets,dicentes:saying:Ne prophetetis.“Do not prophesy.”

¹³Ecce ego stridebo subter vos,Behold, I will creak under you,sicut stridet plaustrum onustum fœno.just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.

¹³Ecce ego stridebo subter vos,Behold, I will creak under you,sicut stridet plaustrum onustum fœno.just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.

¹⁴Et peribit fuga a veloce,And flight will perish from the swift,et fortis non obtinebit virtutem suam,and the strong will not maintain his strength,et robustus non salvabit animam suam:and the healthy will not save his life.

¹⁴Et peribit fuga a veloce,And flight will perish from the swift,et fortis non obtinebit virtutem suam,and the strong will not maintain his strength,et robustus non salvabit animam suam:and the healthy will not save his life.

¹⁵et tenens arcum non stabit,And one holding the bow will not stand firm,et velox pedibus suis non salvabitur,and the swift of foot will not be saved,et ascensor equi non salvabit animam suam:and the rider on the horse will not save his life.

¹⁵et tenens arcum non stabit,And one holding the bow will not stand firm,et velox pedibus suis non salvabitur,and the swift of foot will not be saved,et ascensor equi non salvabit animam suam:and the rider on the horse will not save his life.

¹⁶et robustus corde inter fortes nudus fugiet in illa die,And the stout of heart among the strong will flee away naked in that day,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.

¹⁶et robustus corde inter fortes nudus fugiet in illa die,And the stout of heart among the strong will flee away naked in that day,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.