1Et elevavit me spiritus,And the Spirit lifted me up,et introduxit me ad portam domus Domini orientalem,and he brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord,quæ respicit ad solis ortum:which looks toward the rising of the sun.et ecce in introitu portæ viginti quinque viri:And behold, at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men. And I saw,et vidi in medio eorum Jezoniam filium Azur,in their midst, Jaazaniah, the son of Azzur,et Pheltiam filium Banaiæ,and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah,principes populi.leaders of the people.
2Dixitque ad me:And he said to me:Fili hominis,“Son of man,hi sunt viri qui cogitant iniquitatem,these are men who devise iniquity.et tractant consilium pessimum in urbe ista,And they offer a wicked counsel in this city,
3dicentes:saying:Nonne dudum ædificatæ sunt domus?‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built?hæc est lebes,This city is a cooking pot,nos autem carnes.and we are the meat.’
4Idcirco vaticinare de eis,Therefore, prophesy against them,vaticinare,prophesy,fili hominis.O son of man.”
5Et irruit in me spiritus Domini,And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me,et dixit ad me:and he said to me:Loquere:“Speak:Hæc dicit Dominus:Thus says the Lord:Sic locuti estis,So have you spoken,domus Israël,O house of Israel.et cogitationes cordis vestri ego novi.And I know the thoughts of your heart.
6Plurimos occidistis in urbe hac,You have killed very many in this city,et implestis vias ejus interfectis.and you have filled its streets with the slain.
7Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of this, thus says the Lord God:Interfecti vestri, quos posuistis in medio ejus,Your slain, whom you have placed in its midst,hi sunt carnes,these are the meat,et hæc est lebes:and this city is the cooking pot.et educam vos de medio ejus.And I will draw you out of its midst.
8Gladium metuistis,You have dread the sword,et gladium inducam super vos,and so I will lead the sword over you,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.
9Et ejiciam vos de medio ejus,And I will cast you out of its midst,daboque vos in manu hostium,and I will give you over to the hand of the enemies,et faciam in vobis judicia.and I will execute judgments among you.
10Gladio cadetis:You will fall by the sword.in finibus Israël judicabo vos,I will judge you within the borders of Israel.et scietis quia ego Dominus.And you shall know that I am the Lord.
11Hæc non erit vobis in lebetem,This city will not be a cooking pot for you,et vos non eritis in medio ejus in carnes:and you will not be like meat in its midst.in finibus Israël judicabo vos,I will judge you within the borders of Israel.
12et scietis quia ego Dominus:And you shall know that I am the Lord.quia in præceptis meis non ambulastis,For you have not walked in my precepts,et judicia mea non fecistis,and you have not accomplished my judgments.sed juxta judicia gentium quæ in circuitu vestro sunt estis operati.Instead, you have acted in accord with the judgments of the Gentiles, who are all around you.”
13Et factum est cum prophetarem,And it happened that, when I prophesied,Pheltias filius Banaiæ mortuus est:Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, died.et cecidi in faciem meam clamans voce magna,And I fell upon my face, and I cried out with a loud voice,et dixi:and I said:Heu!“Alas,heu!alas,heu!alas,Domine Deus, consummationem tu facis reliquiarum Israël?O Lord God! Will you cause the consummation of the remnant of Israel?”
14Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:
15Fili hominis,“Son of man,fratres tui,your brothers,fratres tui,the men among your close relatives,viri propinqui tui,your brotherset omnis domus Israël,and the entire house of Israel,universi quibus dixerunt habitatores Jerusalem:are all among those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said:Longe recedite a Domino:‘Withdraw far from the Lord;nobis data est terra in possessionem.the earth has been given to us as a possession.’
16Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of this, thus says the Lord God:Quia longe feci eos in gentibus,Since I have caused them to be far away, among the Gentiles,et quia dispersi eos in terris:and since I have dispersed them among the lands,ero eis in sanctificationem modicam in terris ad quas venerunt.I will be a little sanctuary for them within the lands to which they have gone.
17Propterea loquere:Because of this, say to them:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Congregabo vos de populis,Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples,et adunabo de terris in quibus dispersi estis,and I will unite you, from the lands into which you were dispersed,daboque vobis humum Israël.and I will give the soil of Israel to you.
18Et ingredientur illuc,And they shall go to that place,et auferent omnes offensiones,and they shall remove all the offensescunctasque abominationes ejus de illa.and all its abominations from that place.
19Et dabo eis cor unum,And I will give them one heart.et spiritum novum tribuam in visceribus eorum:And I will distribute a new spirit to their interior.et auferam cor lapideum de carne eorum,And I will take away the heart of stone from their body.et dabo eis cor carneum,And I will give them a heart of flesh.
20ut in præceptis meis ambulent,So may they may walk in my precepts,et judicia mea custodiant,and observe my judgments,faciantque ea,and accomplish them.et sint mihi in populum,And so may they be my people,et ego sim eis in Deum.and I will be their God.
21Quorum cor post offendicula et abominationes suas ambulat,But as for those whose heart walks after their offenses and abominations,horum viam in capite suo ponam,I will set their own way upon their head,dicit Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”
22Et elevaverunt cherubim alas suas,And the cherubim lifted up their wings,et rotæ cum eis,and the wheels with them.et gloria Dei Israël erat super ea:And the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
23et ascendit gloria Domini de medio civitatis,And the glory of the Lord ascended from the midst of the city and stood above the mountain,stetitque super montem qui est ad orientem urbis.which is to the east of the city.
24Et spiritus levavit me,And the Spirit lifted me up,adduxitque in Chaldæam ad transmigrationem,and he brought me into Chaldea, to those of the transmigration,in visione,in a vision,in spiritu Dei:in the Spirit of God.et sublata est a me visio quam videram.And the vision that I had seen was raised up, away from me.
25Et locutus sum ad transmigrationem omnia verba Domini quæ ostenderat mihi.And I spoke, to those of the transmigration, all the words of the Lord that he had revealed to me.