¹Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

¹Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

²Et tu,“And you,fili hominis,son of man,nonne judicas,should you not judge,nonne judicas civitatem sanguinum?should you not judge the city of blood?

²Et tu,“And you,fili hominis,son of man,nonne judicas,should you not judge,nonne judicas civitatem sanguinum?should you not judge the city of blood?

³Et ostendes ei omnes abominationes suas,And you shall reveal to her all her abominations.et dices:And you shall say:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:Civitas effundens sanguinem in medio sui,This is the city which sheds blood in her midst,ut veniat tempus ejus:so that her time may come,et quæ fecit idola contra semetipsam,and which has made idols against herself,ut pollueretur.so that she may be defiled.

³Et ostendes ei omnes abominationes suas,And you shall reveal to her all her abominations.et dices:And you shall say:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:Civitas effundens sanguinem in medio sui,This is the city which sheds blood in her midst,ut veniat tempus ejus:so that her time may come,et quæ fecit idola contra semetipsam,and which has made idols against herself,ut pollueretur.so that she may be defiled.

⁴In sanguine tuo,You have offended by your blood,qui a te effusus est,which you shed from yourself.deliquisti, et in idolis tuis, quæ fecisti,And you have been defiled by your idols which you yourself made.polluta es: et appropinquare fecisti dies tuos,And you have caused your days to approach,et adduxisti tempus annorum tuorum:and you have brought on the time of your years.propterea dedi te opprobrium gentibus,Because of this, I have made you a disgrace to the Gentiles,et irrisionem universis terris.and a derision to all the lands.

⁴In sanguine tuo,You have offended by your blood,qui a te effusus est,which you shed from yourself.deliquisti, et in idolis tuis, quæ fecisti,And you have been defiled by your idols which you yourself made.polluta es: et appropinquare fecisti dies tuos,And you have caused your days to approach,et adduxisti tempus annorum tuorum:and you have brought on the time of your years.propterea dedi te opprobrium gentibus,Because of this, I have made you a disgrace to the Gentiles,et irrisionem universis terris.and a derision to all the lands.

⁵Quæ juxta sunt, et quæ procul a te, triumphabunt de te,Those that are near and those that are far from you will triumph over you.sordida, nobilis,You are filthy, infamous,grandis interitu.great in destruction.

⁵Quæ juxta sunt, et quæ procul a te, triumphabunt de te,Those that are near and those that are far from you will triumph over you.sordida, nobilis,You are filthy, infamous,grandis interitu.great in destruction.

⁶Ecce principes Israël singuli in brachio suo fuerunt in te,Behold,ad effundendum sanguinem.the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.

⁶Ecce principes Israël singuli in brachio suo fuerunt in te,Behold,ad effundendum sanguinem.the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.

⁷Patrem et matrem contumeliis affecerunt:They have abused father and mother within you.in te advenam calumniati sunt in medio tui:The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst.pupillum et viduam contristaverunt apud te.They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.

⁷Patrem et matrem contumeliis affecerunt:They have abused father and mother within you.in te advenam calumniati sunt in medio tui:The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst.pupillum et viduam contristaverunt apud te.They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.

⁸Sanctuaria mea sprevisti,You have spurned my sanctuaries,et sabbata mea polluisti.and you have defiled my Sabbaths.

⁸Sanctuaria mea sprevisti,You have spurned my sanctuaries,et sabbata mea polluisti.and you have defiled my Sabbaths.

⁹Viri detractores fuerunt in te ad effundendum sanguinem,Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood,et super montes comederunt in te:and they have eaten upon the mountains within you.scelus operati sunt in medio tui.They have worked wickedness in your midst.

⁹Viri detractores fuerunt in te ad effundendum sanguinem,Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood,et super montes comederunt in te:and they have eaten upon the mountains within you.scelus operati sunt in medio tui.They have worked wickedness in your midst.

¹⁰Verecundiora patris discooperuerunt in te;They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you.immunditiam menstruatæ humiliaverunt in te:They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.

¹⁰Verecundiora patris discooperuerunt in te;They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you.immunditiam menstruatæ humiliaverunt in te:They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.

¹¹et unusquisque in uxorem proximi sui operatus est abominationem,And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor.et socer nurum suam polluit nefarie:And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law.frater sororem suam,The brother has oppressed his sister,filiam patris sui,the daughter of his father,oppressit in te.within you.

¹¹et unusquisque in uxorem proximi sui operatus est abominationem,And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor.et socer nurum suam polluit nefarie:And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law.frater sororem suam,The brother has oppressed his sister,filiam patris sui,the daughter of his father,oppressit in te.within you.

¹²Munera acceperunt apud te ad effundendum sanguinem:They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood.usuram et superabundantiam accepisti,You have received usury and superabundance,et avare proximos tuos calumniabaris:and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors.meique oblita es,And you have forgotten me,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.

¹²Munera acceperunt apud te ad effundendum sanguinem:They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood.usuram et superabundantiam accepisti,You have received usury and superabundance,et avare proximos tuos calumniabaris:and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors.meique oblita es,And you have forgotten me,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.

¹³Ecce complosi manus meas super avaritiam tuam quam fecisti,Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked,et super sanguinem qui effusus est in medio tui.and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.

¹³Ecce complosi manus meas super avaritiam tuam quam fecisti,Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked,et super sanguinem qui effusus est in medio tui.and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.

¹⁴Numquid sustinebit cor tuum,How can your heart endure,aut prævalebunt manus tuæ, in diebus quos ego faciam tibi?or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you?Ego Dominus locutus sum,I, the Lord, have spoken,et faciam.and I will act.

¹⁴Numquid sustinebit cor tuum,How can your heart endure,aut prævalebunt manus tuæ, in diebus quos ego faciam tibi?or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you?Ego Dominus locutus sum,I, the Lord, have spoken,et faciam.and I will act.

¹⁵Et dispergam te in nationes,And I will disperse you among the nations,et ventilabo te in terras,and I will scatter you among the lands,et deficere faciam immunditiam tuam a te.and I will cause your uncleanness to fade away from you.

¹⁵Et dispergam te in nationes,And I will disperse you among the nations,et ventilabo te in terras,and I will scatter you among the lands,et deficere faciam immunditiam tuam a te.and I will cause your uncleanness to fade away from you.

¹⁶Et possidebo te in conspectu gentium:And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles.et scies quia ego Dominus.And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

¹⁶Et possidebo te in conspectu gentium:And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles.et scies quia ego Dominus.And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

¹⁷Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

¹⁷Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

¹⁸Fili hominis,“Son of man,versa est mihi domus Israël in scoriam:the house of Israel has become like dross to me.omnes isti æs,All these are brass,et stannum,and tin,et ferrum,and iron,et plumbum in medio fornacis:and lead in the midst of the furnace;scoria argenti facti sunt.they have become like the dross of silver.

¹⁸Fili hominis,“Son of man,versa est mihi domus Israël in scoriam:the house of Israel has become like dross to me.omnes isti æs,All these are brass,et stannum,and tin,et ferrum,and iron,et plumbum in medio fornacis:and lead in the midst of the furnace;scoria argenti facti sunt.they have become like the dross of silver.

¹⁹Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of this, thus says the Lord God:Eo quod versi estis omnes in scoriam,Since you have all turned into dross, therefore,propterea ecce ego congregabo vos in medio Jerusalem,behold, I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,

¹⁹Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of this, thus says the Lord God:Eo quod versi estis omnes in scoriam,Since you have all turned into dross, therefore,propterea ecce ego congregabo vos in medio Jerusalem,behold, I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem,

²⁰congregatione argenti,just as they gather silver,et æris,and brass,et stanni,and tin,et ferri,and iron,et plumbi, in medio fornacis,and lead in the midst of the furnace,ut succendam in ea ignem ad conflandum.so that I may kindle in it a fire to melt it.Sic congregabo in furore meo, et in ira mea:So will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath,et requiescam,and I will be quieted,et conflabo vos.and I will melt you down.

²⁰congregatione argenti,just as they gather silver,et æris,and brass,et stanni,and tin,et ferri,and iron,et plumbi, in medio fornacis,and lead in the midst of the furnace,ut succendam in ea ignem ad conflandum.so that I may kindle in it a fire to melt it.Sic congregabo in furore meo, et in ira mea:So will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath,et requiescam,and I will be quieted,et conflabo vos.and I will melt you down.

²¹Et congregabo vos,And I will gather you together,et succendam vos in igne furoris mei,and I will burn you in the fire of my fury,et conflabimini in medio ejus.and you will be melted in its midst.

²¹Et congregabo vos,And I will gather you together,et succendam vos in igne furoris mei,and I will burn you in the fire of my fury,et conflabimini in medio ejus.and you will be melted in its midst.

²²Ut conflatur argentum in medio fornacis,Just as silver is melted in the midst of the furnace,sic eritis in medio ejus:so will you be in its midst.et scietis quia ego Dominus cum effuderim indignationem meam super vos.And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have poured out my indignation upon you.”

²²Ut conflatur argentum in medio fornacis,Just as silver is melted in the midst of the furnace,sic eritis in medio ejus:so will you be in its midst.et scietis quia ego Dominus cum effuderim indignationem meam super vos.And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have poured out my indignation upon you.”

²³Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

²³Et factum est verbum Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:

²⁴Fili hominis,“Son of man,dic ei:say to her:Tu es terra immunda,You are a land unclean and not rained upon,et non compluta in die furoris.in the day of fury.

²⁴Fili hominis,“Son of man,dic ei:say to her:Tu es terra immunda,You are a land unclean and not rained upon,et non compluta in die furoris.in the day of fury.

²⁵Conjuratio prophetarum in medio ejus:There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst.sicut leo rugiens,Like a lion,rapiensque prædam,roaring and seizing the prey,animas devoraverunt:they have devoured souls.opes et pretium acceperunt:They have taken riches and a price.viduas ejus multiplicaverunt in medio illius.They have multiplied widows in her midst.

²⁵Conjuratio prophetarum in medio ejus:There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst.sicut leo rugiens,Like a lion,rapiensque prædam,roaring and seizing the prey,animas devoraverunt:they have devoured souls.opes et pretium acceperunt:They have taken riches and a price.viduas ejus multiplicaverunt in medio illius.They have multiplied widows in her midst.

²⁶Sacerdotes ejus contempserunt legem meam,Her priests have despised my law,et polluerunt sanctuaria mea:and they have defiled my sanctuaries.inter sanctum et profanum non habuerunt distantiam,They have held no distinction between holy and profane.et inter pollutum et mundum non intellexerunt:And they have not understood the difference between defiled and clean.et a sabbatis meis averterunt oculos suos,And they have averted their eyes from my Sabbaths.et coinquinabar in medio eorum.And I was profaned in their midst.

²⁶Sacerdotes ejus contempserunt legem meam,Her priests have despised my law,et polluerunt sanctuaria mea:and they have defiled my sanctuaries.inter sanctum et profanum non habuerunt distantiam,They have held no distinction between holy and profane.et inter pollutum et mundum non intellexerunt:And they have not understood the difference between defiled and clean.et a sabbatis meis averterunt oculos suos,And they have averted their eyes from my Sabbaths.et coinquinabar in medio eorum.And I was profaned in their midst.

²⁷Principes ejus in medio illius quasi lupi rapientes prædam ad effundendum sanguinem,Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls,et ad perdendas animas, et avare ad sectanda lucra.and to continually pursue profit with avarice.

²⁷Principes ejus in medio illius quasi lupi rapientes prædam ad effundendum sanguinem,Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls,et ad perdendas animas, et avare ad sectanda lucra.and to continually pursue profit with avarice.

²⁸Prophetæ autem ejus liniebant eos absque temperamento,And her prophets have covered them without tempering the mortar,videntes vana,seeing emptiness,et divinantes eis mendacium,and divining lies for them,dicentes:saying,Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:‘Thus says the Lord God,’cum Dominus non sit locutus.when the Lord has not spoken.

²⁸Prophetæ autem ejus liniebant eos absque temperamento,And her prophets have covered them without tempering the mortar,videntes vana,seeing emptiness,et divinantes eis mendacium,and divining lies for them,dicentes:saying,Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:‘Thus says the Lord God,’cum Dominus non sit locutus.when the Lord has not spoken.

²⁹Populi terræ calumniabantur calumniam, et rapiebant violenter:The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence.egenum et pauperem affligebant,They have afflicted the needy and the poor,et advenam opprimebant calumnia absque judicio.and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment.

²⁹Populi terræ calumniabantur calumniam, et rapiebant violenter:The people of the land have oppressed with slander and have seized with violence.egenum et pauperem affligebant,They have afflicted the needy and the poor,et advenam opprimebant calumnia absque judicio.and they have oppressed the new arrival by accusations without judgment.

³⁰Et quæsivi de eis virum qui interponeret sepem,And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge,et staret oppositus contra me pro terra,and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land,ne dissiparem eam:so that I might not destroy it;et non inveni.and I found no one.

³⁰Et quæsivi de eis virum qui interponeret sepem,And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge,et staret oppositus contra me pro terra,and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land,ne dissiparem eam:so that I might not destroy it;et non inveni.and I found no one.

³¹Et effudi super eos indignationem meam;And so I poured out my indignation upon them;in igne iræ meæ consumpsi eos:in the fire of my wrath I consumed them.viam eorum in caput eorum reddidi,I have rendered their own way upon their head,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”

³¹Et effudi super eos indignationem meam;And so I poured out my indignation upon them;in igne iræ meæ consumpsi eos:in the fire of my wrath I consumed them.viam eorum in caput eorum reddidi,I have rendered their own way upon their head,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.”