1Et factus est sermo Domini ad me,And the word of the Lord came to me,dicens:saying:
2Fili hominis,“Son of man,duæ mulieres filiæ matris unius fuerunt:two women were daughters of one mother,
3et fornicatæ sunt in Ægypto,and they fornicated in Egypt;in adolescentia sua fornicatæ sunt:they committed fornication in their youth.ibi subacta sunt ubera earum,In that place, their breasts were conquered;et fractæ sunt mammæ pubertatis earum.the breasts of their adolescence were subdued.
4Nomina autem earum,Now their names were Oholah,Oolla major,the elder,et Ooliba soror ejus minor:and Oholibah,et habui eas,her younger sister.et pepererunt filiosAnd I held them,et filias.and they bore sons and daughters.Porro earum nomina,As for their names:Samaria Oolla,Oholah is Samaria,et Jerusalem Ooliba.and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5Fornicata est igitur super me Oolla,And then, Oholah committed fornication against me,et insanivit in amatores suos,and she acted madly with her lovers,in Assyrios propinquantes,with the Assyrians who approached her,
6vestitos hyacintho, principes et magistratus,who were clothed with hyacinth: rulers and magistrates,juvenes cupidinis, universos equites,passionate youths and all of the horsemen,ascensores equorum.mounted on horses.
7Et dedit fornicationes suas super eos electos,And she distributed her fornications to those chosen men,filios Assyriorum universos:all of them sons of the Assyrians.et in omnibus in quos insanivit, in immunditiis eorum polluta est.And she defiled herself with the uncleanness of all those whom she madly desired.
8Insuper et fornicationes suas,Moreover,quas habuerat in Ægypto,she also did not abandon her fornications,non reliquit:which she had done in Egypt.nam et illi dormierunt cum ea in adolescentia ejus,For they also slept with her in her youth,et illi confregerunt ubera pubertatis ejus,and they bruised the breasts of her virginity,et effuderunt fornicationem suam super eam.and they poured out their fornication upon her.
9Propterea tradidi eam in manus amatorum suorum,Because of this, I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers,in manus filiorum Assur, super quorum insanivit libidine.into the hands of the sons of the Assur, whom she has lustfully desired.
10Ipsi discooperuerunt ignominiam ejus,They uncovered her shame;filios et filias ejus tulerunt,they took away her sons and daughters;et ipsam occiderunt gladio:and they slew her with the sword.et factæ sunt famosæ mulieres,And they became infamous women.et judicia perpetraverunt in ea.And they carried out judgments in her.
11Quod cum vidisset soror ejus Ooliba,And when her sister, Oholibah, had seen this,plus quam illa insanivit libidine,she was even more mad with lust than the other.et fornicationem suam super fornicationem sororis suæ:And her fornication was beyond the fornication of her sister.
12ad filios Assyriorum præbuit impudenter,She shamelessly offered herself to the sons of the Assyrians,ducibus et magistratibus ad se venientibus,to the rulers and magistrates who brought themselves to her clothed with colorful garments,indutis veste varia,to the horsemen who were carried by horses,equitibus qui vectabantur equis,and to the youths,et adolescentibus forma cunctis egregia.all of them exceptional in appearance.
13Et vidi quod polluta esset via una ambarum.And I saw that she had been defiled, and that they both took the same path.
14Et auxit fornicationes suas:And she increased her fornications.cumque vidisset viros depictos in pariete,And when she had seen men depicted on the wall,imagines Chaldæorum expressas coloribus,the images of the Chaldeans, expressed in colors,
15et accinctos balteis renes,with belts wrapped around the waist,et tiaras tinctas in capitibus eorum, formam ducum omnium,and with dyed headdresses on their heads, having seen the appearance of all the rulers,similitudinem filiorum Babylonis, terræque Chaldæorum, in qua orti sunt,the likenesses of the sons of Babylon and of the land of the Chaldeans in which they were born,
16insanivit super eos concupiscentia oculorum suorum,she became mad for them with the desire of her eyes,et misit nuntios ad eos in Chaldæam.and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
17Cumque venissent ad eam filii Babylonis ad cubile mammarum,And when the sons of Babylon had gone to her, to the bed of breasts,polluerunt eam stupris suis:they defiled her with their fornications,et polluta est ab eis,and she was polluted by them,et saturata est anima ejus ab illis.and her soul was gorged by them.
18Denudavit quoque fornicationes suas,Also, her fornications were uncovered,et discooperuit ignominiam suam:and her shame was revealed.et recessit anima mea ab ea,And my soul withdrew from her,sicut recesserat anima mea a sorore ejus:as my soul had withdrawn from her sister.
19multiplicavit enim fornicationes suas,For she multiplied her fornications,recordans dies adolescentiæ suæ,remembering the days of her youth,quibus fornicata est in terra Ægypti.in which she fornicated in the land of Egypt.
20Et insanivit libidine super concubitum eorum,And she was mad with lust after lying with them,quorum carnes sunt ut carnes asinorum,whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,et sicut fluxus equorum fluxus eorum.and whose flow is like the flow of horses.
21Et visitasti scelus adolescentiæ tuæ,And you have revisited the crimes of your youth,quando subacta sunt in Ægypto ubera tua,when your breasts were conquered in Egypt,et confractæ sunt mammæ pubertatis tuæ.and the breasts of your adolescence were subdued.
22Propterea,Because of this,Ooliba,Oholibah,hæc dicit Dominus Deus:thus says the Lord God:Ecce ego suscitabo omnes amatores tuos contra te,Behold, I will raise up against you all of your lovers,de quibus satiata est anima tua,with whom your soul has been gorged.et congregabo eos adversum te in circuitu:And I will gather them together against you all around:
23filios Babylonis,the sons of Babylon,et universos Chaldæos,and all the Chaldeans,nobiles,the nobles,tyrannosque, et principes,the sovereigns and princes,omnes filios Assyriorum,all the sons of the Assyrians,juvenes forma egregia,youths of exceptional form,duces et magistratus universos,all the rulers and magistrates,principes principum,the leaders among leaders,et nominatos ascensores equorum:and the renowned riders of horses.
24et venient super te instructi curru et rota,And they will overwhelm you, well-equipped with chariot and wheel,multitudo populorum:a multitude of peoples.lorica, et clypeo, et galea armabuntur contra te undique:They will be armed against you on every side with armor and shield and helmet.et dabo coram eis judicium,And I will give judgment to their eyes,et judicabunt te judiciis suis.and they will judge you with their judgments.
25Et ponam zelum meum in te,And against you,quem exercent tecum in furore:I will set my zeal,nasum tuum et aures tuas præcident,which they will execute upon you with fury.et quæ remanserint,They will cut off your nose and your ears.gladio concident.And what remains will fall by the sword.Ipsi filios tuos et filias tuas capient,They will seize your sons and your daughters,et novissimum tuum devorabitur igni:and your youngest will be devoured by fire.
26et denudabunt te vestimentis tuis,And they will strip you of your vestments,et tollent vasa gloriæ tuæ.and take away the articles of your glory.
27Et requiescere faciam scelus tuum de te,And I will cause your wickedness to cease from you,et fornicationem tuam de terra Ægypti:and your fornication to cease from the land of Egypt.nec levabis oculos tuos ad eos,Neither shall you lift up your eyes toward them,et Ægypti non recordaberis amplius.and you shall no longer remember Egypt.
28Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus:For thus says the Lord God: Behold,Ecce ego tradam te in manus eorum quos odisti,I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you have hated,in manus de quibus satiata est anima tua.into the hands by which your soul has been gorged.
29Et agent tecum in odio,And they will act toward you with hatred,et tollent omnes labores tuos,and they will take away all your labors,et dimittent te nudam et ignominia plenam:and they will send you away naked and filled with disgrace.et revelabitur ignominia fornicationum tuarum,And the shame of your fornication will be revealed:scelus tuum, et fornicationes tuæ.your crimes and your fornications.
30Fecerunt hæc tibi,They have done these things to you,quia fornicata es post gentes inter quas polluta es in idolis earum.because you have fornicated after the Gentiles, among whom you were defiled by their idols.
31In via sororis tuæ ambulasti,You have walked in the way of your sister,et dabo calicem ejus in manu tua.and so I will give her chalice into your hand.
32Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:Calicem sororis tuæ bibes profundumYou will drink the chalice of your sister,et latum:deep and wide.eris in derisumYou will be held in derision and in ridicule,et in subsannationem quæ est capacissima.to a very great extent.
33Ebrietate et dolore repleberis:You will be filled with inebriation and sorrow,calice mœroris et tristitiæ,by the chalice of grief and sadness,calice sororis tuæ Samariæ.by the chalice of your sister Samaria.
34Et bibes illum,And you will drink it,et epotabis usque ad fæces:and you will empty it, even to the dregs.et fragmenta ejus devorabis,And you will consume even its particles.et ubera tua lacerabis, quia ego locutus sum,And you will wound your own breasts. For I have spoken,ait Dominus Deus.says the Lord God.
35Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Because of this,Quia oblita es mei,thus says the Lord God:et projecisti me post corpus tuum,Since you have forgotten me,tu quoque porta scelus tuumand you have cast me behind your body,et fornicationes tuas.so also will you bear your wickedness and your fornications.”
36Et ait Dominus ad me,And the Lord spoke to me,dicens:saying:Fili hominis,“Son of man,numquid judicas Oollam et Oolibam,should you not judge Oholah and Oholibah,et annuntias eis scelera earum?and announce to them their crimes?
37Quia adulteratæ sunt,For they are adulteresses,et sanguis in manibus earum,and blood is in their hands,et cum idolis suis fornicatæ sunt:and they have fornicated with their idols.insuper et filios suos quos genuerunt mihi,Moreover, they have offered even their children,obtulerunt eis ad devorandum.whom they bore for me, to them to be devoured.
38Sed et hoc fecerunt mihi:But they have done even this to me:polluerunt sanctuarium meum in die illa,They have defiled my sanctuary on the same day,et sabbata mea profanaverunt.and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
39Cumque immolarent filios suos idolis suis,And when they immolated their children to their idols,et ingrederentur sanctuarium meum in die illa ut polluerent illud,they also entered my sanctuary on the same day, so that they defiled it.etiam hæc fecerunt in medio domus meæ.They have done these things, even in the midst of my house.
40Miserunt ad viros venientes de longe,They sent for men who were coming from far away,ad quos nuntium miserant:to whom they had sent a messenger. And so,itaque ecce venerunt quibus te lavisti,behold, they arrived, those for whom you washed yourself,et circumlinisti stibio oculos tuos,and smeared cosmetics around your eyes,et ornata es mundo muliebri.and were adorned with feminine ornaments.
41Sedisti in lecto pulcherrimo,You sat upon a very beautiful bed,et mensa ornata est ante te:and a table was adorned before you,thymiama meum et unguentum meum posuisti super eam.on which you placed my incense and my ointment.
42Et vox multitudinis exsultantis erat in ea:And the voice of a multitude was exulting within her.et in viris,And concerning certain men,qui de multitudine hominum adducebantur,who were being led out of a multitude of persons,et veniebant de deserto,and who were arriving from the desert,posuerunt armillas in manibus eorum,they placed bracelets on their handset coronas speciosas in capitibus eorum.and beautiful crowns on their heads.
43Et dixi ei,And I said about her,quæ attrita est in adulteriis:as she was being worn away by her adulteries,Nunc fornicabitur in fornicatione sua etiam hæc.‘Even now, she continues in her fornication!’
44Et ingressi sunt ad eam quasi ad mulierem meretricem:And they entered to her,sic ingrediebantur ad Oollamas if to a kept woman.et Oolibam,So did they enter to Oholah and Oholibah,mulieres nefarias.nefarious women.
45Viri ergo justi sunt:But there are just men;hi judicabunt eas judicio adulterarum,these shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresseset judicio effundentium sanguinem:and with the judgment of those who shed blood.quia adulteræ sunt,For they are adulteresses,et sanguis in manibus earum.and blood is on their hands.
46Hæc enim dicit Dominus Deus:For thus says the Lord God:Adduc ad eas multitudinem,Lead upon them a multitude,et trade eas in tumultum et in rapinam.and hand them over to tumult and to pillaging.
47Et lapidentur lapidibus populorum,And may they be stoned with the stones of the peoples,et confodiantur gladiis eorum:and may they be pierced with their own swords.filios et filias earum interficient,They will put to death their sons and daughters,et domos earum igne succendent.and they will burn their houses with fire.
48Et auferam scelus de terra,And I will take away wickedness from the land.et discent omnes mulieres ne faciant secundum scelus earum.And all women shall learn not to act according to their wickedness.
49Et dabunt scelus vestrum super vos,And they will set your own crimes upon you,et peccata idolorum vestrorum portabitis:and you will bear the sins of your idols.et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus.And you shall know that I am the Lord God.”