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:

²Fili hominis,“Son of man,loquere ad filios populi tui,speak to the sons of your people,et dices ad eos: Terra,and you shall say to them:cum induxero super eam gladium,Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it:et tulerit populus terræ virum unum de novissimis suis,if the people of the land take a man, one of their least,et constituerit eum super se speculatorem:and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,

²Fili hominis,“Son of man,loquere ad filios populi tui,speak to the sons of your people,et dices ad eos: Terra,and you shall say to them:cum induxero super eam gladium,Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it:et tulerit populus terræ virum unum de novissimis suis,if the people of the land take a man, one of their least,et constituerit eum super se speculatorem:and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,

³et ille viderit gladium venientem super terram,and if he sees the sword approaching over the land,et cecinerit buccina,and he sounds the trumpet,et annuntiaverit populo:and he announces to the people,

³et ille viderit gladium venientem super terram,and if he sees the sword approaching over the land,et cecinerit buccina,and he sounds the trumpet,et annuntiaverit populo:and he announces to the people,

⁴audiens autem quisquis ille est sonitum buccinæ,then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is,et non se observaverit, veneritque gladius,if he also does not take care of himself,et tulerit eum: sanguis ipsius super caput ejus erit.and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

⁴audiens autem quisquis ille est sonitum buccinæ,then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is,et non se observaverit, veneritque gladius,if he also does not take care of himself,et tulerit eum: sanguis ipsius super caput ejus erit.and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

⁵Sonum buccinæ audivit,He heard the sound of the trumpet,et non se observavit:and he did not take care of himself,sanguis ejus in ipso erit.so his blood will be upon him.Si autem se custodierit,But if he guards himself,animam suam salvabit.he will save his own life.

⁵Sonum buccinæ audivit,He heard the sound of the trumpet,et non se observavit:and he did not take care of himself,sanguis ejus in ipso erit.so his blood will be upon him.Si autem se custodierit,But if he guards himself,animam suam salvabit.he will save his own life.

⁶Quod si speculator viderit gladium venientem,And if the watchman sees the sword approaching,et non insonuerit buccina,and he does not sound the trumpet,et populus se non custodierit,and so the people do not guard themselves,veneritque gladius,and the sword arriveset tulerit de eis animam:and takes some of their lives,ille quidem in iniquitate sua captus est;certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity.sanguinem autem ejus de manu speculatoris requiram.But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.

⁶Quod si speculator viderit gladium venientem,And if the watchman sees the sword approaching,et non insonuerit buccina,and he does not sound the trumpet,et populus se non custodierit,and so the people do not guard themselves,veneritque gladius,and the sword arriveset tulerit de eis animam:and takes some of their lives,ille quidem in iniquitate sua captus est;certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity.sanguinem autem ejus de manu speculatoris requiram.But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.

⁷Et tu, fili hominis,And as for you, son of man,speculatorem dedi te domui Israël:I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel.audiens ergo ex ore meo sermonem,Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth,annuntiabis eis ex me.you shall announce it to them from me.

⁷Et tu, fili hominis,And as for you, son of man,speculatorem dedi te domui Israël:I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel.audiens ergo ex ore meo sermonem,Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth,annuntiabis eis ex me.you shall announce it to them from me.

⁸Si me dicente ad impium:When I say to the impious,Impie,‘O impious man,morte morieris:you will die a death,’non fueris locutus ut se custodiat impius a via sua,if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way,ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur;then that impious man will die in his iniquity.sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram.But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

⁸Si me dicente ad impium:When I say to the impious,Impie,‘O impious man,morte morieris:you will die a death,’non fueris locutus ut se custodiat impius a via sua,if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way,ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur;then that impious man will die in his iniquity.sanguinem autem ejus de manu tua requiram.But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

⁹Si autem annuntiante te ad impium ut a viis suis convertatur,But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways,non fuerit conversus a via sua,and he has not converted from his way,ipse in iniquitate sua morietur,then he will die in his iniquity.porro tu animam tuam liberasti.Yet you will have freed your own soul.

⁹Si autem annuntiante te ad impium ut a viis suis convertatur,But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways,non fuerit conversus a via sua,and he has not converted from his way,ipse in iniquitate sua morietur,then he will die in his iniquity.porro tu animam tuam liberasti.Yet you will have freed your own soul.

¹⁰Tu ergo,You, therefore,fili hominis,O son of man,dic ad domum Israël:say to the house of Israel:Sic locuti estis, dicentes:You have spoken in this way,Iniquitates nostræ et peccata nostra super nos sunt,saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us,et in ipsis nos tabescimus:and we waste away in them. So then,quomodo ergo vivere poterimus?how would we be able to live?’

¹⁰Tu ergo,You, therefore,fili hominis,O son of man,dic ad domum Israël:say to the house of Israel:Sic locuti estis, dicentes:You have spoken in this way,Iniquitates nostræ et peccata nostra super nos sunt,saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us,et in ipsis nos tabescimus:and we waste away in them. So then,quomodo ergo vivere poterimus?how would we be able to live?’

¹¹Dic ad eos:Say to them:Vivo ego,As I live,dicit Dominus Deus,says the Lord God,nolo mortem impii,I do not desire the death of the impious,sed ut convertatur impius a via sua,but that the impious should convert from his wayet vivat.and live.Convertimini,Be converted,convertimini a viis vestris pessimis,be converted from your evil ways!et quare moriemini,For why should you die,domus Israël?O house of Israel?

¹¹Dic ad eos:Say to them:Vivo ego,As I live,dicit Dominus Deus,says the Lord God,nolo mortem impii,I do not desire the death of the impious,sed ut convertatur impius a via sua,but that the impious should convert from his wayet vivat.and live.Convertimini,Be converted,convertimini a viis vestris pessimis,be converted from your evil ways!et quare moriemini,For why should you die,domus Israël?O house of Israel?

¹²Tu itaque,And as for you then,fili hominis,son of man,dic ad filios populi tui:say to the sons of your people:Justitia justi non liberabit eum,The justice of the just man will not deliver him,in quacumque die peccaverit,on whatever day he will have sinned.et impietas impii non nocebit ei,And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him,in quacumque die conversus fuerit ab impietate sua:on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety.et justus non poterit vivere in justitia sua,And the just man will not be able to live by his justice,in quacumque die peccaverit.on whatever day he will have sinned.

¹²Tu itaque,And as for you then,fili hominis,son of man,dic ad filios populi tui:say to the sons of your people:Justitia justi non liberabit eum,The justice of the just man will not deliver him,in quacumque die peccaverit,on whatever day he will have sinned.et impietas impii non nocebit ei,And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him,in quacumque die conversus fuerit ab impietate sua:on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety.et justus non poterit vivere in justitia sua,And the just man will not be able to live by his justice,in quacumque die peccaverit.on whatever day he will have sinned.

¹³Etiamsi dixero justo quod vita vivat,Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live,et confisus in justitia sua fecerit iniquitatem,and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity,omnes justitiæ ejus oblivioni tradentur,all his justices will be delivered into oblivion,et in iniquitate sua quam operatus est,and by his iniquity, which he has done,in ipsa morietur.by this he shall die.

¹³Etiamsi dixero justo quod vita vivat,Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live,et confisus in justitia sua fecerit iniquitatem,and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity,omnes justitiæ ejus oblivioni tradentur,all his justices will be delivered into oblivion,et in iniquitate sua quam operatus est,and by his iniquity, which he has done,in ipsa morietur.by this he shall die.

¹⁴Si autem dixero impio:And if I say to the impious man,Morte morieris:‘You shall certainly die,’et egerit pœnitentiam a peccato suo,and yet he repents from his sin,feceritque judicium et justitiam,and he does judgment and justice,

¹⁴Si autem dixero impio:And if I say to the impious man,Morte morieris:‘You shall certainly die,’et egerit pœnitentiam a peccato suo,and yet he repents from his sin,feceritque judicium et justitiam,and he does judgment and justice,

¹⁵et pignus restituerit ille impius,and if that impious man returns the collateral,rapinamque reddiderit,and repays what he has taken by force,in mandatis vitæ ambulaverit,and if he walks in the commandments of life,nec fecerit quidquam injustum:and does not do anything unjust,vita vivet,then he shall certainly live,et non morietur.and he shall not die.

¹⁵et pignus restituerit ille impius,and if that impious man returns the collateral,rapinamque reddiderit,and repays what he has taken by force,in mandatis vitæ ambulaverit,and if he walks in the commandments of life,nec fecerit quidquam injustum:and does not do anything unjust,vita vivet,then he shall certainly live,et non morietur.and he shall not die.

¹⁶Omnia peccata ejus quæ peccavit,None of his sins,non imputabuntur ei:which he has committed,judiciumwill be imputed to him.et justitiam fecit:He has done judgment and justice,vita vivet.so he shall certainly live.

¹⁶Omnia peccata ejus quæ peccavit,None of his sins,non imputabuntur ei:which he has committed,judiciumwill be imputed to him.et justitiam fecit:He has done judgment and justice,vita vivet.so he shall certainly live.

¹⁷Et dixerunt filii populi tui:And the sons of your people have said,Non est æqui ponderis via Domini:‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’et ipsorum via injusta est.even while their own way is unjust.

¹⁷Et dixerunt filii populi tui:And the sons of your people have said,Non est æqui ponderis via Domini:‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’et ipsorum via injusta est.even while their own way is unjust.

¹⁸Cum enim recesserit justus a justitia sua,For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice,feceritque iniquitates,and committed iniquities,morietur in eis.he shall die by these.

¹⁸Cum enim recesserit justus a justitia sua,For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice,feceritque iniquitates,and committed iniquities,morietur in eis.he shall die by these.

¹⁹Et cum recesserit impius ab impietate sua,And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety,feceritque judicium et justitiam,and have done judgment and justice,vivet in eis.he shall live by these.

¹⁹Et cum recesserit impius ab impietate sua,And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety,feceritque judicium et justitiam,and have done judgment and justice,vivet in eis.he shall live by these.

²⁰Et dicitis:And yet you say,Non est recta via Domini.‘The way of the Lord is not right.’Unumquemque juxta vias suas judicabo de vobis,But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways,domus Israël.O house of Israel.”

²⁰Et dicitis:And yet you say,Non est recta via Domini.‘The way of the Lord is not right.’Unumquemque juxta vias suas judicabo de vobis,But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways,domus Israël.O house of Israel.”

²¹Et factum est in duodecimo anno,And it happened that,in decimo mense,in the twelfth year of our transmigration,in quinta mensis transmigrationis nostræ,in the tenth month,venit ad me qui fugerat de Jerusalem,on the fifth of the month,dicens:one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying,Vastata est civitas.“The city has been laid waste.”

²¹Et factum est in duodecimo anno,And it happened that,in decimo mense,in the twelfth year of our transmigration,in quinta mensis transmigrationis nostræ,in the tenth month,venit ad me qui fugerat de Jerusalem,on the fifth of the month,dicens:one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying,Vastata est civitas.“The city has been laid waste.”

²²Manus autem Domini facta fuerat ad me vespere,But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening,antequam veniret qui fugerat:before the one who had fled arrived.aperuitque os meum donec veniret ad me mane:And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning.et aperto ore meo,And since my mouth had been opened,non silui amplius.I was no longer silent.

²²Manus autem Domini facta fuerat ad me vespere,But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening,antequam veniret qui fugerat:before the one who had fled arrived.aperuitque os meum donec veniret ad me mane:And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning.et aperto ore meo,And since my mouth had been opened,non silui amplius.I was no longer silent.

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, qui habitant in ruinosis his super humum Israël,“Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel,loquentes aiunt:when speaking, they say:Unus erat Abraham,‘Abraham was one man,et hæreditate possedit terram: nos autem multi sumus:and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many;nobis data est terra in possessionem.the land has been given to us as a possession.’

²⁴Fili hominis, qui habitant in ruinosis his super humum Israël,“Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel,loquentes aiunt:when speaking, they say:Unus erat Abraham,‘Abraham was one man,et hæreditate possedit terram: nos autem multi sumus:and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many;nobis data est terra in possessionem.the land has been given to us as a possession.’

²⁵Idcirco dices ad eos:Therefore, you shall say to them:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:Qui in sanguine comeditis,You who eat even the blood,et oculos vestros levatis ad immunditias vestras,and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses,et sanguinem funditis,and who shed blood:numquid terram hæreditate possidebitis?will you possess the land as an inheritance?

²⁵Idcirco dices ad eos:Therefore, you shall say to them:Hæc dicit Dominus Deus:Thus says the Lord God:Qui in sanguine comeditis,You who eat even the blood,et oculos vestros levatis ad immunditias vestras,and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses,et sanguinem funditis,and who shed blood:numquid terram hæreditate possidebitis?will you possess the land as an inheritance?

²⁶stetistis in gladiis vestris,You stood by your swords,fecistis abominationes,you committed abominations,et unusquisque uxorem proximi sui polluit:and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife.et terram hæreditate possidebitis?And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

²⁶stetistis in gladiis vestris,You stood by your swords,fecistis abominationes,you committed abominations,et unusquisque uxorem proximi sui polluit:and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife.et terram hæreditate possidebitis?And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

²⁷Hæc dices ad eos: Sic dicit Dominus Deus:You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God:Vivo ego,As I live,quia qui in ruinosis habitant, gladio cadent:those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword.et qui in agro est, bestiis tradetur ad devorandum:And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured.qui autem in præsidiis et speluncis sunt, peste morientur.But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.

²⁷Hæc dices ad eos: Sic dicit Dominus Deus:You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God:Vivo ego,As I live,quia qui in ruinosis habitant, gladio cadent:those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword.et qui in agro est, bestiis tradetur ad devorandum:And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured.qui autem in præsidiis et speluncis sunt, peste morientur.But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.

²⁸Et dabo terram in solitudinem et in desertum,And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert.et deficiet superba fortitudo ejus:And its arrogant strength will fail.et desolabuntur montes Israël,And the mountains of Israel will be desolate;eo quod nullus sit qui per eos transeat:for there will be no one who crosses through them.

²⁸Et dabo terram in solitudinem et in desertum,And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert.et deficiet superba fortitudo ejus:And its arrogant strength will fail.et desolabuntur montes Israël,And the mountains of Israel will be desolate;eo quod nullus sit qui per eos transeat:for there will be no one who crosses through them.

²⁹et scient quia ego Dominus,And they shall know that I am the Lord,cum dedero terram eorum desolatamwhen I will have made their land desolate and deserted,et desertam,because of all their abominations,propter universas abominationes suas quas operati sunt.which they have worked.

²⁹et scient quia ego Dominus,And they shall know that I am the Lord,cum dedero terram eorum desolatamwhen I will have made their land desolate and deserted,et desertam,because of all their abominations,propter universas abominationes suas quas operati sunt.which they have worked.

³⁰Et tu,And as for you,fili hominis,O son of man:filii populi tui,the sons of your people speak about you beside the wallsqui loquuntur de te juxta muros et in ostiis domorum,and in the doorways of houses.et dicunt unus ad alterum,And they speak to one another,vir ad proximum suum,each man to his neighbor,loquentes:saying:Venite,‘Come,et audiamus quis sit sermo egrediens a Domino.and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’

³⁰Et tu,And as for you,fili hominis,O son of man:filii populi tui,the sons of your people speak about you beside the wallsqui loquuntur de te juxta muros et in ostiis domorum,and in the doorways of houses.et dicunt unus ad alterum,And they speak to one another,vir ad proximum suum,each man to his neighbor,loquentes:saying:Venite,‘Come,et audiamus quis sit sermo egrediens a Domino.and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’

³¹Et veniunt ad te,And they come to you,quasi si ingrediatur populus,as if the people were entering,et sedent coram te populus meus:and my people sit before you.et audiunt sermones tuos,And they listen to your words,et non faciunt eos:but they do not do them.quia in canticum oris sui vertunt illos,For they turn them into a song for their mouth,et avaritiam suam sequitur cor eorum.but their heart pursues their own avarice.

³¹Et veniunt ad te,And they come to you,quasi si ingrediatur populus,as if the people were entering,et sedent coram te populus meus:and my people sit before you.et audiunt sermones tuos,And they listen to your words,et non faciunt eos:but they do not do them.quia in canticum oris sui vertunt illos,For they turn them into a song for their mouth,et avaritiam suam sequitur cor eorum.but their heart pursues their own avarice.

³²Et es eis quasi carmen musicum,And you are to them like a verse set to music,quod suavi dulcique sono canitur:which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice.et audiunt verba tua,And they hear your words,et non faciunt ea.but they do not do them.

³²Et es eis quasi carmen musicum,And you are to them like a verse set to music,quod suavi dulcique sono canitur:which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice.et audiunt verba tua,And they hear your words,et non faciunt ea.but they do not do them.

³³Et cum venerit quod prædictum est (ecce enim venit),And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching,tunc scient quod prophetes fuerit inter eos.then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”

³³Et cum venerit quod prædictum est (ecce enim venit),And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching,tunc scient quod prophetes fuerit inter eos.then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”