¹Super custodiam meam stabo,I will stand firm during my watch,et figam gradum super munitionem:and fix my position over the fortification.et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi,And I will observe carefully,et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.

¹Super custodiam meam stabo,I will stand firm during my watch,et figam gradum super munitionem:and fix my position over the fortification.et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi,And I will observe carefully,et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.

²Et respondit mihi Dominus,And the Lord responded to meet dixit:and said:Scribe visum,Write the visionet explana eum super tabulas,and explain it on tablets,ut percurrat qui legerit eum.so that he who reads it may run through it.

²Et respondit mihi Dominus,And the Lord responded to meet dixit:and said:Scribe visum,Write the visionet explana eum super tabulas,and explain it on tablets,ut percurrat qui legerit eum.so that he who reads it may run through it.

³Quia adhuc visus procul;For as yet the vision is far off,et apparebit in finem,and it will appear in the end,et non mentietur:and it will not lie.si moram fecerit,If it expresses any delay,exspecta illum,wait for it.quia veniens veniet,For it is arriving and it will arrive,et non tardabit.and it will not be hindered.

³Quia adhuc visus procul;For as yet the vision is far off,et apparebit in finem,and it will appear in the end,et non mentietur:and it will not lie.si moram fecerit,If it expresses any delay,exspecta illum,wait for it.quia veniens veniet,For it is arriving and it will arrive,et non tardabit.and it will not be hindered.

⁴Ecce qui incredulus est,Behold, he who is unbelieving,non erit recta anima ejus in semetipso;his soul will not be right within himself;justus autem in fide sua vivet.but he who is just shall live in his faith.

⁴Ecce qui incredulus est,Behold, he who is unbelieving,non erit recta anima ejus in semetipso;his soul will not be right within himself;justus autem in fide sua vivet.but he who is just shall live in his faith.

⁵Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit,And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker,sic erit vir superbus,so will the arrogant man be deceived,et non decorabitur:and he will not be honored.qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam,He has enlarged his life like hellfire,et ipse quasi mors,and himself like death,et non adimpletur:and he is never fulfilled.et congregabit ad se omnes gentes,And he will gather to himself all nations,et coacervabit ad se omnes populos.and he will amass for himself all peoples.

⁵Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit,And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker,sic erit vir superbus,so will the arrogant man be deceived,et non decorabitur:and he will not be honored.qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam,He has enlarged his life like hellfire,et ipse quasi mors,and himself like death,et non adimpletur:and he is never fulfilled.et congregabit ad se omnes gentes,And he will gather to himself all nations,et coacervabit ad se omnes populos.and he will amass for himself all peoples.

⁶Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument,Shall not all these take up a parable against him,et loquelam ænigmatum ejus,and an enigmatic utterance about him?et dicetur:And it will be said,Væ ei qui multiplicat non sua?“Woe to him who increases what is not his own.”usquequo et aggravat contra se densum lutum?How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

⁶Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument,Shall not all these take up a parable against him,et loquelam ænigmatum ejus,and an enigmatic utterance about him?et dicetur:And it will be said,Væ ei qui multiplicat non sua?“Woe to him who increases what is not his own.”usquequo et aggravat contra se densum lutum?How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

⁷Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te,Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you,et suscitabuntur lacerantes te,and be stirred up, who would tear you,et eris in rapinam eis?so that you will be a prey for them?

⁷Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te,Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you,et suscitabuntur lacerantes te,and be stirred up, who would tear you,et eris in rapinam eis?so that you will be a prey for them?

⁸Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas,Because you have despoiled many peoples,spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis,all those who are left of the people shall despoil you,propter sanguinem hominis,because of the blood of men,et iniquitatem terræ,and the iniquity of the earth,civitatis,of the cityet omnium habitantium in ea.and all who dwell therein.

⁸Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas,Because you have despoiled many peoples,spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis,all those who are left of the people shall despoil you,propter sanguinem hominis,because of the blood of men,et iniquitatem terræ,and the iniquity of the earth,civitatis,of the cityet omnium habitantium in ea.and all who dwell therein.

⁹Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ,Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house,ut sit in excelso nidus ejus,so that his nest may be exalted,et liberari se putat de manu mali!and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.

⁹Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ,Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house,ut sit in excelso nidus ejus,so that his nest may be exalted,et liberari se putat de manu mali!and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.

¹⁰Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ;You have devised confusion for your house,concidisti populos multos,you have cut to pieces many peoples,et peccavit anima tua.and your soul has sinned.

¹⁰Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ;You have devised confusion for your house,concidisti populos multos,you have cut to pieces many peoples,et peccavit anima tua.and your soul has sinned.

¹¹Quia lapis de pariete clamabit,For the stone will cry out from the wall,et lignum, quod inter juncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit.and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.

¹¹Quia lapis de pariete clamabit,For the stone will cry out from the wall,et lignum, quod inter juncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit.and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.

¹²Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus,Woe to him who builds a town with bloodet præparat urbem in iniquitate!and prepares a city by iniquity.

¹²Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus,Woe to him who builds a town with bloodet præparat urbem in iniquitate!and prepares a city by iniquity.

¹³Numquid non hæc sunt a Domino exercituum?Are not these things before the Lord of hosts?laborabunt enim populi in multo igne,For the people will labor amid a great fire,et gentes in vacuum,and the nations will labor in emptiness,et deficient.and they will fail.

¹³Numquid non hæc sunt a Domino exercituum?Are not these things before the Lord of hosts?laborabunt enim populi in multo igne,For the people will labor amid a great fire,et gentes in vacuum,and the nations will labor in emptiness,et deficient.and they will fail.

¹⁴Quia replebitur terra,For the earth shall be filled,ut cognoscant gloriam Domini,that they might know the glory of the Lord,quasi aquæ operientes mare.like the waters spreading over the sea.

¹⁴Quia replebitur terra,For the earth shall be filled,ut cognoscant gloriam Domini,that they might know the glory of the Lord,quasi aquæ operientes mare.like the waters spreading over the sea.

¹⁵Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum,Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend,et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem ejus!releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.

¹⁵Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum,Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend,et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem ejus!releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.

¹⁶Repletus es ignominia pro gloria;You are filled with disgrace in place of glory.bibe tu quoque,So then,et consopire.drink and fall fast asleep,Circumdabit te calix dexteræ Domini,for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you,et vomitus ignominiæ super gloriam tuam.and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.

¹⁶Repletus es ignominia pro gloria;You are filled with disgrace in place of glory.bibe tu quoque,So then,et consopire.drink and fall fast asleep,Circumdabit te calix dexteræ Domini,for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you,et vomitus ignominiæ super gloriam tuam.and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.

¹⁷Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te,For the iniquity of Lebanon will cover you,et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominum,and the devastation of animals which will deter them from the blood of men,et iniquitate terræ,and the iniquity of the earthet civitatis,and the city,et omnium habitantium in ea.and of all who dwell therein.

¹⁷Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te,For the iniquity of Lebanon will cover you,et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominum,and the devastation of animals which will deter them from the blood of men,et iniquitate terræ,and the iniquity of the earthet civitatis,and the city,et omnium habitantium in ea.and of all who dwell therein.

¹⁸Quid prodest sculptile,Of what benefit is the graven image?quia sculpsit illud fictor suus,For its maker has formed it,conflatile,a moltenet imaginem falsam?and imaginary deception.quia speravit in figmento fictor ejus,For its maker has hoped in a figment of his own creation,ut faceret simulacra muta.so as to make a dumb likeness.

¹⁸Quid prodest sculptile,Of what benefit is the graven image?quia sculpsit illud fictor suus,For its maker has formed it,conflatile,a moltenet imaginem falsam?and imaginary deception.quia speravit in figmento fictor ejus,For its maker has hoped in a figment of his own creation,ut faceret simulacra muta.so as to make a dumb likeness.

¹⁹Væ qui dicit ligno:Woe to him who says to wood,Expergiscere;“Awaken,”Surge,to the silent stone,lapidi tacenti!“Arise.”Numquid ipse docere poterit?Is it able to teach?ecce iste coopertus est auroBehold,et argento,it has been entirely covered with gold and silver;et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus ejus.and there is no spirit at all in its inner workings.

¹⁹Væ qui dicit ligno:Woe to him who says to wood,Expergiscere;“Awaken,”Surge,to the silent stone,lapidi tacenti!“Arise.”Numquid ipse docere poterit?Is it able to teach?ecce iste coopertus est auroBehold,et argento,it has been entirely covered with gold and silver;et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus ejus.and there is no spirit at all in its inner workings.

²⁰Dominus autem in templo sancto suo:But the Lord is in his holy temple.sileat a facie ejus omnis terra!May all the earth be silent before his face.

²⁰Dominus autem in templo sancto suo:But the Lord is in his holy temple.sileat a facie ejus omnis terra!May all the earth be silent before his face.