¹Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram:Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth,et nudabit eam,and he will strip it,et affliget faciem ejus,and he will afflict its surface,et disperget habitatores ejus.and he will scatter its inhabitants.

¹Ecce Dominus dissipabit terram:Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth,et nudabit eam,and he will strip it,et affliget faciem ejus,and he will afflict its surface,et disperget habitatores ejus.and he will scatter its inhabitants.

²Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos;And this shall be: as with the people,et sicut servus,so with the priest;sic dominus ejus;and as with the servant,sicut ancilla,so with his master;sic domina ejus;as with the handmaid,sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit;so with her mistress; as with the buyer,sicut fœnerator,so with the seller;sic is qui mutuum accipit;as with the lender, so with the borrower;sicut qui repetit,as with the creditor,sic qui debet.so with the debtor.

²Et erit sicut populus, sic sacerdos;And this shall be: as with the people,et sicut servus,so with the priest;sic dominus ejus;and as with the servant,sicut ancilla,so with his master;sic domina ejus;as with the handmaid,sicut emens, sic ille qui vendit;so with her mistress; as with the buyer,sicut fœnerator,so with the seller;sic is qui mutuum accipit;as with the lender, so with the borrower;sicut qui repetit,as with the creditor,sic qui debet.so with the debtor.

³Dissipatione dissipabitur terra,The earth will be utterly devastatedet direptione prædabitur;and utterly plundered.Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.For the Lord has spoken this word.

³Dissipatione dissipabitur terra,The earth will be utterly devastatedet direptione prædabitur;and utterly plundered.Dominus enim locutus est verbum hoc.For the Lord has spoken this word.

⁴Luxit,The earth mourned,et defluxit terra,and slipped away,et infirmata est;and languished.defluxit orbis,The world slipped away;infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.

⁴Luxit,The earth mourned,et defluxit terra,and slipped away,et infirmata est;and languished.defluxit orbis,The world slipped away;infirmata est altitudo populi terræ.the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.

⁵Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis,And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants.quia transgressi sunt leges,For they have transgressed the laws,mutaverunt jus,they have changed the ordinance,dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.

⁵Et terra infecta est ab habitatoribus suis,And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants.quia transgressi sunt leges,For they have transgressed the laws,mutaverunt jus,they have changed the ordinance,dissipaverunt fœdus sempiternum.they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.

⁶Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram,Because of this, a curse will devour the earth,et peccabunt habitatores ejus;and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason,ideoque insanient cultores ejus,its caretakers will become crazed,et relinquentur homines pauci.and few men will be left behind.

⁶Propter hoc maledictio vorabit terram,Because of this, a curse will devour the earth,et peccabunt habitatores ejus;and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason,ideoque insanient cultores ejus,its caretakers will become crazed,et relinquentur homines pauci.and few men will be left behind.

⁷Luxit vindemia,The vintage has mourned.infirmata est vitis,The vine has languished.ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde;All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.

⁷Luxit vindemia,The vintage has mourned.infirmata est vitis,The vine has languished.ingemuerunt omnes qui lætabantur corde;All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.

⁸cessavit gaudium tympanorum,The gladness of the drums has ceased.quievit sonitus lætantium,The sound of rejoicing has quieted.conticuit dulcedo citharæ.The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.

⁸cessavit gaudium tympanorum,The gladness of the drums has ceased.quievit sonitus lætantium,The sound of rejoicing has quieted.conticuit dulcedo citharæ.The sweetness of stringed instruments has been silenced.

⁹Cum cantico non bibent vinum;They will not drink wine with a song.amara erit potio bibentibus illam.The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

⁹Cum cantico non bibent vinum;They will not drink wine with a song.amara erit potio bibentibus illam.The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

¹⁰Attrita est civitas vanitatis,The city of vanity has been worn away.clausa est omnis domus,Every house has been closed up;nullo introëunte.no one enters.

¹⁰Attrita est civitas vanitatis,The city of vanity has been worn away.clausa est omnis domus,Every house has been closed up;nullo introëunte.no one enters.

¹¹Clamor erit super vino in plateis,There will be a clamor for wine in the streets.deserta est omnia lætitia,All rejoicing has been abandoned.translatum est gaudium terræ.The gladness of the earth has been carried away.

¹¹Clamor erit super vino in plateis,There will be a clamor for wine in the streets.deserta est omnia lætitia,All rejoicing has been abandoned.translatum est gaudium terræ.The gladness of the earth has been carried away.

¹²Relicta est in urbe solitudo,Solitude is what remains in the city,et calamitas opprimet portas.and calamity will overwhelm its gates.

¹²Relicta est in urbe solitudo,Solitude is what remains in the city,et calamitas opprimet portas.and calamity will overwhelm its gates.

¹³Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ in medio populorum,For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people:quomodo si paucæ olivæ quæ remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi,it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes,cum fuerit finita vindemia.when the grape harvest has already ended.

¹³Quia hæc erunt in medio terræ in medio populorum,For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people:quomodo si paucæ olivæ quæ remanserunt excutiantur ex olea et racemi,it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes,cum fuerit finita vindemia.when the grape harvest has already ended.

¹⁴Hi levabunt vocem suam,These few shall lift up their voiceatque laudabunt:and give praise.cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus,When the Lord will have been glorified,hinnient de mari.they will make a joyful noise from the sea.

¹⁴Hi levabunt vocem suam,These few shall lift up their voiceatque laudabunt:and give praise.cum glorificatus fuerit Dominus,When the Lord will have been glorified,hinnient de mari.they will make a joyful noise from the sea.

¹⁵Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum;Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord,in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israël.the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

¹⁵Propter hoc in doctrinis glorificate Dominum;Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord,in insulis maris nomen Domini Dei Israël.the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

¹⁶A finibus terræ laudes audivimus,From the ends of the earth,gloriam Justi.we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One.Et dixi:And I said:Secretum meum mihi,“My secret is for myself!secretum meum mihi.My secret is for myself!Væ mihi!Woe to me!prævaricantes prævaricati sunt,Those who would betray us have betrayed us,et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”

¹⁶A finibus terræ laudes audivimus,From the ends of the earth,gloriam Justi.we have heard the praises of the glory of the Just One.Et dixi:And I said:Secretum meum mihi,“My secret is for myself!secretum meum mihi.My secret is for myself!Væ mihi!Woe to me!prævaricantes prævaricati sunt,Those who would betray us have betrayed us,et prævaricatione transgressorum prævaricati sunt.and they have betrayed us with the betrayal of transgression.”

¹⁷Formido,Dread,et fovea,and the pit,et laqueus super te,and the snare are over you,qui habitator es terræ.O inhabitant of the earth!

¹⁷Formido,Dread,et fovea,and the pit,et laqueus super te,and the snare are over you,qui habitator es terræ.O inhabitant of the earth!

¹⁸Et erit:And this shall be:qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam;whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit.et qui se explicaverit de fovea tenebitur laqueo;And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare.quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ suntFor the floodgates from above have been opened,et concutientur fundamenta terræ.and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

¹⁸Et erit:And this shall be:qui fugerit a voce formidinis cadet in foveam;whoever will flee from the voice of dread will fall into the pit.et qui se explicaverit de fovea tenebitur laqueo;And whoever will extricate himself from the pit will be caught in the snare.quia cataractæ de excelsis apertæ suntFor the floodgates from above have been opened,et concutientur fundamenta terræ.and the foundations of the earth will be shaken.

¹⁹Confractione confringetur terra,The earth will be utterly broken!contritione conteretur terra,The earth will be utterly crushed!commotione commovebitur terra;The earth will be utterly shaken!

¹⁹Confractione confringetur terra,The earth will be utterly broken!contritione conteretur terra,The earth will be utterly crushed!commotione commovebitur terra;The earth will be utterly shaken!

²⁰agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius,The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man,et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis;and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night.et gravabit eam iniquitas sua,And its iniquity will be heavy upon it,et corruet, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.and it will fall and not rise up again.

²⁰agitatione agitabitur terra sicut ebrius,The earth will stagger greatly, like a drunken man,et auferetur quasi tabernaculum unius noctis;and will be carried away, like the tent of a single night.et gravabit eam iniquitas sua,And its iniquity will be heavy upon it,et corruet, et non adjiciet ut resurgat.and it will fall and not rise up again.

²¹Et erit:And this shall be:in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso,in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above,et super reges terræ qui sunt super terram;and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.

²¹Et erit:And this shall be:in die illa visitabit Dominus super militiam cæli in excelso,in that day, the Lord will visit upon the armies of the sky above,et super reges terræ qui sunt super terram;and upon the kings of the earth who are on the ground.

²²et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum,And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit.et claudentur ibi in carcere,And they will be enclosed in that place,et post multos dies visitabuntur.as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.

²²et congregabuntur in congregatione unius fascis in lacum,And they will be gathered together like the gathering of one bundle into a pit.et claudentur ibi in carcere,And they will be enclosed in that place,et post multos dies visitabuntur.as in a prison. And after many days, they will be visited.

²³Et erubescet luna,And the moon will be ashamed,et confundetur sol,and the sun will be confounded,cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Jerusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.

²³Et erubescet luna,And the moon will be ashamed,et confundetur sol,and the sun will be confounded,cum regnaverit Dominus exercituum in monte Sion et in Jerusalem et in conspectu senum suorum fuerit glorificatus.when the Lord of hosts will reign on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and when he will have been glorified in the sight of his elders.