¹Væ filii desertores,“Woe to the sons of apostasy!”dicit Dominus,says the Lord.ut faceretis consilium,For you would take advice,et non ex me,but not from me.et ordiremini telam,And you would begin to weave,et non per spiritum meum,but not by my spirit.ut adderetis peccatum super peccatum;Thus do you add sin upon sin!

¹Væ filii desertores,“Woe to the sons of apostasy!”dicit Dominus,says the Lord.ut faceretis consilium,For you would take advice,et non ex me,but not from me.et ordiremini telam,And you would begin to weave,et non per spiritum meum,but not by my spirit.ut adderetis peccatum super peccatum;Thus do you add sin upon sin!

²qui ambulatis ut descendatis in Ægyptum,You are walking so as to descend into Egypt,et os meum non interrogastis,and you have not sought answers from my mouth,sperantes auxilium in fortitudine Pharaonis,instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaohet habentes fiduciam in umbra Ægypti!and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.

²qui ambulatis ut descendatis in Ægyptum,You are walking so as to descend into Egypt,et os meum non interrogastis,and you have not sought answers from my mouth,sperantes auxilium in fortitudine Pharaonis,instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaohet habentes fiduciam in umbra Ægypti!and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.

³Et erit vobis fortitudo Pharaonis in confusionem,And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion,et fiducia umbræ Ægypti in ignominiam.and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.

³Et erit vobis fortitudo Pharaonis in confusionem,And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion,et fiducia umbræ Ægypti in ignominiam.and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.

⁴Erant enim in Tani principes tui,For your leaders were at Tanis,et nuntii tui usque ad Hanes pervenerunt.and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.

⁴Erant enim in Tani principes tui,For your leaders were at Tanis,et nuntii tui usque ad Hanes pervenerunt.and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.

⁵Omnes confusi sunt super populo qui eis prodesse non potuit:They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them,non fuerunt in auxilium et in aliquam utilitatem,who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness,sed in confusionem et in opprobrium.except to offer confusion and reproach.

⁵Omnes confusi sunt super populo qui eis prodesse non potuit:They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them,non fuerunt in auxilium et in aliquam utilitatem,who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness,sed in confusionem et in opprobrium.except to offer confusion and reproach.

⁶Onus jumentorum austri.The burden of the beasts in the south.In terra tribulationis et angustiæ leæna,In a land of tribulation and anguish,et leo ex eis,from which go forth the lioness and the lion,vipera et regulus volans;the viper and the flying king snake,portantes super humeros jumentorum divitias suas,they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden,et super gibbum camelorum thesauros suos,and their valuables upon the humps of camels,ad populum qui eis prodesse non poterit.to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.

⁶Onus jumentorum austri.The burden of the beasts in the south.In terra tribulationis et angustiæ leæna,In a land of tribulation and anguish,et leo ex eis,from which go forth the lioness and the lion,vipera et regulus volans;the viper and the flying king snake,portantes super humeros jumentorum divitias suas,they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts of burden,et super gibbum camelorum thesauros suos,and their valuables upon the humps of camels,ad populum qui eis prodesse non poterit.to a people who are not able to offer profit to them.

⁷Ægyptus enim frustra et vane auxiliabitur.For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success.Ideo clamavi super hoc:Therefore, concerning this,Superbia tantum est,I cried out: “It is only arrogance!quiesce.Remain calm.”

⁷Ægyptus enim frustra et vane auxiliabitur.For Egypt will offer assistance, but without purpose or success.Ideo clamavi super hoc:Therefore, concerning this,Superbia tantum est,I cried out: “It is only arrogance!quiesce.Remain calm.”

⁸Nunc ergo ingressus,Now, therefore,scribe ei super buxum, et in libro diligenter exara illud,enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book,et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque in æternum.and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity.

⁸Nunc ergo ingressus,Now, therefore,scribe ei super buxum, et in libro diligenter exara illud,enter and write for them upon a tablet, and note it diligently in a book,et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque in æternum.and this shall be a testimony in the last days, and even unto eternity.

⁹Populus enim ad iracundiam provocans est:For they are a people who provoke to wrath,et filii mendaces,and they are lying sons,filii nolentes audire legem Dei;sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

⁹Populus enim ad iracundiam provocans est:For they are a people who provoke to wrath,et filii mendaces,and they are lying sons,filii nolentes audire legem Dei;sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.

¹⁰qui dicunt videntibus:They say to the seers,Nolite videre,“Do not see,”et aspicientibus:and to those who behold:Nolite aspicere nobis ea quæ recta sunt;“Do not behold for us the things that are right.loquimini nobis placentia:Speak to us of pleasing things.videte nobis errores.See errors for us.

¹⁰qui dicunt videntibus:They say to the seers,Nolite videre,“Do not see,”et aspicientibus:and to those who behold:Nolite aspicere nobis ea quæ recta sunt;“Do not behold for us the things that are right.loquimini nobis placentia:Speak to us of pleasing things.videte nobis errores.See errors for us.

¹¹Auferte a me viam;Take me from the way.declinate a me semitam;Avert me from the path.cesset a facie nostra Sanctus Israël.Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”

¹¹Auferte a me viam;Take me from the way.declinate a me semitam;Avert me from the path.cesset a facie nostra Sanctus Israël.Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”

¹²Propterea hæc dicit Sanctus Israël:Because of this,Pro eo quod reprobastis verbum hoc,thus says the Holy One of Israel:et sperastis in calumniaSince you have rejected this word,et in tumultu,and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion,et innixi estis super eo;and since you have depended upon these things,

¹²Propterea hæc dicit Sanctus Israël:Because of this,Pro eo quod reprobastis verbum hoc,thus says the Holy One of Israel:et sperastis in calumniaSince you have rejected this word,et in tumultu,and you have hoped in calumny and rebellion,et innixi estis super eo;and since you have depended upon these things,

¹³propterea erit vobis iniquitas hæc sicut interruptio cadens,for this reason,et requisita in muro excelso,this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen,quoniam subito,and like a gap in a high wall.dum non speratur,For its destruction will happen suddenly,veniet contritio ejus.when it is not expected.

¹³propterea erit vobis iniquitas hæc sicut interruptio cadens,for this reason,et requisita in muro excelso,this iniquity will be to you like a breach that has fallen,quoniam subito,and like a gap in a high wall.dum non speratur,For its destruction will happen suddenly,veniet contritio ejus.when it is not expected.

¹⁴Et comminuetur sicut conteritur lagena figuli contritione pervalida,And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow.et non invenietur de fragmentis ejus testa in qua portetur igniculus de incendio,And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth,aut hauriatur parum aquæ de fovea.or which might draw a little water from a hollow.

¹⁴Et comminuetur sicut conteritur lagena figuli contritione pervalida,And it will be crushed, just as the earthen vessel of a potter is destroyed by a sharp blow.et non invenietur de fragmentis ejus testa in qua portetur igniculus de incendio,And not even a fragment of its earthenware will be found, which might carry a little fire from the hearth,aut hauriatur parum aquæ de fovea.or which might draw a little water from a hollow.

¹⁵Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus,For thus says the Lord God,Sanctus Israël:the Holy One of Israel:Si revertamini et quiescatis,If you return and are quiet,salvi eritis;you shall be saved.in silentio et in spe erit fortitudo vestra.Your strength will be found in silence and in hope.Et noluistis,But you are not willing!

¹⁵Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus,For thus says the Lord God,Sanctus Israël:the Holy One of Israel:Si revertamini et quiescatis,If you return and are quiet,salvi eritis;you shall be saved.in silentio et in spe erit fortitudo vestra.Your strength will be found in silence and in hope.Et noluistis,But you are not willing!

¹⁶et dixistis:And you have said:Nequaquam,“Never! Instead,sed ad equos fugiemus:we will flee by horseback.” For this reason,ideo fugietis;you will be put to flight.et: Super veloces ascendemus:And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.”ideo velociores erunt qui persequentur vos.For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.

¹⁶et dixistis:And you have said:Nequaquam,“Never! Instead,sed ad equos fugiemus:we will flee by horseback.” For this reason,ideo fugietis;you will be put to flight.et: Super veloces ascendemus:And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.”ideo velociores erunt qui persequentur vos.For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.

¹⁷Mille homines a facie terroris unius;A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one,et a facie terroris quinque fugietis,and you will flee in terror from the face of five,donec relinquamini quasi malus navis in vertice montis,until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain,et quasi signum super collem.or like a sign on a hill.

¹⁷Mille homines a facie terroris unius;A thousand men will flee in terror from the face of one,et a facie terroris quinque fugietis,and you will flee in terror from the face of five,donec relinquamini quasi malus navis in vertice montis,until you who have been left behind are like the mast of a ship at the top of a mountain,et quasi signum super collem.or like a sign on a hill.

¹⁸Propterea exspectat Dominus ut misereatur vestri;Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you.et ideo exaltabitur parcens vobis,And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you.quia Deus judicii Dominus:For the Lord is the God of judgment.beati omnes qui exspectant eum!Blessed are all those who wait for him.

¹⁸Propterea exspectat Dominus ut misereatur vestri;Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you.et ideo exaltabitur parcens vobis,And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you.quia Deus judicii Dominus:For the Lord is the God of judgment.beati omnes qui exspectant eum!Blessed are all those who wait for him.

¹⁹Populus enim Sion habitabit in Jerusalem:For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly,plorans nequaquam plorabis:you will not weep. Mercifully,miserans miserebitur tui,he will take pity on you.ad vocem clamoris tui:At the voice of your outcry,statim ut audierit,as soon as he hears,respondebit tibi.he will respond to you.

¹⁹Populus enim Sion habitabit in Jerusalem:For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly,plorans nequaquam plorabis:you will not weep. Mercifully,miserans miserebitur tui,he will take pity on you.ad vocem clamoris tui:At the voice of your outcry,statim ut audierit,as soon as he hears,respondebit tibi.he will respond to you.

²⁰Et dabit vobis Dominus panem arctum,And the Lord will give you thick breadet aquam brevem;and accessible water.et non faciet avolare a te ultra doctorem tuum;And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore.et erunt oculi tui videntes præceptorem tuum.And your eyes will behold your instructor.

²⁰Et dabit vobis Dominus panem arctum,And the Lord will give you thick breadet aquam brevem;and accessible water.et non faciet avolare a te ultra doctorem tuum;And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore.et erunt oculi tui videntes præceptorem tuum.And your eyes will behold your instructor.

²¹Et aures tuæ audient verbum post tergum monentis:And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back:Hæc est via;“This is the way!ambulate in ea,Walk in it!et non declinetisAnd do not turn aside,neque ad dexteram,neither to the right,neque ad sinistram.nor to the left.”

²¹Et aures tuæ audient verbum post tergum monentis:And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back:Hæc est via;“This is the way!ambulate in ea,Walk in it!et non declinetisAnd do not turn aside,neque ad dexteram,neither to the right,neque ad sinistram.nor to the left.”

²²Et contaminabis laminas sculptilium argenti tui,And you will defile the plates of your silver graven imageset vestimentum conflatilis auri tui,and the vestment of your gold molten idols.et disperges ea sicut immunditiam menstruatæ.And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman.Egredere,You will say to it,dices ei.“Go away!”

²²Et contaminabis laminas sculptilium argenti tui,And you will defile the plates of your silver graven imageset vestimentum conflatilis auri tui,and the vestment of your gold molten idols.et disperges ea sicut immunditiam menstruatæ.And you will throw these things away like the uncleanness of a menstruating woman.Egredere,You will say to it,dices ei.“Go away!”

²³Et dabitur pluvia semini tuo,And wherever you sow seed upon the earth,ubicumque seminaveris in terra,rain will be given to the seed.et panis frugum terræ erit uberrimusAnd bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full.et pinguis;In that day,pascetur in possessione tua in die illo agnus spatiose,the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession.

²³Et dabitur pluvia semini tuo,And wherever you sow seed upon the earth,ubicumque seminaveris in terra,rain will be given to the seed.et panis frugum terræ erit uberrimusAnd bread from the grain of the earth will be very plentiful and full.et pinguis;In that day,pascetur in possessione tua in die illo agnus spatiose,the lamb will pasture in the spacious land of your possession.

²⁴et tauri tui,And your bulls,et pulli asinorum, qui operantur terram,and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground,commistum migma comedent sicut in area ventilatum est.will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor.

²⁴et tauri tui,And your bulls,et pulli asinorum, qui operantur terram,and the colts of the donkeys that work the ground,commistum migma comedent sicut in area ventilatum est.will eat a mix of grains like that winnowed on the threshing floor.

²⁵Et erunt super omnem montem excelsum,And there will be, on every lofty mountain,et super omnem collem elevatum,and on every elevated hill,rivi currentium aquarum,rivers of running water,in die interfectionis multorum,in the day of the slaughter of many,cum ceciderint turres:when the tower will fall.

²⁵Et erunt super omnem montem excelsum,And there will be, on every lofty mountain,et super omnem collem elevatum,and on every elevated hill,rivi currentium aquarum,rivers of running water,in die interfectionis multorum,in the day of the slaughter of many,cum ceciderint turres:when the tower will fall.

²⁶et erit lux lunæ sicut lux solis,And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun,et lux solis erit septempliciter sicut lux septem dierum,and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days,in die qua alligaverit Dominus vulnus populi sui,in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people,et percussuram plagæ ejus sanaverit.and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.

²⁶et erit lux lunæ sicut lux solis,And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun,et lux solis erit septempliciter sicut lux septem dierum,and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days,in die qua alligaverit Dominus vulnus populi sui,in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people,et percussuram plagæ ejus sanaverit.and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.

²⁷Ecce nomen Domini venit de longinquo,Behold,ardens furor ejus,the name of the Lord arrives from far away.et gravis ad portandum;His fury is burning and heavy to bear.labia ejus repleta sunt indignatione,His lips have been filled with indignation,et lingua ejus quasi ignis devorans.and his tongue is like a devouring fire.

²⁷Ecce nomen Domini venit de longinquo,Behold,ardens furor ejus,the name of the Lord arrives from far away.et gravis ad portandum;His fury is burning and heavy to bear.labia ejus repleta sunt indignatione,His lips have been filled with indignation,et lingua ejus quasi ignis devorans.and his tongue is like a devouring fire.

²⁸Spiritus ejus velut torrens inundans usque ad medium colli,His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck,ad perdendas gentes in nihilum,in order to reduce the nations to nothing,et frenum erroris quod erat in maxillis populorum.along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

²⁸Spiritus ejus velut torrens inundans usque ad medium colli,His Spirit is like a torrent, inundating, even as high as the middle of the neck,ad perdendas gentes in nihilum,in order to reduce the nations to nothing,et frenum erroris quod erat in maxillis populorum.along with the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

²⁹Canticum erit vobis sicut nox sanctificatæ solemnitatis,There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart,et lætitia cordis sicut qui pergit cum tibia, ut intret in montem Domini ad Fortem Israël.as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.

²⁹Canticum erit vobis sicut nox sanctificatæ solemnitatis,There will be a song for you, as in the night of a sanctified solemnity, and a joy of heart,et lætitia cordis sicut qui pergit cum tibia, ut intret in montem Domini ad Fortem Israël.as when one travels with music to arrive at the mountain of the Lord, to the Strong One of Israel.

³⁰Et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suæ,And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard,et terrorem brachii sui ostendet in comminatione furoris,and,et flamma ignis devorantis:with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire,allidet in turbine,he will reveal the terror of his arm.et in lapide grandinis.He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.

³⁰Et auditam faciet Dominus gloriam vocis suæ,And the Lord will cause the glory of his voice to be heard,et terrorem brachii sui ostendet in comminatione furoris,and,et flamma ignis devorantis:with a threatening fury and a devouring flame of fire,allidet in turbine,he will reveal the terror of his arm.et in lapide grandinis.He will crush with the whirlwind and with hailstones.

³¹A voce enim Domini pavebit Assur virga percussus.For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff.

³¹A voce enim Domini pavebit Assur virga percussus.For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff.

³²Et erit transitus virgæ fundatus,And when the passage of the staff has been begun,quam requiescere faciet Dominus super eum in tympanis et citharis;the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps.et in bellis præcipuis expugnabit eos.And with special battles, he will fight against them.

³²Et erit transitus virgæ fundatus,And when the passage of the staff has been begun,quam requiescere faciet Dominus super eum in tympanis et citharis;the Lord will cause it to rest upon him, with timbrels and harps.et in bellis præcipuis expugnabit eos.And with special battles, he will fight against them.

³³Præparata est enim ab heri Topheth,For a burning place,a rege præparata,deep and wide,profunda,has been prepared from yesterday,et dilatata.prepared by the King.Nutrimenta ejus,Its nourishment is fire and much wood.ignisThe breath of the Lord,et ligna multa;like a torrent of brimstone,flatus Domini sicut torrens sulphuris succendens eam.kindles it.

³³Præparata est enim ab heri Topheth,For a burning place,a rege præparata,deep and wide,profunda,has been prepared from yesterday,et dilatata.prepared by the King.Nutrimenta ejus,Its nourishment is fire and much wood.ignisThe breath of the Lord,et ligna multa;like a torrent of brimstone,flatus Domini sicut torrens sulphuris succendens eam.kindles it.