¹Et nunc ad vos mandatum hoc,And now, O priests,o sacerdotes.this command is to you.

¹Et nunc ad vos mandatum hoc,And now, O priests,o sacerdotes.this command is to you.

²Si nolueritis audire,If you will refuse to listen,et si nolueritis ponere super cor,and if you will refuse to take it to heart,ut detis gloriam nomini meo,so as to give glory to my name,ait Dominus exercituum,says the Lord of hosts,mittam in vos egestatem, et maledicam benedictionibus vestris,I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings;et maledicam illis,yes, I will curse them.quoniam non posuistis super cor.For you have not taken it to heart.

²Si nolueritis audire,If you will refuse to listen,et si nolueritis ponere super cor,and if you will refuse to take it to heart,ut detis gloriam nomini meo,so as to give glory to my name,ait Dominus exercituum,says the Lord of hosts,mittam in vos egestatem, et maledicam benedictionibus vestris,I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings;et maledicam illis,yes, I will curse them.quoniam non posuistis super cor.For you have not taken it to heart.

³Ecce ego projiciam vobis brachium,Behold, I will cast forth an arm to you,et dispergam super vultum vestrum stercus solemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum.and I will scatter across your face the dung of your solemnities, and it will take you to itself.

³Ecce ego projiciam vobis brachium,Behold, I will cast forth an arm to you,et dispergam super vultum vestrum stercus solemnitatum vestrarum, et assumet vos secum.and I will scatter across your face the dung of your solemnities, and it will take you to itself.

⁴Et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud,And you will know that I sent you this commandment,ut esset pactum meum cum Levi,so that my covenant might be with Levi,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

⁴Et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud,And you will know that I sent you this commandment,ut esset pactum meum cum Levi,so that my covenant might be with Levi,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

⁵Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitæ et pacis:My covenant was with him for life and peace.et dedi ei timorem,And I gave him fear,et timuit me,and he feared me,et a facie nominis mei pavebat.and he was afraid before the face of my name.

⁵Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitæ et pacis:My covenant was with him for life and peace.et dedi ei timorem,And I gave him fear,et timuit me,and he feared me,et a facie nominis mei pavebat.and he was afraid before the face of my name.

⁶Lex veritatis fuit in ore ejus,The law of truth was in his mouth,et iniquitas non est inventa in labiis ejus:and iniquity was not found on his lips.in pace et in æquitate ambulavit mecum,He walked with me in peace and integrity,et multos avertit ab iniquitate.and he turned away many from iniquity.

⁶Lex veritatis fuit in ore ejus,The law of truth was in his mouth,et iniquitas non est inventa in labiis ejus:and iniquity was not found on his lips.in pace et in æquitate ambulavit mecum,He walked with me in peace and integrity,et multos avertit ab iniquitate.and he turned away many from iniquity.

⁷Labia enim sacerdotis custodient scientiam,For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge,et legem requirent ex ore ejus,and they will request the law from his mouth,quia angelus Domini exercituum est.because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.

⁷Labia enim sacerdotis custodient scientiam,For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge,et legem requirent ex ore ejus,and they will request the law from his mouth,quia angelus Domini exercituum est.because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.

⁸Vos autem recessistis de via,But you have withdrawn from the way,et scandalizastis plurimos in lege:and you have scandalized very many in the law.irritum fecistis pactum Levi,You have nullified the covenant of Levi,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

⁸Vos autem recessistis de via,But you have withdrawn from the way,et scandalizastis plurimos in lege:and you have scandalized very many in the law.irritum fecistis pactum Levi,You have nullified the covenant of Levi,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.

⁹Propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles,Because of this,et humiles omnibus populis,I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people,sicut non servastis vias meas,just as you have not served my ways,et accepistis faciem in lege.and you have accepted a face in the law.

⁹Propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles,Because of this,et humiles omnibus populis,I also have made you contemptible and debased to all the people,sicut non servastis vias meas,just as you have not served my ways,et accepistis faciem in lege.and you have accepted a face in the law.

¹⁰Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum?Is there not one Father of us all?numquid non Deus unus creavit nos?Did not one God create us? Why,quare ergo despicit unusquisque nostrum fratrem suum,then, does each one of us despise his brother,violans pactum patrum nostrorum?violating the covenant of our fathers?

¹⁰Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum?Is there not one Father of us all?numquid non Deus unus creavit nos?Did not one God create us? Why,quare ergo despicit unusquisque nostrum fratrem suum,then, does each one of us despise his brother,violans pactum patrum nostrorum?violating the covenant of our fathers?

¹¹Transgressus est Juda,Judah has transgressed,et abominatio facta est in Israël et in Jerusalem,and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem.quia contaminavit Juda sanctificationem Domini,For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord,quam dilexit,which he loved,et habuit filiam dei alieni.and has held the daughter of a strange god.

¹¹Transgressus est Juda,Judah has transgressed,et abominatio facta est in Israël et in Jerusalem,and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem.quia contaminavit Juda sanctificationem Domini,For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord,quam dilexit,which he loved,et habuit filiam dei alieni.and has held the daughter of a strange god.

¹²Disperdet Dominus virum qui fecerit hoc,The Lord will drive away the man who has done this,magistrum et discipulum,both the teacher and the disciple,de tabernaculis Jacob, et offerentem munus Domino exercituum.from the tabernacles of Jacob and from those offering a gift to the Lord of hosts.

¹²Disperdet Dominus virum qui fecerit hoc,The Lord will drive away the man who has done this,magistrum et discipulum,both the teacher and the disciple,de tabernaculis Jacob, et offerentem munus Domino exercituum.from the tabernacles of Jacob and from those offering a gift to the Lord of hosts.

¹³Et hoc rursum fecistis:And you have done this repeatedly:operiebatis lacrimis altare Domini,you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears,fletu et mugitu,with weeping and bellowing,ita ut non respiciam ultra ad sacrificium,to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice,nec accipiam placabile quid de manu vestra.nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.

¹³Et hoc rursum fecistis:And you have done this repeatedly:operiebatis lacrimis altare Domini,you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears,fletu et mugitu,with weeping and bellowing,ita ut non respiciam ultra ad sacrificium,to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice,nec accipiam placabile quid de manu vestra.nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.

¹⁴Et dixistis:And you have said,Quam ob causam?“What is the reason for this?”Quia Dominus testificatus est inter te et uxorem pubertatis tuæ,It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth,quam tu despexisti:whom you have despised.et hæc particeps tua,Yet she was your partner,et uxor fœderis tui.and the wife of your covenant.

¹⁴Et dixistis:And you have said,Quam ob causam?“What is the reason for this?”Quia Dominus testificatus est inter te et uxorem pubertatis tuæ,It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth,quam tu despexisti:whom you have despised.et hæc particeps tua,Yet she was your partner,et uxor fœderis tui.and the wife of your covenant.

¹⁵Nonne unus fecit,Did not One make her,et residuum spiritus ejus est?and is she not the remainder of his spirit?et quid unus quærit,And what does one seek,nisi semen Dei?except offspring of God?custodite ergo spiritum vestrum,So then, preserve your spirit,et uxorem adolescentiæ tuæ noli despicere.and do not despise the wife of your youth.

¹⁵Nonne unus fecit,Did not One make her,et residuum spiritus ejus est?and is she not the remainder of his spirit?et quid unus quærit,And what does one seek,nisi semen Dei?except offspring of God?custodite ergo spiritum vestrum,So then, preserve your spirit,et uxorem adolescentiæ tuæ noli despicere.and do not despise the wife of your youth.

¹⁶Cum odio habueris, dimitte,If you would hold hatred,dicit Dominus Deus Israël:dismiss her, says the Lord,operiet autem iniquitas vestimentum ejus,the God of Israel. But iniquity will cover his garment,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.Custodite spiritum vestrum, et nolite despicere.Preserve your spirit, and do not be willing to despise.

¹⁶Cum odio habueris, dimitte,If you would hold hatred,dicit Dominus Deus Israël:dismiss her, says the Lord,operiet autem iniquitas vestimentum ejus,the God of Israel. But iniquity will cover his garment,dicit Dominus exercituum.says the Lord of hosts.Custodite spiritum vestrum, et nolite despicere.Preserve your spirit, and do not be willing to despise.

¹⁷Laborare fecistis Dominum in sermonibus vestris, et dixistis:You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said,In quo eum fecimus laborare?“In what way, have we wearied him?”In eo quod dicitis:In that you say,Omnis qui facit malum bonus est in conspectu Domini,“Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord,et tales ei placent:and such as these please him,”aut certe ubi est Deus judicii?or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?”

¹⁷Laborare fecistis Dominum in sermonibus vestris, et dixistis:You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said,In quo eum fecimus laborare?“In what way, have we wearied him?”In eo quod dicitis:In that you say,Omnis qui facit malum bonus est in conspectu Domini,“Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord,et tales ei placent:and such as these please him,”aut certe ubi est Deus judicii?or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?”