¹Et dixi:And I said:Audite,Listen,princeps Jacob,leaders of Jacobet duces domus Israël:and chiefs of the house of Israel.numquid non vestrum est scire judicium,Does it not belong to you to know judgment,

¹Et dixi:And I said:Audite,Listen,princeps Jacob,leaders of Jacobet duces domus Israël:and chiefs of the house of Israel.numquid non vestrum est scire judicium,Does it not belong to you to know judgment,

²qui odio habetis bonum,you who hold hatred for good,et diligitis malum;and love evil,qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis,who violently steal their skins from over themet carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum;and their flesh from over their bones?

²qui odio habetis bonum,you who hold hatred for good,et diligitis malum;and love evil,qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis,who violently steal their skins from over themet carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum;and their flesh from over their bones?

³qui comederunt carnem populi mei,They have devoured the flesh of my people,et pellem eorum desuper excoriaverunt,and have stripped their skin from over them,et ossa eorum confregerunt,and they have shattered and chopped their bones,et conciderunt sicut in lebete,as if for the kettle,et quasi carnem in medio ollæ?and like flesh in the middle of the pot.

³qui comederunt carnem populi mei,They have devoured the flesh of my people,et pellem eorum desuper excoriaverunt,and have stripped their skin from over them,et ossa eorum confregerunt,and they have shattered and chopped their bones,et conciderunt sicut in lebete,as if for the kettle,et quasi carnem in medio ollæ?and like flesh in the middle of the pot.

⁴Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum,Then they will cry out to the Lord,et non exaudiet eos,and he will not heed them.et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo,And he will hide his face from them in that time,sicut nequiter egerunt in adinventionibus suis.just as they have acted wickedly with their inventions.

⁴Tunc clamabunt ad Dominum,Then they will cry out to the Lord,et non exaudiet eos,and he will not heed them.et abscondet faciem suam ab eis in tempore illo,And he will hide his face from them in that time,sicut nequiter egerunt in adinventionibus suis.just as they have acted wickedly with their inventions.

⁵Hæc dicit Dominus super prophetas, qui seducunt populum meum:Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people:qui mordent dentibus suis, et prædicant pacem;They bite with their teeth and preach peace,et si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam,and if anyone does not give something to their mouth,sanctificant super eum prælium.they sanctify a battle against him.

⁵Hæc dicit Dominus super prophetas, qui seducunt populum meum:Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people:qui mordent dentibus suis, et prædicant pacem;They bite with their teeth and preach peace,et si quis non dederit in ore eorum quippiam,and if anyone does not give something to their mouth,sanctificant super eum prælium.they sanctify a battle against him.

⁶Propterea nox vobis pro visione erit,Because of this, night will be yours for vision,et tenebræ vobis pro divinatione; et occumbet sol super prophetas,and darkness yours for divination, and the sun will meet with death over the prophets,et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.and the day will be darkened over them.

⁶Propterea nox vobis pro visione erit,Because of this, night will be yours for vision,et tenebræ vobis pro divinatione; et occumbet sol super prophetas,and darkness yours for divination, and the sun will meet with death over the prophets,et obtenebrabitur super eos dies.and the day will be darkened over them.

⁷Et confundentur qui vident visiones,And those who see visions will be confounded,et confundentur divini;and the diviners will be confounded.et operient omnes vultos suos,And they will all cover their faces,quia non est responsum Dei.because there is no response from God.

⁷Et confundentur qui vident visiones,And those who see visions will be confounded,et confundentur divini;and the diviners will be confounded.et operient omnes vultos suos,And they will all cover their faces,quia non est responsum Dei.because there is no response from God.

⁸Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini,Nevertheless, truly I have been filled with the strength of the Spirit of the Lord,judicio, et virtute,with judgment and virtue,ut annuntiem Jacob scelus suum, et Israël peccatum suum.in order to announce to Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.

⁸Verumtamen ego repletus sum fortitudine spiritus Domini,Nevertheless, truly I have been filled with the strength of the Spirit of the Lord,judicio, et virtute,with judgment and virtue,ut annuntiem Jacob scelus suum, et Israël peccatum suum.in order to announce to Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.

⁹Audite hoc,Hear this,principes domus Jacob,leaders of the house of Jacobet judices domus Israël,and judges of the house of Israel,qui abominamini judicium,you who abominate judgmentet omnia recta pervertitis:and who pervert all that is right.

⁹Audite hoc,Hear this,principes domus Jacob,leaders of the house of Jacobet judices domus Israël,and judges of the house of Israel,qui abominamini judicium,you who abominate judgmentet omnia recta pervertitis:and who pervert all that is right.

¹⁰qui ædificatis Sion in sanguinibus,You build up Zion with blood,et Jerusalem in iniquitate.and Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹⁰qui ædificatis Sion in sanguinibus,You build up Zion with blood,et Jerusalem in iniquitate.and Jerusalem with iniquity.

¹¹Principes ejus in muneribus judicabant,Her leaders have judged for tributes,et sacerdotes ejus in mercede docebant,and her priests have taught for payment,et prophetæ ejus in pecunia divinabant:and her prophets divined for money.et super Dominum requiescebant,And they leaned upon the Lord,dicentes:saying:Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum?“Is not the Lord in our midst?non venient super nos mala.No disaster will overcome us.”

¹¹Principes ejus in muneribus judicabant,Her leaders have judged for tributes,et sacerdotes ejus in mercede docebant,and her priests have taught for payment,et prophetæ ejus in pecunia divinabant:and her prophets divined for money.et super Dominum requiescebant,And they leaned upon the Lord,dicentes:saying:Numquid non Dominus in medio nostrum?“Is not the Lord in our midst?non venient super nos mala.No disaster will overcome us.”

¹²Propter hoc,For this reason,causa vestri,because of you,Sion quasi ager arabitur,Zion will be plowed under like a field,et Jerusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit,and Jerusalem will become like a pile of stones,et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.and the mountain of the temple like the high places of the forests.

¹²Propter hoc,For this reason,causa vestri,because of you,Sion quasi ager arabitur,Zion will be plowed under like a field,et Jerusalem quasi acervus lapidum erit,and Jerusalem will become like a pile of stones,et mons templi in excelsa silvarum.and the mountain of the temple like the high places of the forests.