¹Audite quæ Dominus loquitur:Listen to what the Lord says:Surge,Rise,contende judicio adversum montes,contend in judgment against the mountains,et audiant colles vocem tuam.and let the hills hear your voice.

¹Audite quæ Dominus loquitur:Listen to what the Lord says:Surge,Rise,contende judicio adversum montes,contend in judgment against the mountains,et audiant colles vocem tuam.and let the hills hear your voice.

²Audiant montes judicium Domini,Let the mountains listen to the judgment of the Lord,et fortia fundamenta terræ;and the strong foundations of the earth.quia judicium Domini cum populo suo,For the judgment of the Lord is with his people,et cum Israël dijudicabitur.and he will enter into judgment with Israel.

²Audiant montes judicium Domini,Let the mountains listen to the judgment of the Lord,et fortia fundamenta terræ;and the strong foundations of the earth.quia judicium Domini cum populo suo,For the judgment of the Lord is with his people,et cum Israël dijudicabitur.and he will enter into judgment with Israel.

³Popule meus,My people,quid feci tibi?what have I done to you,aut quid molestus fui tibi?or how have I assailed you?Responde mihi.Respond to me.

³Popule meus,My people,quid feci tibi?what have I done to you,aut quid molestus fui tibi?or how have I assailed you?Responde mihi.Respond to me.

⁴Quia eduxi te de terra Ægypti,For I led you out of the land of Egypt,et de domo servientium liberavi te,and I freed you from the house of servitude,et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen,and I sent before your face Moses,et Aaron,and Aaron,et Mariam.and Miriam.

⁴Quia eduxi te de terra Ægypti,For I led you out of the land of Egypt,et de domo servientium liberavi te,and I freed you from the house of servitude,et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen,and I sent before your face Moses,et Aaron,and Aaron,et Mariam.and Miriam.

⁵Popule meus,My people,memento,remember,quæso,I ask you,quid cogitaverit Balach, rex Moab,what Balak the king of Moab planned,et quid responderit ei Balaam, filius Beor,and how Balaam the son of Beor responded to him,de Setim usque ad Galgalam,from Shittim even to Gilgal,ut cognosceres justitias Domini.so that you may know the justice of the Lord.

⁵Popule meus,My people,memento,remember,quæso,I ask you,quid cogitaverit Balach, rex Moab,what Balak the king of Moab planned,et quid responderit ei Balaam, filius Beor,and how Balaam the son of Beor responded to him,de Setim usque ad Galgalam,from Shittim even to Gilgal,ut cognosceres justitias Domini.so that you may know the justice of the Lord.

⁶Quid dignum offeram Domino?What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord,curvabo genu Deo excelso?as I bend the knee before God on high?Numquid offeram ei holocautomataHow could I offer holocausts to him,et vitulos anniculos?and one year-old calves?

⁶Quid dignum offeram Domino?What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord,curvabo genu Deo excelso?as I bend the knee before God on high?Numquid offeram ei holocautomataHow could I offer holocausts to him,et vitulos anniculos?and one year-old calves?

⁷numquid placari potest Dominus in millibus arietum,Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,aut in multis millibus hircorum pinguium?or with many thousands of fat he-goats?numquid dabo primogenitum meum pro scelere meo,How could I give up my firstborn because of my evil deed,fructum ventris mei pro peccato animæ meæ?the fruit of my womb because of the sin of my soul?

⁷numquid placari potest Dominus in millibus arietum,Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,aut in multis millibus hircorum pinguium?or with many thousands of fat he-goats?numquid dabo primogenitum meum pro scelere meo,How could I give up my firstborn because of my evil deed,fructum ventris mei pro peccato animæ meæ?the fruit of my womb because of the sin of my soul?

⁸Indicabo tibi,I will reveal to you,o homo,O man,quid sit bonum,what is good,et quid Dominus requirat a te:and what the Lord requires from you,utique facere judicium,and how to act with judgment,et diligere misericordiam,and to love mercy,et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo.and to walk carefully with your God.

⁸Indicabo tibi,I will reveal to you,o homo,O man,quid sit bonum,what is good,et quid Dominus requirat a te:and what the Lord requires from you,utique facere judicium,and how to act with judgment,et diligere misericordiam,and to love mercy,et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo.and to walk carefully with your God.

⁹Vox Domini ad civitatem clamat,The voice of the Lord cries out to the city,et salus erit timentibus nomen tuum:“Listen,audite,you tribes,”tribus,and who will confirm it?et quis approbabit illud?And salvation will be for those who fear your name.

⁹Vox Domini ad civitatem clamat,The voice of the Lord cries out to the city,et salus erit timentibus nomen tuum:“Listen,audite,you tribes,”tribus,and who will confirm it?et quis approbabit illud?And salvation will be for those who fear your name.

¹⁰Adhuc ignis in domo impii thesauri iniquitatis,Nevertheless, there is a fire in the house of the impious, the treasury of iniquity,et mensura minor iræ plena.and a small measure, filled with wrath.

¹⁰Adhuc ignis in domo impii thesauri iniquitatis,Nevertheless, there is a fire in the house of the impious, the treasury of iniquity,et mensura minor iræ plena.and a small measure, filled with wrath.

¹¹Numquid justificabo stateram impiam,Shall I justify unfaithful balances,et saccelli pondera dolosa?and the deceitful weighing of a small bag?

¹¹Numquid justificabo stateram impiam,Shall I justify unfaithful balances,et saccelli pondera dolosa?and the deceitful weighing of a small bag?

¹²In quibus divites ejus repleti sunt iniquitate,By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity,et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium,and her inhabitants have spoken lies,et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

¹²In quibus divites ejus repleti sunt iniquitate,By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity,et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium,and her inhabitants have spoken lies,et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

¹³Et ego ergo cœpi percutere te perditione super peccatis tuis.And I, therefore, began to strike you with perdition because of your sins.

¹³Et ego ergo cœpi percutere te perditione super peccatis tuis.And I, therefore, began to strike you with perdition because of your sins.

¹⁴Tu comedes,You will consumeet non saturaberis,and not be satisfied,et humiliatio tua in medio tui:and your humiliation will be in your midst.et apprehendes,And you will take hold,et non salvabis,and not save,et quos salvaveris,and those whom you will save,in gladium dabo.I will deliver to the sword.

¹⁴Tu comedes,You will consumeet non saturaberis,and not be satisfied,et humiliatio tua in medio tui:and your humiliation will be in your midst.et apprehendes,And you will take hold,et non salvabis,and not save,et quos salvaveris,and those whom you will save,in gladium dabo.I will deliver to the sword.

¹⁵Tu seminabis,You will sow,et non metes:and not reap.tu calcabis olivam,You will tread the olives,et non ungeris oleo;and not be anointed with oil,et mustum,and crush the grapes,et non bibes vinum.and not drink the wine.

¹⁵Tu seminabis,You will sow,et non metes:and not reap.tu calcabis olivam,You will tread the olives,et non ungeris oleo;and not be anointed with oil,et mustum,and crush the grapes,et non bibes vinum.and not drink the wine.

¹⁶Et custodisti præcepta Amri,For you have kept the precepts of Omri,et omne opus domus Achab,and all the works of the house of Ahab.et ambulasti in voluntatibus eorum:And you have walked according their wills,ut darem te in perditionem,so that I should give you over to perditionet habitantes in ea in sibilum,and its hissing inhabitants,et opprobrium populi mei portabitis.and you would carry the disgrace of my people.

¹⁶Et custodisti præcepta Amri,For you have kept the precepts of Omri,et omne opus domus Achab,and all the works of the house of Ahab.et ambulasti in voluntatibus eorum:And you have walked according their wills,ut darem te in perditionem,so that I should give you over to perditionet habitantes in ea in sibilum,and its hissing inhabitants,et opprobrium populi mei portabitis.and you would carry the disgrace of my people.