¹Audite verbum Domini,Listen to the word of the Lord,filii Israël,sons of Israel,quia judicium Domino cum habitatoribus terræ:for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land.non est enim veritas,Yet there is no truth,et non est misericordia,and there is no mercy,et non est scientia Dei in terra.and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.

¹Audite verbum Domini,Listen to the word of the Lord,filii Israël,sons of Israel,quia judicium Domino cum habitatoribus terræ:for the Lord is judge of the inhabitants of the land.non est enim veritas,Yet there is no truth,et non est misericordia,and there is no mercy,et non est scientia Dei in terra.and there is no knowledge of God, in the land.

²Maledictum,Slander,et mendacium,and lying,et homicidium,and killing,et furtum,and theft,et adulterium inundaverunt,and adultery have overflowed,et sanguis sanguinem tetigit.and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.

²Maledictum,Slander,et mendacium,and lying,et homicidium,and killing,et furtum,and theft,et adulterium inundaverunt,and adultery have overflowed,et sanguis sanguinem tetigit.and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.

³Propter hoc lugebit terra,Because of this,et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea,the land will mourn,in bestia agri,and all who dwell in it will languish,et in volucre cæli;with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air.sed et pisces maris congregabuntur.And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.

³Propter hoc lugebit terra,Because of this,et infirmabitur omnis qui habitat in ea,the land will mourn,in bestia agri,and all who dwell in it will languish,et in volucre cæli;with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air.sed et pisces maris congregabuntur.And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.

⁴Verumtamen unusquisque non judicet,So, truly, let each and every one not judge,et non arguatur vir:and let no man be accused,populus enim tuus sicut hi qui contradicunt sacerdoti.for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.

⁴Verumtamen unusquisque non judicet,So, truly, let each and every one not judge,et non arguatur vir:and let no man be accused,populus enim tuus sicut hi qui contradicunt sacerdoti.for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood.

⁵Et corrues hodie, et corruet etiam propheta tecum.And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you.Nocte tacere feci matrem tuam.In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.

⁵Et corrues hodie, et corruet etiam propheta tecum.And you will be ruined on this day, and now the prophet will be ruined with you.Nocte tacere feci matrem tuam.In the night, I have made your mother to be silent.

⁶Conticuit populus meus, eo quod non habuerit scientiam:My people have become silent because they had no knowledge.quia tu scientiam repulisti, repellam te,Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away;ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi;you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me,et oblita es legis Dei tui, obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego.and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.

⁶Conticuit populus meus, eo quod non habuerit scientiam:My people have become silent because they had no knowledge.quia tu scientiam repulisti, repellam te,Since you have rejected knowledge, I will drive you away;ne sacerdotio fungaris mihi;you do not perform the duties of the priesthood for me,et oblita es legis Dei tui, obliviscar filiorum tuorum et ego.and you have forgotten the law of your God, and so I will forget your sons.

⁷Secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi:According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me.gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo.I will change their glory into disgrace.

⁷Secundum multitudinem eorum sic peccaverunt mihi:According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me.gloriam eorum in ignominiam commutabo.I will change their glory into disgrace.

⁸Peccata populi mei comedent,They will devour the sins of my people,et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum.and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.

⁸Peccata populi mei comedent,They will devour the sins of my people,et ad iniquitatem eorum sublevabunt animas eorum.and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.

⁹Et erit sicut populus,And, just as it is with the people,sic sacerdos; et visitabo super eum vias ejus,so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them,et cogitationes ejus reddam ei.and I will repay them for their intentions.

⁹Et erit sicut populus,And, just as it is with the people,sic sacerdos; et visitabo super eum vias ejus,so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them,et cogitationes ejus reddam ei.and I will repay them for their intentions.

¹⁰Et comedent,And they will eat and not be satisfied.et non saturabuntur;They have been committing fornication,fornicati sunt,and they did not cease.et non cessaverunt:Since they have abandoned the Lord,quoniam Dominum dereliquerunt in non custodiendo.they will not be safeguarded.

¹⁰Et comedent,And they will eat and not be satisfied.et non saturabuntur;They have been committing fornication,fornicati sunt,and they did not cease.et non cessaverunt:Since they have abandoned the Lord,quoniam Dominum dereliquerunt in non custodiendo.they will not be safeguarded.

¹¹Fornicatio,Fornication, and wine,et vinum,and drunkenness,et ebrietas auferunt cor.have taken away their heart.

¹¹Fornicatio,Fornication, and wine,et vinum,and drunkenness,et ebrietas auferunt cor.have taken away their heart.

¹²Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit,My people have inquired of their stave,et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei;and their staff has announced to them.spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos,For the spirit of fornication has deceived them,et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.and they have been fornicating before their God.

¹²Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit,My people have inquired of their stave,et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei;and their staff has announced to them.spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos,For the spirit of fornication has deceived them,et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.and they have been fornicating before their God.

¹³Super capita montium sacrificabant, et super colles ascendebant thymiama;They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills,subtus quercum,under the oak,et populum,and the poplar,et terebinthum,and the terebinth tree,quia bona erat umbra ejus;because its shadow was good;ideo fornicabuntur filiæ vestræ, et sponsæ vestræ adulteræ erunt.therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.

¹³Super capita montium sacrificabant, et super colles ascendebant thymiama;They have offered sacrifice on the tops of the mountains and burnt incense on the hills,subtus quercum,under the oak,et populum,and the poplar,et terebinthum,and the terebinth tree,quia bona erat umbra ejus;because its shadow was good;ideo fornicabuntur filiæ vestræ, et sponsæ vestræ adulteræ erunt.therefore, your daughters will commit fornication and your spouses will be adulteresses.

¹⁴Non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatæ,I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication,et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint,nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery,quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus conversabantur, et cum effeminatis sacrificabant;because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate,et populus non intelligens vapulabit.and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.

¹⁴Non visitabo super filias vestras cum fuerint fornicatæ,I will not send afflictions on your daughters, when they will commit fornication,et super sponsas vestras cum adulteraverint,nor on your spouses, when they will commit adultery,quoniam ipsi cum meretricibus conversabantur, et cum effeminatis sacrificabant;because you yourselves have associated with harlots and have offered sacrifice with the effeminate,et populus non intelligens vapulabit.and because the people who do not understand will be defeated.

¹⁵Si fornicaris tu,If you commit fornication,Israël,Israel,non delinquat saltem Juda;at least let Judah not commit offenses;et nolite ingredi in Galgala,and do not be willing to enter into Gilgal,et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven,nor to ascend to Bethaven,neque juraveritis:and neither should you swear,Vivit Dominus!“As the Lord lives.”

¹⁵Si fornicaris tu,If you commit fornication,Israël,Israel,non delinquat saltem Juda;at least let Judah not commit offenses;et nolite ingredi in Galgala,and do not be willing to enter into Gilgal,et ne ascenderitis in Bethaven,nor to ascend to Bethaven,neque juraveritis:and neither should you swear,Vivit Dominus!“As the Lord lives.”

¹⁶Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël;For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer;nunc pascet eos Dominus, quasi agnum in latitudine.so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.

¹⁶Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël;For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer;nunc pascet eos Dominus, quasi agnum in latitudine.so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.

¹⁷Particeps idolorum Ephraim:Ephraim participates in idolatry,dimitte eum.so send him away.

¹⁷Particeps idolorum Ephraim:Ephraim participates in idolatry,dimitte eum.so send him away.

¹⁸Separatum est convivium eorum;Their feasting has been set aside;fornicatione fornicati sunt:they have committed fornication after fornication.dilexerunt afferre ignominiam protectores ejus.They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.

¹⁸Separatum est convivium eorum;Their feasting has been set aside;fornicatione fornicati sunt:they have committed fornication after fornication.dilexerunt afferre ignominiam protectores ejus.They love to bring disgrace to their protectors.

¹⁹Ligavit eum spiritus in alis suis,The wind has fastened them to its wings,et confundentur a sacrificiis suis.and they will be confounded because of their sacrifices.

¹⁹Ligavit eum spiritus in alis suis,The wind has fastened them to its wings,et confundentur a sacrificiis suis.and they will be confounded because of their sacrifices.