1Audite hoc,Hear this,sacerdotes,priests,et attendite,and pay attention,domus Israël,house of Israel,et domus regis,and listen closely,auscultate:house of the king.quia vobis judicium est,For there is a judgment against you,quoniam laqueus facti estis speculationi,because you have become a trap for those you watched over,et rete expansum super Thabor.and a net stretched out over Tabor.

2Et victimas declinastis in profundum;And you have led astray victims into the depths,et ego eruditor omnium eorum.though I am the teacher of them all.

3Ego scio Ephraim,I know Ephraim,et Israël non est absconditus a me:and Israel has not been hidden from me,quia nunc fornicatus est Ephraim;yet now Ephraim has committed fornication,contaminatus est Israël.and Israel has been contaminated.

4Non dabunt cogitationes suas ut revertantur ad Deum suum,They will not set their thoughts to return to their God,quia spiritus fornicationum in medio eorum,for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them,et Dominum non cognoverunt.and they have not known the Lord.

5Et respondebit arrogantia Israël in facie ejus,And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face.et Israël et Ephraim ruent in iniquitate sua:And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity,ruet etiam Judas cum eis.and even Judah will fall with them.

6In gregibus suisWith their flocks and their herds,et in armentis suis vadent ad quærendum Dominum,they will go to seek the Lord,et non invenient:and they will not find him.ablatus est ab eis.He has taken himself away from them.

7In Dominum prævaricati sunt,They have sinned against the Lord.quia filios alienos genuerunt:For they have conceived sons that are strangers.nunc devorabit eos mensis, cum partibus suis.Now one month will devour them with all their own.

8Clangite buccina in Gabaa,Sound the bugle in Gibeah,tuba in Rama;the trumpet in Ramah.ululate in Bethaven,Shout in Bethaven,post tergum tuum,behind your back,Benjamin.O Benjamin.

9Ephraim in desolatione erit in die correptionis;Ephraim will be in desolation on the day of correction,in tribubus Israël ostendi fidem.for within the tribes of Israel, I have revealed faith.

10Facti sunt principes Juda quasi assumentes terminum;The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end.super eos effundam quasi aquam iram meam.I will pour my wrath over them like water.

11Calumniam patiens est Ephraim,Ephraim has been enduring malicious slanderfractus judicio,and broken judgment,quoniam cœpit abire post sordes.because he began to go after filth.

12Et ego quasi tinea Ephraim,And I will be like a moth to Ephraim,et quasi putredo domui Juda.and like decay to the house of Judah.

13Et vidit Ephraim languorem suum,And Ephraim saw his own weakness,et Juda vinculum suum;and Judah his chains.et abiit Ephraim ad Assur,And Ephraim went to Assur,et misit ad regem ultorem:and he sent to the Avenging king.et ipse non poterit sanare vos,But he will not be able to heal you,nec solvere poterit a vobis vinculum.nor is he able to release you from your chains.

14Quoniam ego quasi leæna Ephraim,For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim,et quasi catulus leonis domui Juda.and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah.Ego, ego capiam, et vadam;I myself will seize and go forth.tollam, et non est qui eruat.I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.

15Vadens revertar ad locum meum,I will go and return to my place,donec deficiatis, et quæratis faciem meam.until you shall grow faint and seek my face.